FR2755949A1 - Plastic pallet - Google Patents
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Abstract
Description
La présente invention concerne une palette de manutention en matière plastique, comprenant de façon connue un plateau rectangulaire et des pieds ou plots faisant saillie sous le plateau. The present invention relates to a plastic handling pallet, comprising in a known manner a rectangular plate and feet or studs projecting under the plate.
Les palettes de manutention sont réalisées traditionnellement en bois. Ces palettes en bois souffrent d'inconvénients majeurs et nombreux
- de dimensions multiples, elles rendent difficile
l'automatisation des chargements et du
stockage
- parfois de mauvaise qualité, elles sont à
l'origine de nombreux accidents et de
détérioration des produits transportés ;
- leur poids élévé (compris entre 20 et 40 kg
pour les palettes en bois de dimensions
normalisées) est un autre handicap important
- l'emboîtement des palettes en bois n'est pas
possible, de sorte que leur stockage, ou leur
transport à vide, demande un volume important
- elles ne satisfont pas aux exigences en matière
d'hygiène, l'utilisation de palettes en bois
étant du reste interdite dans les chambres
froides contenant du poisson ou de la viande,
ainsi que dans les laboratoires de
transformation de produits alimentaires
- enfin, leur fabrication demande de grosses
quantités de bois, ce qui va à l'encontre des
préoccupations écologiques.Handling pallets are traditionally made of wood. These wooden pallets suffer from major and numerous drawbacks
- of multiple dimensions, they make it difficult
the automation of loading and
storage
- sometimes of poor quality, they are
the cause of many accidents and
deterioration of the products transported;
- their high weight (between 20 and 40 kg
for wooden pallets of dimensions
another major handicap
- the nesting of wooden pallets is not
possible, so their storage, or their
empty transport, requires a large volume
- they do not meet the requirements
hygiene, the use of wooden pallets
being forbidden in the rooms
cold dishes containing fish or meat,
as well as in the laboratories of
food processing
- finally, their manufacture requires large
quantities of wood, which goes against
ecological concerns.
Pour remédier à ces inconvénients, on a déjà proposé des palettes de manutention en matière plastique, généralement obtenues par moulage ; à titre d'exemples, on peut ici citer les brevets français 2 172 412, 2 310 277, 2 350 268 et 2 486 029, ainsi que la demande de brevet internationale WO 96/09216. Toutefois, malgré la commercialisation actuelle de certains modèles, et malgré leurs avantages notamment en matière de légéreté et d'hygiène et du point de vue écologique, les palettes en matière plastique ne représentent encore qu'un pourcentage négligeable de l'ensemble des palettes en circulation, dont la très grande majorité reste des palettes traditionnelles en bois. To overcome these drawbacks, plastic handling pallets have already been proposed, generally obtained by molding; as examples, we can cite here the French patents 2 172 412, 2 310 277, 2 350 268 and 2 486 029, as well as the international patent application WO 96/09216. However, despite the current marketing of certain models, and despite their advantages in particular in terms of lightness and hygiene and from an ecological point of view, plastic pallets still represent only a negligible percentage of all pallets in circulation, the vast majority of which remain traditional wooden pallets.
La principale raison de l'échec commercial actuel des palettes en matière plastique résulte de leur prix élevé, de sorte que, malgré tous ses inconvénients, la palette en bois offre encore un bon rapport qualité/prix, ce qui explique son succès commercial. The main reason for the current commercial failure of plastic pallets results from their high price, so that, despite all its disadvantages, the wooden pallet still offers good value for money, which explains its commercial success.
Le coût élevé des palettes en matière plastique résulte de leur mode de fabrication. D'une manière générale, la plupart des palettes en matière plastique sont réalisées par moulage par injection, cette technique de fabrication étant relativement rapide, donc bien adaptée aux grosses séries. Les palettes à pieds ou plots, plus particulièrement concernées par la présente invention, sont en principe réalisées par injection en une seule pièce, ce qui nécessite un moule complexe et coûteux. The high cost of plastic pallets results from their manufacturing method. In general, most plastic pallets are produced by injection molding, this manufacturing technique being relatively fast, therefore well suited to large series. Pallets with feet or studs, more particularly concerned with the present invention, are in principle produced by injection in a single piece, which requires a complex and expensive mold.
