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US20060185228A1
US20060185228A1 US11/333,592 US33359206A US2006185228A1 US 20060185228 A1 US20060185228 A1 US 20060185228A1 US 33359206 A US33359206 A US 33359206A US 2006185228 A1 US2006185228 A1 US 2006185228A1
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  • the invention relates to a watering and transport device for plants, a frame strut and a method for arranging such a watering and transport device in a manner that saves time and space.
  • Watering and transport devices for plants of the kind which are used, for example, for delivering and storing potted and garden plants in garden centres and similar sales outlets are known from, for example, DE 202 13 719.
  • devices of this kind When devices of this kind are being transported (back) empty, the problem regularly arises as to how the numerous storage platforms on which the plants had been standing during shipment can now be housed in as compact and space-saving an arrangement as possible on the base platform or on the frame struts so that the best possible use is made of the available cargo space in the delivery vehicles used for this purpose, and so that this process can be conducted in as short a time as possible.
  • the method adopted for this is that the individual storage platforms are hung one on top of the other in the frame struts in as densely packed an arrangement as possible, i.e. so that a storage platform is hung in the insertion recesses of each individual level. This is very time-consuming and does not make the best possible use of the space which would actually be available in the vertical direction.
  • the invention is based on the object of making an improvement here and providing a watering and transport device for plants in which the storage platforms can be arranged for transport purposes more quickly and at the same time stably, and to indicate a method by which a watering and transport device for plants can be changed from a storage to a transport state and vice versa quickly, in a space-saving manner and stably.
  • At least one ridge is disposed in the region of an end portion of a frame strut. It is helpful if in each case at least one ridge is disposed in the region of each end portion of a frame strut.
  • At least one ridge is disposed in a central region of a frame strut.
  • the invention further proposes that the frame struts are arranged in a transport position in which the longitudinal slots of two frame struts associated with a first side of the base platform face each other and their insertion recesses face away from one another, and the longitudinal slots of two frame struts associated with a second side opposite the first side face each other and their insertion recesses face away from one another, and that, in a storage position, the frame struts are capable of being received in the support sockets, in which the insertion recess of the frame struts associated with the first side face each other and their longitudinal slots face away from one another, and the insertion recesses of the frame struts associated with the second side face each other and their longitudinal slots face away from one another, wherein a number of storage platforms are stacked one on top of the other on the base platform, each of which is rectangular and has one mounting member in each corner region, which has an insertion end portion that ends freely, wherein the insertion end portions of one storage platform in each case can be inserted, in
  • the frame struts are arranged in such a way that the insertion recesses face towards one another in the longitudinal direction or in the direction of the narrow sides of the base platform. In each case, it is possible to obtain the advantageous transport position of the invention by inserting them rotated by 180°.
  • the support sockets have a square socket cross-section.
  • each support socket should be closed off at its lower end by a stop member corresponding in cross-section to its socket cross-section and protruding across the respective lower end, so that several base platforms can be stacked in a centered manner.
  • the frame struts are made substantially square in cross-section.
  • the longitudinal slot can, for example, have a width amounting to 20% to 90% of the side length of the square shape, e.g. 50%.
  • An appropriate embodiment is characterised by the fact that the base platform is provided on its underside with rollers, such as four fixed rollers or two fixed and two steering rollers.
  • the insertion recesses in the frame struts should have an alternating first and second shape or contour, so that it is easier to hang a storage platform in horizontally.
  • the frame struts associated in each case with a narrow side of the base platform are connected in pairs at their free upper ends with one U-shaped plug-in yoke each.
  • the base platform may have a floor and pan-like peripheral rim.
  • each support socket which is located beneath an adjacent insertion end portion of a bottom storage platform stacked in the transport position, is located at such a height above the base platform, e.g. above an upper edge of the rim of the base platform, that there is a vertical space or distance between the rim portion and the insertion end portion of the bottom storage platform, so that the insertion end portions do not rest on the support sockets.
  • the support sockets each have, on sides facing each other in the direction of a narrow side or a long side, a cut-out which, in the transport position of the frame struts, runs substantially in alignment with their longitudinal slot and may project into the one insertion end portion of the bottom storage platform in each case.
  • the base platform can be provided on each of its narrow sides with a protrusion projecting in the longitudinal direction between corner regions of a rectangular basic shape of the base platform.
  • the protrusion may be sectoral, trapezoid or rectangular in shape.
  • an overflow may (in each case) be arranged within one or both protrusion(s).
  • the overflow may be height-adjustable in order to define a particular level of liquid within the base platform.
  • the at least one storage platform can have a floor and a peripheral rim, its outline preferably being substantially identical to that of the base platform.
  • the base platform may be provided with centring means for a storage platform to be stacked on it.
