WO2009011568A2 - Dock shelter - Google Patents

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WO2009011568A2
WO2009011568A2 PCT/NL2008/000175 NL2008000175W WO2009011568A2 WO 2009011568 A2 WO2009011568 A2 WO 2009011568A2 NL 2008000175 W NL2008000175 W NL 2008000175W WO 2009011568 A2 WO2009011568 A2 WO 2009011568A2
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front frame
shelter
facade
frame part
arm
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PCT/NL2008/000175
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Harmen Jochum Hielkema
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Dyna Seal Bv
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Priority to ES08778999T priority Critical patent/ES2395453T3/en
Priority to PL08778999T priority patent/PL2183176T3/en
Priority to DK08778999.6T priority patent/DK2183176T3/en
Priority to EP08778999A priority patent/EP2183176B1/en
Publication of WO2009011568A2 publication Critical patent/WO2009011568A2/en
Publication of WO2009011568A3 publication Critical patent/WO2009011568A3/en

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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G69/00—Auxiliary measures taken, or devices used, in connection with loading or unloading
    • B65G69/008—Dock- or bumper-seals

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  • the present invention relates to a dock shelter, comprising two parallel and vertically arranged front frame parts, each of which by means of at least one arm is connected to a facade, whereby a left front frame part is intended to form a supporting element for a left side and a right front frame part is intended to form a supporting element for a right side of the shelter, while in between the frame parts at the upper side thereof there is provided a supporting element for the roof of the shelter.
  • the known dock shelter is intended to form a more or less watertight seal between the back side of the cargo space of a truck and the front opening in the facade of the building into which the cargo from the truck has to be transferred, to which end the sides and the roof of the shelter are covered with a cloth.
  • the front frame parts are connected to the facade by means of hinging arms to guard against or minimize damage in the case the truck is not correctly placed in the front opening.
  • the known shelter has the drawback, that when a truck is standing still in front of the front opening and is unloaded damage can still occur to the shelter and/or the truck.
  • the truck When the cargo is unloaded from the truck the truck will, due to the fact that it is loaded less heavy, spring upwards.
  • the roof of the truck thereupon pushes against the roof of the shelter, which movement the shelter cannot follow.
  • the invention aims to obviate this drawback of the known shelter.
  • the shelter according to the invention to that end is characterized in that the arm at one or both ends is provided with connecting means which are adapted to cooperate with counter-connecting means being part of the facade and/or the front frame part for the forming of a connection of the arm to the facade and/or the front frame part that is movable or slidable in a vertical direction along a given distance, such that the front frame parts are movable in a vertical direction parallel to the facade.
  • the means are formed by a part provided on the facade and/or the front frame part, which part is provided with a vertical slot in which a pin that is provided at one or both ends of the arm is locked and is movable in a vertical direction.
  • the means are formed by a part provided at one or both ends of the arm, which part is provided with a vertical slot in which a pin that is provided at the facade and/or the front frame part is locked and is movable in a vertical direction.
  • the shelter can move in the same direction with an upwards springing truck. In this manner damage to the shelter or the truck can be prevented or limited.
  • Figure 1 shows a perspective view of a truck that is standing still in front of the front opening in a facade with in between there the dock shelter.
  • Figure 2 shows a side view of the truck, fa ⁇ ade and dock shelter according to figure 1, in which the cloth that covers the side of the shelter is left out and in which a front frame part is visible.
  • Figure 3 shows a side view of a rear frame part, a front frame part with in between two arms.
  • the dock shelter 1 comprises two parallel and vertically arranged front frame parts 2, 3, which each , in this example of an embodiment, by means of two arms 4 (see figures 2 and 3) are connected to two, likewise parallel and vertically arranged, rear frame parts 6, 7 mounted to the fa ⁇ ade 5 (in figure 1 only the position of the rear frame parts 6, 7 covered by the cloth of the shelter, is indicated by an arrow 6, 7).
  • the left front frame part 2 is intended to form a supporting element for the left side 8 and the right front frame part 3 is intended to form a supporting element for the right side 9 of the shelter 1.
  • a supporting element 10 for the roof 11 of the shelter In between the frame parts 2, 3 at the upper side thereof there is provided a supporting element 10 for the roof 11 of the shelter.
  • two arms 4 that cross each other are provided each at one outer end 12 with a pin 13, 14 that is locked and is movable in two slots 15, 16 provided in the left rear frame part 6 mounted to the facade.
  • the arms 4 are provided each at their other outer end 17 with a pin 18, 19 that is locked and movable in two slots 21 , 21 provided in the front frame part 2.
  • the slots 20, 21 in the front frame part 2 allow for the front frame part 2 to move upwards and downwards in a vertical direction relative to the pin 18, 19 (in figure 3 shown by the arrow A).
  • the slots 15, 16 likewise provided in the left rear frame part 6 the arms 4 together with the front frame part 2 can also move upwards in vertical direction.
  • the dock shelter according to the invention allows for a standing truck to push the shelter in a direction parallel to the facade upwards along a given distance, without immediately causing damage.
  • the front frame parts 2, 3 are each connected to the rear frame parts 6, 7 by means of two hinging arms 4. Further the arms 4 are connected to each other at the place 22 (figure 2 and 3) where they cross each other. When a truck pushes against the front frame parts 2, 3 the arms 4 can fold together along a given distance and the front frame parts 2, 3 and with these the sides of the shelter can slide away horizontally, in the direction of the facade.

