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US 2012/0067253 A1Published application
Pallet apparatus
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsSusumu Harada, Takashi Suzuki, Tsuyoshi Abe, Tomoaki Arai
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Abstract
A pallet apparatus includes a pallet base including a caster unit and a mounting plate for mounting a product having a first fastening unit; a fixing member disposed between the product and the mounting plate of the pallet base; and a second fastening unit fixing the fixing member onto the mounting plate. The product can be fixed to or released from the fixing member by fastening or unfastening the first fastening unit. The fixing member includes a slit at a position corresponding to the first fastening unit, the slit allowing the fixing member to be inserted between or detached from the product and the mounting plate without contacting the first fastening unit.
Claims18
A pallet apparatus comprising:
- a pallet base including a caster unit and a mounting plate for mounting a product having a plurality of screw members having a variable amount of protrusion from a bottom surface of the product;
- a plurality of fixing members configured to support the product on the mounting plate of the pallet base at areas corresponding to a plurality of sides of the bottom surface of the product;
- and
- a fastening member configured to fix the plurality of fixing members onto the mounting plate of the pallet base,
- wherein the product can be fixed on the plurality of fixing members by threading a threaded portion of the plurality of screw members into the bottom surface of the product,
- wherein the plurality of fixing members include
- a lower surface portion configured to contact the mounting plate of the pallet base,
- an upper surface portion configured to contact the bottom surface of the product, and
- an upright portion connecting the upper surface portion and the lower surface portion, the upright portion being disposed at an inside position when the plurality of fixing members are disposed between the product and the mounting plate,
- wherein the lower surface portion includes a head portion installing slit opened on the side of the upright portion and located at a position corresponding to a position of the plurality of screw members, the head portion installing slit having a width allowing a head portion of the plurality of screw members to directly contact the mounting plate without contacting the lower surface portion,
- wherein the upper surface portion includes a threaded portion inserting slit opened on the side of the upright portion and located at a position corresponding to the position of the plurality of screw members, the threaded portion inserting slit having a width allowing the passage of the threaded portion but not the head portion of the plurality of screw members, so that the product can be fixed on the upper surface portion by the plurality of screw members between the bottom surface of the product and the mounting plate,
- wherein the upright portion includes a head portion passing slit continuous with the threaded portion inserting slit and the head portion installing slit and having a width allowing the passage of the head portion of the plurality of screw members, and
- wherein the fastening member is configured to enable the plurality of fixing members to be fastened to or released from the pallet base from outside the upright portion, with the product fixed on the plurality of fixing members with the plurality of screw members.
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A pallet apparatus comprising:
- a pallet base including a caster unit and a mounting plate for mounting a product having a plurality of screws having a variable amount of protrusion from a bottom surface of the product,
- a plurality of fixing members configured to be disposed between the product and the mounting plate of the pallet base and configured to support the product on the mounting plate of the pallet base,
- wherein the plurality of fixing members include
- a lower surface portion configured to contact the mounting plate of the pallet base,
- an upper surface portion configured to contact the bottom surface of the product, and
- an upright portion disposed at an inside position when the plurality of fixing members are disposed between the product and the mounting plate, the upright portion connecting the upper surface portion and the lower surface portion,
- wherein the lower surface portion includes a first slit for installing a head portion of the plurality of screw members and having a width such that the head portion of the plurality of screw members does not contact the lower surface portion,
- the first slit being located at a position corresponding to the plurality of screw members and opened on the side of the upright portion,
- wherein the upper surface portion includes a second slit for passing a threaded portion of the plurality of screw members, the second slit having a width allowing the passage of the threaded portion of the plurality of screw members but not the head portion of the plurality of screw members,
- wherein the upright portion includes a third slit for passing the head portion of the plurality of screw members, the third slit being continuous with the first slit and the second slit and having a width allowing the passage of the head portion of the plurality of screw members,
- wherein the plurality of fixing members can be fixed to or released from the pallet apparatus by adjusting the amount of protrusion of the plurality of screw members from the bottom surface of the product.
8 more elements
A pallet apparatus comprising:
- a pallet base including a caster unit and a mounting plate for mounting a product having a first fastening unit;
- a fixing member disposed between the product and the mounting plate of the pallet base;
- and
- a second fastening unit configured to fix the fixing member onto the mounting plate,
- wherein the product can be fixed to or released from the fixing member by fastening or unfastening the first fastening unit,
- wherein the fixing member includes a slit at a position corresponding to the first fastening unit, the slit allowing the fixing member to be inserted between or detached from the product and the mounting plate without contacting the first fastening unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.