EP2025611B1 - Articulation unit for the posts of a collapsible transport or storage structure - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to a hinge unit for posts of a folding transport or storage rack according to claim 1 and a hinged transport or storage rack with posts, which have such hinge units, according to claim 16.
- Transport or storage racks are used, for example, for storage or delivery of vehicle parts to a production facility. They usually have at least four corner posts which are attached to a rectangular floor frame. Such racks are used, for example, to transport components that would be under-protected because of their shape or sensitivity in common packaging, such as fenders, seats, or assembled assemblies such as axles or the like.
- joints are provided in the post, over which the posts can be folded in pairs in the direction of the center of the frame, for example.
- Such a transport and storage rack is, for example, in DE 296 18 314 U1 described.
- the two joint elements of a joint are connected to each other via a pivot axis.
- the pivoting movement is blocked in the known solution by means of a bolt which is slidably provided on a joint member and can engage in a groove provided in the other joint member groove.
- the raised position is held over the latch.
- the hinge elements are welded at their end facing away from the joint with hollow profile tubes to form the post.
- EP 1 739 022 A1 describes a joint for the posts of a transport or storage rack, in which one of the hinge elements has a receptacle for fixing the other joint element with a tilted in the erected state of the joint to the vertical guide surface in which the second hinge element is feasible.
- a relative movement of the hinge elements along the guide surface moves the second hinge element out of the receptacle and brings the hinge elements from the fixed end position into the pivot position in which the posts connected to the hinge element can be folded down.
- the US 4,186,841 relates to a collapsible storage rack with hinge units, wherein in a first state, the hinge elements are not pivotable relative to each other and in a second state, said hinge elements are mutually pivotable.
- These joint elements are each connected to one another via a pin which is arranged on a joint element and which is guided in a guide arranged on the other joint element.
- the guide is provided on a side surface of the corresponding joint element.
- the GB 910,606 shows a storage rack with pivoting hinge units, which analogous to the solution according to the US 4,186,841 the corresponding hinge elements are connected to each other via a pin. Again, it is envisaged that the hinge elements must first be moved axially apart by a certain amount before folding.
- a device for locking a joint of a bearing frame which has a locking element disposed on a first hinge element locking bar, which cooperates with a arranged on a second hinge element approach.
- pivoting of the hinge elements can be prevented.
- To unlock the hinge elements of the locking bolt must be brought by axial displacement out of engagement with the approach, in which case the hinge elements are free to pivot.
- Stacking pins are used for stacking, for example, which are provided on a frame and in the posts of an underlying or overlying frame can be inserted.
- Object of the present invention is to provide an improved joint unit, which is easy to handle and allows safe stacking of the transport or storage racks.
- a hinged transport or storage rack with posts, the hinge units according to the invention, is the subject of claim 16.
- a joint unit according to the invention has, on the first joint element, which has the first guide surface, a first projection on a side surface parallel to the pivot plane of the joint elements.
- the first guide surface is provided on this approach.
- the joint unit according to the invention therefore does not have any guide surfaces arranged within the joint unit, so that it ensures greater flexibility, for example when stacking pins are used.
- first state and second state are used for both the hinge unit and the hinge elements, wherein the hinge unit is in the first (second) state when the hinge elements are in the first (second) state to each other.
- a first guide surface is provided on the first joint element and a guide element which slides on this guide surface is provided on the second joint element. It points the second joint element as a guide element on a second guide surface which corresponds to the first guide surface of the first joint element, so that in the relative movement of the two joint elements, the two guide surfaces slide against each other. This ensures a particularly smooth and reliable relative movement in a well-defined direction.
- the second guide surface on the second hinge member is provided on a second lug provided on a side surface of the second hinge member corresponding to the side surface of the first hinge member on which the first lug is provided.
- a further development provides that the ends of the guide surfaces which follow the relative movement of the two joint elements during the transition from the first to the second state are rounded.
- Such a configuration is particularly advantageous in the return of the joint unit from the second to the first state:
- the rounded ends of the trailing at the transition from the first to the second state ends of the two guide surfaces are leading in a transition from the second to the first state ,
- the rounding ensures that they hinder the transfer from the second to the first state as little as possible when they meet.
- the guide surfaces in the first state of the joint unit are inclined against the direction in which the joint elements are in the first state to each other. If the joint elements are moved in such an embodiment along the guide surface, the pivoting movement is already initiated by this relative movement.
- an additional security is provided by an additional locking element.
- the hinge unit on one of the joint elements on a movably mounted latch which can assume a blocking position when the hinge elements are in the first state in which they are not mutually pivotable.
- a bolt counterpart is provided which cooperates with the bolt such that the transfer of the hinge elements is locked in the second state when the bolt is in its locked position.
- the bolt and the bolt counterpart may be provided on a side surface of the hinge unit. It is particularly advantageous if they are located on the side surface of the joint unit on which the first projection is provided, so that the elements can be arranged as compact as possible on this one side surface and the hinge unit can be fully operated from one side.
- a simple embodiment provides that the latch counterpart includes an outwardly facing extension to the first approach.
- the extension may, for example, have a blocking surface against which the bolt rests in the blocking position when the two joint elements are in the first state in which they are not pivotable relative to one another.
- the latch can be moved to rest on the blocking surface, so that the additional securing is ensured by the lock.
- the extension has a latching guide surface which is arranged and configured such that the latch can slide from the second to the first state on the latching guide surface during the movement of the hinge elements until it automatically moves into the blocking position, is particularly advantageous locks.
- the latching guide surface is advantageously provided at an acute angle to the first guide surface of the first approach, so that it is inclined to the direction in which the hinge elements are mutually, if they are not pivotable in the first state.
- the latch automatically moves into its locked position when unfolding the frame or its post from the folded state in the erected state. As a result, the security is increased because the locking can not be forgotten.
- the self-locking engagement of the bolt in the blocking position can be effected for example by a corresponding spring element or by gravity.
- the latch is guided in a latch guide, which is provided on the outside of the second lug, which is arranged on the second hinge element.
- the bolt guide forms a structural unit with the second approach.
- a groove or bore is easily provided in one of the joint elements, in which engages a bolt which is fixed to the other joint member or part thereof.
- the bolt then serves as an axis for the pivoting movement.
- the bore or groove has an elongated shape, so that the relative movement of the joint elements along the first guide surface or the guide surfaces in the transfer from the first to the second state is possible.
- a possible disability-free displacement of the joint elements along the guide surface is achieved with an embodiment in which the elongate shape of the at least one bore or the at least one groove has an oblique region which is inclined approximately in the same direction as the guide surfaces.
