EP1594751B1 - Flan, procede et machine pour fabriquer une palette - Google Patents

Flan, procede et machine pour fabriquer une palette Download PDF

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EP1594751B1
EP1594751B1 EP04705120A EP04705120A EP1594751B1 EP 1594751 B1 EP1594751 B1 EP 1594751B1 EP 04705120 A EP04705120 A EP 04705120A EP 04705120 A EP04705120 A EP 04705120A EP 1594751 B1 EP1594751 B1 EP 1594751B1
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  • the invention relates to load handling apparatus, particularly a black for forming a pallet.
  • Pallets are used in grocery and retail distribution and in industry for handling loads.
  • the pallets are often loaded with a load which can be transported round say a factory or warehouse site on fork-lift trucks or the like.
  • the pallets can be loaded onto a lorry or truck for transporting a load over distance.
  • Such pallets must be strong enough to perform their function.
  • Such pallets have been made of wood. Whilst being able to support a load, such pallets are heavy, bulky and are liable to break or splinter, which is a health or injury hazard for operatives.
  • a single blank of material comprising a creasable material which is foldable about crease means formed therein, whereby to form a sleeve by securing areas of the blank together, the sleeve having major surfaces superposed and with one surface displaced with respect to the other, the sleeve comprising an upper in use surface for receiving a load, a lower in use surface substantially parallel to the upper surface and spaced therefrom in an erected condition by walls defined by hinge lines which space the two surfaces apart, characterized by the blank comprising a plurality of integral in use spaced support devices, each formed by cutting and creasing the blank and which have substantially the same height as the walls and are adapted to extend between the upper and lower surfaces of the sleeve in use, whereby to rigidify the sleeve, the arrangement being such that the sleeve can be acted upon to shift the sleeve bodily whereby to form a pallet.
  • the pallet may be erected ready for use from a flat form into its final form, in an erecting apparatus, particularly when the blank is made of creasable material which may be foldable about crease means formed therein.
  • the single blank of material may thus comprise a fluted blank of planar material, for example corrugated material such as cardboard.
  • Some at least of the areas which may be secured together by adhesive may comprise a member formed by cutting and creasing and extending internally of the erected pallet to form an internal supporting wall for supporting the upper and lower surfaces in the erected, spaced apart condition.
  • the members may be in the lower in use surface and providing therein in the erected pallet, apertures for receiving the wheels of a pallet truck.
  • Each member may be attached to the in use lower surface by crease means about which it is hingable to extend to the inner surface of the upper in use surface and having a flap formed by a hinge line by which flap the member is secured to the upper (in use) surface.
  • the member may have a pair of further hinge lines extending substantially at right angles to the crease lines and additional flaps extending in planes substantially at right angles to the first flap and formed by cuts substantially at right angles to the hinge lines, whereby the additional flaps can be hinged to provide additional support members between the hinge line and first flap and extending between the upper and lower surfaces of the pallet.
  • the additional flaps may have a projection and the lower surface through slots for receiving an associated respective projection for interlocking the additional flaps and lower surface. This provides for a positive forming of the pallet from the blank.
  • the additional flaps of each member may be directed towards one another.
  • the rows of members may be positioned intermediate the length of the pallet. This provides for a neat construction, and appearance.
  • each support member adjacent each end of the pallet, formed by parts of the lower surface hinged thereto and separated therefrom by cuts, and the respective support members may define receptors for a respective fork of spaced forks of a fork lift or similar lifting apparatus.
  • the blank may have two pairs of major crease means comprising crease lines formed at each end of the blank, each pair being spaced by a distance equivalent to the height of the formed pallet, whereby when the pallet is formed by folding about the major crease lines, free ends overlap and are secured together to form the pallet.
  • each pair of major crease lines may form an end wall of the pallet, and preferably each end wall may have inwardly foldable end support members which together form an entry for a fork lift element.
  • the respective crease lines may extend transversely to flutes of the blank.
  • the pallet may have walls on all four sides.
  • the method may comprise the step of shifting the overlapping surfaces bodily with respect to one another to form the pallet. This is a relatively simple forming step.
  • the apparatus may be in combination with a device for forming a pallet received from the apparatus by moving overlapping surfaces thereof bodily with respect to one another to provide spaced apart surfaces and actuating integral support devices of the pallet to support the surfaces in said spaced apart relation.
