Mounting device and carton flow bed

A carton flow bed rack (1;

• 2), comprising at least a substantially horizontally aligned side beam (20) having opposite first and second ends, a substantially horizontally aligned first end beam (30) a substantially horizontally aligned second end beam (40), and first and second identical mounting devices (100), the first end beam (30) being mounted to a first end of the side beam (20) by the first mounting device (100) and the second end beam (40) being mounted to the second end of the side beam (20) by the second mounting device (100), each of the first and second mounting devices (100) comprising:
• a plug (110) pluggable into the respective end of the side beam (20);
• a key (130) having a wedge-shaped portion and being disposed for fixing the plug (110) in the respective end of the side beam (20);
• and
• an engaging element (120) arranged at the plug (110) and configured to engage the respective first or second end beam (30, 40);
• wherein:
• the plug (110) of the first mounting device (100) is plugged into the first end of the side beam (20) and is fixable by the key (130) of the first mounting device (100) in at least first and second predetermined plug-positions, the plug (110) of the first mounting device (100) being plugged only partially into the first end of the side beam (20) when the plug (110) of the first mounting device (100) is in the first plug-position, and the plug (110) of the first mounting device (100) being plugged fully into the first end of the side beam (20) when the plug (110) of the first mounting device (100) is in the second plug-position;
• the engaging element (120) of the first mounting device (100) engages an opening (31;
• 32) of the first end beam (30);
• and
• the engaging element (120) of the first mounting device (100) is fixed to the plug (110) of the first mounting device (100) at a predetermined engaging-position,
• and wherein:
• the plug (110) of the second mounting device (100) is plugged into the second end of the side beam (20) and is fixable by the key (130) of the second mounting device (100) in at least first and second predetermined plug-positions, the plug (110) of the second mounting device (100) being plugged only partially into the second end of the side beam (20) when the plug (110) of the second mounting device (100) is in the first plug-position, and the plug (110) of the second mounting device (100) being plugged fully into the second end of the side beam (20) when the plug (110) of the second mounting device (100) is in the second plug-position;
• the engaging element (120) of the second mounting device (100) engages an opening (31;
• 32) of the second end beam (40);
• and
• the engaging element (120) of the second mounting device (100) is fixed to the plug (110) of the second mounting device (100) at a predetermined engaging-position.

A method for connecting two substantially horizontally aligned support beams (20;

• 30;
• 40) of a carton flow bed rack (1;
• 2), comprising the steps of:
• plugging a plug (110) of a mounting device (100) into an end of a first support beam (20) of the rack;
• fixing the plug (110) in the first support beam (20) in a first of at least two different plug-positions by means of a key (130), at least a portion of the key having a wedge shape, and with the plug (110) being plugged only partially into the first support beam when the plug (110) is in the first plug-position;
• arranging an engaging element (120) at the plug (110)
• fixing a second support beam (30;
• 40) of the two support beams to the first support beam (20) by engaging the engaging element (120) with an opening (31;
• 41) of the second support beam (30;
• 40);
• and
• fixing the plug (110) in the first support beam (20) in a second of the at least two different plug-positions by means of the key (130), the plug (110) being plugged fully into the first support beam when the plug (110) is in the second plug-position, wherein
• an unload tray and/or a wheel track of the rack (1;
• 2) are arranged while the plug (110) is arranged in the first plug-position and, after the arrangement of the unload tray and/or the wheel track of the rack (1;
• 2), the plug (110) is fixed to the end of the first support beam (20) in a second of the at least two different plug-positions by means of the key (130).

A mounting device (100) for connecting two substantially horizontally aligned support beams (20, 30, 40) of a carton flow bed rack (1;

• 2), comprising:
• a plug (110) pluggable into an end of a first support beam (20) of the two support beams;
• a key (130), provided as a wedge, for fixing the plug (110) in the first support beam (20);
• and
• an engaging element (120) arranged at the plug (110), wherein the engaging element (120) is provided to engage a second support beam (30;
• 40) of the two support beams;
• wherein:
• the plug (110) is fixable to the first support beam (20) in at least two different plug-positions by means of the key (130),
• in a mounting position, the engaging element (120) is arranged at a face of the plug (110) facing away from the first support beam (20), and
• the engaging element (120) is provided as a separate element of the mounting device (100) that is fixable to the plug (110) in at least two different engaging-positions.