Rack device

Abstract

Frame device for receiving, transporting and / or storing elements with a longitudinal shape (300), in particular scaffolding posts, comprising a stand structure (200), a support structure (100) carried by the stand structure (200), wherein the support structure (100) includes element supports (102), wherein the element supports (102) in the support structure (100) are designed and can be provided in such a way with respect to the elements with a longitudinal shape (300) that the elements with a longitudinal shape (300) can be vertically plugged onto the element supports (102) for receiving, transporting and / or storing in the frame device (G).

Description

[0001] The present disclosure relates to a frame device for receiving, transporting and / or storing elements with a longitudinal shape, in particular scaffolding posts.

[0002] Such rack devices are known.

[0003] However, according to the inventor's experience, practice has shown that these racks have ergonomic disadvantages, particularly for loading and unloading racks with longitudinal elements, and are not always a satisfactory solution for transport. This is especially true because longitudinal elements often exhibit certain irregularities, such as fastening elements.

[0004] There is therefore a need for further improvements.

[0005] An object of an embodiment of the present invention can therefore be seen in providing a rack device for receiving, transporting and / or storing elements with a longitudinal shape, which enables simple loading and unloading of the elements with a longitudinal shape and at the same time allows effective transport of the elements with a longitudinal shape.

[0006] According to one aspect, such an embodiment according to a possible core idea of ​​the invention relates to a frame device for receiving, transporting and / or storing elements with a longitudinal shape, in particular scaffolding posts, comprising a stand construction, a support structure carried by the stand construction, wherein the support structure includes element supports, wherein the element supports in the support structure are designed and providable in relation to the elements with a longitudinal shape in such a way that the elements with a longitudinal shape can be plugged vertically onto the element supports for receiving, transporting and / or storing in the frame device.

[0007] By providing, for the first time according to the invention, the combination of a stand construction and a support construction, in which element supports are attached, designed and can be arranged on a support construction in such a way that the elements with a longitudinal shape can be received in the frame device in such a way that the elements with a longitudinal shape can for the first time be flexibly received vertically in the frame device in order to be able to load or equip the frame device with the elements with a longitudinal shape in a simple manner, and conversely the elements with a longitudinal shape can be made easily accessible or ready to hand for unloading from the frame device, so that both loading and unloading is possible, for example without the person loading or unloading having to bend down.

[0008] In addition, the arrangement of the element supports in the support structure according to the invention creates the possibility of flexibly aligning the frame device to different variants of elements with a longitudinal shape in order to enable compact and effective loading of the elements with a longitudinal shape while maintaining the ergonomic advantages according to the invention.

[0009] This is the case, for example, with so-called vertical posts, which can have radially directed hole circle discs along their extension for modular scaffolding construction.

[0010] The inventive plug-in arrangement, precisely aligned with the perforated discs, enables ergonomically compact loading / fitting. Thus, the invention allows for simple consideration of different arrangement variants for different shape variants of the longitudinal elements.

[0011] A further development contributes to this in that the support structure according to the invention with the element supports is designed such that the longitudinal elements can be arranged differently in their relative position vertically and / or horizontally. This creates the possibility and takes into account that, depending on the three-dimensional design of the longitudinal elements, different relative orientations of the longitudinal elements can be advantageous for the most compact loading / fitting of the rack device while effectively utilizing the available storage space.

[0012] According to a further development, the support structure can comprise a profile structure between the element support and the support structure for holding and arranging the element supports. With respect to the longitudinal elements, the support structure serves as an intermediate structure for flexible and weight-saving holding and arranging.

[0013] A further development of the profile construction can, for example, consist in the profile construction including profile struts running parallel to one another, wherein the profile struts are designed and configured to hold the element supports on and along the profile struts. Individual profile struts enable the weight-saving accommodation of the element supports according to the invention. The profile struts can also be designed as hollow profile struts to save weight.

[0014] According to an advantageous refinement, the profile struts can have open recesses for accommodating and securing the element supports. Open recesses in this sense can, for example, be through-holes adapted to the geometric structure of the element supports.