  • Such a material is creasable, foldable and cuttable being foldable about crease (or hinge) means in the form of lines formed in a major surface thereof.
  • the single blank 1 shown has three pairs 4, 4' of parallel transverse crease or fold lines, one pair 4 being adjacent one end 5 of the blank 1 and the other two pairs 4' being intermediate the length of the blank 1.
  • the pair 4 of fold lines has cuts 2 through the thickness of the blank 1 to form a support device 6 in the form of a flap which flap can hinge about a hinge or crease line 3' orthogonally arranged to the crease lines and extending in the direction of the arrow 'F'.
  • the flaps 6 formed between the other two pairs 4' of crease lines have projections 7 which are associated with slots 8 of rectangular configuration through the thickness of the blank.
  • securing means in the form usually of glue to a part or parts of the blank which overlap, in this case along an edge strip 10 and the opposite edge 11, when the blank 1 is folded upwardly out of the plane of the material so that the edge strip 10 contacts, and is secured to, the surface of the blank and the edge 11 is secured to the surface of the blank which is below the one viewed on Fig. 1 , just beyond the line of the pair of hinge lines 4, a pallet 1 is formed with upper 12 and lower 13 surfaces in parallel and longitudinally displaced in the direction of the arrow F. Thus a sleeve is formed.
  • the surfaces 12, 13 of the sleeve are moved apart by the distance 'W' of the spacing between the pairs of hinge lines 4, 4' which form the walls of the pallet, and hence the height thereof, so that when the flaps 6 are pushed out of the plane of the walls, inwardly of the pallet 1, by hinging about the hinge lines 3' so that they are orthogonally positioned with respect to the walls 'W', the pallet 1 is erected to form a rigid, load bearing integral unit, from the single blank 1.
  • Forks of a fork lift apparatus can then be inserted in fork-receiving apertures (see Fig. 10 for example) 14 between the respective walls and a central wall formed by the edge strip and blank material between the hinge lines 4,4'.
  • the single blank 1 shown has two spaced pairs 4' of transverse fold lines with flap or support members 6 formed as in Fig. 1 .
  • additional members 15 cut out of the blank and hingable with respect thereto by crease lines 15' the members each having a flap or tongue and further flaps or support members which are cut out except at the hinge line.
  • the flaps 15 at the left hand end as viewed form a trapezoidal kind of aperture, the sides of which match or are complementary to broad notches 16 at one end 17 (the right hand end as viewed in Fig. 2 ) of the blank 1, the opposite end of which has support flaps 18 with a projection 19 and a hinged edge strip 20.
  • Securing mean such as adhesive is applied along the edge 17 and edge strip 20 respectively, so that when the blank 1 is folded about the hinge lines 4', the spacing 'W' between which again determines the wall height, the edge 17 overlies the edge so that the angled cut outs 15 and notches 16 are vertically aligned and is secured thereto by the adhesive and the edge strip 20 is secured to the blank 1 to form two longitudinally offset surfaces in contact to form a sleeve, which when a force is applied raises the surfaces 12, 13 by the height of the wall ⁇ W' such that when the flaps 6 are orthogonally pushed out of the plane of their flap members, the pallet is formed in a rigid, erected manner for receiving a load, from the one blank.
  • tongues 20' which are glued to the inside surfaces of the blank when it is folded to form the sleeve.
  • Fig. 3 shows a sleeve similar to Fig. 2 , the main differences being that left hand flaps 6 of Fig. 2 are removed prior to folding to form the sleeve.
  • Fig. 4 the blank shown therein is similar to that of Fig. 2 , except that in addition there are longitudinal edge members 21 which when a pallet is erected from the sleeve determine that the pallet is closed on all sides, and not just at the ends. Entries for forks of a fork lift apparatus are provided by flaps 21' which are folded out of the plane of the edge strips 21 inwardly of the pallet 1 to support the surfaces 12 and 13 in a rigid manner as before.
  • the single blank of Fig. 5 is similar to those described hereinbefore in that it is formed into a sleeve which is erected to form a pallet, there being in Fig. 5 no intermediate supporting wall, the rigidity of this formed pallet being provided by the flaps 6, tongues 20' of the flaps as in all the embodiments being secured as by glueing to a surface of the blank to which it comes into contact on folding about the pair of hinge lines 4, 4', the opposite edges of the blank overlapping and the overlapping parts being secured as by adhesive as before, the flaps or support devices 6 as before providing rigidity and stability of the erected pallet formed as an integral unit from the single blank.
