Pallet unit with continuous wrapping sheet extending within the stack of blocks and palletizing method
AssigneeSociete des Produits Nestle S.A.
InventorsJohannes Zimmer, Julius Petrausch
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Abstract
Pallet unit (1) for transporting objects comprising a pallet (10) and a stack (11) of object blocks (B1 . . . B5) arranged on the pallet (10). The pallet unit (1) comprises a wrapping sheet (12) having vertical portions (V1 . . . V12) and horizontal portions (h1 h15) covering parts of the blocks (B1 . . . B5), said wrapping sheet (12) being laid along a continuous path and extending at least partly within the stack (11). Method for palletizing object blocks using said pallet unit (1).
Claims11
A method for palletizing object blocks using a pallet, the method comprising the following steps:
- Positioning a fraction of a row of blocks in a stack on the pallet;
- Disposing a wrapping sheet to cover parts of the blocks;
- and
- Completing the rest of the row, and
- the steps being repeated until the stack is completed,
- wherein the stack has a configuration selected from the group consisting of (i) the stack comprises rows of horizontally adjacent blocks, a vertical portion of the wrapping sheet extending between every two horizontally adjacent blocks, and (ii) the stack comprises rows of blocks having one or a plurality of horizontally adjacent blocks, at least one row of blocks being covered by two horizontal portions of the wrapping sheet and one vertical portion of the wrapping sheet connecting the two horizontal portions of the wrapping sheet.
A method for palletizing object blocks using a pallet, the method comprising the following steps:
- Positioning two fractions of two rows of blocks stacked together in a stack on the pallet;
- Disposing a wrapping sheet to cover parts of the two fractions;
- Completing the two rows of blocks with two other fractions stacked together;
- and
- Disposing the wrapping sheet to cover parts of the two other fractions,
- the steps being repeated until the stack is completed, wherein the stack has a configuration selected from the group consisting of (i) the stack comprises rows of horizontally adjacent blocks, a vertical portion of the wrapping sheet extending between every two horizontally adjacent blocks, and (ii) the stack comprises rows of blocks having one or a plurality of horizontally adjacent blocks, at least one row of blocks being covered by two horizontal portions of the wrapping sheet and one vertical portion of the wrapping sheet connecting the two horizontal portions of the wrapping sheet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.