- a particular advantage of a hinge unit according to the invention in which the guide surface or the guide surfaces are provided on a projection or on projections on the outside on a side surface, is particularly evident to an embodiment in which at the end of the first joint element on which in the first state, the first joint element with the second joint element in abutment, a receptacle for a stacking pin is provided frontally. In the pivoted state of the hinge unit, this end is exposed, so that in the recording a stacking pin of another transport or storage rack can be introduced. Since the guide surface (s) are provided on the lug (s) on a lateral outer side of the hinge unit, this lug may have a shape and size for the stack lug that is not affected by elements projecting into the hinge unit. In particular, the receptacle may have a shape and size which is also suitable for receiving stacking pins which are used elsewhere on the transport or storage rack.
- the invention also relates to a hinged transport or storage rack with posts, which have hinge units according to the invention.
- the hinge units according to the invention can be used for a folding caddy, a folding storage rack or a frame that is suitable for both transport and storage.
- a joint unit 100 according to the invention is shown with a lower part 10 and an upper part 40, which form the first and second joint element.
- Fig. 2 shows this joint unit in the direction of II, as in Fig. 1 is indicated.
- connection lugs 12 and 42 with, for example, square cross section, for example, square hollow sections can be placed and optionally welded.
- the posts thus formed form the corner posts of a transport or storage rack, for example for car parts.
- Joint units 100 serve to be able to fold down the posts laterally in order to save space in the empty state of the transport or storage rack.
- the pivoting plane corresponds to the paper plane of the Fig. 1 , In order to allow the folding, the lower part 10 at the in Fig. 2 visible side open.
- the upper part 40 rests with the support 50 at least on the edge of the upper end 28 of the lower part 10.
- the lower part 10 has a first projection 14 projecting from the side surface 15, as shown in FIG Fig. 2 is recognizable.
- a first guide surface 16 aligned substantially perpendicular to the side surface 15 at the first lug 14 has an inclination of about 45 degrees with respect to the orientation indicated by reference numeral 201, which corresponds to the post in its erected position.
- the first guide surface 16 ends in the upper region in a rounding 17.
- an extension 18 is provided, which has a substantially in the direction 201 of the erected post facing locking surface 20, which is thus arranged substantially vertically in this embodiment. At an acute angle, this is followed at the meeting point 23 by a latching guide surface 22 of the extension 18, the function of which will be explained below.
- a bolt 26 is mounted, which engages in a manner to be described in a groove or bore 52 of the upper part 40.
- the top 40 also has a lug 44 (hereinafter also referred to as "second lug") having a second guide surface 46 corresponding to the first guide surface 16 and substantially in the state of the hinge assembly 100 in which the pillar is erected is aligned as the first guide surface 16.
- a dashed line indicated slot 52 is provided which engages around the pin 26.
- the bolt 26 does not have to pass through the entire lower part 10, but it may be sufficient if it protrudes so far from the inner wall of the lower part 10 in the lower part that the slot 52 is guided.
- a bolt guide 60 is provided, in which a bolt 62 in the direction 200th can be moved linearly.
- the latch guide 60 consists of a parallel to the side surface 15 of the upper part 40 arranged at its ends open hollow body, which preferably forms a structural unit with the second projection 44.
- a locking lever 64 is provided, which protrudes outward ( Fig. 2 ). In the in Fig. 1 shown locked position, the lower part of the bolt abuts against the locking surface 20 of the extension 18, which acts insofar as a bolt counterpart. At the same time, the locking lever 64 is securely mounted in the bolt receptacle 66.
- Reference numeral 65 designates a latch stop member that also protrudes outward to prevent the latch 62 from leaking out of the latch guide 60, as described with reference to FIGS Fig. 3 will be explained.
- Fig. 2 shows the hinge unit 100 in the viewing direction II, the in Fig. 1 is indicated. Dashed lines of the hinge unit 100 passing through bolt 26 is shown here.
- the bolt protrudes so far from the one side into the interior of the hinge unit 100 that it engages in the slot 52 in the inner part 48 of the upper part 40.
- the slot 52 may also be replaced by a correspondingly shaped groove in the outer wall of the inner part 48 of the upper part 40.
- such a short bolt can also be provided on opposite sides of the hinge unit 100.
- Fig. 3 shows the hinge unit 100 in an unlocked state in which the latch 62 is displaced in the latch guide 60 so that it no longer rests against the blocking surface 20 of the extension 18.
- This locking movement is designated by reference numeral 200.
- the latch stop element 65 lies on the latch stop element receptacle 68 at the lower end of the latch guide 60, which limits the linear movement of the bolt 62 such that it can not leave the bolt guide.
- Fig. 4 shows the relative movement 202 of the hinge elements from the first state in which a pivoting in direction 204 is not possible and the in Fig. 1 to 3 is shown in the second state in which the pivoting in direction 204 is possible.
- Fig. 5 shows the hinge unit 100 in the pivoted state in which the (not shown) Vierkanthohlprofilrohre, which are connected to the connecting lugs 12, 42, are pivoted to each other.
- the pivoting movement carried out for this purpose is again designated by reference numeral 204.
- Fig. 6 shows the hinge unit 100 during pivoting back of the upper part 40 in the upright position.
- This pivoting-back movement 206 corresponds to the erection of the post part connected to the connecting lug 42 and not shown in the figures.
- the in Fig. 6 shown state is taken when the latch 62 strikes the detent guide surface 22 of the extension 18.
- By its oblique arrangement of the bolt 62 is displaced in the direction 208, which corresponds substantially to the direction of the bolt opening movement 200.
- Fig. 7 shows for further explanation of a partial elevational drawing of a hinge unit 102 according to the invention. Notwithstanding the slot 52 of the embodiment of Fig. 1 to 6
- the elongate hole 106 in the inner part of the upper part 40 here has an oblique region 108 and two end regions 110.
- Dash-dotted here is an example of a square hollow profile tube 104 indicated, which is mounted on the connecting lug 12 of the upper part 40.
- Fig. 8 shows the lateral plan view of an arrangement of two stacked inventive transport or storage racks 72, 74 with hinge units 100 according to the invention, the latter being shown only schematically.
- lower square hollow sections 80 are fixedly mounted, which are supported by the stiffener 82 against each other.
- the lower transport or storage rack 72 is shown with folded posts.
- the posts With the help of the joint units 100 according to the invention, the posts have been folded down in the manner described, so that the upper square hollow sections 70, which are connected to the upper parts 40 of the hinge units 100, are folded inwards.
- the upper storage rack 74 is shown in an upright position.
