System comprising a pallet, containers and stacking pins

Abstract

The invention relates to a system comprising at least one lightweight pallet and multiple similarly designed containers. Each container has four side walls and container base. The system includes stacking pins as separate components. The pallet features an upper deck with a bearing surface, supported by feet and/or runners, and incorporates first stacking pin receivers. Each container base is provided with at least one second stacking pin receiver. These receivers are dimensioned for insertion of a stacking pin, allowing a container to be securely fixed to the pallet. The stacking pin can be stably arranged in two positions: in the first, it engages the first receiver on the container's side while protruding over the bearing surface to engage the second receiver; in the second, it is countersunk in the first receiver, forming a clamping fit with the upper deck or its thread.

1 . System comprising at least one pallet, in particular a lightweight pallet, a plurality of containers, in particular of a similar design, each having four circumferential side walls and in each case a container base, and comprising a plurality of stacking members as separate components, wherein the pallet has an upper deck with a bearing surface and, on the underside of the upper deck, a plurality of feet and/or runners, and wherein the upper deck comprises first stacking member receivers, 
       characterised in that
 the stacking members are formed by means of stacking pins, in particular of a similar design, and the stacking member receivers are formed by means of stacking pin receivers 
 and in that the container base of each container comprises in each case at least one second stacking pin receiver, wherein the first and second stacking pin receivers are dimensioned for insertion of a stacking pin and can be arranged with respect to one another such that each container can be fixed on the upper deck by means of the stacking pin, wherein the stacking pin can be arranged in a stable manner in a first position, in which the stacking pin engages, on the carcass side, into the first stacking pin receiver, on the end side protrudes over the bearing surface and engages into the second stacking pin receiver, 
 and wherein the stacking pin can be arranged in a stable manner in a second position, in which the stacking pin is countersunk in the first stacking pin receiver, wherein the stacking pin is located in a clamping fit with the upper deck or in a thread of the upper deck. 
 
     
     
         2 . System as claimed in  claim 1 ,
 characterised in that at least one second stacking pin receiver is designed as an aperture of a container base flange or as an aperture in the container base of reinforcing ribs which are present.   
     
     
         3 . System as claimed in  claim 1 ,
 characterised in that at least one first stacking pin receiver is delimited by an in particular circumferential receiver fitting, by a partial ring-shaped flange portion and/or by a threaded portion.   
     
     
         4 . System as claimed in  claim 1 ,
 characterised in that at least one stacking pin has a conical or cylindrical body portion and at least one end portion which has a larger diameter than the body portion.   
     
     
         5 . System as claimed in  claim 4 ,
 characterised in that a transition from the body portion to the end portion is formed by means of a circumferential shoulder.   
     
     
         6 . System as claimed in  claim 1 ,
 characterised in that at least one stacking pin is designed as a locating pin, wherein the dimensions of the locating pin and of the first stacking pin receiver are adapted to one another such that the locating pin can be inserted through the first stacking pin receiver, in particular from below, under compression, and can be held in the first stacking pin receiver in a form-fitting manner or in a clamping fit.   
     
     
         7 . System as claimed in  claim 6 ,
 characterised in that the locating pin has at least one annular lip which is circumferential around the periphery of a body portion.   
     
     
         8 . System as claimed in  claim 1 ,
 characterised in that at least one stacking pin is designed as a locating pin and has a body portion which is divided by an annular lip into an end-side body portion and a carcass-side body portion wherein, in a first position, the end-side body portion and, in a second position, the carcass-side body portion can be held in a form-fitting manner or in a clamping fit in the first stacking pin receiver.   
     
     
         9 . System as claimed in  claim 1 ,
 characterised in that at least one stacking pin is formed as a bayonet screw, wherein the first stacking pin receiver is delimited by a threaded portion which is adapted to a bayonet threaded portion of the bayonet screw, so that the bayonet screw can be held in the first stacking pin receiver in a force-fitting and/or form-fitting manner.   
     
     
         10 . System as claimed in  claim 1 ,
 characterised in that the stacking pin can be held in a first position in a form-fitting and/or force-fitting manner in the upper deck, wherein the stacking pin engages, on the carcass side, into the first stacking pin receiver and protrudes on the end side over the bearing surface, and can be held in the second position in a form-fitting and/or force-fitting manner in the upper deck, wherein the stacking pin is completely countersunk in the first stacking pin receiver.   
     
     
         11 . System as claimed in  claim 1 ,
 characterised in that the containers can be arranged on the upper deck, substantially covering the surface in one container tier.   
     
     
         12 . Pallet comprising a plurality of stacking pins inserted therein,
 the pallet having an upper deck with a bearing surface and, on the underside of the upper deck, a plurality of feet and/or runners, wherein the upper deck comprises first stacking pin receivers dimensioned for an insertion of a stacking pin,   characterised in that   the stacking pin can be arranged in a stable manner in a first position, in which the stacking pin engages, on the carcass side, into the first stacking pin receiver, on the end side protrudes over the bearing surface,   and wherein the stacking pin can be arranged in a stable manner in a second position, in which the stacking pin is countersunk in the first stacking pin receiver, wherein the stacking pin is located in a clamping fit with the upper deck or in a thread of the upper deck.