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Abstract

Dock shelter, comprising two parallel and vertically arranged front frame parts, each of which by means of at least one arm is connected to a façade, whereby a left front frame part is intended to form a supporting element for a left side and a right front frame part is intended to form a supporting element for a right side of the shelter, while in between the frame parts at the upper side thereof there is provided a supporting element for the roof of the shelter, characterized in that the arm at one or both ends is provided with connecting means which are adapted to cooperate with counter-connecting means being part of the façade and/or the front frame part for the forming of a connection of the arm to the façade and/or the front frame part that is movable or slidable in a vertical direction along a given distance, such that the front frame parts are movable in a vertical direction parallel to the façade.

Description

Dock shelter.
The present invention relates to a dock shelter, comprising two parallel and vertically arranged front frame parts, each of which by means of at least one arm is connected to a facade, whereby a left front frame part is intended to form a supporting element for a left side and a right front frame part is intended to form a supporting element for a right side of the shelter, while in between the frame parts at the upper side thereof there is provided a supporting element for the roof of the shelter.
Such a dock shelter is known.
The known dock shelter is intended to form a more or less watertight seal between the back side of the cargo space of a truck and the front opening in the facade of the building into which the cargo from the truck has to be transferred, to which end the sides and the roof of the shelter are covered with a cloth. With a known shelter the front frame parts are connected to the facade by means of hinging arms to guard against or minimize damage in the case the truck is not correctly placed in the front opening. When a truck drives for instance against a side the arms with the front frame parts connected thereto can be pushed away, whereby, by means of the hinging arm, a movement slanting upwards in the direction of the facade, takes place.
The known shelter has the drawback, that when a truck is standing still in front of the front opening and is unloaded damage can still occur to the shelter and/or the truck. When the cargo is unloaded from the truck the truck will, due to the fact that it is loaded less heavy, spring upwards. The roof of the truck thereupon pushes against the roof of the shelter, which movement the shelter cannot follow.
The invention aims to obviate this drawback of the known shelter.
The shelter according to the invention to that end is characterized in that the arm at one or both ends is provided with connecting means which are adapted to cooperate with counter-connecting means being part of the facade and/or the front frame part for the forming of a connection of the arm to the facade and/or the front frame part that is movable or slidable in a vertical direction along a given distance, such that the front frame parts are movable in a vertical direction parallel to the facade.
According to a characteristic of the dock shelter according to the invention the means are formed by a part provided on the facade and/or the front frame part, which part is provided with a vertical slot in which a pin that is provided at one or both ends of the arm is locked and is movable in a vertical direction.
According to another characteristic of the dock shelter according to the invention the means are formed by a part provided at one or both ends of the arm, which part is provided with a vertical slot in which a pin that is provided at the facade and/or the front frame part is locked and is movable in a vertical direction.
Because the front frame parts of the dock shelter according to the invention can move straight up, that is to say in an upwards direction that is parallel to the facade, the shelter can move in the same direction with an upwards springing truck. In this manner damage to the shelter or the truck can be prevented or limited.
The invention will now be described further with reference to the drawings of an example of an embodiment.
Figure 1 shows a perspective view of a truck that is standing still in front of the front opening in a facade with in between there the dock shelter.
Figure 2 shows a side view of the truck, faςade and dock shelter according to figure 1, in which the cloth that covers the side of the shelter is left out and in which a front frame part is visible.
Figure 3 shows a side view of a rear frame part, a front frame part with in between two arms.
As is shown in the figures 1, 2 and 3 the dock shelter 1 comprises two parallel and vertically arranged front frame parts 2, 3, which each , in this example of an embodiment, by means of two arms 4 (see figures 2 and 3) are connected to two, likewise parallel and vertically arranged, rear frame parts 6, 7 mounted to the faςade 5 (in figure 1 only the position of the rear frame parts 6, 7 covered by the cloth of the shelter, is indicated by an arrow 6, 7).
The left front frame part 2 is intended to form a supporting element for the left side 8 and the right front frame part 3 is intended to form a supporting element for the right side 9 of the shelter 1. In between the frame parts 2, 3 at the upper side thereof there is provided a supporting element 10 for the roof 11 of the shelter. As can be seen in the figures 2 and 3 two arms 4 that cross each other are provided each at one outer end 12 with a pin 13, 14 that is locked and is movable in two slots 15, 16 provided in the left rear frame part 6 mounted to the facade. The arms 4 are provided each at their other outer end 17 with a pin 18, 19 that is locked and movable in two slots 21 , 21 provided in the front frame part 2. The slots 20, 21 in the front frame part 2 allow for the front frame part 2 to move upwards and downwards in a vertical direction relative to the pin 18, 19 (in figure 3 shown by the arrow A). By means of the slots 15, 16 likewise provided in the left rear frame part 6 the arms 4 together with the front frame part 2 can also move upwards in vertical direction.
The dock shelter according to the invention allows for a standing truck to push the shelter in a direction parallel to the facade upwards along a given distance, without immediately causing damage.
In the embodiment shown in the drawings the front frame parts 2, 3 are each connected to the rear frame parts 6, 7 by means of two hinging arms 4. Further the arms 4 are connected to each other at the place 22 (figure 2 and 3) where they cross each other. When a truck pushes against the front frame parts 2, 3 the arms 4 can fold together along a given distance and the front frame parts 2, 3 and with these the sides of the shelter can slide away horizontally, in the direction of the facade.