- the upper transport or storage rack 74 is placed on the lower parts 10 of the hinge units 100 of the lower transport or storage rack 42.
- the upper ends of the lower parts 10 of the hinge units 100 are each configured such that a stacking pin can be inserted.
- they each have an upwardly facing receptacle for a corresponding stacking pin.
- the hinge units 100 on the right side of the Fig. 8 are mirrored to the hinge units 100 on the left side of the Fig. 8 ,
- a hinge unit according to the invention is used as follows. In the state of Fig. 1 the upper part 40 and the lower part 10 are not mutually pivotable. A Verschwenkungs died the upper part 40 in the direction 204 is by the investment of the second guide surface 46 at prevents the first guide surface 16. As an additional safeguard, the pivoting movement is impeded by the latch 62, which rests against the blocking surface 20 of the extension 18. The two joint elements 10, 40 are thus fixed in position. Square tubes, which are welded to the connecting lugs 12, 42, for example, are aligned in a line. A transport rack having four posts thus formed is ready for loading.
- both the corresponding guide surfaces 16, 46 and the latch 62 and the blocking surface 20 are in each case form-fitting with one another, so that a very high resistance to dynamic stress is achieved.
- the upper part 40 of the joint unit 100 must be pivoted against the lower part 10 of the joint unit in the direction 204.
- the bolt 62 is first pulled in the direction of 200 in the bolt guide 60 upwards with the aid of the locking lever 64. In this case, leaves the lower portion of the bolt 62, the blocking surface 20. It creates the state of Fig. 3 in which the latch 62 is unlocked.
- the upper part 40 can now be moved obliquely upwards in the direction 202 along the direction of the guide surfaces 46, 16. This movement is made possible by the elongated shape of the slot 52.
- the bolt 62 strikes the detent guide surface 22 and, due to its oblique configuration, pushes upward in the direction of the anti-locking movement 208.
- the bolt thus does not hinder the complete erection of the upper part 40.
- the bolt falls downwards in the direction of the latch detent movement 210 due to gravity and locks automatically without additional engagement of an operator the state in which the hinge elements 10, 40 in a direction 201 ( Fig. 1 ) are aligned with each other.
- the hinge unit 102 as shown in FIG Fig. 7 is shown, the slot 106 is disposed substantially obliquely and has an oblique portion 108 with end portions 110.
- the oblique arrangement facilitates the movement of the upper hinge element 40 along the guide surface 16 of the lug 14 of the lower hinge element 10.
- Fig. 8 a stacked arrangement of two storage racks 72, 74 is shown.
- the upper square tubes 70 of the lower transport or storage rack 72 are folded together with the upper hinge elements 40 inwards, wherein the corresponding folding movement with the in Fig. 8 only schematically illustrated hinge units 100 was performed, as above with reference to the Fig. 1 to 7 explained.
- the lower hinge elements 10 at least of the lower transport or storage rack 72 at its upper end 28 receptacles in the stacking pins can be used. It is of particular advantage that the arrangement of the guide surfaces, Lugs and elements of the latch is located on an outer side of the hinge elements 100. It can be used in this way normal stacking pins, which are also used elsewhere for the assembly of transport or storage racks, as no disturbing elements protrude into the receptacle for the stacking pins.
- the upper transport or storage rack 74 On the stacking pin is then the upper transport or storage rack 74 in the in Fig. 8 shown manner.
- the upper storage rack 74 is shown with upright posts. As required, its posts can also be folded over, as shown for the lower transport or storage rack 72.
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Die Erfindung betrifft eine Gelenkeinheit für Pfosten eines klappbaren Transport- bzw. Lagergestells nach Anspruch 1 und ein klappbares Transport- bzw. Lagergestell mit Pfosten, die solche Gelenkeinheiten aufweisen, nach Anspruch 16.The invention relates to a hinge unit for posts of a folding transport or storage rack according to claim 1 and a hinged transport or storage rack with posts, which have such hinge units, according to
Transport- bzw. Lagergestelle werden zum Beispiel zur Lagerung oder zum Anliefern von Fahrzeugteilen zu einer Produktionsstätte verwendet. Sie weisen in der Regel zumindest vier Eckpfosten auf, die an einem rechteckigen Bodengestell befestigt sind. Solche Gestelle werden zum Beispiel zum Transport von Bauteilen verwendet, die wegen ihrer Formgebung oder Empfindlichkeit in üblichen Verpackungen zu wenig geschützt wären, wie zum Beispiel Kotflügel, Sitze oder fertig montierte Baugruppen, wie Achsen oder ähnliches.Transport or storage racks are used, for example, for storage or delivery of vehicle parts to a production facility. They usually have at least four corner posts which are attached to a rectangular floor frame. Such racks are used, for example, to transport components that would be under-protected because of their shape or sensitivity in common packaging, such as fenders, seats, or assembled assemblies such as axles or the like.
Um im leeren Zustand der Gestelle Platz einsparen zu können, werden in den Pfosten Gelenke vorgesehen, über die die Pfosten zum Beispiel paarweise in Richtung der Mitte des Gestells umgeklappt werden können.In order to save space in the empty condition of the racks, joints are provided in the post, over which the posts can be folded in pairs in the direction of the center of the frame, for example.
Ein solches Transport- und Lagergestell ist zum Beispiel in
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Während der Lagerung oder des Transports werden oftmals mehrere Gestelle aufeinander gestapelt, so dass sowohl die Gestelle als auch die Gelenke hohen statischen Lasten ausgesetzt werden. Insbesondere beim Transport muss außerdem sichergestellt sein, dass die aufeinander gestapelten Gestelle fest miteinander verbunden werden. Zum Stapeln werden dazu zum Beispiel Stapelzapfen eingesetzt, die an einem Gestell vorgesehen sind und in die Pfosten eines darunter liegenden oder darüber liegenden Gestells einführbar sind.During storage or transportation, multiple racks are often stacked on top of each other, exposing both the racks and the joints to high static loads. In particular, during transport must also be ensured that the stacked racks are firmly connected. Stacking pins are used for stacking, for example, which are provided on a frame and in the posts of an underlying or overlying frame can be inserted.
Aufgabe der vorliegenden Erfindung ist es, eine verbesserte Gelenkeinheit anzugeben, die einfach zu handhaben ist und ein sicheres Stapeln der Transport- bzw. Lagergestelle ermöglicht.Object of the present invention is to provide an improved joint unit, which is easy to handle and allows safe stacking of the transport or storage racks.
