US 5,957,287 AGranted

Roll storage and transport rack

AssigneeArmstrong World Industries, Inc.

InventorsJames P. Valenti, Gilbert W. Fitzhugh

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Abstract

The apparatus is a storage and transport rack for deformable rolled goods. One or more shelves each support a single layer of rolls. The shelves have an open input side for loading, a padded backstop opposite the input side, and unobstructed ends for unloading individual rolls with a ram pole lift truck. The upper surface of the shelves is tilted relative to the horizontal with the input side higher, so that the rolls move to the padded backstop, and a sloped ramp at the input side of the shelves starts the rolls down the shelf and assures that the rolls will not roll off the input side. For transport, the rolls are anchored by the use of straps tightened between "D" rings attached at the backstop side of the shelves and "D" rings on plugs inserted into the hollow cores of the rolls.

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Dependent claims

A rack for holding rolled goods comprising:

a support structure comprising a base and at least first, second, third, and fourth vertical pillars attached to the base and located in a quadrilateral pattern;
the first and second pillars being separated from each other and located along one side of the structure which is the input side of the support structure, with the first and second pillars each attached to at least one input side brace which spans the distance between the input side pillars, that distance being the width of the structure;
and at least a third pillar and a fourth pillar being separated from each other and located along the backstop side of the structure, which is a side spaced from and opposite from the input side of the structure, with the third and fourth pillars each attached to at least one backstop side brace which spans the width of the structure;
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at least one shelf covering the area between, and with its ends spanning between, an input side brace and a backstop side brace, with the shelf top surface being tilted relative to the horizontal so that its input side is higher than its backstop side.

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