Crating arrangement

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2018282018-A1
Application number	US-201815921216-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 14, 2018
Priority date	Mar 30, 2017
Publication date	Oct 4, 2018
Grant date	—

Abstract

A crating arrangement has a pallet, a sleeve, a top board, and a plurality of fastening belts. The pallet has a rectangular shape in a plan view, and has a bottom board, a support board arranged opposite the bottom board across a predetermined distance, and a plurality of beams fixed to the support board and the bottom board. The sleeve is made of a cardboard sheet in a cornered-column shape, and is placed over the pallet to wrap a side surface of a crated object placed on the support board. The top board has a rectangular shape, and is placed on a top end part of the sleeve. With the fastening belts, the pallet and the crated object are fastened together and the pallet, the sleeve, and the top board are fastened together.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A crating arrangement comprising:
a pallet having a rectangular shape in a plan view,
the pallet including:
a bottom board;
a support board arranged opposite the bottom board across a predetermined distance; and
a plurality of beams fixed to the support board and the bottom board;

a sleeve made of a cardboard sheet in a shape of a cornered column, the sleeve being placed over the pallet to wrap a side surface of a crated object placed on the support board; a top board having a rectangular shape, the top board being placed on a top end part of the sleeve; and a plurality of fastening belts with which the pallet and the crated object are fastened together and the pallet, the sleeve, and the top board are fastened together.

2 . The crating arrangement of claim 1 , wherein
flat portions which protrude outward beyond a bottom end part of the sleeve are provided respectively along at least two sides of a top surface of the pallet facing away from each other.

3 . The crating arrangement of claim 2 , wherein
on the pallet, stepped portions are formed which are erect from the flat portions respectively and which engage with an inner circumferential edge of the sleeve.

4 . The crating arrangement of claim 3 , wherein
the beams are formed in a shape of a lattice by comprising a plurality of leg beams arranged parallel to each other on the bottom board and a plurality of horizontal beams arranged on top surfaces of the leg beams so as to bridge the leg beams in a direction orthogonal to the leg beams, the flat portions are flat boards which are fixed to opposite end parts of the leg beams respectively so as to bridge the leg beams and each of which has a side edge in a longitudinal direction thereof protruding, along an edge of the support board, outward beyond the bottom end part of the sleeve, the stepped portions being formed respectively by the horizontal beams fixed to the top surfaces of the flat boards.

5 . The crating arrangement of claim 4 , wherein
the flat boards each have opposite end parts in the longitudinal direction protruding from edges of the support board facing away from each other outward beyond the bottom end part of the sleeve.

6 . The crating arrangement of claim 5 , wherein
the flat boards are fixed at three or more places including opposite end parts and a central part of the leg beams so as to bridge the leg beams, and the opposite end parts of each of the flat boards in the longitudinal direction protrude from the edges of the support board facing away from each other outward beyond the bottom end part of the sleeve.

7 . The crating arrangement of claim 4 , wherein
by the horizontal beams and the flat boards, a clearance is formed between the support board and the leg beams, in a side surface of the pallet, an arm insertion hole is formed surrounded by the bottom board, the leg beams, and the horizontal beams, and the fastening belts comprise a first fastening belt which passes through the clearance to fasten the pallet and the crated object together, and a second fastening belt which passes through the arm insertion hole to fasten the pallet, the sleeve, and the top board together.

8 . The crating arrangement of claim 1 , wherein
on a reverse side of the top board, an engagement piece is provided which engages with an inner circumferential edge of the sleeve.

9 . The crating arrangement of claim 1 , wherein
the cardboard sheet which forms the sleeve has a grain direction thereof aligned parallel to an up-down direction of the sleeve.

Assignees

• Kyocera Document Solutions Inc

Inventors

• Nakamura Toshiyuki

Classifications

• B65D2519/00159

  Paper · CPC title

• B65D19/38

  Details or accessories · CPC title

• B65D2519/00034

  Plastic · CPC title

• B65D2519/00661

  side walls maintained connected to pallet by means of auxiliary locking elements, e.g. spring loaded locking pins · CPC title

• B65D2519/00203

  Wood · CPC title