Diese Aufgabe wird mit einer Gelenkeinheit mit den Merkmalen des Anspruchs 1 gelöst. Vorteilhafte Ausführungsformen sind Gegenstand von Unteransprüchen. Ein klappbares Transport- bzw. Lagergestell mit Pfosten, die erfindungsgemäße Gelenkeinheiten aufweisen, ist Gegenstand des Anspruchs 16.This object is achieved with a hinge unit with the features of claim 1. Advantageous embodiments are the subject of dependent claims. A hinged transport or storage rack with posts, the hinge units according to the invention, is the subject of
Eine erfindungsgemäße Gelenkeinheit weist an dem ersten Gelenkelement, das die erste Führungsfläche aufweist, einen ersten Ansatz an einer zu der Schwenkebene der Gelenkelemente parallelen Seitenfläche auf. Die erste Führungsfläche ist an diesem Ansatz vorgesehen.A joint unit according to the invention has, on the first joint element, which has the first guide surface, a first projection on a side surface parallel to the pivot plane of the joint elements. The first guide surface is provided on this approach.
Die erste Führungsfläche, entlang derer die Relativbewegung der Gelenkelemente geführt wird, wenn sie von dem ersten Zustand, in dem sie nicht zueinander verschwenkbar sind, in den zweiten Zustand, in dem sie in der Schwenkebene verschwenkbar sind, überführt werden, befindet sich bei der erfindungsgemäßen Gelenkeinheit also an einer Außenseite des ersten Gelenkelementes an einem gesondert vorgesehenen Ansatz. Die erfindungsgemäße Gelenkeinheit weist also keine innerhalb der Gelenkeinheit angeordneten Führungsflächen auf, so dass sie eine größere Flexibilität zum Beispiel beim Einsatz von Stapelzapfen gewährleistet.The first guide surface, along which the relative movement of the joint elements is guided when they are transferred from the first state in which they are not pivotable to each other, in the second state in which they are pivotable in the pivot plane, located in the inventive Joint unit thus on an outer side of the first joint element on a separately provided approach. The joint unit according to the invention therefore does not have any guide surfaces arranged within the joint unit, so that it ensures greater flexibility, for example when stacking pins are used.
Die Begriffe "erster Zustand" bzw. "zweiter Zustand" werden sowohl für die Gelenkeinheit als auch für die Gelenkelemente verwendet, wobei sich die Gelenkeinheit in dem ersten (zweiten) Zustand befindet, wenn sich die Gelenkelemente im ersten (zweiten) Zustand zueinander befinden.The terms "first state" and "second state" are used for both the hinge unit and the hinge elements, wherein the hinge unit is in the first (second) state when the hinge elements are in the first (second) state to each other.
Erfindungsgemäß ist an dem ersten Gelenkelement eine erste Führungsfläche und an dem zweiten Gelenkelement ein an dieser Führungsfläche abgleitendes Führungselement vorgesehen. Dabei weist das zweite Gelenkelement als Führungselement eine zweite Führungsfläche auf, die zu der ersten Führungsfläche des ersten Gelenkelements korrespondiert, so dass bei der Relativbewegung der beiden Gelenkelemente die zwei Führungsflächen aneinander abgleiten. Dies gewährleistet eine besonders glatte und sichere Relativbewegung in wohldefinierter Richtung. Die zweite Führungsfläche an dem zweiten Gelenkelement ist an einem zweiten Ansatz vorgesehen, der an einer Seitenfläche des zweiten Gelenkelements vorgesehen ist, die der Seitenfläche des ersten Gelenkelements entspricht, an der der erste Ansatz vorgesehen ist.According to the invention, a first guide surface is provided on the first joint element and a guide element which slides on this guide surface is provided on the second joint element. It points the second joint element as a guide element on a second guide surface which corresponds to the first guide surface of the first joint element, so that in the relative movement of the two joint elements, the two guide surfaces slide against each other. This ensures a particularly smooth and reliable relative movement in a well-defined direction. The second guide surface on the second hinge member is provided on a second lug provided on a side surface of the second hinge member corresponding to the side surface of the first hinge member on which the first lug is provided.
Eine Weiterbildung sieht vor, dass die bei der Relativbewegung der beiden Gelenkelemente während des Überganges vom ersten in den zweiten Zustand nachlaufenden Enden der Führungsflächen abgerundet sind. Eine solche Ausgestaltung ist insbesondere bei der Zurückführung der Gelenkeinheit von dem zweiten in den ersten Zustand von Vorteil: Die abgerundeten Enden der bei dem Übergang von dem ersten in den zweiten Zustand nachlaufenden Enden der beiden Führungsflächen sind bei einem Übergang vom zweiten in den ersten Zustand vorlaufend. Durch die Abrundung ist gewährleistet, dass sie bei ihrem Zusammentreffen die Überführung vom zweiten in den ersten Zustand möglichst wenig behindern.A further development provides that the ends of the guide surfaces which follow the relative movement of the two joint elements during the transition from the first to the second state are rounded. Such a configuration is particularly advantageous in the return of the joint unit from the second to the first state: The rounded ends of the trailing at the transition from the first to the second state ends of the two guide surfaces are leading in a transition from the second to the first state , The rounding ensures that they hinder the transfer from the second to the first state as little as possible when they meet.
Die Führungsflächen im ersten Zustand der Gelenkeinheit sind gegen die Richtung, in der die Gelenkelemente zueinander im ersten Zustand stehen, geneigt. Werden die Gelenkelemente bei einer solchen Ausführungsform entlang der Führungsfläche bewegt, wird durch diese Relativbewegung die Schwenkbewegung bereits eingeleitet. Vorteilhaft ist ein Winkelbereich von 30 bis 60 Grad, besonders bevorzugt 45 Grad.The guide surfaces in the first state of the joint unit are inclined against the direction in which the joint elements are in the first state to each other. If the joint elements are moved in such an embodiment along the guide surface, the pivoting movement is already initiated by this relative movement. Advantageously, an angular range of 30 to 60 degrees, particularly preferably 45 degrees.
Durch zwei schräg angeordnete zueinander korrespondierende Führungsflächen ist zudem bereits ein stabiler Formschluss zwischen den beiden Gelenkelementen in dem ersten Zustand gewährleistet, in dem keine Verschwenkung möglich ist.By two obliquely arranged mutually corresponding guide surfaces also a stable positive connection between the two joint elements in the first state is already ensured, in which no pivoting is possible.