Claims

C l a i m s
1. Dock shelter, comprising two parallel and vertically arranged front frame parts, each of which by means of at least one arm is connected to a facade, whereby a left front frame part is intended to form a supporting element for a left side and a right front frame part is intended to form a supporting element for a right side of the shelter, while in between the frame parts at the upper side thereof there is provided a supporting element for the roof of the shelter, characterized in that the arm at one or both ends is provided with connecting means which are adapted to cooperate with counter-connecting means being part of the facade and/or the front frame part for the forming of a connection of the arm to the facade and/or the front frame part that is movable or slidable in a vertical direction along a given distance, such that the front frame parts are movable in a vertical direction parallel to the facade.
2. Dock shelter according to claim 1, characterized in that the means are formed by a part provided on the facade and/or the front frame part, which part is provided with a vertical slot in which a pin that is provided at one or both ends of the arm is locked and is movable in a vertical direction.
3. Dock shelter according to claim 1, characterized in that the means are formed by a part provided at one or both ends of the arm, which part is provided with a vertical slot in which a pin that is provided at the facade and/or the front frame part is locked and is movable in a vertical direction.
4. Dock shelter according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that front frame parts are connected to the facade by means of at least one pair of arms, which arms cross each other.
5. Dock shelter according to claim 4, characterized in that the place where the arms cross each other is formed by a hinge point.
PCT/NL2008/000175 2007-07-17 2008-07-11 Dock shelter WO2009011568A2 (en)

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ES08778999T ES2395453T3 (en) 2007-07-17 2008-07-11 Coat for loading docks
PL08778999T PL2183176T3 (en) 2007-07-17 2008-07-11 Dock shelter
DK08778999.6T DK2183176T3 (en) 2007-07-17 2008-07-11 Dock shelter
EP08778999A EP2183176B1 (en) 2007-07-17 2008-07-11 Dock shelter

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WO2011122940A1 (en) 2010-04-01 2011-10-06 Hörmann Alkmaar Bv Dock shelter
WO2013167785A1 (en) * 2012-05-11 2013-11-14 Amiserru, S.L. Insulating loading bay

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DE9302642U1 (en) * 1993-02-24 1993-05-06 Alten, Kurt, 3015 Wennigsen Deformable seal of the gap between the edge of a building opening and the rear of a vehicle approaching it
US5467563A (en) * 1992-12-14 1995-11-21 Alten Geratebau Gmbh Deformable sealing device for a gap between the edge of a wall opening and the back wall of a vehicle docking at the wall opening

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US5467563A (en) * 1992-12-14 1995-11-21 Alten Geratebau Gmbh Deformable sealing device for a gap between the edge of a wall opening and the back wall of a vehicle docking at the wall opening
DE9302642U1 (en) * 1993-02-24 1993-05-06 Alten, Kurt, 3015 Wennigsen Deformable seal of the gap between the edge of a building opening and the rear of a vehicle approaching it

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WO2011122940A1 (en) 2010-04-01 2011-10-06 Hörmann Alkmaar Bv Dock shelter
WO2013167785A1 (en) * 2012-05-11 2013-11-14 Amiserru, S.L. Insulating loading bay
ES2435068A1 (en) * 2012-05-11 2013-12-18 Amiserru, S.L. Insulating loading bay

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