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LOADING PALLET FOR TRANSPORTING LONG OBJECT
This application claims priority to Korean Patent Application No. 10-2015-
0011628
tiled on January 23,2015 in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the
disclosure of which is
incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
BACKGROUND
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a loading pallet for transporting a long object, and
more
particularly, to preventing a long metallic object such as a pipe or a beam
from being damaged,
or moved or misplaced over a loading pallet, while being transported.
2. Description of the Related Art
In general, a loading pallet is used for loading or storing an object to be
transported on a
base plate after forming holes into which the forks of a forklift are to be
inserted on the base
plate.
The loading pallet is generally formed of wood or a synthetic resin or of a
metal material.
For a long object such as a steel pipe or a steel beam that is generally very
heavy in weight, the
loading pallet may be fabricated to have a structure in which the base plate
is formed of steel as
an H-shaped beam and a rubber plate is attached onto the base plate to prevent
the object from
being damaged by friction or collision with the base plate.
FIG. 1 is a perspective schematic view of a related-art loading pallet.
Referring to the related-art loading pallet illustrated in FIG. 1, horizontal
members,
which are arranged at a predetermined distance from one another, and vertical
members, which
are arranged at a predetermined distance from one another, are installed at a
right angle from
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each other. The horizontal members include square pipes 1 and 2, which form
the outermost
sides of the related-art loading pallet, and inner square pipes 6, which are
installed among the
vertical members. The vertical members include square pipes 3 and 4, which
form the
outermost sides of the related-art loading pallet, and an auxiliary pipe 5,
which is fixed the inner
sides of the square pipes 1 and 2.
An elastic member such as a rubber plate may be attached onto a steel pallet
having the
horizontal members and the vertical members. The rubber plate, which is soft
in texture, may
often be torn, pressed, and damaged, thereby causing damage to the cargo
loaded on the loading
pallet, which may lead to a huge economic loss.
to To load, and fix, an object onto the base plate of the related-art
loading pallet, fixing
equipment is needed. However, some objects such as steel pipes that are
cylindrical in shape
are not easy to properly fix onto the base plate, even with the use of binding
bands, because they
tend to roll on the baes plate.
SUMMARY
Exemplary embodiments of the invention minimize damage to cargo by forming a
base
plate, i.e., a frame, using metal beams so as to be able to load heavy-weight
cargo thereon and
forming a wood pedestal on the frame to be spaced from the frame by a
predetermined distance,
and allow the use of wood, which is costly and easy to deal with, as the
material for guards for
preventing movement and escape of cargo.
Exemplary embodiments of the invention also allow locking members for
preventing,
for example, steel pipes, from rolling to be easily attached onto guards with
nails.
However, exemplary embodiments of the invention are not restricted to those
set forth
herein. The above and other exemplary embodiments of the invention will become
more
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apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art to which the invention pertains
by referencing the
detailed description of the invention given below.
According to an exemplary embodiment of the invention, a loading pallet
includes: a
base plate including vertical steel beams, horizontal steel beams, which are
coupled to the
vertical steel beams, and a middle frame, which is arranged in a longitudinal
direction of the
vertical steel beams; shape steels, which are fixed to a top surface of the
base plate, each of the
shape steels including a recess; scantlings respectively coupled into the
recesses of the shape
steels; and coupling means for coupling the shape steels and the scantlings.
The loading pallet may also include a pin coupling pipe provided in a
predetermined
area near a corner of the base plate; and an escape prevention pin to be
inserted into the pin
coupling pipe.
Guards, which are formed of a wood material, may be coupled to the scantlings
via
coupling means and may be provided as one of side guards, front guards, upper
guards, double
stack guards, and roll prevention guards.
Grooves may be formed on each of the scantlings.
According to another exemplary embodiment of the invention, a loading pallet
includes:
a base plate base plate including a pair of vertical steel beams, each of
which has tow rings,
horizontal steel beams, which are fitted and welded to both ends of each of
the vertical steel
beams and each of which has a plurality of lift rings formed on outer sides
thereof, a middle
frame, which is coupled to middle part of the vertical steel beams along a
longitudinal direction
of the vertical steel beams, and reinforcing beams, which reinforce corners
formed by the vertical
steel beams and the horizontal steel beams and have both ends welded, and
coupled, to the
vertical steel beams and the horizontal steel beams; shape steels, which are
fixed to a top surface
of the base plate, each of the shape steels including a recess, which is open
at the top thereof, and
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through holes, which are provided on a side of each of the shape steels and
are spaced from each
other by a predetermined distance; scantlings formed of a wood material and
respectively
coupled into the recesses of the shape steels so that parts of top surfaces of
the scantlings are
exposed; and coupling means for coupling the shape steels and the scantlings,
wherein the
loading pallet further includes an escape prevention pin, which is provided at
a corner of the base
plate, is hung by a tow rope, and includes a locking protrusion formed at the
top thereof, and a
pin coupling pipe, into which the escape prevention pin is to be inserted.