  • the single blank of Fig. 6 is similar to that of Fig. 5 with the addition of opposite edge strips 21 to form a sleeve which is closed on all sides, except when the tongues 20' are pushed in, as described with reference to Fig. 5 .
  • Figs. 7 to 10 show different views of a pallet 100 formed from a sleeve itself formed from a single blank 1, there being an upper surface 12, a lower surface 13 and walls 'W' defining the height of the pallet 100 formed by hinge or crease lines of the blank and support flaps turned out of the plane of the blank and secured as by adhesive to an opposite surface of the blank, the support flaps having support members which are folded out of the plane thereof as by being pushed out to extend orthogonally of the support flaps to form a rigid, erected pallet.
  • Fig. 11 shows schematically a blank similar to that of Fig. 2 , and showing areas 22 to which adhesive is applied so that those parts become glued to parts of the surface of the blank which they contact on folding about the major hinge lines 4'.
  • the flaps are of Z-shape in end elevation, in all embodiments, in the erected pallet 100.
  • Figs. 12 to 15 the embodiment shown is formed from an initially flat corrugated sheet or blank of cardboard There is a panel which is a major upper surface 12 of the pallet, the major surface thus being a surface adapted for receiving and supporting a load.
  • the blank 1 is generally oblong or rectangular in plan, and there are two end panels respectively one at either end of the panel forming the upper surface, the end panels in the erected pallet forming the lower surface 13 thereof.
  • the blank is die-cut and glue is applied in the area 'G'.
  • the die-cut blank is then folded so that the opposite end panels lie substantially parallel to and over the panel 12 about hinge lines.
  • the glued areas contact opposite surfaces of the blank, and flaps which are joined to the blank by hinge lines at right angles to the direction 'F' of the corrugations or flutes form, in the erected pallet, substantially vertical supports or anti-crushing means when a load is applied to the surface of the pallet formed from the sleeve.
  • Figs. 16 to 19 The embodiment of Figs. 16 to 19 is similar to that of the previous embodiment, the main difference being lateral flaps which in the erected pallet, are folded to 'wrap' the corners and walls adjacent entry ports for lines of a fork-lift truck to enhance the side wall strength of the erected pallet, as is shown in Figs. 18 and 19 .
  • intermediate support members or flaps provide a central rib along the length of the pallet.
  • Figs. 20 to 22 The further embodiment shown in Figs. 20 to 22 is similar to those described previously, the larger flaps having a different configuration, and there being an additional row of flaps in the panel forming the upper surface. As there is no central rib, there is an extra row of flaps 2, and only one fold over to provide a glue point via the glued edge strip 10 which is glued to the outside 13.
  • FIG. 23 to 25 A yet further embodiment is shown in Figs. 23 to 25 , the difference from the immediately preceding embodiment being the addition of lateral flaps, akin to those of the embodiment of Figs. 16 to 19 , so they will not be described again.
  • FIGS. 26 and 27 show apparatus 200 forming a sleeve of all embodiments.
  • the apparatus 200 shown is one for continuous production of sleeves, comprises a station 201 for receiving raw material, i.e. corrugated sheet or blanks previously formed on a corrugator.
  • the sheets or blanks are then fed sequentially from the station 202, whence they pass to a feeder 203 and print unit 204. After this, they pass downstream to a first, or bottom, die cutter 205, thence to an upper, or top, die cutter 206.
  • the die-cut blanks which now have the requisite flaps and fold lines imparted to them at the die cutters 205, 206 are then passed to and through a glueing and folding station 207 at which the glue areas 'G are first laid down prior to folding so the necessary glue contact is made to form a folded, glued, sleeve, which is not erected. It is essentially flat, with the major surfaces overlying one another, and longitudinally offset
  • the formed sleeve is then passed through a compressing and drying station 208 to ensure curing or setting of the glue, the formed sleeves being then received on a stacker 209, or down stacker, before being assembled at a discharge station 210 for subsequent despatch.
  • the product formed from the die cut blank is a folded glued, sleeve, adapted for erection to provide a pallet from a unitary or single blank.
  • These sleeves are erected as required to form a usable pallet.
