JPH08164938A - Pallet made of recycled paper material - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To form a strong, lightweight and inexpensive pallet for storage or carriage by using an upper board including a plurality of honeycomb structures and base strips formed of a regenerated paper material. CONSTITUTION: A plurality of base strips to be bonded on an upper board and the lower face of the upper board constituting a pallet are constituted of honeycomb structures 21 and 31 of same interior structures respectively, top elements 22 and 32 and bottom elements 23 and 33. The honeycomb structures 21 and 31 are formed of regenerated paper sheets 202 and 203 stuck together on given sections 201, laminated and bonded firmly each other to form a material 20, and cut into the given thickness, spread and formed, and formed into the honeycomb structures with a plurality of hexagonal seals 204 strengthened by rips 205 disposed on the standing-up state. Also the top elements 22 and 32 and bottom elements 23 and 33 formed of a regenerated paper material are bonded respectively on the tops and bottoms of the honeycomb structures 21 and 31.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pallet for transportation, and more particularly to a pallet made of recycled paper material.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as shown in FIG. 1, a pallet or a carrier is generally made of wood, and the pallet has a plurality of wood strips 11 and three bases to which the wood strips 11 are fixed by nails 14. And a strip 12. These wooden strips 11 form a portable low platform on which heavy goods to be stored or transported are loaded. The loaded pallet is simply moved to the desired position, for example by a forklift truck with a protruding fork 13 which is typically plugged into the bottom of the loaded pallet.

The conventional type pallet as described above has various drawbacks as follows. First of all, the conventional type of pallet requires a large amount of wood because it is made of wood. Such increasing demand for timber often disrupts the balance of ecological and natural environments, leading to criminal liability for excessive logging. Second, conventional wood pallets are heavy and expensive. Thirdly, conventional wood pallets are fragile and fragile and have a short service life. Fourth, conventional wood pallets are similar in appearance to each other, and it is possible to carry out inventory inspection without confusion unless the pallets loaded in a warehouse are extremely systematically grouped. There wasn't.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A first object of the present invention is to provide a pallet made of recycled paper material, which overcomes all of the above-mentioned drawbacks of conventional pallets. is there.

The above objects of the present invention are accomplished by a pallet made from recycled paper material in accordance with the principles of the present invention. The pallet comprises an upper plate and a plurality of base strips that are firmly adhered to the lower surface of the upper plate. The top plate and each base strip are made of recycled paper material and include a predetermined number of variously sized honeycomb structures. The ribs of the honeycomb structure strengthen the structure of the upper plate and each of the base strips, and the impact resistance is high.

[0006]

The above objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be readily understood from the following detailed description in conjunction with the accompanying drawings showing the embodiments of the present invention.

As shown in FIGS. 2-6, the pallet of the present invention comprises a top plate 2 and a plurality of predetermined base strips 3.
Composed of and. The palette of one embodiment of the present invention is 9
Two base strips 3 are provided, and these base strips 3 are firmly bonded to the lower surface of the upper plate 2 to form two fork insertion space portions 31 and 32.
As shown in FIG. 6, the projecting forks of the forklift truck are inserted into Nos. 1 and 32.

The upper plate 2 and each of the base strips 3 have the same internal structure, and both have honeycomb structures 21 and 3.
1, top elements 22 and 32 and bottom elements 23 and 33
It consists of.

As shown in FIG. 4, the honeycomb structures 21 and 31 are respectively formed by using 10 recycled paper sheets 202 and 203, which are arranged in odd-numbered layer positions and the sheet 203 is even. It is placed in the second floor position. A predetermined portion 201 of each recycled paper sheet 202, 203 is shown in FIG.
Before they are stacked in a predetermined order so as to form the material plates 20 as shown in FIG. The laminated portions 201 of the recycled paper sheets 202 and 203 correspond to each other. As a result, all recycled paper sheets are firmly attached to each other. As shown in FIG. 5, the honeycomb structure is composed of a plurality of hexagonal cells 204. Prior to spreading and forming the recycled paper sheets 202 and 203, the blank 20 according to the present invention is cut at various positions so as to have a desired thickness, as indicated by a broken line in FIG.

The top elements 22 and 32 are made of recycled paper blank. These top elements 22, 32 are glued to the tops of the honeycomb structures 21, 31 and thus the top elements 22 and 32 seal the tops of the hexagonal cells 204 of the honeycomb structures 21 and 31. However, the top elements 22 and 32 do not necessarily have to be provided.

The bottom elements 23 and 33 are made from a blank of recycled paper material. These bottom elements 23 and 33 are bonded to the bottoms of the honeycomb structures 21 and 31 after the honeycomb structures 21 and 31 are expanded and formed.
Also, these bottom elements 23 and 33 do not necessarily have to be provided. Even if the bottom elements 23 and 33 are not provided,
There is no change in the action and effect of the honeycomb structures 21 and 31 described above.

The pallet of the present invention described above is reinforced by ribs 205 arranged upright around the hexagonal cells 204 as shown in FIG. Is robust. In other words, when articles are loaded on the top plate 2 of the pallet of the present invention, the articles loaded on the hexagonal cells 204 of the honeycomb structures 21 and 31 in the top plate 2 and the base strip 3 are effectively transferred. Can be supported. According to the test results, the honeycomb structures 21 and 31 of the upper plate 2 and the base strip 3 of the pallet of the present invention were able to withstand a weight of 2-3 tons. Further, the manufacturing cost of the pallet of the present invention can be saved by about 30% as compared with the conventional type. Further, the pallet of the present invention is made of recycled paper, which is advantageous in terms of environmental protection, especially preservation of wood resources.

Further, the pallet of the present invention is protected by a colored waterproof shrinkable film. The use of shrinkable membranes colored in different colors makes it very easy to identify the articles loaded on the pallet. By using various colored shrinkable membranes,
For example, it is possible to easily carry out an inventory check in a warehouse or the like.

The embodiments described above are merely illustrative of the invention and the invention is not limited thereto. Therefore, the present invention can be variously modified without departing from the spirit thereof.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a conventional type pallet.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the pallet of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the pallet of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a partially enlarged view of a material plate formed by laminating and stacking sheets made of recycled paper material according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the honeycomb structure in the pallet of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of the pallet of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Upper Plate 3 Base Strip 20 Material Plate 21, 31 Honeycomb Structure 22, 32 Top Element 23, 33 Bottom Element 31, 32 Space 201 Predetermined Laminating Area 202, 203 Recycled Paper Sheet 204 Hexagonal Cell 205 Rib

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An upper plate on which articles to be stored or transported are loaded, and a plurality of base strips adhered to the lower surface of the upper plate, wherein the upper plate and each base strip are made of recycled paper material. Characterized in that the honeycomb structure is formed by a plurality of cells reinforced by upright ribs and the upper plate and the base strip are covered with a shrinkable film. A pallet made from recycled paper materials. 2. The pallet according to claim 1, wherein the shrinkable film is colored.