According to the exemplary embodiments, since the base plate of the loading
plate, i.e.,
a frame, can be formed using metal beams, heavy-weight cargo can be loaded.
Also, since a
lo wood pedestal, which is spaced from the frame by a predetermined
distance, can be supported by
the shape steels, heavy-weight cargo can be loaded without causing damage to
the cargo. Also,
since guards formed of a wood material can be used for preventing movement and
escape of
cargo, the ease of operation can be improved, and the manufacturing cost of
the loading pallet
can be reduced because the coupling between wood members is generally easier
than the
coupling between metal members or between a metal member and a non-metal
member.
In addition, the wood pedestal and the wood guards may be highly effective for
the
transport of exports such as long steel frames and steel pipes because they
allow grooves or
locking members to be easily formed thereon or coupled therewith nails and
thus enable a stable
stack of cargo.
Since the escape prevention pin and the pin coupling pipe into which the
escape
prevention pin is to be inserted are formed at a corner of the frame, the
invention may be highly
useful for stacking loading pallets.
Other features and aspects will be apparent from the following detailed
description, the
drawings, and the claims.
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BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a related-art loading pallet.
FIGS. 2 and 3 are perspective views of a loading pallet according to an
exemplary
embodiment of the invention.
FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of a loading pallet according to
another
exemplary embodiment of the invention.
FIG. 5 is a coupled perspective view of the loading pallet of FIG. 4.
FIG. 6 is a reference view illustrating a state of use of the invention.
FIG. 7 is a reference view illustrating a scantling according to an exemplary
embodiment
of the invention.
FIG. 8 is a reference view illustrating a state in which loading pallets
according to some
exemplary embodiments of the invention are stacked.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS
Exemplary embodiments of the invention will hereinafter be described in detail
with
reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art may
easily embody the
invention. However, the invention is not limited to the embodiments and the
embodiments may
be variously modified. Specific terms used in the following description are
given only to
describe specific exemplary embodiments and are not intended to limit the
invention. Singular
forms used in the following description include plural forms unless they
apparently represent
opposite meanings. The meaning of "including" used in the following
description is intended
to embody specific properties, regions, integers, steps, operations, elements
and/or components,
but is not intended to exclude presence or addition of other properties,
regions, integers, steps,
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operations, elements, components and/or groups. Although not defined
differently, all terms
including technical terms and scientific terms used in the following
description have the same
meanings as meanings understood by those skilled in the art. Terms generally
defined in
dictionaries are interpreted as having meanings coinciding with those
disclosed in related
documents and the following description, but are not interpreted as having
ideal and official
meanings unless they are defined as such.
The exemplary embodiments of the invention described with reference to
perspective
views concretely represent ideal embodiments of the present invention.
Consequently, it will
be expected that various modifications of the exemplary embodiments, for
example,
lo modifications of a manufacturing method and/or specifications, are
possible. Therefore, the
exemplary embodiments are not limited to specific forms of illustrated
regions, and, for example,
modifications of the forms due to manufacture may be possible. For example, a
region
illustrated or described as being flat may be rough or rough and nonlinear.
Further, a part
illustrated as being sharpened at a designated angle may be rounded.
Therefore, the regions
is illustrated in the drawings are only schematically illustrated, but the
forms thereof are not
intended to illustrate accurate shapes thereof and to narrow the scope of the
present invention.
A loading pallet for transporting a long object according to an exemplary
embodiment of
the invention will hereinafter be described with reference to the accompanying
drawings.
It is noted that like reference numerals are assumed to indicate like
elements. Well
20 known or widely used techniques, elements, structures, and processes may
not be described or
illustrated in detail to avoid obscuring the essence of the invention.
FIGS. 2 and 3 are perspective views of a loading pallet according to an
exemplary
embodiment of the invention.
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FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of a loading pallet according to
another
exemplary embodiment of the invention.
FIG. 5 is a coupled perspective view of the loading pallet of FIG. 4.
FIG. 6 is a reference view illustrating a state of use of the invention.
FIG. 7 is a reference view illustrating a scantling according to an exemplary
embodiment
of the invention.
FIG. 8 is a reference view illustrating a state in which loading pallets
according to some
exemplary embodiments of the invention are stacked.
A loading pallet 100 for transporting a long object according to an exemplary
to embodiment of the invention includes a base plate, which includes a pair
of vertical steel beams
110 each having tow rings 111, horizontal steel beams 120 each having a
plurality of lift rings
121 formed on the outer sides thereof and coupled to the vertical steel beams
110, a middle
frame 130 arranged in a longitudinal direction of the vertical steel beams 110
and welded to
particular parts of the vertical steel beams 110 and of the horizontal steel
beams 120.
