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US2794611A
US2794611A US346952A US34695253A US2794611A US 2794611 A US2794611 A US 2794611A US 346952 A US346952 A US 346952A US 34695253 A US34695253 A US 34695253A US 2794611 A US2794611 A US 2794611A
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  • the present invention refers to a pallet and has for its object to provide a pallet facilitating a simple exchange of the pallet deck after the latter has become damaged.
  • pallets were generally made substantially from wood in their entirety, which in spite of the fact that the actual manufacturing costs were comparatively low made the stools expensive in use. This is so for the reason that pallets are subjected to severe wear and break-downs in use in connection with heavy transports. The cost of repair might then become so high that it -does not pay to put damaged pallets in order.
  • the present invention has for its object to provide a pallet in which the deck in particular is protected by a frame structure preferably made from metal.
  • the deck structure permits iixing and retaining of the deck boards without the use of nail or screw bonds.
  • An exchange of deck boards or supporting planes in connection with break-downs can be readily effected by unqualified labour with repair material prepared beforehand.
  • the invention is substantially distinguished by the combination of a rectangular frame, preferably from metal, with deck boards laid between two opposed sides of the frame, said deck boards being shorter than the distance between said sides with the addition of at least one wedge filling the remaining space between the ends of the deck boards and the adjacent side of the frame.
  • FIG. 1 shows a pallet in a perspective view
  • Fig. 2 shows the same pallet viewed from above
  • Fig. 3 shows a section of the pallet on line 3-3 in Fig. 2
  • Fig. 4 shows the insertion of a deck element in the frame of the pallet
  • Fig. 5 shows a section of a pallet with a single wedge on one side of the same.
  • the frame of the pallet which is preferably made from iron, is built up of two opposing U-sections or channel bars 1, 1 with anges 3 and 4 facing each other, of which the iiange 3, which is intended to lie on the upper side on the pallet, is shorter than the underlying flange 4.
  • the two U-sections 1, 1 are connected at the ends thereof to angle bars 5, 5, one on each side, so that a rectangular frame is formed.
  • the angle bars 5, 5 are fitted between the flanges of the U-sections, but do not extend as far as to the webs thereof, a rectangular opening 6 being left, which may preferably be of a width somewhat smaller than the distance between the anges 3, 4.
  • a number of feet consisting of short angle-pieces 7 welded each to the ends of the iianges 4 with one of them welded to the middle of the angle bars S.
  • the outer ends of the angle-pieces 7 are welded to the one ange of short angle-pieces 8.
  • angle-pieces 8 have one of their anges facing inwardly and the other facing downwardly, whereby securing facilities and vedge guards are provided for boards 9 extending underneath the pallet in the direction of the U-sections and of which the pallet rests on the substruc- 2,794,611 Patented ⁇ lune 4, 1957 ICC
  • the deck is constituted by loose boards 10 of a thickness and a length permitting one end of a board 10 to be thrust in between the anges 3, 4 against the web of the U-section on the one side, the other end of the board permitting then to be lowered down freely from the upper flange 3 of the opposed U-section and to be thrust in between the anges on this side.
  • the board l0 consequently is of a length falling below the distance between the webs 0f the U-sections 1, so that a space is produced between the end of the board and the web at both ends.
  • wedges 11 inserted through the opening 6 in the ends of the U-sections.
  • the thickness of the deck boards 10 must not arnount to the full distance between the flanges 3, 4, inasmuch as facilities must be provided to permit lifting of the deck board at the opposite end above the upper plane, while the other end remains between the anges, so that the board can be pulled out.
  • the pallet hereinabove described is not limited to this example of embodiment, inasmuch as details and the construction may be varied within the scope of the invention. Thus -it is conceivable in place of two wedges to make use of a single wedge on the one side according to Fig. 5, the length of the anges on the one side being then preferably made greater than on the opposite side.
  • the sides having the wedges bearing thereon are made in the form of a U-section for the whole of the longitudinal direction thereof; to save material, the upper flanges, for instance, may be replaced by projections from the web for each board.
  • the deck boards may also, substantially for the whole length thereof, be made of a thickness which is at least equal to the distance between the anges 3 and 4, provided that the end which is thrust in between the flanges is provided with recesses to permit the board to be lifted.
  • a pallet deck having, in combination, a series of juxtaposed deckboards, a rectangular frame comp-rising two parallel spaced opposed U-shaped channel bars open at the ends thereof, each said channel bar having a vertical web and two horizontally disposed flanges embracing opposite end portions of said deckboards, the distance between said ilanges being slightly greater than the thickness of said -deckboards at the ends thereof, said deckboards being shorter than the distance between the vertical webs of said channel bars, parallel bars extending between the opposite ends of said channel bars to form the rectangular frame and wedge means for maintaining said deckboards in said channel bars between the anges thereof, said wedge means being substantially coextensive in length with sai-d channel bars and being driven in lengthwise into the space between the web of at least one of said channel bars and the corresponding end faces of said deckboards to maintain the latter against any appreciable longitudinal movement relative to said opposed channel bars.
  • a pallet deck having in combination a series of i s :2,794,611 Y juxtaposed deckboards, .a :rectangular frame comprising twoparallelspaced opposed U -shaped ⁇ channel,J: :1rs.,each having a vertical web and two horizontally disposed anges embracing opposite end portions of said deckboards, the distance :betweensaid anges b'eing Yslightly greater :than the thickness of said ,deckboards at the endsithereoiasaid deckboards Y:being shorter iban the distance.
  • said wedge means being generally coextensive in length withlsaid channel .bars .and said channel bars .beingopen at the ends thereof to permit insertion and removal of said wedge means.

