US5967057A
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Synthetic resin pallet
Assignee: DIC Corp
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Filing: 1997-11-04
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Granted: 1999-10-19
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Expires: 2017-11-04
Abstract
Abstract A synthetic resin pallet including a top board, a bottom board disposed opposite to the top board, and a plurality of cylindrical blocks for connecting the two boards. A fork entry port is formed between the blocks. The synthetic resin pallet is manufactured by making one pallet constructive member and another pallet constructive member face to each other. The one pallet constructive member includes the board and cylindrical block constructive members integrally formed on the inside of the board. The other pallet constructive member includes the board and block constructive member integrally formed on the inside of the board. Reinforcing ribs are formed lengthwise and crosswise on the inside of the surface of at least one pallet constructive member. The reinforcing ribs include surface reinforcing ribs formed lengthwise and crosswise on the inside of the surface of the synthetic resin pallet. Hollowed portions are formed in inner parts of at least some of the surface reinforcing ribs.
Inventors
- 👤 Tsutomu Nakayama
- 👤 Satoshi Ishido
- 👤 Yuzo Hayakawa
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 08:28
CPC Classifications
B; B29; B29C; B29C45/00; B29C45/17; B29C45/1703; B29C45/1704; B65; B65D; B65D19/00; B65D19/0004; B65D19/0006; B65D19/0008; B65D19/001; B65D19/0012; B29L; B29L2031/00; B29L2031/712; B29L2031/7178; B65D2519/00; B65D2519/00004; B65D2519/00258; B65D2519/00263; B65D2519/00273; B65D2519/00283; B65D2519/00288; B65D2519/00313; B65D2519/00318; B65D2519/00328; B65D2519/00343; B65D2519/00398; B65D2519/00402; B65D2519/00407; B65D2519/00412; B65D2519/00547; B65D2519/00552; B65D2519/00557; B65D2519/00562
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 25
Claim 1
Independent Claim
168 words
A synthetic resin pallet comprising: a top board; a bottom board disposed opposite to said top board; a plurality of cylindrical blocks for connecting said two boards; and a fork entry port formed between said blocks, wherein said synthetic resin pallet is manufactured by making one pallet constructive member and another pallet constructive member face to each other, said one pallet constructive member including said board and cylindrical block constructive members integrally formed on the inside of said board, said another pallet constructive member including said board and block constructive member integrally formed on the inside of said board, and by integrally welding said block constructive members, reinforcing ribs are formed lengthwise and crosswise on the inside of the surface of at least said one pallet constructive member, and said reinforcing ribs include surface reinforcing ribs formed lengthwise and crosswise on the inside of the surface of said synthetic resin pallet, and hollowed portions are formed in inner parts of at least some of said surface reinforcing ribs.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
168 words
A synthetic resin pallet comprising: a top board; a bottom board disposed opposite to said top board; a plurality of cylindrical blocks for connecting said two boards; and a fork entry port formed between said blocks, wherein said synthetic resin pallet is manufactured by making one pallet constructive member and another pallet constructive member face to each other, said one pallet constructive member including said board and cylindrical block constructive members integrally formed on the inside of said board, said another pallet constructive member including said board and block constructive member integrally formed on the inside of said board, and by integrally welding said block constructive members, reinforcing ribs are formed lengthwise and crosswise on the inside of the surface of at least said one pallet constructive member, and said reinforcing ribs include surface reinforcing ribs formed lengthwise and crosswise on the inside of the surface of said synthetic resin pallet, and hollowed portions are formed in inner parts of at least some of said surface reinforcing ribs.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
25 words
A synthetic resin pallet according to claim 1, wherein said hollowed portions are formed in the inner parts of all of said surface reinforcing ribs.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
46 words
A synthetic resin pallet according to claim 1, wherein said surface reinforcing ribs extending in a direction orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of said fork entry port are hollowed, and said surface reinforcing ribs parallel to the longitudinal direction of said fork entry port are solid.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
37 words
A synthetic resin pallet according to claim 1, wherein said reinforcing rib further includes a solid edge reinforcing rib formed along an edge of the port area of said fork entry port of said synthetic resin pallet.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
42 words
A synthetic resin pallet according to claim 4, wherein said solid edge reinforcing rib is connected to said hollowed surface reinforcing rib adjacently provided along said solid edge reinforcing rib trough a plurality of solid connection ribs disposed at a predetermined interval.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
128 words
A synthetic rein pallet according to claim 1, wherein said plurality of blocks are provided at the central portion of said synthetic resin pallet and are constructed of a central block formed with a closed space in its interior and peripheral blocs provided at a predetermined interval along the periphery of said central block, the interior of said central block is formed with gas flowing ribs formed radially from the central portion, and said hollowed portion is formed in said reinforcing rib by blowing the gas from inside of said central block constructive member which will become said central block and flowing the gas into said comparatively thick surface reinforcing rib provided in said pallet constructive member through said gas flowing rib when molding said pallet constructive member.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