On utilise aussi la fabrication par rotomoulage, dont l'avantage est de se contenter d'un moule de court moins élevé, mais ce procédé offre des capacités beaucoup plus limitées puisque les cadences de fabrication sont faibles. Aussi cette technique est-elle réservée aux petites séries, et ce sont en pratique seulement les palettes de haut de gamme, répondant à des besoins particuliers (exemple : palettes lisses aux normes alimentaires), qui sont fabriquées à l'aide de cette technique. We also use manufacturing by rotational molding, the advantage of which is to be satisfied with a lower short mold, but this process offers much more limited capacities since the production rates are low. This technique is therefore reserved for small series, and it is in practice only high-end pallets, meeting specific needs (example: smooth pallets with food standards), which are manufactured using this technique.
Par ailleurs, les palettes en matière plastique sont généralement conçues de manière à être emboitables, c'est-à-dire qu'est offerte la possibilité d'emboîter de façon serrée, les unes dans les autres, des palettes vides superposées, pour réaliser une pile compacte avec un nombre maximum de palettes pour une pile de hauteur donnée. De la sorte, les palettes vides peuvent être stockées et transportées sous un volume minimal. Furthermore, the plastic pallets are generally designed so as to be nestable, that is to say that the possibility is offered of nesting tightly, one inside the other, stacked empty pallets, to produce a compact stack with a maximum number of pallets for a stack of given height. In this way, empty pallets can be stored and transported in a minimal volume.
Toutefois, des palettes ainsi emboîtées de façon serrée doivent être reprises manuellement, généralement une à une, pour pouvoir être ensuite utilisées. La hauteur d'une pile de palettes est donc nécessairement limitée à la taille normale d'un homme, et le stockage de telles palettes sur une grande hauteur est impossible en pratique. However, pallets thus tightly fitted must be taken up manually, generally one by one, before they can be used. The height of a stack of pallets is therefore necessarily limited to the normal size of a man, and the storage of such pallets over a great height is impossible in practice.
La présente invention vise à fournir une palette en matière plastique perfectionnée, permettant d'éviter ce dernier inconvénient, tout en étant réalisable de manière particulièrement économique. The present invention aims to provide an improved plastic pallet, making it possible to avoid the latter drawback, while being achievable in a particularly economical manner.
A cet effet, dans la palette de manutention en matière plastique objet de l'invention, les pieds possèdent une configuration telle que des palettes superposées puissent être soient emboîtées les unes dans les autres de façon serrée, en étant toutes disposées dans le même sens, soit gerbées les unes sur les autres, des espaces libres étant alors ménagés entre leurs pieds, en étant disposées alternativement dans un sens et dans 1 'autre. To this end, in the plastic handling pallet which is the subject of the invention, the feet have a configuration such that superimposed pallets can be fitted into each other tightly, all being arranged in the same direction, either stacked on top of each other, free spaces then being provided between their feet, being arranged alternately in one direction and in the other.
Ainsi, les palettes peuvent être gerbées sur une hauteur importante, atteignant par exemple plusieurs mètres, de telle sorte qu'il soit possible de venir les chercher une à une, ou par paquets d'un certain nombre de palettes, à l'aide d'un chariot élévateur dont les fourches sont engagées dans les espaces libres situés entre les pieds des palettes. Thus, the pallets can be stacked over a considerable height, reaching for example several meters, so that it is possible to pick them up one by one, or in bundles of a certain number of pallets, using '' a forklift whose forks are engaged in the free spaces located between the feet of the pallets.
Selon un mode de réalisation préféré de cette palette, chaque pied est de configuration creuse et présente, sur un côté, une nervure verticale faisant saillie vers l'intérieur du pied et s'étendant sensiblement sur toute la hauteur de ce pied, tandis qu'une encoche de faible hauteur est ménagée à la base de chaque pied, du côté opposé à la nervure, en formant un bossage à l'intérieur du pied, la largeur de l'encoche étant égale ou légèrement supérieure à celle de la nervure à son sommet, de telle sorte qu'en position de gerbage, les sommets des nervures des pieds appartenant à une palette donnée puissent être engagés dans les encoches des pieds correspondants appartenant à la palette immédiatement supérieure. According to a preferred embodiment of this pallet, each foot has a hollow configuration and has, on one side, a vertical rib projecting towards the inside of the foot and extending substantially over the entire height of this foot, while a notch of low height is provided at the base of each foot, on the side opposite to the rib, forming a boss inside the foot, the width of the notch being equal to or slightly greater than that of the rib at its top, so that in the stacking position, the tops of the ribs of the feet belonging to a given pallet can be engaged in the notches of the corresponding feet belonging to the immediately upper pallet.