[0015] In this respect and with regard to the recesses, the element supports can be designed to be pluggable, wherein the element supports have a support end and a fastening end, wherein for fastening the element support, the fastening end can be arranged in such a way that the fastening end can protrude from the open recess that the fastening end can be fastened to the profile strut in a force-fitting and / or form-fitting manner when the element support is plugged into the open recess. In this way, a particularly advantageous fastening of the element supports in the profile structure or to the profile struts can be achieved, since the fastening of the element supports takes place on the protected underside of the profile struts and the full insertion lever or the full insertion length of the recesses can be used when fastening the element supports.

[0016] According to one embodiment, when the element support is inserted, the fastening end of the element support can be welded to the profile strut, for example, at the edge of the recess. The latter is possible, for example, if galvanized steel is used for the profile struts and the element support.

[0017] For example, the element supports can be in the form of a cylindrical profile and the open recesses can contain open holes or through holes for receiving and fastening the element supports.

[0018] For the profile struts, it may be advisable to design them in the form of rectangular tubes or square tubes.

[0019] The cylindrical profiles as well as the rectangular and / or square tubes are preferably provided as hollow profiles.

[0020] In this case, the adjacent element supports on opposite profile struts can be arranged offset from one another. This means that adjacent element supports are not positioned at the shortest distance from one another, i.e. not on a line that is perpendicular to the profile struts, but rather, for example, along a line that forms an angle of between greater than 0° and less than 90°, or possibly an angle of 45°, to the profile struts. This can, for example, prevent the longitudinal elements with their fastening plates or other protruding elements from getting in the way when the frame device is being loaded, whereby the protruding parts of the longitudinal elements may also be at the same height.

[0021] Furthermore, an advantageous design of the frame device can also consist in the frame device's stand structure including two support and transport runners running parallel and transverse to the profile struts. The support and transport runners are preferably located along and at the ends or in the end region of the profile struts.

[0022] An advantageous refinement could be for the stand structure or the stand and transport runners to be designed in the form of a U-shaped profile body. The U-shaped body offers, among other advantages, that it can be easily manufactured, e.g., from a profiled sheet, and that, despite its high stability, it adds only a small amount of weight to the frame.

[0023] The U-profile body comprises beam legs with beam ends, whereby, according to an advantageous refinement, the beam ends can be provided with recessed recesses. The recessed recesses preferably serve to accommodate and laterally guide the profile struts. Furthermore, the profile struts can be connected to the U-profile body at this point, for example, welded or otherwise connected or attached to the U-profile body.

[0024] A further advantageous development of the support and transport skids can, for example, also consist in providing the support and transport skids with four transport recesses, wherein the transport recesses are provided in pairs in the support and transport skids such that the transport recesses are aligned with each other. The support and transport skids can be used, in particular, to insert the load forks of a transport forklift truck through them, and to allow the frame device according to the invention to be lifted and transported by a transport forklift truck with the aid of the support and transport skids.

[0025] Apart from this possibility of transport with a transport forklift, the U-profile body can also serve this purpose.

[0026] For this purpose, the U-profile body of the support structure forms a transport channel. The transport channel is formed by a support base of the U-profile body and the support legs. The transport channels of the two U-profile bodies are dimensioned in the stand structure so that the forks of a transport forklift can be inserted into the transport channels, allowing the frame device to be transported with the transport forklift supported on the forks. The latter is analogous to the transport recesses that can also be provided in the stand and transport skids.

[0027] In the case of transport recesses, the load forks of the transport forklift are supported on the upper edge of the transport recesses when lifting, and in the case of transport channels, on the underside of the profile struts or the square or rectangular tubes.

[0028] According to a further advantageous development of the rack device according to the invention, the external dimensions of the rack device are based on a standard pallet. Such a standard pallet can be, for example, a Euro pallet.

[0029] A particular embodiment of the invention can also consist in the frame device comprising an auxiliary frame element in addition to the support structure carried by the stand structure for attaching the element supports.

[0030] In this case, when the rack device is equipped or partially equipped with elements with a longitudinal shape, the elements with a longitudinal shape can be accommodated in the rack device in a more secure manner during transport by the auxiliary frame element sitting around and / or on the elements with a longitudinal shape.

[0031] An embodiment according to the invention for the auxiliary frame element can consist in that the auxiliary frame element has a circumference aligned with the dimensions of the frame device, wherein the auxiliary frame element has an inner circumference, wherein at least one fixing eyelet is aligned, arranged and designed on the inner circumference such that the auxiliary frame element can be plugged onto the elements with a longitudinal shape by means of the fixing eyelet or fixing eyes.