  • An operation to erect the pallet from the sleeve can be carried out where desired, which may be at the premises of an end user, or at a location such as a factory where the sleeves are made.
  • reinforcing or strengthening flaps are glued together at two ends of the pallet during the erection process.
  • the invention relates to production of a one-piece sleeve which is erectable to form a pallet, the sleeve being formed from a single blank of material, suitably formed with appropriate panels and flaps, the arrangement of which in the blank being such that a surface to form a load bearing surface and a surface forming a base are overlying, and relatively slightly displaced longitudinally in the unerected condition of the sleeve, the respective surfaces being connected by parts or intermediate members of the blank which lie at an angle between and secured to the major surfaces and which when the sleeve is shifted bodily, are erected to erect the pallet, those parts or intermediate members providing strength against crushing when a load is applied to the load bearing surface.
  • the respective surfaces may suitably be overlying and may be substantially in contact.
  • the single blank is folded to have its major surfaces lying one over the other, closely adjacent and longitudinally offset to form a sleeve which is erectable to form a pallet by "pushing" the sleeve so that the major surfaces are vertically, in use, over one another.
  • Side flaps 6 are pushed in from opposite sides by suitable pusher means such as a ram and engage in slots 8 when present to provide for additional vertical support of the load-bearing surface 12.
  • the pallets 100 described herein are light, rigid, strong, relatively inexpensive as they are formed from a sleeve formed from a single blank 1 which can be formed directly by folding and glueing. Moreover, as the pallets are made of corrugated cardboard, or the like, they can be recycled after use through established recycling channels and the like. Also, the danger of injury when using the pallets instead of wooden pallets is much reduced as the pallets do not splinter and are much lighter.

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  1. Découpe unique de matériau (1), comprenant un matériau pliable, pouvant être replié autour d'un moyen de pliage qui y est formé, pour former ainsi un manchon en fixant des zones de la découpe (10, 11, 20, 20', 22) les unes aux autres, le manchon comportant des surfaces majeures superposées, une surface étant déplacée par rapport à l'autre, le manchon comprenant une surface supérieure en service (12) pour recevoir une charge, une surface inférieure en service (13), parallèle à la surface supérieure et espacée de celle-ci dans un état redressé par des parois définies par des lignes d'articulation (4, 4') espaçant les deux surfaces (12, 13), caractérisée en ce que la découpe comprend plusieurs dispositifs de support d'une seule pièce, séparés en service (6), chacun étant formé en découpant et en pliant la découpe (1), ayant pratiquement la même hauteur que les parois, et étant adapté pour s'étendre entre les surfaces supérieure (12) et inférieure (13) du manchon en service, pour accroître ainsi la rigidité du manchon, l'agencement étant tel que le manchon peut être entraîné à déplacer le manchon physiquement, pour former ainsi une palette.
  2. Découpe selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle lesdites zones sont assemblées par un adhésif.
  3. Découpe selon la revendication 2, redressée dans le manchon dans un dispositif de redressement.
  4. Découpe selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, l'unique découpe de matériau comprenant une découpe cannelée de matériau plan.
  5. Découpe selon la revendication 4, la découpe comprenant une découpe de carton ondulé.
  6. Découpe selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, au moins certaines des zones comprenant un élément formé par découpage et pliage et s'étendant à l'intérieur du dispositif redressé, pour former une paroi de support interne, afin de supporter les surfaces supérieure et inférieure dans l'état redressé et espacé.
  7. Découpe selon la revendication 6, les éléments étant agencés dans la surface inférieure en service (13) et formant dans le manchon redressé des ouvertures (6) pour recevoir une roue d'un transpalette.
  8. Découpe selon la revendication 7, chaque élément étant configuré de sorte à être fixé sur la surface inférieure en service du manchon, et comportant un moyen de pliage autour duquel il peut être articulé afin de s'étendre vers la surface interne de la surface supérieure en service du manchon, et comportant un rabat (20) formé par une ligne d'articulation, ce rabat permettant la fixation de l'élément sur la surface supérieure en service.
