Warehouse

Abstract

The invention relates to a warehouse, comprising a support structure (4) which forms at least one storage level (6), wherein the support structure (4) has a plurality of interconnected supports (8, 10, 12, 14), wherein a first support (8) of the support structure (4) is interlockingly fastened to a second support (10) of the support structure (4) by suspension, wherein a longitudinal axis (L1) of the first support (8) is oriented perpendicularly to a longitudinal axis (L2) of the second support (10), wherein the second support (8) has a hollow profile with a substantially rectangular profile cross-section (11), wherein two mutually spaced, vertical tabs (24) of the first support (8) are hung into allocated openings (26) of the second support (10) and engage into an interior (28) of the second support (10), wherein a profile wall (29) of the first vertical portion (20) of the second support (10) engages into a respective slot (30) of the first support (8), which slot is adjacent to the respective tab (24) of the first support (8), wherein an extension piece (32) of the first support (8), which extension piece projects beyond the tabs (24) in the longitudinal direction of the first support (8), rests on the upper side (19) of the profile cross-section (11) of the second support (10), and wherein a horizontal profile projection (34) of the first support (8) or a distance element (52) engaging around the profile projection (34) rests against the first vertical portion (20) of the second support (10).

Description

[0001] warehouse

[0002] The present invention relates to a warehouse. Warehouses typically have a supporting structure that forms at least one storage level, wherein the supporting structure comprises a plurality of interconnected supports.

[0003] In logistics, there is a constant demand for innovative and efficient solutions for storing goods. A fundamental problem that significantly impacts the costs, durability, and ease of maintenance of a warehouse is the design of the connections between the supporting structures.

[0004] Against this background, the present invention addresses the technical problem of providing an improved warehouse system, which in particular features an efficient connection between the warehouse supports. The technical problem described above is solved by the features of the independent claim. Further embodiments of the invention are described in the dependent claims and the following description.

[0005] According to the invention, a warehouse is provided with a support structure that forms at least one storage level, wherein the support structure has a plurality of interconnected beams, wherein a first beam of the support structure is positively attached to a second beam of the support structure by means of a suspension, wherein a longitudinal axis of the first beam is oriented perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the second beam, wherein the second beam has a hollow profile with a substantially rectangular cross-section, wherein the cross-section has two horizontal sections and two vertical sections, namely a first horizontal section facing a base on which the warehouse is mounted and forming a bottom of the cross-section, a second horizontal section facing away from the base and forming a top of the cross-section, and a first vertical section.a first vertical section facing the first beam and a second vertical section facing away from the first beam, wherein two spaced-apart vertical tabs of the first beam are engaged in associated openings of the second beam and engage in an interior of the second beam, wherein a profile wall of the first vertical section of the second beam engages in a respective slot of the first beam adjacent to the respective tab of the first beam, wherein a web of the first beam projecting longitudinally beyond the tabs rests on the top surface of the profile cross-section of the second beam, and wherein a horizontal profile projection of the first beam or a spacer element encompassing the profile projection abuts the first vertical section of the second beam.

[0006] The bearing system according to the invention has the advantage that the first support is connected to the second support by a purely positive locking mechanism. Thus, no screw connections, rivet connections, weld connections, or the like are required to mount the first support to the second support. In particular, the first support is therefore not screwed, welded, or riveted to the second support, but connected to the second support exclusively by a positive locking mechanism.

[0007] Simply hooking the first support onto the second support is sufficient to reliably hold the first support onto the second. Therefore, the first support can be mounted onto the second support without tools.

[0008] Several primary supports can be attached to the secondary support to form the storage level. The supports of the storage level form, in particular, spaced-apart rails designed to hold containers for storing goods, such as plastic containers or the like. These containers can be designed to hold a weight of up to 50 kg. For example, the containers can have a width of 40 cm, a length of 60 cm, and a height of 40 cm.

[0009] In particular, the supports of the storage levels can form rails spaced apart from each other, which are designed to accommodate containers for storing goods with a width of 40 cm.

[0010] The beams can be made of steel. The beams can consist of bent and / or stamped and / or formed steel sheets.

[0011] The sheet thickness of the supports can be selected from a range of 1 mm - 4 mm.

[0012] The terms vertical and horizontal refer to the fully assembled state of the warehouse. A warehouse is typically mounted on a horizontal base, with one horizontal component oriented parallel to the base and one vertical component mounted perpendicular to the base.

