Adaptive storage rack
AssigneeSaint-Gobain Glass France
InventorsFrancisco José Benito Huertas, Alberto Martinez De Pablo
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Abstract
A rack for storing and/or transporting elements, in particular glazing elements, of the type including a receiving structure for these elements, the top part of the structure including a receiving device and a securing device for an additional top rack that is to be stacked thereon, and the bottom part of this structure including a complementary device that can allow it to cooperate with the receiving device and the securing device of an additional bottom rack on which it is to be stacked. The securing device includes at least two members separated from one another in the transverse direction by a value of a pitch corresponding to a difference in dimensions, in the transverse direction, of the racks that are to be stacked.
Claims20
A rack for storing and/or transporting elements comprising a structure receiving the elements, a top part of the structure comprising receiving means and securing means for an additional top rack to be stacked on said rack for storing and/or transporting elements, and a bottom part of the structure comprising complementary means that can allow it to cooperate with the receiving means and the securing means of a bottom rack on which it is to be stacked, wherein the securing means comprise at least two members separated from one another in a transverse direction by a value corresponding to a difference in dimensions, in the transverse direction, of the racks that are to be stacked, wherein the structure comprises a first and a second vertical upright that each form a corner of the structure, and a first crossmember connected to an upper portion of the first vertical upright and an upper portion of the second vertical upright so that the first and second vertical uprights are joined together via the first crossmember, wherein at least one of the at least two members is arranged at a top of the first crossmember at a position between the first vertical upright and the second vertical upright and wherein the at least two members are provided closer to the first vertical upright than to the second vertical upright.
A rack for storing and/or transporting elements comprising a structure receiving the elements, a top part of the structure comprising receiving means and securing means for an additional top rack to be stacked on said rack for storing and/or transporting elements, and a bottom part of the structure comprising complementary means that can allow it to cooperate with the receiving means and the securing means of a bottom rack on which it is to be stacked, wherein the securing means comprise at least two members separated from one another in a transverse direction by a value corresponding to a difference in dimensions, in the transverse direction, of the racks that are to be stacked,
- wherein the structure comprises a first and a second vertical upright that each form a corner of the structure, and a first crossmember connected to an upper portion of the first vertical upright and an upper portion of the second vertical upright so that the first and second vertical uprights are joined together via the first crossmember, wherein a first of the at least two members is arranged at a top of a first vertical upright and a second of the at least two members is arranged at a top of the first crossmember at a position between the first vertical upright and the second vertical upright.
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