[0032] A further development of the subframe element according to the invention can, for example, consist in that the subframe element is formed with a rectangular or square circumference, wherein four fixing eyes are provided on the inner circumference, wherein the fixing eyes are arranged in pairs on opposite sides of the subframe and / or the support structure and are assigned to the respective sides in such a way that they are opposite the element supports which are furthest apart from one another on these sides.

[0033] In this way, the subframe element with the fixing eyelets can be placed very securely on the longitudinal elements.

[0034] Furthermore, an advantageous development of the rack device according to the invention can consist in arranging a pair of transport loops opposite each other on the stand structure and / or the support structure. The resulting four transport loops serve, for example, to attach transport chains of a lifting device, such as a transport crane for loading the rack device.

[0035] The combination of transport loops on the stand construction and / or the support structure and the auxiliary frame element has the advantage that the transport chains attached to the transport loops can be guided along and on the outside of the auxiliary frame element, whereby the transport chains can be held or guided outside the loading area of ​​the rack device and only after they have passed the auxiliary frame element can they be bundled and attached to a fastening hook on the lifting tool.

[0036] Further features, advantages, effects, and details emerge from the following description, in which at least one exemplary embodiment is described in detail—possibly with reference to one or more drawings. Described and / or illustrated features constitute the subject matter, either individually or in any meaningful combination, possibly independently of the claims, and may, in particular, also be the subject of one or more separate applications. Identical, similar, and / or functionally equivalent parts are provided with the same reference numerals.

[0037] The following diagram shows: Fig. 1a a plan view of a frame device according to the invention; Fig. 1b a first side view of the frame device according to Fig. 1a; Fig. 1c a second side view of the frame device according to Fig. 1b; Fig. 2 a sheet metal blank for the U-profile body of the stand construction for the frame device according to Fig. 1a to 1c; Fig. 3 a side view as per Fig. 1c with element supports on a profile strut, on which vertical posts are attached; Fig. 4 a subframe element according to the invention; Fig. 5 a frame device as a unit or in combination with a rectangular subframe element; Fig. 6a a plan view of a frame device according to the invention; Fig. 6b a side view of the frame device according to Fig. 6a; Fig. 7 a sheet metal blank for the U-profile body of the stand construction for the frame device according to Fig. 6a and Fig. 6b; Fig. 8 a side view with element supports on a profile strut, on which vertical posts are attached;

[0038] Fig. 1a shows a plan view of a frame device G according to the invention with a support structure 100 and a stand structure 200.

[0039] The support structure 100 comprises profile struts 101 and element supports 102. The profile struts 101 are designed as square profile tubes. The element supports 102 are designed as cylindrical tubes on the profile struts 101. The profile struts 101 run parallel to each other and are all the same length. A total of seven profile struts 101 are visible. Their structure forms a rectangle.

[0040] Each of the profile struts 101 has open holes 103 (see also Fig. 1b and Fig. 1c). The open holes 103 serve to accommodate the element supports 102. The element supports 102 are inserted into the holes 103 up to the end of the holes 103. The element supports 102 are welded to the profile struts 101 in the holes 103, at least by their fastening ends 104. The weld is therefore located on the underside of the support structure 100, which not only ensures optimal fixation of the element supports 102 but also protects the weld seam.

[0041] The holes 103, and thus the element supports 102, are offset from one another by the offset V on adjacent profile struts 101. Thus, holes in two adjacent profile struts 101 are located at the height of the center of the gap between two holes 103. This results in a profile strut 101 either having a hole 103 at its end or not. If one goes through the profile struts 101 from bottom to top and from right to left, one can see that the first profile strut 101 begins with a hole 103 and ends without a hole 103 or element support 102. The reverse applies to the adjacent profile strut 101 parallel to it.

[0042] Overall, according to the embodiment according to Fig. 1, the profile strut 101 has nine open holes 103, each for receiving nine element supports 102. Thus, the number of holes 103 or element supports 102, which can be arranged distributed over the support structure 100, adds up to a total of 7 x 9 holes 103, i.e., a total of 63 element supports 102, on which vertically inserted elements with a longitudinal shape 300 can be provided.