[0013] The first beam can be a horizontally extended cantilever with a freely projecting end. For this beam, assembly by hooking is particularly efficient, as the connection of the first beam to the second beam is completed by simply hooking it on one side. Disassembly is equally efficient, as the beam only needs to be moved in the opposite direction to how it was hooked in.

[0014] A locking bolt may be provided that penetrates an opening in the first vertical section of the second beam, and a locking section of the first beam may be designed to engage with the locking bolt. The locking bolt serves to additionally secure the first beam to the second beam. With the locking bolt installed, the first beam cannot be lifted vertically. The locking bolt thus positively secures the first beam against vertical lifting from the second beam. Therefore, the locking bolt must be removed before the first beam is detached from the second beam.

[0015] The projecting web of the first beam can form part of a storage surface for goods, and the profile projection of the first beam can be located on the underside of the first beam facing away from the storage surface. The projecting web does not encompass the second vertical section of the profile cross-section and does not abut it.

[0016] The locking bolt can be positioned, viewed vertically, between the receiving surface for goods storage and the underside of the first support.

[0017] As mentioned previously, the profile projection of the first beam can be directly adjacent to the first vertical section of the profile cross-section of the second beam, or a spacer element encompassing the profile projection can be provided, which rests against the first vertical section of the second beam.

[0018] The spacer element can be used to align the first beam relative to the second beam and can be used in particular to align the first beam horizontally.

[0019] The spacer element can be an angle bracket that is placed inside the first beam on a profile section of the first beam that forms the underside of the first beam.

[0020] Provided all manufacturing tolerances are optimally maintained, a positive-locking connection between the first beam and the second beam can be achieved without the need for a spacer. The direct contact of the horizontal profile projection of the first beam with the first vertical section of the cross-section of the second beam may be sufficient to achieve horizontal alignment of the first beam.

[0021] However, manufacturing tolerances of the first beam, the second beam, or adjacent beams or components of the bearing can cause the first beam to not be horizontally aligned with the second beam. In this case, inserting the spacer element can be used to align the first beam horizontally with the second beam.

[0022] Either exactly one spacer element or multiple spacer elements can be used. The spacer elements can have the same thickness or different thicknesses. Thus, depending on the requirements, one or more spacer elements can be used to align the first beam.

[0023] In particular, exactly one spacer element or two or more spacer elements can be provided to align the first support, especially to align it horizontally.

[0024] The first support can have a guide section with guide elements angled at their ends relative to the direction in which the goods are inserted, in order to enable lateral guidance and centering of the containers to be stored. The guide section is arranged above and laterally to a support surface for receiving goods and / or containers of the first support.

[0025] Two or more first supports can be positively attached to the second support.

[0026] According to one embodiment of the warehouse, two first supports can be arranged adjacent to each other and parallel to each other in a horizontal direction. The invention is described in more detail below with reference to an exemplary embodiment shown in a drawing. The drawing schematically depicts:

[0027] Fig. 1 shows a warehouse according to the invention in a perspective view;

[0028] Fig. 2 shows the warehouse from Fig. 1 in a top view; Fig. 3 shows the first beam and the second beam in a sectional view;

[0029] Fig. 4 is a close-up of Fig. 3;

[0030] Fig. 5 shows the first support in a perspective view;

[0031] Fig. 6 is a close-up of Fig. 5;

[0032] Fig. 7 shows a close-up of the first beam in a side view; Fig. 8 shows a close-up of the first beam in a side view with the second beam in a cross-section.

[0033] Fig. 9 shows the first beam and the second beam in a sectional view with a spacer element;

[0034] Fig. 10 is a close-up of Fig. 9. Fig. 1 shows warehouse 2 in a perspective view. Warehouse 2 has a support structure 4. The support structure 4 forms a storage level 6. The storage level 6 is intended, for example, for storing boxes, containers, or pallets.

[0035] The supporting structure comprises a plurality of interconnected beams 8, 10, 12, 14. A first beam 8 of the supporting structure 4 is positively connected to a second beam 10 of the supporting structure by means of a suspension connection. The longitudinal extensions of the beams 8 and 10 are horizontally oriented.

[0036] Furthermore, the warehouse has two third beams 12, which form vertical columns of the supporting structure 4. The third beams 12 are connected to fourth beams 14, the fourth beams 14 being diagonal and horizontal struts for supporting and stiffening the supporting structure 4. For clarity, only some beams are labeled with reference symbols.

[0037] As can be seen in Fig. 1, several first supports 8 are positively attached to the second support 10. In this case, a plurality of first supports 8 are held on the second support 10; specifically, eight first supports 8.