Eine zusätzliche Sicherung ist durch ein zusätzliches Verriegelungselement vorgesehen. Dazu weist die Gelenkeinheit an einem der Gelenkelemente einen beweglich gelagerten Riegel auf, der eine Sperrstellung einnehmen kann, wenn die Gelenkelemente im ersten Zustand sind, in dem sie nicht gegeneinander verschwenkbar sind. An dem anderen Gelenkelement ist ein Riegelgegenstück vorgesehen, das mit dem Riegel derart zusammenwirkt, dass die Überführung der Gelenkelemente in den zweiten Zustand gesperrt ist, wenn der Riegel in seiner Sperrstellung ist.An additional security is provided by an additional locking element. For this purpose, the hinge unit on one of the joint elements on a movably mounted latch, which can assume a blocking position when the hinge elements are in the first state in which they are not mutually pivotable. On the other joint member, a bolt counterpart is provided which cooperates with the bolt such that the transfer of the hinge elements is locked in the second state when the bolt is in its locked position.
Der Riegel und das Riegelgegenstück können an einer Seitenfläche der Gelenkeinheit vorgesehen sein. Besonders vorteilhaft ist es, wenn sie sich an derjenigen Seitenfläche der Gelenkeinheit befinden, an der auch der erste Ansatz vorgesehen ist, so dass die Elemente an dieser einen Seitenfläche möglichst kompakt angeordnet werden können und die Gelenkeinheit von einer Seite her vollständig bedient werden kann.The bolt and the bolt counterpart may be provided on a side surface of the hinge unit. It is particularly advantageous if they are located on the side surface of the joint unit on which the first projection is provided, so that the elements can be arranged as compact as possible on this one side surface and the hinge unit can be fully operated from one side.
Eine einfache Ausgestaltung sieht dazu vor, dass das Riegelgegenstück einen nach außen weisenden Fortsatz an dem ersten Ansatz umfasst.A simple embodiment provides that the latch counterpart includes an outwardly facing extension to the first approach.
Der Fortsatz kann dabei zum Beispiel eine Sperrfläche aufweisen, an der der Riegel in der Sperrstellung anliegt, wenn die beiden Gelenkelemente in dem ersten Zustand sind, in dem sie nicht zueinander verschwenkbar sind.The extension may, for example, have a blocking surface against which the bolt rests in the blocking position when the two joint elements are in the first state in which they are not pivotable relative to one another.
Wird die Gelenkeinheit aus dem verschwenkbaren Zustand in den ersten Zustand zurückbewegt, kann der Riegel zur Anlage an die Sperrfläche verschoben werden, so dass die zusätzliche Sicherung durch die Verriegelung gewährleistet ist. Besonders vorteilhaft ist jedoch eine Ausführungsform der Gelenkeinheit, bei der der Fortsatz eine Rastführungsfläche aufweist, die derart angeordnet und ausgestaltet ist, dass der Riegel bei der Bewegung der Gelenkelemente vom zweiten in den ersten Zustand an der Rastführungsfläche abgleiten kann, bis er selbsttätig in die Sperrstellung einrastet. Die Rastführungsfläche ist dazu vorteilhafterweise in einem spitzen Winkel zur ersten Führungsfläche des ersten Ansatzes vorgesehen, so dass sie zu der Richtung geneigt ist, in der die Gelenkelemente zueinander stehen, wenn sie im ersten Zustand nicht verschwenkbar sind.If the hinge unit is moved back from the pivotable state into the first state, the latch can be moved to rest on the blocking surface, so that the additional securing is ensured by the lock. However, an embodiment of the hinge unit, in which the extension has a latching guide surface which is arranged and configured such that the latch can slide from the second to the first state on the latching guide surface during the movement of the hinge elements until it automatically moves into the blocking position, is particularly advantageous locks. The latching guide surface is advantageously provided at an acute angle to the first guide surface of the first approach, so that it is inclined to the direction in which the hinge elements are mutually, if they are not pivotable in the first state.
Bei einer solchen Ausgestaltung ist es besonders vorteilhaft, dass der Riegel beim Aufklappen des Gestells bzw. dessen Pfosten aus dem zusammengeklappten Zustand in den aufgerichteten Zustand automatisch in seine Verriegelungsposition gelangt. Dadurch wird die Sicherheit erhöht, da das Verriegeln nicht vergessen werden kann.In such an embodiment, it is particularly advantageous that the latch automatically moves into its locked position when unfolding the frame or its post from the folded state in the erected state. As a result, the security is increased because the locking can not be forgotten.
Das selbstständige Einrasten des Riegels in die Sperrstellung kann zum Beispiel durch ein entsprechendes Federelement oder durch Schwerkrafteinwirkung bewirkt werden.The self-locking engagement of the bolt in the blocking position can be effected for example by a corresponding spring element or by gravity.
Bei einer vorteilhaften Ausführungsform wird der Riegel in einer Riegelführung geführt, die außen an dem zweiten Ansatz vorgesehen ist, der am zweiten Gelenkelement angeordnet ist. Vorteilhafterweise bildet die Riegelführung eine bauliche Einheit mit dem zweiten Ansatz. Eine solche Ausführungsform ermöglicht ein engeres und haltbareres Zusammenspiel zwischen der Verriegelungseinheit mit Riegel und Riegelgegenstück einerseits und den Führungsflächen andererseits beim Überführen der Gelenkelemente aus dem ersten Zustand in den zweiten Zustand oder umgekehrt.In an advantageous embodiment, the latch is guided in a latch guide, which is provided on the outside of the second lug, which is arranged on the second hinge element. Advantageously, the bolt guide forms a structural unit with the second approach. Such an embodiment allows a closer and more durable interaction between the locking unit with bolt and locking counterpart on the one hand and the guide surfaces on the other hand when transferring the hinge elements from the first state to the second state or vice versa.
Die so mögliche massive Kontur des kombinierten Funktionsteils macht die gesamte Gelenkeinheit stärker belastbar.The thus possible massive contour of the combined functional part makes the entire joint unit more resilient.
Um die beiden Gelenkelemente fest miteinander verbunden zu halten und dennoch eine Schwenkbewegung zu ermöglichen, wird einfacherweise in einem der Gelenkelemente eine Nut oder Bohrung vorgesehen, in die ein Bolzen eingreift, der an dem anderen Gelenkelement festgelegt ist oder Teil dessen ist. Der Bolzen dient dann als Achse für die Schwenkbewegung. Die Bohrung oder Nut weist eine lang gestreckte Form auf, so dass die Relativbewegung der Gelenkelemente entlang der ersten Führungsfläche bzw. der Führungsflächen bei der Überführung vom ersten in den zweiten Zustand möglich ist. Ein möglichst behinderungsfreies Verschieben der Gelenkelemente entlang der Führungsfläche wird dabei mit einer Ausführungsform erreicht, bei der die lang gestreckte Form der wenigstens einen Bohrung bzw. der wenigstens einen Nut einen schrägen Bereich aufweist, der etwa in dieselbe Richtung geneigt ist, wie die Führungsflächen.To keep the two hinge elements firmly connected to each other and still allow a pivoting movement, a groove or bore is easily provided in one of the joint elements, in which engages a bolt which is fixed to the other joint member or part thereof. The bolt then serves as an axis for the pivoting movement. The bore or groove has an elongated shape, so that the relative movement of the joint elements along the first guide surface or the guide surfaces in the transfer from the first to the second state is possible. A possible disability-free displacement of the joint elements along the guide surface is achieved with an embodiment in which the elongate shape of the at least one bore or the at least one groove has an oblique region which is inclined approximately in the same direction as the guide surfaces.
