Scaffolding Pallet with Vertical Storage Frame for Compact Railing Transport
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing pallet devices for storing and transporting scaffolding components, particularly leading railings, face challenges in compact and efficient storage and removal due to bulky geometry, requiring complex handling and space-consuming arrangements.
Innovation Solution
A pallet device with a storage frame device on both sides of the base frame, featuring L-shaped frame posts and a transversely extending frame bar with bearing receptacles, allowing easy insertion and lifting of leading railings, and enabling compact storage through alternating offset receptacles and a rigid construction for stability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If leading railings are stored on conventional pallet devices with simple support feet, then the storage structure is simple, but the storage is not compact and removal requires complex handling
Solution Approach 1:
The invention transitions from horizontal storage on the pallet base to vertical storage using upright frame posts extending upward from the pallet. This dimensional change allows leading railings to be stored vertically in receptacles along the frame posts, significantly reducing the horizontal footprint and enabling compact stacking of multiple pallets vertically.
Solution Approach 2:
The storage system is segmented into modular components: the base frame, vertical frame posts with receptacles, and the leading railings themselves. This segmentation allows for standardized, interchangeable parts that can be easily assembled and disassembled, facilitating both compact storage and easy removal of individual railings without complex handling.
2Ease of manufacture
If the storage frame device uses separate components for frame posts and frame bar, then the manufacturing is flexible, but the construction complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The frame post and frame bar are merged into a single L-shaped component, eliminating the need for separate parts and their associated connections. This unified design simplifies the construction while maintaining manufacturing flexibility, as the L-shaped component can still be produced using standard fabrication processes but now requires fewer assembly steps and fewer total parts.
3Ease of operation
If the frame construction uses simple connections, then the assembly is easy, but the rigidity and stability are insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The L-shaped frame component is pre-formed with the correct geometry and connection features, allowing for quick assembly without requiring complex field fabrication or adjustment. The preliminary formation of the rigid L-shape ensures structural integrity is built-in during manufacturing, while the standardized connection interfaces enable easy assembly on-site.
4Device complexity
If bearing receptacles are arranged in a single row, then the structure is simple, but the storage capacity for leading railings is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The receptacle arrangement transitions from a single horizontal row to multiple rows distributed across the vertical frame posts. This uses the vertical dimension and transverse spacing to create additional storage positions, effectively multiplying the storage capacity without proportionally increasing structural complexity.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a pallet apparatus (10) for storing and transporting system scaffolding components, such as system scaffolding setting frames (42), scaffolding tubes or the like, comprising a base frame device (12) which has a polygon-like, in particular square-shaped, peripheral contour, in each of the corner points of which a support foot (14) is connected, wherein each support foot (14) has, on a top side, a connection unit for a profile rod, characterised in that a support frame device (20) is provided in each case at two opposite side regions of the base frame device (12), which support frame device is positioned in a vertical direction (H) perpendicularly to the plane of the base frame device (12) and comprises a first and second frame strut (22, 24), which extends in the vertical direction (H) and is connected, in its lower region, to a support foot (14), and a frame transom (26), which extends in the transverse direction (Q) and connects, in the upper end region, the first and second frame strut (22, 24), and the frame transom (26) comprises, at the top side, a plurality of support receptacles (30.1, 30.2), which are spaced apart in the transverse direction, for supporting system scaffolding parts, in particular leading railings.