Cable tray packaging
AssigneeThomas & Betts Corporation
InventorsSerge R. Michaud, Jean-Pierre Dutrisac, Dick Brown
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Abstract
A palletized bundle of stacked elongate cable trays includes a pair of endcaps placed over each longitudinal end of the stack of cable trays. The endcaps are each cinched by a shipping strap to pallet spacer skids provided under each endcap. Each pallet spacer skid accommodates the lifting tines of a forklift. The pallet spacer skids also provide sufficient ground clearance to allow the palletized cable trays to be transversely engaged by the lifting tines of a forklift. The palletizing package may also include protective liners placed between the shipping strap and the stack of cable trays to further protect the cable trays from damage by the cinched shipping strap.
Claims20
A palletized bundle of stacked elongate cable trays comprising:
- a pair of spacedly-separated endcaps, each endcap being positioned over one end of said bundle of cable trays, each said endcap having a portion extending over a longitudinal end extent of said bundle;
- a pair of spacedly separated elongate pallet skids, each pallet skid being positioned transversely across one of said end extents of said bundle and underlying said portion of said endcap, each said pallet skid defining a passage transversely through said skid for accommodating the tines of a forklift inserted along the length of said bundle;
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- a pair of binding straps, each binding strap surrounding said portion of said endcap and said skid for securing said ends of said bundle to said skid.
A palletizing package for a number of elongate stacked cable trays comprising:
- a pair of endcaps positioned in spaced separation over each longitudinal end of said stacked cable trays, each endcap including a planar endpiece, said planar endpiece being perimetrically bounded by a side wall extending outwardly therefrom, said side wall further defining a cavity accommodating each longitudinal end of said stacked cable trays;
- a pallet spacer skid positioned adjacent each endcap, each pallet spacer skid including a lower cleat having at least two pairs of longitudinally opposed surfaces and two opposing end surfaces, a plurality of spacer blocks spaced along one longitudinally opposed surface of said lower cleat, said spacer blocks being generally parallelepiped shaped, and a plurality of upper cleats placed across the surface of said spacer blocks opposite said lower cleat, wherein said lower cleat, spacer blocks, and upper cleats define a number of passages therebetween for accommodating the lifting tines of a forklift;
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- a shipping strap assembly for fastening about each endcap and adjacent pallet skid, each shipping strap assembly including a shipping strap, a bundle liner placed between said shipping strap and the exposed edges of the stack of cable trays secured to the pallet spacer skids.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.