Ein besonderer Vorteil einer erfindungsgemäßen Gelenkeinheit, bei der die Führungsfläche bzw. die Führungsflächen an einem Ansatz bzw. an Ansätzen außen an einer Seitenfläche vorgesehen sind, zeigt sich besonders an einer Ausführungsform, bei der an demjenigen Ende des ersten Gelenkelementes, an dem im ersten Zustand das erste Gelenkelement mit dem zweiten Gelenkelement in Anlage ist, stirnseitig eine Aufnahme für einen Stapelzapfen vorgesehen ist. Im verschwenkten Zustand der Gelenkeinheit liegt dieses Ende frei, so dass in die Aufnahme ein Stapelzapfen eines weiteren Transport- bzw. Lagergestelles eingeführt werden kann.
Da die Führungsfläche bzw. die Führungsflächen an dem Ansatz bzw. den Ansätzen an einer seitlichen Außenseite der Gelenkeinheit vorgesehen sind, kann diese Aufnahme für den Stapelzapfen eine Form und Größe aufweisen, die nicht durch in die Gelenkeinheit hineinragende Elemente beeinträchtigt wird. Insbesondere kann die Aufnahme eine Form und Größe besitzen, die auch zur Aufnahme von Stapelzapfen geeignet ist, die an anderer Stelle an dem Transport- bzw. Lagergestell verwendet werden.A particular advantage of a hinge unit according to the invention, in which the guide surface or the guide surfaces are provided on a projection or on projections on the outside on a side surface, is particularly evident to an embodiment in which at the end of the first joint element on which in the first state, the first joint element with the second joint element in abutment, a receptacle for a stacking pin is provided frontally. In the pivoted state of the hinge unit, this end is exposed, so that in the recording a stacking pin of another transport or storage rack can be introduced.
Since the guide surface (s) are provided on the lug (s) on a lateral outer side of the hinge unit, this lug may have a shape and size for the stack lug that is not affected by elements projecting into the hinge unit. In particular, the receptacle may have a shape and size which is also suitable for receiving stacking pins which are used elsewhere on the transport or storage rack.
Besonders bevorzugt sind Ausführungsformen der Gelenkeinheit, bei denen Riegel und Riegelgegenstück in der Verriegelungsstellung formschlüssig zueinander sind und/oder bei der die erste und die zweite Führungsfläche formschlüssig zueinander sind. Durch die formschlüssige Verbindung bzw. die formschlüssigen Verbindungen wird ein höherer Widerstand gegen dynamische Beanspruchung erreicht.Particularly preferred embodiments of the joint unit, in which bolt and locking counterpart in the locking position are positively to each other and / or in which the first and the second guide surface are positively against each other. Due to the positive connection or the positive connections a higher resistance to dynamic stress is achieved.
Die Erfindung betrifft außerdem ein klappbares Transport- bzw. Lagergestell mit Pfosten, die erfindungsgemäße Gelenkeinheiten aufweisen. Die erfindungsgemäßen Gelenkeinheiten können dabei für ein klappbares Transportgestell, ein klappbares Lagergestell oder ein Gestell verwendet werden, das sowohl zum Transport als auch zum Lagern geeignet ist.The invention also relates to a hinged transport or storage rack with posts, which have hinge units according to the invention. The hinge units according to the invention can be used for a folding caddy, a folding storage rack or a frame that is suitable for both transport and storage.
Die Vorteile und bevorzugten Ausführungsformen eines erfindungsgemäßen Gestells ergeben sich aus den oben geschilderten Vorteilen und bevorzugten Ausführungsformen der erfindungsgemäßen Gelenkeinheit.The advantages and preferred embodiments of a frame according to the invention result from the above-described advantages and preferred embodiments of the joint unit according to the invention.
Die Erfindung wird anhand der folgenden Figuren, die in schematischer Darstellung und nicht notwendigerweise maßstabsgetreu Ausführungsformen der Erfindung zeigen, im Detail erläutert. Dabei zeigen:
- Fig. 1
- eine seitliche Draufsicht auf eine erfindungsgemäße Gelenkeinheit im nicht verschwenkbaren, ersten Zustand,
- Fig. 2
- eine Draufsicht auf eine andere Seite der Gelenkeinheit der
Fig. 1 in Blickrichtung II, - Fig. 3
- eine Draufsicht auf eine Seitenfläche eines erfindungsgemäßen Gelenkeinheit im ersten Zustand, in dem eine Verschwenkung nicht möglich ist, im entriegelten Zustand,
- Fig. 4
- eine Draufsicht auf die Seitenfläche der Gelenkeinheit der
Fig. 1 bis 3 während der Überführung in den zweiten Zustand, in dem eine Verschwenkung möglich ist, - Fig. 5 Fig. 6
- eine seitliche Draufsicht auf die Gelenkeinheit der
Fig. 1 bis 4 in verschwenktem Zustand, eine seitliche Draufsicht auf die Gelenkeinheit derFig. 1 bis 5 bei der Zurückführung aus dem verschwenkten Zustand in den ersten Zustand, in dem eine Verschwenkung nicht möglich ist,
- Fig. 7
- eine teilaufgerissene Gesamtansicht einer erfindungsgemäßen Gelenkeinheit, und
- Fig. 8
- eine seitliche Ansicht zweier erfindungsgemäßer Transport- bzw. Lagergestelle mit erfindungsgemäßen Gelenkeinheiten in einem besonderen Stapelzustand.