[0038] Some of the first beams 8 are arranged in pairs adjacent to each other. The first beams 8 are arranged horizontally parallel to each other.

[0039] Each longitudinal axis L1 of a first beam 8 is oriented perpendicular to a longitudinal axis L2 of the second beam 10 (Fig. 2). The first beam 8 and the second beam 10 extend in a horizontal plane according to the plane of Fig. 2. The third beams 12 extend vertically.

[0040] The following describes, by way of example, the connection of one of the first supports 8 to the second support 10 with reference to the following figures 3 - 10.

[0041] Fig. 3 shows the first support 8 and the second support 10 in a sectional view.

[0042] The second beam 10 has a hollow profile with a substantially rectangular cross-section 11. The term "substantially rectangular" is used because the corner regions of the cross-section 11 are rounded. Fig. 4 shows an enlarged view of the connection area between the first beam 8 and the second beam 10. The substantially rectangular cross-section 11 of the second beam 10 has two horizontal sections 16, 18 and two vertical sections 20, 22.

[0043] In detail, the profile cross-section 11 of the second support 10 has a first horizontal section 16, which faces a base A on which the warehouse 2 is mounted (Fig. 1) and forms a bottom surface 17 of the profile cross-section 11 (Fig. 4).

[0044] The profile cross-section 11 has a second horizontal section 18, which is turned away from the contact surface A and forms a top surface 19 of the profile cross-section 11.

[0045] The profile cross-section 11 has a first vertical section 20 facing the first support 8 and a second vertical section 22 facing away from the first support 8.

[0046] The first support 8 has two spaced-apart, vertical tabs 24 which are hooked into corresponding openings 26 of the second support 10. The tabs 24 engage in an interior space 28 of the second support 10.

[0047] Fig. 8 illustrates the connection. A profile wall 29 of the first vertical section 20 of the second beam 10 engages in a respective slot 30 of the first beam 8 adjacent to the respective tab 24 of the first beam 8.

[0048] As shown in Fig. 4, a web 32 of the first beam 8, projecting in the longitudinal direction over the tabs 24, rests on the upper surface 19 of the profile cross-section 11 of the second beam 10.

[0049] Furthermore, a horizontal profile projection 34 of the first beam 8 abuts the first vertical section 20 of the second beam 10. The profile projection 34 of the first beam 8 is not associated with an opening in the second beam 10, so that the profile projection 34 rests on the first vertical section 20 of the second beam 10, but does not engage with the first vertical section 20.

[0050] As can be seen in Fig. 3, the first beam 8 is a horizontally extended cantilever with a freely projecting end 36. The first beam 8 is not additionally supported or held in the area of ​​the end 36.

[0051] A locking bolt 38 serves to secure the first support 8 to the second support 10 (Fig. 4).

[0052] The locking bolt 38 penetrates an opening 40 in the first vertical section 20 of the second support 10. Furthermore, the locking bolt 38 rests positively against a locking section 42 of the first support 8. The locking section 42 is more clearly visible in Figures 5 and 6. The locking section 42 is oriented essentially perpendicular to the extension of the projecting web 32 and to the extension of the tabs 24.

[0053] The projecting web 32 of the first support 8 forms part of a receiving surface 44 for goods storage.

[0054] The profile projection 34 of the first support 8 is formed in the area of ​​a lower side 46 of the first support 8 facing away from the receiving surface 44.

[0055] The locking bolt 38 is arranged in the vertical direction V between the receiving surface 44 for goods storage and the underside 46 of the first support 46 (Fig. 4).

[0056] As can be seen in Figures 5 and 6, the first support 8 has a guide section 48 with guide elements 50 that are inclined at their ends towards the insertion direction of the goods in order to prevent tilting of goods or goods carriers, such as pallets or containers. Figures 9 and 10 show further views of the positive-locking connection of the first support 8 with the second support 10. In comparison to the preceding illustrations, the horizontal profile projection 34 of the first support 8 does not lie directly against the first vertical section 20 of the first support 8.

[0057] According to Figs. 9 and 10, a spacer element 48, which encompasses the end face of the profile projection 34, is arranged between the first beam 8 and the second beam 10 and rests against the first vertical section 20 of the second beam 10. In other words, the spacer element 52 is clamped between the profile projection 34 of the first beam 8 and the vertical section 20 of the second beam 10.

[0058] The spacer element 52 serves to align the first support 8 horizontally with the second support 10. The spacer element 52 can therefore be inserted if necessary, provided that the horizontal alignment of the first support 8 requires this.