Les pieds des palettes étant habituellement disposés selon plusieurs rangées parallèles, l'invention prévoit avantageusement que, dans chaque rangée de pieds, les nervures sont toutes dirigées dans le même sens, mais que les sens d'orientation de ces nervures sont alternés, d'une rangée de pieds à la suivante. Grâce à cette disposition alternée, l'on obtient un parfait centrage des palettes les unes par rapport aux autres, en position de gerbage. The feet of the pallets usually being arranged in several parallel rows, the invention advantageously provides that, in each row of feet, the ribs are all directed in the same direction, but that the directions of orientation of these ribs are alternated, from one row of feet to the next. Thanks to this alternate arrangement, a perfect centering of the pallets is obtained relative to each other, in the stacking position.
Selon un autre aspect de l'invention, la palette est réalisée par l'assemblage de longerons, comportant chacun l'une des rangées de pieds, et de traverses dépourvues de pieds et reliant entre eux les différents longerons. Ainsi, une palette est réalisable par l'assemblage de deux types d'éléments de base, fabriqués séparément dans des moules simples et économiques. On notera, en particulier, que le même élément "longeron" peut-être disposé alternativement dans un sens et dans l'autre, de manière à obtenir l'alternance souhaitée des sens d'orientation des nervures des pieds de la palette. According to another aspect of the invention, the pallet is produced by assembling beams, each comprising one of the rows of feet, and crossbars devoid of feet and connecting together the various beams. Thus, a pallet is achievable by the assembly of two types of basic elements, produced separately in simple and economical molds. It will be noted, in particular, that the same “spar” element may be disposed alternately in one direction and in the other, so as to obtain the desired alternation of the directions of orientation of the ribs of the feet of the pallet.
De toute façon, l'invention sera mieux comprise à l'aide de la description qui suit, en référence au dessin schématique annexé représentant, à titre d'exemple, une forme de réalisation de cette palette de manutention en matière plastique
Figure 1 est une vue d'ensemble, en perspective, montrant trois palettes conformes à la présente invention, et illustrant leurs positions relatives d'emboîtement et de gerbage
Figures 2 et 3 sont des vues en perspective montrant, respectivement, l'une des traverses et l'un des longerons à partir desquels est réalisable la palette objet de l'invention
Figures 4 et 5 sont des vues en coupe, respectivement longitudinale et transversale, passant par des pieds appartenant à deux palettes superposées et gerbées
Figures 6 et 7 sont des vues en coupe, respectivement longitudinale et transversale, passant par des pieds appartenant à deux palettes superposées et emboitées.In any case, the invention will be better understood with the aid of the description which follows, with reference to the appended schematic drawing representing, by way of example, an embodiment of this plastic handling pallet
Figure 1 is an overall perspective view showing three pallets according to the present invention, and illustrating their relative nesting and stacking positions
Figures 2 and 3 are perspective views showing, respectively, one of the crosspieces and one of the side members from which the pallet object of the invention can be produced
Figures 4 and 5 are sectional views, respectively longitudinal and transverse, passing through feet belonging to two stacked and stacked pallets
Figures 6 and 7 are sectional views, respectively longitudinal and transverse, passing through feet belonging to two superimposed and nested pallets.
L'exemple illustré au dessin concerne une palette de manutention en matière plastique, désignée dans son ensemble par le repère 1, qui comporte un plateau ajouré 2 de forme rectangulaire, sous lequel font saillie neuf pieds 3, de configuration creuse, répartis en trois rangées parallèles de trois pieds. Le plateau 2 présente ici des ouvertures 4 de forme générale carrée ou rectangulaire, situées entre les trois rangées de pieds 3, et aussi entre le pieds 3 de chaque rangée. The example illustrated in the drawing relates to a plastic handling pallet, generally designated by the reference 1, which comprises a perforated plate 2 of rectangular shape, under which protrude nine feet 3, of hollow configuration, distributed in three rows three feet parallel. The plate 2 here has openings 4 of generally square or rectangular shape, located between the three rows of feet 3, and also between the feet 3 of each row.
Alors que la figure 1 représente de façon simplifiée les palettes 1 comme si elles étaient toutes réalisées d'une seule pièce, les figures 2 et 3 montrent comment chaque palette est réalisable par l'assemblage de traverses 5 et de longerons 6. While FIG. 1 shows the pallets 1 in a simplified manner as if they were all made in one piece, FIGS. 2 and 3 show how each pallet can be produced by assembling cross members 5 and longitudinal members 6.