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US3058770A (en) * 1960-01-20 1962-10-16 Jesse B Hutchinson Material handling platform
US3148637A (en) * 1962-10-09 1964-09-15 Elmer M Lund Pallet
US3452958A (en) * 1967-12-29 1969-07-01 Heath Tecna Corp Cargo pallet rail assembly
US3875707A (en) * 1973-08-06 1975-04-08 Russell Horn Portable, patio elevated
US4576391A (en) * 1983-07-15 1986-03-18 Michael Gerstner Rollable pallet assembly and caster device
US5487343A (en) * 1994-06-20 1996-01-30 Phillips; Stewart A. Pallet/skid shipping platform
US5673629A (en) * 1995-12-12 1997-10-07 Rex Development Corporation End cap construction for wooden pallets
US20110132238A1 (en) * 2009-12-08 2011-06-09 Pregis Innovative Packaging, Inc. Pallet Structure with Protective Shell

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US1618257A (en) * 1923-02-27 1927-02-22 Clarence H Young Skid
US1698029A (en) * 1926-11-17 1929-01-08 Shepard Co Lewis Platform
US1748779A (en) * 1928-01-21 1930-02-25 Shepard Co Lewis Industrial integral-frame platform
US1993237A (en) * 1928-01-23 1935-03-05 Barrett Cravens Co Platform
US2126278A (en) * 1934-08-04 1938-08-09 Yale & Towne Mfg Co All-welded skid platform
US2498554A (en) * 1948-03-22 1950-02-21 Caloric Stove Corp Detachable bottom for ovens or broilers

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US1618257A (en) * 1923-02-27 1927-02-22 Clarence H Young Skid
US1698029A (en) * 1926-11-17 1929-01-08 Shepard Co Lewis Platform
US1748779A (en) * 1928-01-21 1930-02-25 Shepard Co Lewis Industrial integral-frame platform
US1993237A (en) * 1928-01-23 1935-03-05 Barrett Cravens Co Platform
US2126278A (en) * 1934-08-04 1938-08-09 Yale & Towne Mfg Co All-welded skid platform
US2498554A (en) * 1948-03-22 1950-02-21 Caloric Stove Corp Detachable bottom for ovens or broilers

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3058770A (en) * 1960-01-20 1962-10-16 Jesse B Hutchinson Material handling platform
US3148637A (en) * 1962-10-09 1964-09-15 Elmer M Lund Pallet
US3452958A (en) * 1967-12-29 1969-07-01 Heath Tecna Corp Cargo pallet rail assembly
US3875707A (en) * 1973-08-06 1975-04-08 Russell Horn Portable, patio elevated
US4576391A (en) * 1983-07-15 1986-03-18 Michael Gerstner Rollable pallet assembly and caster device
US5487343A (en) * 1994-06-20 1996-01-30 Phillips; Stewart A. Pallet/skid shipping platform
US5673629A (en) * 1995-12-12 1997-10-07 Rex Development Corporation End cap construction for wooden pallets
US20110132238A1 (en) * 2009-12-08 2011-06-09 Pregis Innovative Packaging, Inc. Pallet Structure with Protective Shell

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