[0059] The thickness and number of spacer elements 52 can be individually selected to achieve the horizontal orientation of the respective beam 8. Thus, for a given first beam 8, it may be necessary to insert no spacer element, a single spacer element, or several spacer elements to align the first beam 8 in question.

[0060] The spacer element 52 is an angle plate which is placed in an interior space 54 of the first beam 8 on a profile section 56 of the first beam 8 which forms the underside 46 of the first beam 8.

[0061] Reference sign

[0062] 2 warehouses

[0063] 4 Supporting structure

[0064] 6 storage levels

[0065] 8 first carrier

[0066] 10 second carrier

[0067] 11 Profile cross-section

[0068] 12 third carrier

[0069] 14 fourth carrier

[0070] 16 first horizontal section

[0071] 18 second horizontal section

[0072] 19 Top

[0073] 20 first vertical section

[0074] 22 second vertical section

[0075] 24 vertical tabs

[0076] 26 Opening

[0077] 28 Interior

[0078] 29 Profile wall

[0079] 30 slots

[0080] 32 Bridge 34 Profile projection

[0081] 36 End

[0082] 38 locking bolts

[0083] 40 Opening 42 Safety section

[0084] 44 recording area

[0085] 46 Underside

[0086] 48 Guide section

[0087] 50 guide elements 52 spacer elements

[0088] 54 Interior

[0089] 56 Profile section

[0090] V vertical direction

[0091] L1 Longitudinal axis L2 Longitudinal axis

Claims

Patent claims 1. Warehouse, with a supporting structure (4) forming at least one storage level (6), wherein the supporting structure (4) comprises a plurality of interconnected beams (8, 10, 12, 14), wherein a first beam (8) of the supporting structure (4) is positively connected to a second beam (10) of the supporting structure (4) by means of a suspension, wherein a longitudinal axis (L1) of the first beam (8) is oriented perpendicular to a longitudinal axis (L2) of the second beam (10), wherein the second beam (8) comprises a hollow profile with a substantially rectangular cross-section (11), wherein the cross-section (11) comprises two horizontal sections (16, 18) and two vertical sections (20, 22), namely a first horizontal section (16) facing a base (A) on which the warehouse (2) is mounted and a bottom surface (17) of the cross-section (11) forms a second horizontal section (18),which faces away from the bearing surface (A) and forms a top surface (19) of the profile cross-section (11), a first vertical section (20) facing the first support (8) and a second vertical section (22) facing away from the first support (8), wherein two spaced-apart vertical tabs (24) of the first support (8) are engaged in associated openings (26) of the second support (10) and engage in an interior space (28) of the second support (10), wherein a profile wall (29) of the first vertical section (20) of the second support (10) engages in a respective slot (30) of the first support (8) adjacent to the respective tab (24) of the first support (8), wherein a web (32) of the first support (8) projecting longitudinally beyond the tabs (24) on the top surface (19) of the profile cross-section (11 ) of the second support (10) rests on and, wherein a horizontal profile projection (34) of the first beam (8) or a spacer element (52) encompassing the profile projection (34) abuts the first vertical section (20) of the second beam (10).

2. Warehouse according to claim 1, characterized in that the first support (8) is a horizontally extended cantilever arm with a freely projecting end (36).

3. Warehouse according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a locking bolt (38) is provided which penetrates an opening (40) of the first vertical section (20) of the second support (10) and that a locking section (42) of the first support (8) is positively engaged with the locking bolt (38).

4. Warehouse according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the projecting web (32) of the first support (8) forms part of a receiving surface (44) for storing goods and the profile projection (34) of the first support is formed in the area of ​​a bottom surface (46) of the first support (8) facing away from the receiving surface (44).

5. Warehouse according to one of the preceding claims 3 and 4, characterized in that the locking bolt (38) is arranged in a vertical direction between the receiving surface (44) for storing goods and the underside (46) of the first support (8).

6. Warehouse according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the spacer element (52) is an angle plate which is placed in an interior space (54) of the first support (8) on a profile section (54) of the first support forming the underside (46) of the first support.

7. Warehouse according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that two or more spacer elements (52) are provided.

8. Warehouse according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that two or more first supports (8) are positively attached to the second support (10).

9. Warehouse according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the first support (8) has a guide section (48) with guide elements (50) inclined at their ends to an insertion direction of the goods in order to enable lateral guiding and centering of containers to be stored.

10. Warehouse according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that two first supports (8) are arranged adjacent to each other and parallel to each other in a horizontal direction.

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