[0043] Furthermore, Fig. 1a shows the stand construction 200. The stand construction 200 comprises two support and transport runners 201, which run transversely to the profile struts 101.

[0044] The support and transport skids 201 are arranged parallel to each other at a distance. The spacing between the support and transport skids 201 is selected such that the open holes 103 of the profile struts 101 are located above and directly adjacent to the outer edge of the support and transport skids 201. Care has been taken to ensure that the spacing corresponds to the typical spacing dimensions between two load forks of a transport forklift.

[0045] The width of the support and transport skids 201 is selected so that the support legs 203 of the support and transport skids 201 do not intersect any open bore 103. According to the embodiment according to Fig. 1 covers the width of the standing and transport skids 201, depending on which profile strut 101 is passed under by the transport skids 201, one or two open holes 103.

[0046] Due to this arrangement of the support and transport skids 201, the ends of the profile struts 101 are exposed.

[0047] Furthermore, it can also be ensured that the width of the support and transport skid 201 between the support legs 203 forms a transport channel suitable for the load forklift truck to be inserted between the support legs 203 for removal. The support and transport skid 201 also have a base perpendicular to the support legs 203, on which the frame device G rests flat.

[0048] Out of Fig. 1a also shows four rectangular, handle-like transport loops 400. The transport loops 400 are provided laterally at the level of the support and transport runners 201 and connect to the outer profile struts 101 above the support and transport runners 201, i.e., the transport loops 400 are attached, for example, welded, to the outer profile struts 101 of the support structure 100.

[0049] Fig. 1b shows a first side view of the frame device G comprising support structure 100 and stand structure 200 along the stand and transport skids 201.

[0050] Out of Fig. 1b shows the element supports 102 as they are inserted into the open holes 103.

[0051] Furthermore, the transport loops 400 located and attached to the side can be seen.

[0052] In addition, one can see in Fig. 1b, that the profile struts 101 lie on the support and transport skids 201. The support and transport skids 201 have a U-profile body 202 (see also Fig. 1c). The U-profile body 202 has two support legs 203 and support ends 204. Of these, Fig. 1b only one, namely the laterally outer support leg 203, can be seen.

[0053] Two transport recesses 205 are provided in the support leg 203 (see also Fig. 2). Not shown in Fig. 1b are the further two transport recesses 205 in the inner support leg 203 of the support and transport skids 201, which is parallel to the outer support leg 203.

[0054] The transport recesses 205 of the support legs 203 are aligned with each other. Not only are the transport recesses 205 of the respective support and transport skids 201 aligned, but also the transport recesses 205 of the support and transport skids 201 arranged parallel to each other in the frame device G.

[0055] The transport recesses 205 are sized and spaced such that two forks of a transport forklift can be inserted into the aligned transport recesses 205 for lifting and / or transporting. During lifting, the forks abut the upper edge of the rectangularly recessed transport recesses 205.

[0056] The frame device G according to the invention can therefore be transported with load forks from all sides, namely by means of support and transport skids 201, which run transversely from one side to the other side of the frame device G or the support structure 100, and the transport recess 205, which, being opposite one another and aligned with one another, enable the load forks to be retracted in the longitudinal direction.

[0057] In Fig. Figure 1c shows another side view of the frame device G consisting of support structure 100 and stand structure 200. The side view looks laterally at the longitudinal direction of the profile struts 101.

[0058] Even better than in Fig. 1b shows the U-shaped U-profile bodies 202 of the support and transport skids 201. The parallel support legs 203 and the support base 206 are visible. The frame device G or the stand structure 200 stands on the support base 206.

[0059] The profile struts 101 lie on the beam ends 204 of the beam legs 203. The profile struts 101 are guided or supported in recess recesses 207 which are provided in the area of ​​the beam ends 204.

[0060] The recess recesses 207 are in particular based on the sheet metal blank 500 to the U-profile body 202 according to Fig. 2 can be recognized.

[0061] The sheet metal blank 500 is the starting point for the production of the U-profile body 202 in the final step. The four transport recesses 205 are clearly visible on the sheet metal blank 500, which are aligned with each other when the sheet metal blank 500 is bent to form the U-profile body 202.