Une traverse 5, telle que montrée sur la figure 2, se présente comme une plaque rectangulaire allongée, en matière plastique moulée, qui possède une série d'ouvertures 7 correspondant à certaines des ouvertures 4 de la palette 1 complète, ainsi qu'aux positions des pieds 3. A cross 5, as shown in Figure 2, is presented as an elongated rectangular plate, of molded plastic, which has a series of openings 7 corresponding to some of the openings 4 of the complete pallet 1, as well as to the positions feet 3.
Un longeron 6, tel que montré sur la figure 3, se présente comme un élément allongé, en matière plastique moulée, formant trois pieds 3 de configuration creuse, reliés entre eux par des parties intermédiaires 8 en relief pourvues d'ouvertures 9 qui correspondent à d'autres ouvertures 4 de la palette 1 complète. A spar 6, as shown in FIG. 3, is presented as an elongated element, of molded plastic material, forming three feet 3 of hollow configuration, interconnected by intermediate parts 8 in relief provided with openings 9 which correspond to other openings 4 of the complete pallet 1.
L'assemblage de la palette 1 est réalisé en disposant trois longerons 6 selon des directions parallèles, dans un même plan, et en disposant trois traverses 5 perpendiculairement aux longerons 6, dans le même plan, les traverses 5 s'emboîtant sur les longerons 6 de part et d'aurre des parties en relief 8. La solidarisation des traverses 5 et des longerons 6 est assurée par encliquetage et/ou collage et/ou soudage. The assembly of the pallet 1 is carried out by placing three longitudinal members 6 in parallel directions, in the same plane, and by arranging three cross members 5 perpendicular to the longitudinal members 6, in the same plane, the cross members 5 fitting onto the longitudinal members 6 on both sides of the raised parts 8. The fastening of the crosspieces 5 and the side members 6 is ensured by snap-fastening and / or gluing and / or welding.
Chaque pied 3 présente la forme d'une pyramide tronquée à base rectangulaire, dans laquelle fait saillie une nervure médiane 10, se raccordant à l'une des petites faces latérales du pied 3. La nervure 10 s'étend verticalement sur toute la hauteur H de ce pied 3 ; ses flancs vont en s'écartant l'un de l'autre, vers le bas. Each foot 3 has the shape of a truncated pyramid with a rectangular base, in which protrudes a middle rib 10, connecting to one of the small lateral faces of the foot 3. The rib 10 extends vertically over the entire height H of this foot 3; its sides move away from each other, down.
A la base de sa petite face latérale opposée à la précédente, chaque pied 3 présente encore, vu de l'extérieur, une encoche médiane 11 de largueur égale ou légèrement supérieure à celle de la nervure 10 à son sommet, et de faible hauteur h. L'encoche 11 peut aussi être interprétée comme un bossage intérieur du pied 3. At the base of its small lateral face opposite to the previous one, each foot 3 also has, seen from the outside, a middle notch 11 of width equal to or slightly greater than that of the rib 10 at its top, and of low height h . The notch 11 can also be interpreted as an interior boss of the foot 3.
Dans chaque rangée de trois pieds 3, correspondant à un longeron 6, les nervures 10 sont toutes dirigées dans le même sens. Par contre, les sens d'orientation de ces nervures 10 sont alternés, d'une rangée de pieds 3 à la suivante (voir figure 1). D'une manière correspondante, dans chaque rangée de pieds 3, les encoches 11 sont toutes situées du même côté des pieds respectifs, mais ce côté est inversé, d'une rangée de pieds 3 à la suivante. Ceci est obtenu simplement en alternant le sens de montage des longerons 6. In each row of three feet 3, corresponding to a beam 6, the ribs 10 are all directed in the same direction. On the other hand, the directions of orientation of these ribs 10 are alternated, from one row of feet 3 to the next (see FIG. 1). Correspondingly, in each row of feet 3, the notches 11 are all located on the same side of the respective feet, but this side is reversed, from one row of feet 3 to the next. This is obtained simply by alternating the mounting direction of the side members 6.