- Fig. 1
- a lateral plan view of a hinge unit according to the invention in the non-pivotable, first state,
- Fig. 2
- a plan view of another side of the hinge unit of
Fig. 1 in the direction of view II, - Fig. 3
- a plan view of a side surface of a hinge unit according to the invention in the first state, in which a pivoting is not possible, in the unlocked state,
- Fig. 4
- a plan view of the side surface of the hinge unit of
Fig. 1 to 3 during transfer to the second state in which pivoting is possible - Fig. 5 Fig. 6
- a lateral plan view of the hinge unit of
Fig. 1 to 4 in a pivoted state, a lateral plan view of the joint unit of theFig. 1 to 5 in the return from the pivoted state to the first state in which a pivoting is not possible,
- Fig. 7
- a partially broken overall view of a hinge unit according to the invention, and
- Fig. 8
- a side view of two inventive transport or storage racks with hinge units according to the invention in a special stacking state.
In
An den Verbindungsansätzen 12 bzw. 42 mit zum Beispiel viereckigem Querschnitt können zum Beispiel Vierkanthohlprofile aufgesetzt und gegebenenfalls verschweißt werden. Die so gebildeten Pfosten bilden die Eckpfosten eines Transport- bzw. Lagergestells, zum Beispiel für Autoteile.At the connection lugs 12 and 42 with, for example, square cross section, for example, square hollow sections can be placed and optionally welded. The posts thus formed form the corner posts of a transport or storage rack, for example for car parts.
Gelenkeinheiten 100 dienen dazu, die Pfosten seitlich abklappen zu können, um im leeren Zustand des Transport- bzw. Lagergestells Platz einsparen zu können. Die Schwenkebene entspricht dabei der Papierebene der
In dem in
Das Unterteil 10 weist einen ersten Ansatz 14 auf, der von der Seitenfläche 15 vorsteht, wie es in
In der Seitenfläche 15 und gegebenenfalls in der nicht sichtbaren gegenüberliegenden Seitenfläche der Gelenkeinheit 100 ist ein Bolzen 26 gelagert, der in noch zu beschreibender Weise in eine Nut oder eine Bohrung 52 des Oberteils 40 eingreift.In the
Das Oberteil 40 weist ebenfalls einen Ansatz 44 auf (im Folgenden auch "zweiter Ansatz"), der eine zweite Führungsfläche 46 aufweist, die zu der ersten Führungsfläche 16 korrespondiert und in dem Zustand der Gelenkeinheit 100, in dem der Pfosten aufgerichtet ist, im Wesentlichen gleich ausgerichtet ist, wie die erste Führungsfläche 16. In dem Innenteil 28 (
Außen an dem zweiten Ansatz 44, der sich am Oberteil 40 befindet, ist eine Riegelführung 60 vorgesehen, in der ein Riegel 62 in Richtung 200 linear bewegt werden kann. Dazu besteht die Riegelführung 60 aus einem parallel zur Seitenfläche 15 des Oberteiles 40 angeordneten, an seinen Enden offenen Hohlkörper, der vorzugsweise eine bauliche Einheit mit dem zweiten Ansatz 44 bildet. Um die Bewegung des Riegels 62 einleiten zu können, ist ein Riegelhebel 64 vorgesehen, der nach außen vorsteht (
Bezugsziffer 65 bezeichnet ein Riegelstoppelement, das ebenfalls nach außen vorsteht um das Austreten des Riegels 62 aus der Riegelführung 60 zu verhindern, wie es mit Bezug zu
Strichpunktiert ist hier beispielhaft ein Vierkanthohlprofilrohr 104 angedeutet, das auf dem Verbindungsansatz 12 des Oberteils 40 befestigt ist.Dash-dotted here is an example of a square
Die Gelenkeinheiten 100 auf der rechten Seite der
Eine erfindungsgemäße Gelenkeinheit wird wie folgt eingesetzt. Im Zustand der
Als besonders günstig erweist sich bei dieser Ausführungsform, dass im aufgeklappten Zustand sowohl die korrespondierenden Führungsflächen 16, 46 als auch der Riegel 62 und die Sperrfläche 20 jeweils formschlüssig zueinander sind, so dass ein sehr hoher Widerstand gegen dynamische Beanspruchung erreicht wird.In this embodiment, it proves to be particularly favorable that, in the unfolded state, both the corresponding guide surfaces 16, 46 and the
Soll das Transport- bzw. Lagergestell zusammengeklappt werden, muss das Oberteil 40 der Gelenkeinheit 100 gegen das Unterteil 10 der Gelenkeinheit in Richtung 204 verschwenkt werden. Dazu wird zunächst mit Hilfe des Riegelhebels 64 der Riegel 62 in Richtung 200 in der Riegelführung 60 nach oben gezogen. Dabei verlässt der untere Bereich des Riegels 62 die Sperrfläche 20. Es entsteht der Zustand der
Eine weitere Bewegung des Oberteils 40 in Richtung 204 führt zu dem Zustand der
Beim Wiederaufrichten des Pfostens entsteht zunächst ein Zustand, der in
Im Zuge der Zurückschwenkbewegung 206 trifft der Riegel 62 auf die Rastführungsfläche 22 und wird aufgrund deren schräger Ausgestaltung in Richtung der Riegelausweichbewegung 208 nach oben weggedrückt. Der Riegel behindert also nicht die vollständige Aufrichtung des Oberteils 40. Sobald der Riegel den Zusammentreffpunkt 23, an dem die Rastführungsfläche 22 und die Sperrfläche 20 aneinander stoßen, überschritten hat, fällt er aufgrund der Schwerkraft in Richtung der Riegeleinrastbewegung 210 nach unten und verriegelt automatisch ohne zusätzlichen Eingriff einer Bedienperson den Zustand, in dem die Gelenkelemente 10, 40 in einer Richtung 201 (
Insgesamt wird auf diese Weise wieder der Zustand eingenommen, der in den
Bei dieser erfindungsgemäßen Gelenkeinheit ist also die Überführung in den zweiten Zustand, in dem die beiden Gelenkelemente gegeneinander verschwenkbar sind, zum einen durch die geneigte Anordnung der Führungsflächen 16, 46 und deren formschlüssiges Zusammenwirken verhindert, wenn sich die Gelenkeinheit im ersten Zustand befindet, der in
Bei einer Ausführungsform der Gelenkeinheit 102, wie sie in
In
In nicht sichtbarer Weise weisen die unteren Gelenkelemente 10 zumindest des unteren Transport- bzw. Lagergestelles 72 an ihrem oberen Ende 28 Aufnahmen auf, in die Stapelzapfen eingesetzt werden können. Dabei ist von besonderem Vorteil, dass die Anordnung der Führungsflächen, Ansätze und Elemente der Verriegelung sich an einer Außenseite der Gelenkelemente 100 befindet. Es können auf diese Weise normale Stapelzapfen eingesetzt werden, die auch an anderer Stelle zum Zusammensetzen von Transport- bzw. Lagergestellen verwendet werden, da keine störenden Elemente in die Aufnahme für die Stapelzapfen hineinragen.In an invisible manner, the
Auf die Stapelzapfen wird dann das obere Transport- bzw. Lagergestell 74 in der in
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- unteres Gelenkelement, UnterteilLower joint element, lower part
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- Verbindungsansatzconnecting shoulder
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- erster Ansatz .first approach.
