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EP0202203A2
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Single-piece platform for sale units, with at least a central foot
Assignee: SUPERPLAST ITALIA SpA
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Filing: 1986-05-09
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2006-05-09
Abstract
Abstract The platform can be realized in a single piece made of suitable plastic material and comprises: an upper, approximately rectangular, grating structured plane (53) for bearing the goods; below the plane, four main feet (55) developed perpendicular to the fork-mounting direction and two central U-shaped feet (57) with the U's base being coplanar with the bases of the main feet, said central feet being longitudinally oriented and symmetrically disposed at close distance from each other to be included within the interspace of a pair of opposite main feet, the base ends of the central feet being at or very close to the transverse line on which the ends of the main feet are on a given side thereof, thereby achieving a bearing continuity of the platform for the rolling.
Inventors
- 👤 Andrea Bargellini
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 17:46
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D19/00; B65D19/0004; B65D19/0006; B65D19/0008; B65D19/001; B65D19/0014; B65D19/0018; B65D19/0053; B65D19/0055; B65D19/0067; B65D19/0071; B65D19/0075; B65D2519/00; B65D2519/00004; B65D2519/00009; B65D2519/00014; B65D2519/00034; B65D2519/00049; B65D2519/00069; B65D2519/00258; B65D2519/00263; B65D2519/00268; B65D2519/00283; B65D2519/00288; B65D2519/00308; B65D2519/00313; B65D2519/00318; B65D2519/00328; B65D2519/00338; B65D2519/00398; B65D2519/00402; B65D2519/00407; B65D2519/00412; B65D2519/00736; B65D2519/00741; B65D2519/00746; B65D2519/00756; B65D2519/00935; B65D2519/0094; B65D2519/00945
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 21
Claim 1
Independent Claim
169 words
1) A platform for sale units and for the handling of goods on automatic packaging lines and from the lines to palletized and/or automated stores, characterized in that it can be realized in a single piece made of suitable plastic material, of being able to be engaged by a fork lift truck, that is fork-mountable, and superimposable and of comprising: an upper approximately rectangular grating structured plane for bearing the goods; below said plane four main feet developed perpendicular to the fork-mounting direction and at least one central foot or pillar; the four feet being disposed in the vicinity of the vertexes of the rectangle, with a center distance suitable for the fork-mounting by standardized "transpallet" trolleys or trucks and being realized in the form of a widened "U" with the posts connected with the overhanging plane and having a flat base; and inside the "U", above the base, the passage of the forks of the transpallet or of the fork lift truck (mule) being provided for the lifting.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
169 words
1) A platform for sale units and for the handling of goods on automatic packaging lines and from the lines to palletized and/or automated stores, characterized in that it can be realized in a single piece made of suitable plastic material, of being able to be engaged by a fork lift truck, that is fork-mountable, and superimposable and of comprising: an upper approximately rectangular grating structured plane for bearing the goods; below said plane four main feet developed perpendicular to the fork-mounting direction and at least one central foot or pillar; the four feet being disposed in the vicinity of the vertexes of the rectangle, with a center distance suitable for the fork-mounting by standardized "transpallet" trolleys or trucks and being realized in the form of a widened "U" with the posts connected with the overhanging plane and having a flat base; and inside the "U", above the base, the passage of the forks of the transpallet or of the fork lift truck (mule) being provided for the lifting.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
42 words
2) Platform according to claim 1, characterized in that the four main feet are disposed in the longitudinal direction and only one central foot is disposed in the .transverse direction, the platform being able to be fork-mounted perpendicularly to its long side.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
57 words
3) Platform according to claim 1, characterized in that the four main feet are disposed in the longitudinal direction and two central feet are oriented in the longitudinal direction, staggered in respect to the main feet and symmetrically about the longitudinal symmetry axis of the platform, which is able to be fork-mounted perpendicularly to its long side.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
39 words
4) Platform according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises - at the junction of the main feet with the upper plane - triangular stiffening gussets parallel to the fork-mounting direction and reinforcing ribs along the U's posts.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
43 words
5) Platform according to claim 1, characterized in that the flat base of the U-shaped main feet has invitation bevels on both sides to favour the admittance of the front wheels or pairs of wheels of the transpallet trolley into the U's cavity.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
62 words