[0062] At the same time, opposing recess recesses 207 are at the same height and thus also aligned with each other and have a width that corresponds to the width of the profile struts 101, so that the profile struts 101 can be placed or pressed into the recess recesses 207 flush and / or with at least some play or, if necessary, clamped. The profile struts 101 can then be welded to the U-profile bodies 202 in the recess recesses 207, for example. In Type 3, the recesses 207 are arranged at a height offset from each other, see Fig. 6b.

[0063] Fig. 3 corresponds to Fig. 1c, wherein the frame device G consisting of support structure 100 and stand structure 200 is equipped with the elements with longitudinal shape 300.

[0064] The elements with a longitudinal shape 300 are vertical posts 301, which all have a so-called hole circle disc 302 at the same height for fastening further elements in the modular kit of a scaffold.

[0065] In Fig. 3 shows a row of element supports 102 on a profile strut 101 in the support structure 100. The element supports 102 are equipped with vertical posts 301. The element supports 102 are spaced apart from one another such that the hole circle discs 302 of two vertical posts 301 can be placed next to one another, i.e., they are at least slightly tangent to one another.

[0066] In the next row of element supports 102 on the immediately adjacent profile strut 101, a next group of vertical struts 301 can then be placed in the gaps between two vertical posts 301, shifted quasi parallel by the offset V, onto the appropriately provided element support 102 in such a way that the hole circle disc 302 of this vertical post 301 at least touches the hole circle discs 302 of the opposite two vertical posts 301 on the immediately adjacent profile strut 101. This means that for this embodiment and application, the smallest possible distance between the element supports 102 results from the radial extension of the hole circle discs 302. In other applications, this may of course be different.

[0067] The result is a compact and efficient vertical stacking of vertical posts 301 or other elements with a longitudinal shape 300 in the sense of the invention.

[0068] The latter is not least because the hole circle discs 302 are at the same height along the vertical posts 301.

[0069] For the embodiment according to Fig. 3, it should also be noted that the embodiment shown therein, which is geared to the transport of vertical posts 301 for scaffolding, also takes advantage of the fact that such vertical posts 301 typically have a plug-in end 303 and a plug-in receptacle 304 whose diameter is adapted to the plug-in end 303. This means that the element supports 102 are preferably cylindrically adapted to the diameter of the plug-in receptacle 304 such that the vertical posts 301 can be plugged over the element supports 102, analogously to the plug-in ends 303 being pluggable into the plug-in receptacles 304.

[0070] In principle, it would of course also be possible to design the diameter of the element supports 102 in such a way that, for example, the vertical posts 301 can be plugged into the element supports 102 with their plug-in end 303 or their plug-in receptacle 304.

[0071] Fig. Figure 4 shows an auxiliary frame element 600 according to the invention. The auxiliary frame element 600 consists of a square hollow profile with a rectangular cross-section. Its circumference is rectangular and is oriented towards the dimensions or extension of the base area of ​​the frame device G or the support structure 100 in combination with the stand structure 200.

[0072] The subframe element 600 therefore comprises two shorter transverse sides and two longer longitudinal sides. Four fixing eyelets 601 are located on the inside of the subframe element 600. The fixing eyelets 601 are provided along the two transverse sides, namely the first and second transverse sides. A first pair of fixing eyelets 601 are located opposite each other in the corner regions between and along the inside of the first transverse side and the inside of the two longitudinal sides, and a second pair of fixing eyelets 601 are located opposite each other at a distance from the two longitudinal sides on and along the inside of the second transverse side.

[0073] The length of the transverse sides as well as the distances of the second pair of fixing eyes 601 to the longitudinal sides are selected such that when the frame device G is fully equipped with vertical posts 301, the auxiliary frame element 600 with the fixing eyes 601 can be placed or plugged onto the plug ends 303 of the respective outermost vertical posts 301 on the transverse side.

[0074] Fig. 5 shows the frame device G as a unit or in combination with a rectangular auxiliary frame element 600 for supporting the elements with a longitudinal shape 300, in this case the vertical posts 301, in the frame device G. The plug ends 303 of the vertical posts 301 are inserted into the first pair of fixing eyes 601 of the auxiliary frame element 600.

[0075] Furthermore, Fig. 5 a chain unit 700 can be removed, with which the frame device G can be lifted and loaded together with the vertical posts 301, for example via the lifting eye 701 shown with, for example, a crane (not shown).

