GB2296704A - Stillage - Google Patents

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GB2296704A
GB2296704A GB9424345A GB9424345A GB2296704A GB 2296704 A GB2296704 A GB 2296704A GB 9424345 A GB9424345 A GB 9424345A GB 9424345 A GB9424345 A GB 9424345A GB 2296704 A GB2296704 A GB 2296704A
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Andrew Kenneth Robinson
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25H—WORKSHOP EQUIPMENT, e.g. FOR MARKING-OUT WORK; STORAGE MEANS FOR WORKSHOPS
    • B25H3/00—Storage means or arrangements for workshops facilitating access to, or handling of, work tools or instruments
    • B25H3/04—Racks
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D19/00—Pallets or like platforms, with or without side walls, for supporting loads to be lifted or lowered
    • B65D19/02—Rigid pallets with side walls, e.g. box pallets
    • B65D19/06—Rigid pallets with side walls, e.g. box pallets with bodies formed by uniting or interconnecting two or more components
    • B65D19/08—Rigid pallets with side walls, e.g. box pallets with bodies formed by uniting or interconnecting two or more components made wholly or mainly of metal
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2519/00—Pallets or like platforms, with or without side walls, for supporting loads to be lifted or lowered
    • B65D2519/00004—Details relating to pallets
    • B65D2519/00009—Materials
    • B65D2519/00049—Materials for the base surface
    • B65D2519/00059—Metal
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2519/00—Pallets or like platforms, with or without side walls, for supporting loads to be lifted or lowered
    • B65D2519/00004—Details relating to pallets
    • B65D2519/00009—Materials
    • B65D2519/00223—Materials for the corner elements or corner frames
    • B65D2519/00233—Metal
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2519/00—Pallets or like platforms, with or without side walls, for supporting loads to be lifted or lowered
    • B65D2519/00004—Details relating to pallets
    • B65D2519/00258—Overall construction
    • B65D2519/00313—Overall construction of the base surface
    • B65D2519/00328—Overall construction of the base surface shape of the contact surface of the base
    • B65D2519/00338—Overall construction of the base surface shape of the contact surface of the base contact surface having a discrete foot-like shape
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2519/00—Pallets or like platforms, with or without side walls, for supporting loads to be lifted or lowered
    • B65D2519/00004—Details relating to pallets
    • B65D2519/00547—Connections
    • B65D2519/00671—Connections structures connecting corner posts to the pallet
    • B65D2519/00701—Structures not intended to be disassembled
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2519/00—Pallets or like platforms, with or without side walls, for supporting loads to be lifted or lowered
    • B65D2519/00004—Details relating to pallets
    • B65D2519/00736—Details
    • B65D2519/0081—Elements or devices for locating articles
    • B65D2519/0082—Elements or devices for locating articles in the side wall
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2585/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages specially adapted for particular articles or materials
    • B65D2585/68—Containers, packaging elements or packages specially adapted for particular articles or materials for machines, engines, or vehicles in assembled or dismantled form
    • B65D2585/6802—Containers, packaging elements or packages specially adapted for particular articles or materials for machines, engines, or vehicles in assembled or dismantled form specific machines, engines or vehicles
    • B65D2585/6875—Containers, packaging elements or packages specially adapted for particular articles or materials for machines, engines, or vehicles in assembled or dismantled form specific machines, engines or vehicles engines, motors, machines and vehicle parts
    • B65D2585/6882—Containers, packaging elements or packages specially adapted for particular articles or materials for machines, engines, or vehicles in assembled or dismantled form specific machines, engines or vehicles engines, motors, machines and vehicle parts vehicle parts

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Abstract

A stillage, has a chassis 1 and a number of internal trays T1, T2 and T3. Into these trays there is placed products for transportation to another location. All the trays have to be movable to facilitate loading and unloading. Utilisation of space and conformance to Health and Safety legislation are of utmost importance. The use of simple mechanisms that provide secondary motion within the stillage allow both of these criteria to be successfully achieved. In the particular embodiment shown a linkage M1 connects trays T2 and T3 so that as T2 is raised to access T3, T3 also raises to present itself in a far more user friendly way to the operator. <IMAGE>

