An outer cage for a pallet container enabled by a half through riveting method

Abstract

The present invention discloses a pallet container cage 100 wherein the horizontal elements 103 and vertical elements 102 of the cage 100 are connected by rivets 101 at uppermost section 109 and lowermost section 110 which pass through the first element and partially through the second element in a way that it grips the second element completely. The first element and the second element are engaged together with the rivet 101. The rivet 101 is inserted from the first element and is passed through the two sections of the first element and partially in the second element which locks with only one section of the second element, more particularly with inner side of the second element. Such system of riveting may enable the exposed surface of the second element to remain smooth and free from any rivet protrusions thereby eliminating the damages caused by the protrusion formed in existing art.

1 . A pallet container cage  100  enabled to protect and cover a container on a pallet, the pallet container cage  100  comprising:
 a plurality of elements joined at a plurality of intersections via a plurality of rivet joints  101  and welded joints  108 , wherein the rivet joints  101  joins the elements such that the rivet joint  101  joins a first element, of the plurality of elements, and a second element, of the plurality of elements, at an intersection of the plurality of intersections, wherein the element through which the rivet  101  is first inserted is the first element, and wherein the rivet runs through the first element in entirety, and wherein the element through which the rivet  101  is partially inserted after the insertion through the first element is the second element which forms a rivet joint  101  with an engagement of three sections of the first and the second element, wherein the said three sections further comprises two sections of the first element and one section of the second element. 
 
     
     
         2 . The pallet container cage  100  of  claim 1 , wherein the joints at uppermost section  109  and lowermost section  110  are joined by rivets  101  and the joints present at intersections other than the uppermost section  109  and lowermost section  110  are either joined by rivets, welding or by fasteners. 
     
     
         3 . The pallet container cage  100  of  claim 1 , wherein the first element is one of the vertical elements  102  or the horizontal elements  103 , and wherein the second element is one of the vertical elements  102  or the horizontal elements  103 . 
     
     
         4 . The pallet container cage  100  of  claim 1 , wherein the vertical and horizontal hollow elements ( 102  and  103 ) comprises hollow metal tubes having which have holes at their intersections joints to accommodate the rivet  101  at each intersection. 
     
     
         5 . The pallet container cage  100  of  claim 4 , wherein the holes are formed by drilling process. 
     
     
         6 . The pallet container cage  100  of claim, wherein a pallet is enabled to secure and further carry the load of the container and the cage  100 . 
     
     
         7 . The pallet container cage  100  of  claim 1 , wherein the shape of the cage  100  is same as the shape of the pallet container and comprise of a cuboidal, a cylindrical or a spherical shape. 
     
     
         8 . The pallet container cage  100  of  claim 1 , wherein the rivet  101  is either of a pull type rivet, blind rivet, or a pop rivet. 
     
     
         9 . The pallet container cage  100  of  claim 1 , wherein each rivet  101  passes fully through the first element and partially protrudes inside the second vertical or horizontal hollow element. 
     
     
         10 . The pallet container cage  100  of  claim 1 , wherein each engaged rivet  101  has two sections of the first hollow element and one section of the second hollow element between the heads of the rivet  101 . 
     
     
         11 . The pallet container cage  100  of  claim 1 , wherein the two ends of the vertical hollow elements  102  are joined to the uppermost and lowermost horizontal elements  103 . 
     
     
         12 . The pallet container cage  100  of  claim 1 , wherein the two ends of each horizontal hollow element  103  are joined with each other forming a closed loop. 
     
     
         13 . The pallet container cage of  claim 1 , wherein the joining of horizontal elements  103  and the vertical hollow elements  102  by the rivet  101  from first element and partially in the second element hides the rivet joint  101  and is not visible from outside which provide no machining on the outer side of the second element.