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- Seitenflächeside surface
- 1616
- erste Führungsflächefirst guide surface
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- abgerundete Kanterounded edge
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- Fortsatzextension
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- Sperrflächeblocking surface
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- RastführungsflächeRest guide surface
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- Zusammentreffpunkt von Sperrfläche und RastführungsflächeMeeting point of blocking area and detent guide surface
- 2626
- Bolzenbolt
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- oberes Ende des unteren Gelenkelementesupper end of the lower joint element
- 4040
- oberes Gelenkelement, OberteilUpper joint element, upper part
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- Verbindungsansatzconnecting shoulder
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- zweiter Ansatzsecond approach
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- abgerundete Kanterounded edge
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- zweite Führungsflächesecond guide surface
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- Innenteilinner part
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- Auflageedition
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- LanglochLong hole
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- Riegelführungbolt guide
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- Riegelbars
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- abgerundete Kanterounded edge
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- Riegelhebellocking lever
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- RiegelstoppelementLatch stop member
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- RiegelaufnahmeBolt receiver
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- RiegelstoppelementaufnahmeBar stop element receptacle
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- VierkantrohrSquare tube
- 72, 7472, 74
- Transport- bzw. LagergestellTransport or storage rack
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- VierkantrohrSquare tube
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- Versteifungstiffening
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- RechteckbodenprofilRectangular bottom profile
- 100, 102100, 102
- Gelenkeinheitjoint unit
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- VierkantrohrSquare tube
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- LanglochLong hole
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- schräger Langlochbereichoblique oblong hole area
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- LanglochendbereichLanglochendbereich
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- RiegelöffnungsbewegungBolt opening movement
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- Ausrichtung im ersten ZustandAlignment in the first state
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- Relativbewegung der GelenkelementeRelative movement of the joint elements
- 204204
- Schwenkbewegungpivotal movement
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- ZurückschwenkbewegungBack pivotal movement
- 208208
- RiegelausweichbewegungRiegel evasive movement
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- An articulation unit (100, 102) for posts of a transport or storage structure, comprising a first and second articulation element (10, 40) which are not pivotable relative to each other in a first state and are pivotable relative to each other in a pivot plane in a second state;(i) with the first articulation element (10) having a first guide surface (16) which is inclined against the direction (201) in which the articulation elements (10, 40) are positioned against one another in the first state and which is provided on a first extension piece (14) on a side surface (15) of the first articulation element (10) which is parallel to the swivelling plane;(ii) with a second guide surface (46) which corresponds to the guide surface (16) of the first articulation element (10) being provided on a second extension piece (44) on a side surface of the second articulation element (40);(iii) with the articulation elements (10, 40) being transferrable by a relative movement (202) of the articulation elements (10, 40) along the guide surfaces (16, 46) from the relative position of the first state to the second state, with the two guide surfaces (16, 46) sliding off one another during the relative movement (202) of the articulation elements (10, 40) between the first and second state, and(iv) with a movably mounted lock (62) being provided on one of the articulation elements (40) which can assume a locked position when the articulation elements (10, 40) are in the first state in which it cooperates with a counterpart of the lock provided on the other articulation element (10) in such a way that the transfer of the articulation elements (10, 40) to the second state is blocked.
- An articulation unit according to claim 1, characterized in that the two ends (17, 45) of the guide surfaces (16, 46) are rounded off, which ends trail during the relative movement of the two articulation elements (10, 40) during the transfer from the first to the second state.
- An articulation unit according to one of the claims 1 or 2, characterized in that the guide surface (16) is inclined at an angle in the range of 30 to 60°, especially preferably by 45°, against the direction (201) in which the articulation elements (10, 40) stand in relation to one another in the first state.
- An articulation unit according to one of the claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the movably mounted lock (62) is provided on the second articulation element (40).
- An articulation unit according to one of the claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the lock (62) and the counterpart of the lock are disposed on a side surface of the articulation unit (100, 102).
- An articulation unit according to claim 5, characterized in that the lock (62) and the counterpart of the lock are provided on the side surface of the articulation unit (100, 102) on which the first extension piece (14) is disposed.
- An articulation unit according to claim 6, characterized in that the counterpart of the lock comprises an outwardly facing projection (18) on the first extension piece (14).
- An articulation unit according to claim 7, characterized in that the projection (18) comprises a locking surface (20) which faces substantially in the direction of orientation (201) in which the articulation elements are in the first state in relation to each other and on which the lock (62) rests in the locked position.
- An articulation unit according to one of the claims 7 or 8, characterized in that a latching guide surface (22) is provided on the projection (18), which latching guide surface is arranged and configured in such a way that the lock (62), during the movement of the articulation elements (10, 40) from the second to the first state, can slide off on the latching guide surface (22) until it snaps into the locked position.
- An articulation unit according to claims 8 and 9, characterized in that the locking surface (20) and the latching guide surface (22) meet one another at an acute angle which is disposed in the pivot plane.
- An articulation unit according to one of the claims 1 to 10, characterized in that the lock (62) is displaceably held in a lock guide (60) on an articulation element (40) in which it can be moved into the locked position or out of the locked position.
- An articulation unit according to claim 11, characterized in that the lock guide (60) is provided on the outside on the second extension piece (44), with the lock guide (60) and the second extension piece (44) preferably forming a structural unit.
- An articulation unit according to one of the claims 1 to 12, characterized in that the one articulation element (40), preferably the second articulation element, comprises at least one bore (52, 106) or groove in which a pin (26) engages which is fixed in the other articulation element (10) and is used as an axis during the pivoting movement (204), with the bore (52, 106) or groove having an elongated shape which is arranged in such a way that it enables the relative movement (202) of the articulation elements (10, 40) along the first guide surface (16) during the transfer from the first to the second state.
- An articulation unit according to claim 13, characterized in that the bore (106) has a region (108) which is oblique in relation to the direction (201) in which the articulation elements (10, 40) stand in relation to one another in the first state.
- An articulation unit according to one of the claims 1 to 14, characterized in that a receiver for a stacking lug is provided in the end (28) of the first articulation element (10) which in the first state rests on the second articulation element (40).
- A foldable transport or storage structure with posts having articulation units (100, 102) according to one of the preceding claims for folding.
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