1 5 The base plate may also include reinforcing beams 140, which
reinforce the corners
formed by the vertical steel beams 110 and the horizontal steel beams 120 and
are coupled to
both ends of each of the vertical steel beams 110 and the horizontal steel
beams 120.
The loading pallet 100 also includes shape steels 200, each of which includes
a recess
210, a scantlings 300, which are respectively coupled into the recesses 210 of
the shape steels
20 200, and coupling means 400, which is for fixing the shape steels 200
and the scantlings 300
together.
Each of the shape steels 200 may also include through holes 220, which are
provided on
a side of a corresponding shape steel 200 and are spaced from each other by a
predetermined
distance.
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The scantlings 300 may be formed of a wood material, and may be respectively
coupled
into the recesses 210 of the shape steels 200 such that parts of the top
surfaces of the scantlings
300 may be exposed. The reasons for forming the scantlings 300 using a wood
material are as
follows.
As will be discussed later in detail, guards 600 may be provided to robustly
fix cargo A.
The guards 600 may be formed of a wood material. Thus, by forming the
scantlings 300 using
a wood material, the coupling between the guards 600 and the scantlings 300
may be facilitated,
and as a result, the manufacturing cost of the loading pallet 100 may be
reduced.
For example, the base plate may be formed of a metal material. In this
example, to
o couple the guards 600 to the base plate, the guards 600 may need to be
formed of a metal
material, and the coupling between the two metallic elements may require
rather complicated
coupling means such as welding or the use of bolts and washers, which may be
highly
inconvenient.
In the present exemplary embodiment, the scantlings 300 are formed of a wood
material,
Is and the guards 600 are also formed of a wood material. Accordingly, the
guards 600 may be
easily coupled to the scantlings 300.
Since wood elements can be coupled together simply using nails or screws, the
coupling
between the guards 600 and the scantlings 300 may be facilitated. Also, the
guards 600 may be
formed in various shapes.
20 That is, as illustrated in FIG. 4, each of the guards 600 may be
implemented as a side
guard 620 and a vertical guard 640, which prevent escape of cargo to the sides
of the loading
pallet 100, a front guard 610, which prevents escape of cargo to the front of
the loading pallet
100, an upper guard 630, which prevents escape of cargo to the top of the
loading pallet 100, a
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=
double stack guard 650, which allows a double stack of cargo, or a roll
prevention guard 660,
which prevents cargo such as steel pipes from rolling.
The guards 600, which are of various shapes, can all be coupled to the loading
pallet 100
simply by using nails or screws, and this means a very quick, easy
stabilization of cargo.
As illustrated in FIG. 7, each of the scantlings 300 may be configured to have
grooves
310 formed thereon so as to prevent cargo such as, for example, steel pipes or
steel beams, from
rolling or moving.
Referring further to FIG. 3, the loading pallet 100 may also include an escape
prevention
pin 500 and a pin coupling pipe 530 into which the escape prevention pin 500
is to be inserted.
The pin coupling pipe 530 may be provided in a predetermined area near a
corner of the
base plate.
The escape prevention pin 500 may be provided adjacent to the pin coupling
pipe 530
and may be coupled to the base plate via a tow rope 520. The escape prevention
pin 500 may
include a locking protrusion 510 formed at the top thereof.
In a case in which the loading pallet 100 is stacked over another loading
pallet 100, the
escape prevention pin 500 may be used to prevent each of the loading pallets
100 from escaping
from the stack thereof
That is, referring to FIG. 8, in a case in which a first loading pallet is
stacked first and a
second loading pallet is stacked over the first loading pallet, the first
loading pallet may include a
first pin coupling pipe, and the second loading pallet may include a second
pin coupling pipe.
An escape prevention pin of the second loading pallet, which is disposed above
the first
loading pallet, may be inserted into both the first and second pin coupling
pipes, thereby
preventing the first and second loading pallets from sliding off the stack
thereof and collapsing.
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The lift rings 121, which are provided on the sides of each of the horizontal
steel beams
120, are for inserting wires or rings thereinto when lifting and loading the
cargo A onto the
loading pallet 100. Rings 122, which are spaced from each other by a
predetermined distance,
may also be formed on each of the horizontal steel beams 120. The rings 122
may be for
binding cargo with a cargo binding strap.
The term "coupling means", as used herein, may indicate nails, screws, and
bolts and
nuts, and various other means for coupling.
The exemplary embodiments of the invention have been described with reference
to the
accompanying drawings. However, those skilled in the art will appreciate that
many variations
io and modifications can be made to the disclosed embodiments without
substantially departing
from the principles of the invention. Therefore, the disclosed embodiments of
the invention are
used in a generic and descriptive sense only and not for purposes of
limitation.