[0076] The chain unit 700 has four chain stays 703 with hooks 702 (in the side view of Fig. 5, only two of the chain stays 703 are visible). The four chain stays 703 can be attached to the four transport loops 401 using the hooks 702. If the four chain stays 703 are tensioned, they come into contact with the auxiliary frame element 600 and can thus be tensioned parallel to the vertical posts 301, whereby a uniform vertical lifting force can be generated on the support structure 100, distributed particularly over the four corner areas of the frame device G, which enables and ensures a uniform, non-tilting lifting of the frame device G together with the vertical posts 301. Only after passing the auxiliary frame element 600 do the chain stays 703 extend in a quasi-star shape towards the lifting eye 701.

[0077] It should be noted in particular that without the auxiliary element frame 600 according to the invention, the four chain stays would run obliquely towards the lifting eye 701 directly in the loading area of ​​the vertical posts 301, which can lead to instabilities during lifting due to increased vertical forces and / or a lifting attack below the center of gravity of the loaded frame device G, and the chain stays 703 can become caught with the vertical posts 301.

[0078] Fig. 6a and Fig. 6b and Fig. 7 and Fig. 8 show in the representation analogy of the Fig. 1a and Fig. 1b and Fig. 2 and Fig. 3 shows a further embodiment variant of the frame device G according to the invention. In the following, the differences between the embodiments will be discussed in particular and, insofar as such differences are not apparent from the following description and the figures referred to therein, it will be assumed that the other features are identical.

[0079] In contrast to the embodiment according to Fig. 1a to 1c and Fig. 2 and Fig. 3, the support structure 100 comprises thirteen profile struts 101 instead of seven. The number of respective element supports 102, however, remained unchanged, namely nine per profile strut 101, which, as in the previously described embodiment, are provided alternately offset from one profile strut 101 to the next.

[0080] It is naturally advantageous that the support structure 100 can be flexibly adapted to a wide variety of requirements. These can include, for example, adapting the number of profile struts 101 and their relative positions, spacing, and lengths, as well as the number of element supports 102 and their geometry, e.g., their spacing, circumference, length, cylindrical or prism shape in relation to and in coordination with the elements to be supported with a longitudinal shape 300. In this respect, there are no limits to flexibility within the scope of the invention.

[0081] A further difference from the previous embodiment is that the transport loops 400, starting from the inner edge of the standing and transport skids 201 or at the level and starting from the inner support leg 203 of the U-profile body 202, are provided along and up to the end of the outer profile strut 101 or extend up to there.

[0082] Another difference can be the Fig. 6b, Fig. 7 and Fig. 8 can be taken.

[0083] Fig. 6b shows a side view analogous to Fig. 1b. From Fig. 6b shows in particular that the profile struts 101 and thus the element supports 102 are arranged at or at different heights.

[0084] If you look at the profile struts 101 in Fig. 6b from left to right, you can see that the outer left profile strut 101 is lower relative to its nearest neighbor, i.e., the second profile strut 101 from the left. Logically, the second profile strut 101 from the left is therefore higher than the first, outermost profile strut 101.

[0085] Following this principle, the third profile strut 101 from the left is again lower than the second profile strut 101 from the left, with the third profile strut 101 from the left being at the same height as the first, outermost profile strut 101 (first from the left). This sequence continues up to the rightmost profile strut 101.

[0086] In this alternating height arrangement of the parallel profile struts 101 in the support structure 100, as already explained, the height difference between two consecutive profile struts 101 is always the same. Of course, different height differences between consecutive profile struts 101 are also conceivable.

[0087] According to the present embodiment, the alternating height difference is aligned with the vertical thickness of the hole circle discs 302, in such a way that when the vertical posts 301, whose hole circle discs 302 are each located at the same height along the vertical posts 301, are received or loaded into the frame device G, they do not directly meet one another in the horizontal direction and thus do not get in the way when loaded.

[0088] In this way, the frame device G can be loaded even more closely / compactly with vertical posts 301 with hole circle discs 302 or similarly structured elements with a longitudinal shape 300 (see Fig. 8), whereby the rack device G can be loaded with significantly more elements with a longitudinal shape of 300.