  • the centring means may in particular be arranged on the protrusions, and may be formed by pins or plate-like members fixed to the inside or outside of the rim and projecting upwards above the rim.
  • At least one storage platform is stacked on the base platform the opposite way round to the position when in use, i.e. with its upper side facing downwards.
  • the invention further proposes that the at least one storage platform is provided on its underside with a centring means for a storage platform stacked on top of it in the transport position, i.e. when both or all the storage platforms are stacked the opposite way round.
  • the centring means may be formed by reinforcements which are U or V-shaped in cross-section and run between narrow sides and are fixed to the floor on the underside, and which may in each case terminate in transition regions between corner regions and the protrusion on the storage platform. Alternatively such reinforcements may be provided in the transverse direction, i.e. between long sides.
  • the storage platforms may be provided, at their insertion end portions, with two mutually opposing notches with which they can be placed on or hung in webs, optionally in a position for use or, turned upside down, in a covered position, which webs partially bridge the respective longitudinal slots in the frame struts.
  • one or two adjacent webs should be disposed in the region of the end portions of the frame strut.
  • a frame strut in accordance with claim 16 . It is proposed that at least one ridge is disposed in the region of an end portion of a frame strut. It is helpful if in each case at least one ridge is disposed in the region of each end portion of a frame strut. Furthermore, it is advantageous if at least one ridge is disposed in a central region of a frame strut.
  • the object of the invention is achieved by a method in accordance with claim 20 .
  • the uppermost storage platform is placed upside down (covered position), i.e. so that its floor faces downwards and its underside faces up, so that no rainwater can collect in the pans (storage platforms in the covered position instead of the position when in use).
  • FIG. 1 shows a watering and transport device with a base and two storage platforms in a storage position
  • FIG. 2 shows a storage platform of the device according to FIG. 1 ,
  • FIG. 3 shows a base platform of the device according to FIG. 1 .
  • FIG. 4 shows a device in accordance with the invention with a base platform and frame struts
  • FIG. 5 shows a perspective partial view of a device according to FIG. 4 with several stacked storage platforms
  • FIG. 6 shows an enlarged view of a corner region of the device according to FIG. 5 .
  • FIG. 7 shows a perspective partial view of a device in accordance with the invention with a larger number of storage platforms than FIGS. 5 and 6 ,
  • FIG. 8 shows an upper region of the device according to FIG. 7 .
  • FIG. 9 shows a corner region similar to FIG. 6 on an enlarged scale
  • FIG. 10 shows a corner region of the base platform of the device according to the invention, without a frame strut held in it,
  • FIG. 11 shows an enlarged partial view in accordance with FIG. 10 .
  • FIG. 12 shows a view of a corner region of the device in accordance with FIG. 4 .
  • FIG. 13 shows an enlarged view in accordance with FIG. 12 .
  • FIG. 14 shows a corner region in accordance with FIG. 11 with a centring means
  • FIG. 15 shows an alternative embodiment of an insertion end portion of a storage platform
  • FIG. 16 shows an alternative frame strut
  • FIG. 17 shows the frame strut according to FIG. 16 in use
  • FIG. 18 shows a variant of a centring member.
  • the device 1 first of all has a rectangular base platform 2 , which is either intended for standing directly on the ground or alternatively, as shown, may be provided with rollers so that it can be moved around, one of which can be seen in FIG. 1 and is indicated by a 4 .
  • Two fixed rollers may be disposed on one narrow side of the base platform, for example, and two castors on the opposite narrow side in order to make it possible to move the device about easily and flexibly.
  • the base platform 2 has a substantially flat floor 8 and a rim 10 enclosing it like cheeks, so that a surface for holding plant containers is formed on which water or a nutrient solution can stand, up to a certain depth.
  • an adjustable overflow 12 is disposed in a corresponding opening in the floor 8 , or one overflow is disposed on each of the mutually opposing narrow sides of the floor 8 , so that plants stored there can be supplied with water in the best possible way.
  • the floor 8 is not precisely rectangular in shape, but instead has an arcuate protrusion 14 on each of the narrow sides, within which is disposed the overflow 12 , so that the actual rectangular area of the floor 8 is available for plant containers, without being restricted by an overflow 12 .
  • the protrusion 14 basically serves as a location for the overflow 12 , it could also be of any other shape desired, such as trapezoid (as illustrated elsewhere in the drawing), rectangular or some other shape, provided it is ensured that the rectangular area of the floor, as defined by the outer corners, is available without being restricted by an overflow 12 , i.e. the overflow and the protrusion are located outside the narrow side 15 of the base platform 2 indicated by dashed lines in FIG. 3 .
  • a support socket 16 is disposed vertically, or perpendicular to the floor 8 at each corner of the base platform 2 , which serves first of all to receive one frame strut 20 each.