  9. Découpe selon la revendication 8, l'élément comportant une paire de lignes d'articulation additionnelles s'étendant pratiquement à angle droit par rapport au moyen de pliage, et des rabats additionnels s'étendant dans des plans situés pratiquement à angle droit par rapport au premier rabat, et formé par des découpes effectuées pratiquement à angle droit par rapport aux lignes d'articulation, les rabats additionnels pouvant ainsi être articulés pour fournir des éléments de support additionnels entre la ligne d'articulation et le premier rabat, et s'étendant entre les surfaces supérieure et inférieure de la palette.
  10. Découpe selon la revendication 9, les rabats additionnels comportant une saillie et la surface inférieure des fentes de passage, pour recevoir une saillie respective associée, afin d'assurer le verrouillage des rabats additionnels et de la surface inférieure.
  11. Découpe selon l'une quelconque des revendications 6 à 10, comportant deux rangées espacées d'éléments, une rangée comportant un élément et l'autre rangée deux éléments, vues transversalement par rapport à la palette.
  12. Découpe selon la revendication 11, les rabats additionnels de chaque élément étant dirigés les uns vers les autres.
  13. Découpe selon la revendication 12, caractérisé en ce que les rangées d'éléments sont positionnées entre la longueur de la palette.
  14. Découpe selon l'une quelconque des revendications 9 à 13, comportant un élément de support près de chaque extrémité du manchon, formé par des parties de la surface inférieure qui y sont articulées, et séparé de celles-ci par des découpes, les éléments de support respectifs définissant des récepteurs pour une fourche respective de fourches espacées d'un élévateur à fourches.
  15. Découpe selon l'une quelconque des revendications 7 à 14, la découpe comportant deux paires de moyens de pliage majeurs, comprenant des lignes de pliage formées au niveau de chaque extrémité de la découpe ou des extrémités adjacentes de celle-ci, chaque paire étant espacée d'une distance égale à la hauteur d'une palette, de sorte que, lors de la formation d'une palette par repliement autour des lignes de pliage majeures, les extrémités libres se chevauchent et sont fixées l'une à l'autre pour former la palette.
  16. Découpe selon la revendication 15, la partie de la découpe située entre chaque paire de lignes de pliage majeures formant une paroi d'extrémité de la palette dans l'état redressé.
  17. Découpe selon la revendication 16, chaque paroi comportant des éléments de support d'extrémité pouvant être repliés vers l'intérieur, formant ensemble une entrée pour un élément d'élévateur à fourches.
  18. Découpe selon la revendication 17, les éléments de support d'extrémité comportant des saillies destinées à s'engager dans des entailles associées dans la ou chaque surface de support.
  19. Palette formée à partir d'une découpe selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, la palette comportant des parois sur l'ensemble des quatre côtés.
  20. Procédé de formation d'une palette à partir d'une découpe unique selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 19, comprenant les étapes de fourniture d'une découpe de matériau pliable et séparable, de formation de moyens de pliage et de découpes dans celle-ci afin de fournir des éléments pouvant être repliés hors du plan de la découpe, de fourniture d'un moyen pour fixer les parties en contact de la découpe dans l'état replié, de pliage de la découpe autour du moyen de pliage et d'assemblage des parties à chevauchement de la découpe pour former un manchon avec deux surfaces à chevauchement, agencées l'une au-dessus de l'autre, et étant pratiquement parallèles avant le redressement ultérieur pour former une palette.
  21. Procédé selon la revendication 20, comprenant l'étape de déplacement physique des surfaces à chevauchement afin de redresser la palette.
  22. Appareil de formation d'un manchon à partir d'une découpe unique pour fournir une palette selon les revendications 1 à 19, comprenant, de manière séquentielle, un moyen d'alimentation d'une découpe unique, au moins une matrice de coupe pour effectuer une coupe et un pliage, afin de former des éléments de support du manchon, une station pour assurer l'assemblage des parties à chevauchement et en contact de la découpe dans l'état replié, une unité de pliage pour plier la découpe et un empileur pour recevoir un manchon formé.
  23. Appareil selon la revendication 22, comportant deux matrices de coupe, l'une étant inversée par rapport à l'autre et chacune étant positionnée avec l'autre en amont de la section de pliage.
  24. Appareil selon les revendications 22 ou 23, en combinaison avec un dispositif pour former une palette reçue de l'appareil, par déplacement physique mutuel des surfaces à chevauchement, pour établir des surfaces espacées et actionner les dispositifs de support d'une seule pièce de la palette, afin de supporter les surfaces dans ladite relation espacée.
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