64 words
A synthetic resin pallet according to claim 6, wherein said surface reinforcing rib is provided respectively between said peripheral blocks, and between said central block and said peripheral blocks located in lengthwise and crosswise directions, and said surface reinforcing rib connected to said central block is connected to said gas flowing rib within said central block through a wall portion of said central block.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
92 words
A synthetic resin pallet according to claim 7, wherein said synthetic resin pallet is a four-way pallet and has said one central block and eight pieces of said peripheral blocks arrayed lengthwise and crosswise along the periphery of said central block, and said surface reinforcing rib is formed in a position substantially inscribed in four pieces of said blocks when looking at a one-fourth area of said synthetic resin pallet that is divided by a lengthwise central line and a crosswise central line which pass though the center of said central block.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
66 words
A synthetic resin pallet according to claim, wherein said hollowed surface reinforcing rib is formed in such a sectional configuration as to be thicker toward said board and thinner toward a tip portion, and an interior of a largest-wall-thickness portion of said surface reinforcing rib in the vicinity of a connecting portion to said board is formed with said hollowed portion along said surface reinforcing rib.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
39 words
A synthetic resin pallet according to claim 9, wherein said board just above said hollowed surface reinforcing rib is formed with a groove substantially along said surface reinforcing rib, and a slip preventive material is disposed in said groove.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
50 words
A synthetic resin pallet according to claim 9 or 10, wherein said reinforcing rib is provided with a curved portion at the largest-wall-thickness portion in the vicinity of an intersecting portion with said board, and a size of said hollowed portion is controlled by a size of said curved portion.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
20 words
A synthetic resin pallet according to claim 1, wherein a width of said hollowed surface reinforcing rib is 5-40 mm.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
28 words
A synthetic resin pallet according to claim 12, wherein a width of said solid surface reinforcing rib is smaller than a width of said hollowed surface reinforcing rib.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
20 words
A synthetic resin pallet according to claim 13, wherein the width of said solid surface reinforcing rib is 3-7 mm.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
53 words
A synthetic resin pallet according to claim 1, wherein said block in said synthetic resin pallet is constructed so as to include a comparatively small closed spatial portion for dividing the internal space of said block in an interior of the edge portion adjacent to the port area of said fork entry port.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
80 words
A synthetic resin pallet according to claim 15, wherein a partition wall for forming said closed spatial portion within the edge portion of said block is constructed of a first partitioning portion formed between side walls of said block in the longitudinal direction of said fork entry prot, and at least one second partitioning portion parallel to said fork entry port in order to subdivide a spatial portion defined by said first partitioning portion and edge walls of said block.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
98 words
A synthetic resin pallet according to claim 15, wherein a partition wall for forming said closed spatial portion within the edge portion of said block is constructed of a first partitioning portion formed between side walls of said block in the longitudinal direction of said fork entry port, and at least one second partitioning portion formed at an angle a to the longitudinal direction of said fork entry port in order to subdivide a spatial portion defined by said first partitioning portion and side walls of said block, and the angle α falls within a range of 0°<α<90°.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
42 words
A synthetic resin pallet according to any one of claims 15-17, wherein a thickness of said board in said closed spatial portion located at a corner of said synthetic resin pallet is set larger than thicknesses of other portions of said board.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
37 words
A synthetic resin pallet according to any one of claims 15-17, wherein lengthwise and crosswise dimensions of said closed spatial portion located at the corner of said synthetic resin pallet within said block are each 30-80 mm.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
20 words
A synthetic resin pallet according to claim 1, wherein a wall thickness of said block is approximately 3 mm-7 mm.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
31 words
A synthetic resin pallet according to claim 1, wherein a crimping process is effected on a part of surface or an entire surface of said board in said pallet constructive member.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
49 words
A synthetic resin pallet according to claim 1, wherein said fork entry port of said pallet constructive member is provided with a grommet fitted for preventing a slip between a pallet and fork tines in a position spaced less than 200 mm away from the edge of said board.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
17 words
A synthetic resin pallet according to claim 1, wherein said synthetic resin pallet is a two-way pallet.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
17 words
A synthetic resin pallet according to claim 1, wherein said synthetic resin pallet is a four-way pallet.
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