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Modular platform

a technology of modules and supports, applied in the field of modules, can solve the problems of maintenance problems, hygienic problems at the level of contact between supporting legs, etc., and achieve the effect of convenient cleaning

Inactive Publication Date: 2011-08-18
G E LEBLANC
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[0006]The object of the present invention is to provide a modular platform which, thanks to its structure, fully responds to the above-mentioned need, namely to make it easier to clean.

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If the existing modular platforms are well known to be efficient, they however present a problem of maintenance, in particular when they are used in places such as industrial meat processing houses where the platforms are positioned close to the cutting table provided with conveyors on which pieces of meat are moved.
The problem in this particular industrial application, is that it is necessary, for obvious hygienic reasons, to clean in a very efficient manner the whole equipment, including not only the cutting table but also the modular platforms positioned close to the same.
The same hygienic problem also exists at the level of contact between the supporting legs of the horizontal frame and the ground.

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[0034]As previously indicated, FIGS. 1 to 6 of the accompanying drawings, illustrate a modular platform 1 according to a preferred embodiment of the invention.

[0035]This platform 1 comprises a horizontal frame 3 made of four angle irons 5 and having four corners. This frame 3 is devised and positioned to receive and support a grid 7 on which can stand one or more persons.

[0036]The platform 1 also comprises a set of four supporting legs 9 each made of an angle iron. The legs 9 are respectively connected to the four corners of the frame and extend below the same, in order to maintain it at a given distance from the ground. Of course, the angle irons forming the legs 9 and those of the frame 3 are connected to each other in a rigid manner.

[0037]The platform 1 further comprises reinforcing pieces 11 located under the frame and connected to the legs 9 to reinforce the platform.

[0038]According to a preferred embodiment of the invention shown in the accompanying drawings, the reinforcing p...

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Abstract

Disclosed is a modular platform comprising a horizontal frame that is made of four angle irons and is devised and sized to receive and support a grid on which one or more persons can stand. Four supporting legs, each made of an angle iron, are respectively connected to the four corners of the frame, and extend below the same in order to maintain it at a distance from the ground. Reinforcing pieces are positioned below the frame and connected to the supporting legs for reinforcing the platform. The platform also comprises at least two thin holding bars extending horizontally between two opposite sides of the frame, in order to support the grid on the frame while preventing it from staying directly on the angle irons forming the frame. Each supporting leg has a lower end provided with a supporting foot that is adjustable in height, and has a lower end of a round shape to reduce the contact surface with the ground. The platform structure makes the platform very easy to clean.

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INTRODUCTION[0001]The present invention relates to a modular platform that is intended to be used for allowing one or several persons to work at a given height and is also devised so as to make the cleaning of its structure easier to carry out, when such is necessary.TECHNICAL BACKGROUND[0002]Modular platforms allowing persons to work at a given height close to a table or to a conveyor, are well known. These known modular platforms usually have, as a basic structure, a horizontal frame provided with corners, which frame is devised and sized to support a grid onto which one or several persons may stay. The frame stays on supporting legs that are respectively connected to the corners of the frame and extend below the same in order to maintain it at a distance away from the ground. Usually, reinforcing pieces are positioned under the frame and connected to the supporting legs in order to reinforce the whole structure. Of course, for security reasons, a modular guardrail can be fixed on...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): E04G1/15E04G5/14
CPCE04G1/28E04G27/00E04G5/02
Inventor DUFOUR, YVONLAPOINTE, STEEVEGAGNE, SEBASTIEN
Owner G E LEBLANC
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