6) Platform according to claim 1, characterized in that the central foot or each of the central feet is realized in the form of a wide U with flat base, said base being connected with the upper plane by the U's posts and by listels orthogonal to the long sides thereof, the central foot or feet taking up a truncated pyramid configuration.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
45 words
7) Platform according to claim 1, characterized in that the grating structure of the upper plane is provided with openings for the passage of the male elements of the mould intended to form the main feet and the central foot or feet being U developed.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
49 words
8) Platform according to claim 7, characterized in that the grating structure of the upper plane comprises polygonal meshes, even different among . them, the listels making up the sides of the meshes having a more or less rectangular section with the longer side arranged perpendicularly to the plane.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
22 words
9) Platform according to claim 8, characterized in that the grating structure of the upper plane is made up of rectangular meshes.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
42 words
10) Platform according to claim 9, characterized in that the grating structure of the upper plane comprises square meshes, some of them divided into two triangular meshes by diagonal listels being of reinforcement of the portion of plane between two opposite feet.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
73 words
11) Platform according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises - along the platform edges - slot meshes to engage load holding banks and to be matched with adjacent platforms - for the formation of platforms having multiple dimensions or of foot boards - by means of U-shaped cross-joints which embrace the opposite listels surrounding the upper planes of the platforms to be matched, said cross-joints being housed into said slot meshes.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
40 words
12) Platform according to claim 11 characterized in that it comprises, along the plane ehges, recesses formed in the thickness of the listels in order to receive the cross-joints that result flush with the upper plane of the matched platforms.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
30 words
13) Platform according to claim 11, characterized in that the matching cross-joints are cross-shaped so as to engage also the listels perpendicular to the outline listels on the matching zone.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
100 words
14) Platform according to claim 1, further comprising two central U-shaped feet, that is, pillars with the U's base being co-planar with the bases of the main feet, said central feet being longitudinally oriented and symmetrically disposed at close distance to each other to be included within the interspace of a pair of opposite main feet, the ends of the bases of the central feet being on or very close to the transverse line on which the ends of the main feet find themselves on a given side thereof, thereby obtaining a bearing continuity of the platform for the rolling.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
60 words
15) Platform according to claim 14, comprising a loading plane with a grating structure comprising: main rods parallel to the rectangle sides and having L cross-section; auxiliary rods, parallel to the main rods, having rectangular cross-section, laid on edge and forming squares; as well as rods diagonally disposed in respect to the squares formed by the main and auxiliary rods.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
73 words
16) Platform according to claim 14, wherein said grating structure of the plane is reinforced in its lower part by four transversal rods having rectangular cross-section and laid on edge, the posts of the U shaped main feet and the posts of the central feet downwardly developing from the edges of said rods, and the end portions of said transversal rods breacket- wise reinforcing the plane portions being outside of the main feet.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
41 words
17) Platform according to claim 14 wherein the bases and the posts of the feet are reinforced by means of ribs and wherein the inner posts of the main longitudinally aligned feet are connected between them by assemblies of stiffening gussets.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
49 words
18) Platform according to claim 17, in which each assembly of gussets is made up of: side gussets which join to the lower ends of the inner posts of said main longitudinally aligned feet; and a central gusset included within the two preceding ones, having a shorter vertical development.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
63 words
19) Platform according to claim 14, wherein the central U-shaped feet or pillars have a configuration of a down wardly directed truncated pyramid owing to the presence of rods which connect the long sides of the U base with the rods of the plane, and owing to the presence of side more or less triangular gussets for the stiffening of the U's posts.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
64 words
20) Platform according to claim 14, wherein the dimensions of the main feet and of the central feet, along with their mutual positioning, are such as to consent the matching of the platform with another opposite and overturned platform, the overall dimensions of the two opposite matched platforms thereby corresponding to theheight of a platform plus the thickness of the plane of the other.
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