Description

THE DYNAMIC STILLAGE.
This invention relates to a Dynamic Stillage (from this point to be called the stillage).
Stillage is a general term applied to a wide variety of crates and boxes. Usually the purpose of such items in industry is to transport products from one place to another safely and without damage. The environmental and Health & BR< Safety pressures on todays manufacturers has forced stillages to evolve to the point where they have to satisfy far more requirements than ever before. There are a few stillage design/manufacturers around that can satisfy the environmental issues but none, we feel, that can completely satisfy the Health & Safety legislation due to an inherent flaw in their design approach.
The design that is submitted herein considers the presentation of the products, in the stillage,to the operator and uses simple mechanisms to reduce the REACH, TWIST and BENDING strains placed upon him/her. In this particular design the mechanism is no more than a straight linkage. It is, however, the concept of providing secondary motion within a stillage by use of some form of mechanism that is to be filed. In this context secondary motion is defined as; motion of a part of the stillage that is caused by a force being applied to it through a mechanism, within the stillage, and not directly to it by the operator of the stillage.
The concept of secondary motion will now be further described by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings, figures 1 fi 2.
Figure 1. shows the view of a stillage designed to carry automotive components between the component manufacturer and the car manufacturer. The stillages are durable, tend to be designed to suit a particular commodity and expected to last for a pre-defined period of time. In this figure the stillage is completely closed.
Figure 2. shows a view from direction A in figure 1 of the stillage in both its closed and open positions.
Referring to both figures, the stillage comprises a steel tubular chassis 1 which will vary in size and shape depending upon the particular products and processes it services. Within the chassis there are a number of trays (in this case 3) T1,T2 and T3 in which the product to be transported is located. These trays pivot around points P1,P2 and P3. So tray T1 pivots about point P1, T2 about P2 and T3 about P3. Tray T1 is independent and is lifted upward by the operator until it locks in its open position.Tray T2 is also lifted up and locks into its upright position although this action also causes tray T3 to pivot about P3 (as the force is transmitted through the mechanism M1) and thereby raises the rearmost and lowest part of the stillage from an unreasonable to a reasonable position (in terms of the Health & Safety legislation governing manual handling).
Tray T3 will now be filled with product and, once full, tray T2 is lowered thereby lowering tray T3 to its original position for transportation. Tray T2 is filled with product whereupon tray T1 is lowered and also filled. The stillage is then transported to its destination where an operator will empty it using the reverse sequence.
It must be stressed that the utilisation of the space available within the stillage is of prime importance as is the need to present the product in such a way as to minimise the occurrence of Repetitive Strain Injury due to excessive REACH, TWIST and BENDING by the operators. The use of a mechanism that moves the most difficult to use parts of the stillage to a position that allows easy use, without direct input from the operator, is the concept being filed herein.

Claims (3)

1. A stillage comprising a chassis and inner trays one or more of which is connected to another, via some form of mechanism, to facilitate secondary motion.
2. A stillage as claimed in claim 1 wherein the concept of one part of the stillage moving, without directly being touched by an operator, facilitates safe and easy loading and unloading.
3. A stillage substantially as described herein with reference to Figures 1 & 2 of the accompanying drawing.
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CN103909414A (en) * 2014-04-04 2014-07-09 安徽合力股份有限公司 Device for assembling forklift instrument stand assembly
CN107414778A (en) * 2017-09-11 2017-12-01 江苏田园新材料股份有限公司 Small sample loom dress makes erector

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GB2040269A (en) * 1978-12-06 1980-08-28 Panting A J Improvements in or relating to storage towers
EP0053649A1 (en) * 1980-12-05 1982-06-16 Hazet-Werk Hermann Zerver GmbH & Co. KG Movable box
WO1984003072A1 (en) * 1983-02-09 1984-08-16 Elopak Oy Shelf element for rolling cart

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GB2040269A (en) * 1978-12-06 1980-08-28 Panting A J Improvements in or relating to storage towers
EP0053649A1 (en) * 1980-12-05 1982-06-16 Hazet-Werk Hermann Zerver GmbH & Co. KG Movable box
WO1984003072A1 (en) * 1983-02-09 1984-08-16 Elopak Oy Shelf element for rolling cart

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CN103909414A (en) * 2014-04-04 2014-07-09 安徽合力股份有限公司 Device for assembling forklift instrument stand assembly
CN107414778A (en) * 2017-09-11 2017-12-01 江苏田园新材料股份有限公司 Small sample loom dress makes erector

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