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AssigneeWitron Logistik & Informatik GmbH
InventorsGünter Bruckner, Thomas Bösl, Stefan Ketelaar, Fabian Müller
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A load carrier for a rack for disposition at one or more rack uprights and for receiving loads with a load bearing contact surface for the purpose of storing loads and an upright contact surface section for disposition of the load carrier at the upright or uprights, wherein the load bearing surface section extends along the length and width of the load carrier and the upright contact surface section runs along the length and height of the load carrier, wherein the load bearing surface section and the upright contact surface section are disposed transversely to each other to form a support bracket, wherein for the purpose of reinforcing the load carrier, the load bearing surface section and/or the upright contact surface section are part of a hollow profile and/or have one or more corrugations. Also, a rack with corresponding load carriers and a method for making the same.
A load carrier for a rack for disposition at at least one rack upright and for receiving loads, the load carrier comprising a length in a longitudinal direction of the load carrier which is defined by a maximum extension of the load carrier, a width which runs transversely to the longitudinal direction and a height, the load carrier further comprising a load bearing surface section for storing loads and an upright contact surface section for disposition of the load carrier at the at least one rack upright, wherein the load bearing surface section extends along the length and the width of the load carrier and the upright contact surface section extends along the length and the height of the load carrier, the load carrier is formed from a sheet metal strip into a hollow profile enclosing a cavity in cross-section by profiling, wherein the sheet metal strip comprises a first reinforcement surface section at a first longitudinal edge of the sheet metal strip and a second reinforcement surface section opposite to the first reinforcement surface section at an edge section along a second longitudinal edge of the sheet metal strip, wherein the first reinforcement surface section and the second reinforcement surface section are in contact to each other after profiling the sheet metal strip into the hollow profile, wherein the load bearing surface section and the upright contact surface section are disposed transversely to each other, wherein for reinforcement of the load carrier, at least one of the load bearing surface section and the upright contact surface section are part of the hollow profile.
A method for producing a load carrier for a rack for disposition at at least one rack upright, the method comprising forming the load carrier from a sheet metal strip, such that the load carrier comprises a length in a longitudinal direction of the load carrier which is defined by a maximum extension of the load carrier, a width which runs transversely to the longitudinal direction and a height, and such that a load bearing surface section for storing loads and an upright contact surface section for disposition of the load carrier at the at least one rack upright are configured, wherein the load bearing surface section extends along the length and the width of the load carrier and the upright contact surface section extends along the length and the height of the load carrier, wherein the load bearing surface section and the upright contact surface section are disposed transversely to each other to form a support bracket, wherein forming of the sheet metal strip occurs by profiling of the sheet metal strip to yield a hollow profile enclosing a cavity in cross-section, wherein the sheet metal strip comprises a first reinforcement surface section at a first longitudinal edge of the sheet metal strip and a second reinforcement surface section opposite to the first reinforcement surface section at an edge section along a second longitudinal edge of the sheet metal strip, wherein the first reinforcement surface section and the second reinforcement surface section are in contact to each other after profiling the sheet metal strip into the hollow profile, wherein the at least one of the load bearing surface section and the upright contact surface section are at least part of the hollow profile.
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