  • An internal free cross-section of the support sockets 16 is square in this example, as is the external cross-section contour of the frame struts 20 , the internal cross-section dimensions of the support sockets 16 being slightly larger than the external cross-section dimensions of the frame struts 20 , thus ensuring that they are easy to plug together and are held in place with little play.
  • stop member 22 inserted in a lower region of each support socket 16 and fastened there, e.g. by welding.
  • the object of the stop members 22 consists, on the one hand, in forming a height stop for the frame struts 20 plugged in from above, so that they are maintained at a fixed height, and on the other hand, in forming a centring means, so that a number of base platforms 2 can be stacked one on top of the other without frame struts 20 plugged in, in which case a region of a stop member 22 projecting up from a support socket 16 in each case engages from above in a support socket 16 of a base platform 2 arranged below it.
  • the stop members 22 could therefore be open, like tubes, or alternatively they could be closed across their cross-section.
  • the base platform 2 On the bottom of each of its long sides, the base platform 2 has a slightly V-shaped stiffener 18 , which, on the one hand, serves to increase the static stability and, on the other hand, contributes to ensuring that the base platform, or a laden, complete watering device ( FIG. 1 ) is lifted by a fork-lift truck only in such a way that its prongs engage laterally, outside the reinforcement.
  • the stiffener could alternatively consist of a length of pipe.
  • the frame struts 20 are square in cross-section and, centrally in a side wall 23 ( FIG. 12 ), have a continuous longitudinal slot 26 running in the longitudinal direction, while a number of regularly spaced insertion recesses 28 are formed in a side wall 24 of the frame strut opposite the longitudinal slot 26 .
  • the alternate insertion recesses 28 are formed slightly differently—in the present example, in that every other insertion recess is smoothly oval, whereas the insertion recesses between them are oval in shape, but with small bulges to the side. The purpose of this arrangement is to make it easier to hang in the storage platforms, which will be described in more detail below, in the horizontal direction.
  • the support sockets 16 are each provided, on their side facing in the direction of the respective narrow side, or towards the protrusion 14 , with a cut-out 30 , the lower rim 32 of which is located a certain height above the floor 8 or the upper edge of the rim 10 , the purpose of which will be explained below.
  • FIGS. 5 to 8 show an arrangement in which a number of storage platforms 40 are stacked one on top of the other in the position when in use on the base platform 2 (in order to hold plant pots, for example, on their top sides).
  • the storage platforms 40 one of which is shown in FIG. 2 , have a floor 41 that is basically rectangular, and a rim 44 enclosing it like a pan, and correspond in shape and size to the base platform 2 , with the difference that they are designed for hanging in the frame struts 20 and do not have any support sockets and rollers.
  • An overflow is disposed within protrusions 54 , which are shown here in the shape of sectors, or one overflow in each protrusion.
  • Each storage platform has, in each of its corner regions, a hook-shaped mounting member 42 which is welded to the rim 44 .
  • Each mounting member 42 has an insertion end portion 46 running parallel to a narrow side 43 of the rectangle forming the storage platform 40 , and ending freely, the insertion end portion being provided with a notch 48 arranged perpendicularly to the extended plane of the storage platform 40 .
  • the insertion end portion 46 faces in the direction of an adjacent long side 50 of the storage platform 40 , i.e. outwards, so that, in the arrangement shown in FIGS. 5 to 7 , it extends through the longitudinal slot 26 in the frame strut 20 .
  • FIGS. 5 to 8 show the storage platforms 40 stacked in such a way that each individual storage platform is placed upside down (in the covered position) on the base platform 2 or on a storage platform beneath it, i.e. the floor of the storage platforms faces downwards.
  • Attached to the underside of the floor 41 are bracing profiles 58 , U-shaped in cross-section, which increase the load-bearing capacity of the floor or storage platform and at the same time, with their facing edges at the ends, serve as a means for centrally positioning a further storage platform placed on the stack from above.
  • the profiles 58 could alternatively be V-shaped in cross-section in order to improve the centring effect.
  • the frame struts 20 can, in a first step, be inserted into the support sockets 16 in a position rotated by 180° compared to the situation shown in FIG. 4 , so that it is no longer the longitudinal slots 26 which are facing one another (transport position, according to FIGS. 4 to 6 ), but rather the insertion recesses 28 ( FIG. 1 ), this latter position being referred to as the storage position.
  • storage platforms 40 can then be inserted anywhere that is desired into insertion recesses 28 in a position rotated by 180° (about a horizontal axis) compared to FIGS.
  • the invention thus provides a watering and transport device for plants, consisting of a base platform with four frame struts plugged in.
  • a transport position FIG. 4
  • a number of storage platforms can be stacked on the base platform.