[0089] The height difference in the present embodiment arises from the fact that, in contrast to the embodiment according to Fig. 1a, not all profile struts 101 are arranged in recesses 207, but only the relatively lower profile struts 101. The relatively higher profile struts 101, on the other hand, lie directly on the beam ends 204 of the beam legs 203 and are also attached, for example, welded, at these points. This means that, according to the present embodiment, the relative height difference can be determined or influenced significantly by the depth of the recesses 207.

[0090] As with the embodiment according to the Fig. 1a to 1c and Fig. 2 and Fig. 3, by forming the recess troughs 207 at the beam ends 204, a step profile is formed, in which higher profile steps are provided symmetrically between two lower profile steps formed in the recess troughs 207.

[0091] The structure of the step profile can vary and depends largely on the elements with longitudinal shape 300 to be accommodated in the frame device G.

[0092] Analogous to Fig. 2 shows the Fig. 7 shows a sheet metal blank 500, as it can be used for the production of the U-profile body 202 for the standing and transport runners 201 of the second embodiment. In contrast to the variant according to Fig. 2, that the higher profile steps, on which the height-lying profile struts 101 are arranged and fastened symmetrically to the lower profile steps, are designed to be wider than the profile steps lying lower in the recess recesses 207.

[0093] Fig. 8 is based on the representation ( Fig. 3) and description of the first embodiment.

[0094] Out of Fig. 8 is in contrast to Fig. 3 that the bolt circle discs 302 are not tangential to each other, but overlap each other.

[0095] The distance between the element supports 102 and thus the distance between the profile struts 101 is selected such that it essentially corresponds to the ring radius of the hole circle discs 302. This means that the hole circle disc 302 of a vertical post 301 radially touches the vertical post 301 of an immediately adjacent vertical post 301 or at least has a clearance thereto.

[0096] A similar situation applies in the axial direction of the vertical posts 301, whereby the hole circle discs 302 are designed and aligned axially to each other due to the described height difference in such a way that they either touch slightly or are positioned or stand with play in relation to each other. Fig. 8 also refer to the description Fig. 3.

[0097] The following sizes and mounting options are available for the frame device G or support structure 100: • Length × width: 1200mm × 800mm for 63 vertical posts 301 • Length × width: 1200mm × 1200mm for 99 vertical posts 301 • Length × width: 1200mm × 1200mm for 117 vertical posts 301

[0098] Smaller or larger versions can also be produced as required.

[0099] It should be understood that while the above detailed description and the drawings illustrate certain exemplary embodiments of the invention, they are intended for illustrative purposes only and should not be construed as limiting the scope of the invention. Various modifications to the described embodiments are possible without departing from the scope of the following claims and their range of equivalence. In particular, features of the embodiments not recited in the claims will become apparent from this description and the figures. Such features may also appear in combinations other than those specifically disclosed herein.The fact that several such features are mentioned in the same sentence or in another type of textual context does not justify the conclusion that they can only occur in the specifically disclosed combination; instead, it must generally be assumed that individual features of several such features can also be omitted or modified, provided that this does not call into question the functionality of the invention.

[0100] Throughout the description and claims, the term "a" is used as an indefinite article and does not limit the number of parts to a single one. Should "a" have the meaning of "only one," this will be readily understood by a person skilled in the art from the context or will be clearly disclosed by the use of appropriate terms such as "a single one." List of reference symbols G Rack device 100 support structure 101 profile struts 102 element supports 103 open bore 104 fastening ends 200 stand construction 201 Stand and transport skids 202 U-profile body 203 support legs 204 beam ends 205 transport recesses 206 Carrier Base 207 recess recesses 300 elements with a longitudinal shape 301 vertical posts 302 bolt circle discs 303 plug ends 304 plug-in socket 400 transport loops 500 sheet metal cuttings 600 subframe element 601 fixing eyelets 700 chain unit 701 lifting eye 702 hooks 703 chainstays V Offset between the element supports