En conséquence de cette configuration, deux palettes 1 superposées mais disposées dans des sens opposés, telles que les deux palettes inférieures de la figure 1, peuvent être gerbées comme le montrent les figures 4 et 5 : pour deux pieds 3 correspondants de ces deux palettes 1, le pied 3 de la palette 1 supérieur s'engage, par son encoche 11, sur le sommet de la nervure 10 du pied 3 de la palette 1 inférieure. Un positionnement relatif latéral est ici assuré par le fait que la largeur de l'encoche 11 correspond à celle du sommet de la nervure 10. De plus, la disposition inversée des nervures 10 et encoches 11, d'une rangée de pieds 3 à la suivante, assure le positionnement relatif longitudinal. Ainsi, dans l'ensemble, on obtient un centrage de la palette 1 supérieure par rapport à la palette 1 inférieure, dans la position de gerbage. As a result of this configuration, two pallets 1 superimposed but arranged in opposite directions, such as the two lower pallets of FIG. 1, can be stacked as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5: for two corresponding feet 3 of these two pallets 1 , the foot 3 of the upper pallet 1 engages, by its notch 11, on the top of the rib 10 of the foot 3 of the lower pallet 1. A relative lateral positioning is here ensured by the fact that the width of the notch 11 corresponds to that of the top of the rib 10. In addition, the inverted arrangement of the ribs 10 and notches 11, of a row of feet 3 at the next, ensures the relative longitudinal positioning. Thus, overall, a centering of the upper pallet 1 is obtained relative to the lower pallet 1, in the stacking position.
Bien entendu, en superposant ainsi un nombre quelconque de palettes 1 avec des sens alternés, on réalise une pile de palettes 1 gerbées, de toute hauteur désirée, dans laquelle les palettes 1 sont séparées les unes des autres par des distances verticales correspondant sensiblement à (H-h). Cet écartement vertical des palettes 1, qui peut être de l'ordre de 10cm, permet le passage des fourches de chariots élévateurs entre deux palettes 1 gerbées, dans les passages libres subsistant entre les pieds 3. Of course, by thus superimposing any number of pallets 1 with alternating directions, a stack of pallets 1 stacked, of any desired height, is produced, in which the pallets 1 are separated from each other by vertical distances corresponding substantially to ( Hh). This vertical spacing of the pallets 1, which can be of the order of 10 cm, allows the forklift truck forks to pass between two stacked pallets 1, in the free passages remaining between the feet 3.
De plus, deux palettes 1 superposées et disposées dans le même sens, telles que les deux palettes supérieures de la figure 1, peuvent être emboîtées de façon serrée l'une dans l'autre, comme le montrent les figures 6 et 7, les nervures 10 venant en correspondance et les encoches 11 venant aussi en correspondance. Un nombre élevé de palettes 1 peuvent être ainsi emboîtées les unes sur les autres, pour former un pile compacte de la hauteur désirée. In addition, two pallets 1 superimposed and arranged in the same direction, such as the two upper pallets of Figure 1, can be fitted tightly into each other, as shown in Figures 6 and 7, the ribs 10 coming in correspondence and the notches 11 also coming in correspondence. A large number of pallets 1 can thus be nested one on the other, to form a compact stack of the desired height.
Comme il va de soi, l'invention ne se limite pas à la seule forme de réalisation de cette palette de manutention en matière plastique qui a été décrite cidessus, à titre d'exemple ; elle en embrasse, au contraire, toutes les variantes respectant le même principe. En particulier, l'on ne s'éloignerait pas du cadre de l'invention
- en modifiant le détail des formes des pieds de
la palettte
- en adaptant l'invention à des palettes de
plus ou moins grandes dimensions, comportant
des pieds plus ou moins nombreux ;
- en réalisant la palette selon un autre procédé,
notamment dans une structure monobloc au lieu
de l'assemblage de longerons et de traverses ;
- en donnant au plateau de cette palette une
configuration différente, par exemple une
allure de grille avec des ouvertures de petite
dimension, ou en forme de fentes allongées. It goes without saying that the invention is not limited to the only embodiment of this plastic handling pallet which has been described above, by way of example; on the contrary, it embraces all the variants respecting the same principle. In particular, it would not depart from the scope of the invention
- by modifying the detail of the shapes of the feet of
the pallet
- by adapting the invention to pallets of
more or less large, comprising
more or less numerous feet;
- by making the pallet according to another process,
especially in a one-piece structure instead
the assembly of beams and crosspieces;
- by giving the tray of this pallet a
different configuration, for example a
grille look with small openings
dimension, or in the form of elongated slits.
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