  • the stacking process described leads to a considerable simplification, since the empty storage platforms do not have to be hung in the insertion recesses 28 , for example, but can instead be stacked loosely, one on top of the other, because the frame struts are positioned in such a way that their longitudinal slots 26 face inwards and can loosely accommodate the insertion end portions.
  • the storage platforms can each be hung in the insertion recesses at the desired height.
  • the transport position thus offers the advantage that the storage platforms can be stacked close together, so that when the full height of the frame struts is used, a larger number can be housed than would be the case if they were hung in the insertion recesses, and, furthermore, the process of placing them in or stacking them takes considerable less time than hanging them in.
  • FIG. 8 shows a device in which upper ends of the frame struts are connected together by a U-shaped plug-in yoke 60 , as is also indicated in FIG. 4 , where parallel limbs of the yoke (not visible) running in the longitudinal direction of the frame struts 20 engage in the free cross-sections of the frame struts 20 and prevent them from moving apart, since in such a case, mounting members of storage platforms located higher up would no longer be reliably received in the longitudinal slots of the frame struts. It goes without saying that plug-in yokes of this kind are not needed in the storage state, because in that case the storage platforms determine the relative spacing of the frame struts 20 with their notches 48 .
  • the insertion end portions 46 of the storage platforms are provided with not one, but two notches 48 , 48 a, as is illustrated in FIG. 15 .
  • the frame struts 20 ( FIG. 16 ) are provided in their end portions with one or two spaced apart ridges 70 bridging the longitudinal slot 26 , so that the possibility exists, even in the transport position of the frame struts, in which no storage platforms can normally be hung, of placing a storage platform (especially the uppermost one) upside down (covered position) on top of the webs which are facing one another, i.e.
  • FIG. 9 shows, in the transport position, the mounting members 42 or their insertion end portions 46 do not rest on the support sockets 16 bearing a load, but extend freely into the cut-out 30 , a certain space always remaining between a lower edge of an insertion end portion 46 and the lower rim 32 of a cut-out 30 .
  • This ensures that the entire load of all the storage platforms 40 stacked up does not have to be borne by the mounting members 42 of the bottom storage platform, but is instead transmitted to the base platform 2 via its entire rim 44 .
  • the cut-out 30 thus merely has the task of creating a certain clearance for the mounting member of the bottom storage platform, it could alternatively be provided that the support sockets 16 all terminate at a height corresponding to the lower rim 32 of the cut-out. In such a case, it ought conveniently to be ensured that, in addition, a number of base platforms 2 can be stacked one on top of the other; in this case, space for the rollers 4 , where present, needs to be available between two base platforms.
  • the storage platforms 40 have a centring means in the form of the bracing profiles 58 .
  • centring members 64 In order to ensure a centered position of a bottom storage platform, namely directly on the base platform 2 , i.e. a position in which the rim 44 of the storage platform is resting substantially in alignment on the rim 10 of the base platform 2 without any lateral displacement occurring, it is possible for centring members 64 to be attached to the rim 10 of the base platform 2 in accordance with FIG. 14 . In the case illustrated, two plate-like centring members 64 are welded to each side of the rectangle, i.e.
  • a part of the plate-like centring member 64 projecting upwards over the rim 10 and thus forming a means for centrally positioning a storage platform 40 placed on it.
  • the upwardly projecting part of the centring member 64 may, as is shown for a variant in FIG. 18 , be bent slightly outwards in order to facilitate placing a storage platform on it.
  • the centring rmember(s) 64 could be attached to the inside of the rim 10 . Modifying this idea, it goes without saying that other designs of a centring member are conceivable, such as a rod-like, centring member aligned perpendicularly to the floor 8 .
  • the invention has been explained above with reference to a base platform in accordance with FIG. 13 and a watering and transport device in accordance with FIGS. 4 to 7 which has been formed with it; in this case, the storage platforms 40 used in connection with it are provided with insertion end portions 46 , aligned in the transverse direction relative to the rectangular shape, which, depending on the position (transport or storage position) of the frame struts 20 engage in their longitudinal slots or insertion recesses, which then face each other or face away from one another in the transverse direction.
  • the storage platforms might be provided with insertion end portions terminating in the longitudinal direction (relative to the rectangular basic shape, i.e. parallel to the long sides 50 ); in this case, the frame struts 20 need to be arranged rotated in each case by 90° relative to the embodiment shown so that this time, in the transport or storage position, the longitudinal slots or insertion recesses face each other, namely relative to the longitudinal direction of the device.
  • the cut-outs 30 of the support sockets 16 would have to be arranged such that they face each other when seen in the longitudinal direction, i.e. rotated in each case by 90° compared to the embodiment illustrated, so that they can fulfil their purpose, which consists in ensuring that the insertion end portions of a storage platform stacked at the very bottom in the transport position do not need to bear any load.

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