Claims

[1] Rack device for receiving, transporting and / or storing elements with a longitudinal shape (300), in particular scaffolding posts, comprising a stand structure (200), a support structure (100) carried by the stand structure (200), wherein the support structure (100) includes element supports (102), wherein the element supports (102) in the support structure (100) are designed and provided in relation to the elements with a longitudinal shape (300) in such a way that the elements with a longitudinal shape (300) can be vertically plugged onto the element supports (102) for receiving, transporting and / or storing in the rack device (G). [2] Rack device according to one or more of the preceding claims, wherein the support structure (100) with the element supports (102) is designed such that the elements with a longitudinal shape (300) can be arranged differently in their relative position vertically and / or horizontally to one another. [3] Rack device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the support structure (100) comprises a profile structure between the element support (102) and the stand structure (200) for holding and arranging the element support (102). [4] Rack device according to claim 3, wherein the profile construction includes profile struts (101) running parallel to one another, wherein the element supports (102) are held and arranged on and along the profile struts (101). [5] Rack device according to claim 4, wherein the profile struts (101) have open recesses for receiving and fastening the element supports (102). [6] Frame device according to claim 5, wherein the element supports (102) are designed to be pluggable with respect to the recesses, wherein the element supports (102) have a support end (204) and a fastening end (104), wherein for fastening the element support (102) the fastening end (104) is arranged in the open recess in such a way that the fastening end (104) protrudes from the open recess in such a way that the fastening end (104) can be fastened to the profile strut (101) in a force-fitting and / or form-fitting manner when the element support (102) is inserted into the open recess. [7] Frame device according to claim 6, wherein the profile struts (101) and the fastening end (104) of the element carrier (102) are designed to be weldable to one another in the inserted state of the element carrier (102). [8] Rack device according to one or more of claims 5 to 7, wherein the element supports (102) have a cylindrical profile and the open recesses include open bores (103) for receiving and fastening the element supports (102). [9] Rack device according to one or more of claims 4 to 8, wherein the profile struts (101) comprise square or rectangular tubes. [10] Frame device according to one or more of claims 4 to 9, wherein element supports (102) arranged on opposite profile struts (101) are arranged offset from one another. [11] Rack device according to one or more of the preceding claims 4 to 10, wherein the stand construction (200) includes two support and transport runners (201) running parallel and transversely to the profile struts (101). [12] Rack device according to claim 11, wherein the standing and transport runners (201) are designed in the form of a U-profile body (202). [13] Frame device according to claim 12, wherein the U-profile bodies (202) each have two support legs (203) with support ends (204), wherein recess recesses (207) are provided at the support ends (204) which are designed to receive and guide the profile struts (101). [14] Rack device according to one or more of claims 11 to 13, wherein the support and transport runners (201) include four transport recesses (205), wherein the transport recesses (205) are provided in pairs in the support and transport runners (201) such that the transport recesses (205) are aligned with each other. [15] Rack device according to one or more of claims 12 to 14, wherein the U-profile bodies (202) have a support base (206), wherein the support base (206) and the support legs (203) form a transport channel, wherein the transport channels and / or the transport recesses (205) are dimensioned and provided in the stand construction (200) such that load forks of a transport stacker can be moved into the transport channels and / or the transport recesses (205) such that the rack device (G) can be transported with the transport stacker supported on the load forks. [16] Rack device according to one or more of the preceding claims, wherein the rack device (G) has dimensions oriented towards a standard pallet, in particular those of a Euro pallet. [17] Rack device according to one or more of the preceding claims, wherein in the equipped or partially equipped state of the rack device (G) with elements with a longitudinal shape (300), the elements with a longitudinal shape (300) can be secured for transport by an auxiliary frame element (600) that can be placed around and / or onto the elements with a longitudinal shape (300). [18] Rack device according to claim 17, wherein the auxiliary frame element (600) has a circumference aligned with the dimensions of the rack device (G), wherein the auxiliary frame element (600) has an inner circumference, wherein at least one fixing eyelet (601) is aligned, arranged and formed on the inner circumference such that, in order to place the auxiliary frame element (600), the auxiliary frame element (600) can be plugged onto the elements with a longitudinal shape (300) by means of the fixing eyelet (601) or fixing eyelets (601). [19] Rack device according to claim 17 or 18, wherein the auxiliary frame element (600) has a rectangular or square circumference, wherein four fixing eyes (601) are provided on the inner circumference, wherein the fixing eyes (601) are arranged in pairs on opposite sides of the auxiliary frame element (600) and / or the support structure (100) and are assigned to the respective sides in such a way that they face the element supports (102) which are furthest apart from one another on these sides. [20] Rack device according to one or more of the preceding claims, wherein a pair of transport loops (400) are provided on opposite sides of the stand structure (200) and / or the support structure (100).

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