Patent Application
20210387819
The subject matter herein generally relates to a transport tray for transporting products.
During transport of certain fragile items (such as glass), the items are usually transported in pallets. However, during transport, loading, or unloading, the pallets are susceptible to shaking due to external impact, which may scatter or break the items.
Implementations of the present disclosure will now be described, by way of embodiments, with reference to the attached figures.
It will be appreciated that for simplicity and clarity of illustration, where appropriate, reference numerals have been repeated among the different figures to indicate corresponding or analogous elements. Additionally, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the embodiments described herein. However, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that the embodiments described herein can be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, methods, procedures and components have not been described in detail so as not to obscure the related relevant feature being described. The drawings are not necessarily to scale and the proportions of certain parts may be exaggerated to better illustrate details and features. The description is not to be considered as limiting the scope of the embodiments described herein.
Several definitions that apply throughout this disclosure will now be presented.
The term “substantially” is defined to be essentially conforming to the particular dimension, shape, or another word that “substantially” modifies, such that the component need not be exact. For example, “substantially cylindrical” means that the object resembles a cylinder, but can have one or more deviations from a true cylinder. The term “comprising” means “including, but not necessarily limited to”; it specifically indicates open-ended inclusion or membership in a so-described combination, group, series, and the like.
The transport tray 100 includes a carrier 10, a base plate 20, and a fixing member 30. The base plate 20 interacts with the fixing member 30 to fix the carrier 10 to prevent the products from being scattered due to an external impact on the carrier 10 during transport.
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The bottom wall 12 is provided with a plurality of receiving grooves 122. The receiving grooves 122 are arranged side-by-side in one or more rows. Each receiving groove 122 is used for receiving an object to be transported (such as glass), and a size of the receiving groove 122 matches a size of the object to be transported.
The side wall 14 is provided with an extension portion 16 extending away from the side wall 14. The extension portion 16 can be used for carrying the carrier 10 during transport. In addition, the extension portion 16 can facilitate interaction between the base plate 20 and the fixing member 30 for fixing the carrier 10.
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The fixing member 30 is substantially elongated rectangular-shaped. The fixing member 30 and the base plate 20 are magnetic. The fixing member 30 and the base plate 20 magnetically attract each other, and at least a portion of the carrier 10 is fixedly located between the base plate 20 and the fixing member 30. A number of the fixing member 30 may be one or more. In one embodiment, the number of the fixing member 30 is two.
Specifically, the carrier 10 is placed in the groove 26. A number of the extension portions 16 is two, and the two fixing members 30 are respectively placed on the two extension portions 16 of the carrier 10. The base plate 20 and the fixing members 30 magnetically attract each other to fix the carrier 10. The carrier 10, the base plate 20, and the fixing member 30 are assembled together to form the transport tray 100, and a plurality of the transport trays 100 can be arranged in a stacked arrangement.
Further, the bottom plate 22 is provided with one or more through holes 222. The one or more through holes 222 reduce an adhesion force between the carrier 10 and the base plate 20 so that vibration of the carrier 10 is reduced when placed or taken out of the groove 26.
Further, a notch 242 is provided on the side plate 24. A number of the notch 242 may be one or more. The fixing member 30 is provided with a protrusion 32. A shape of the protrusion 32 matches a shape of the notch 242, and the protrusion 32 is received in the notch 242 to further enhance a fixing effect between the base plate 20 and the fixing member 30.
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The cover plate 40 is provided with at least one opening 42 defined on a side of the cover plate 40. The opening 42 is used to receive the corresponding fixing member 30. In one embodiment, the cover plate is provided with two openings 42 on opposite sides of the cover plate 40, respectively, and the two fixing members 30 are respectively received in the two openings 42 to limit movement of the cover plate 40 in a plane of the cover plate 40.
The cover plate 40 is made of a material having a low hardness, such as a resin material, so that the cover plate 40 acts as a buffer when the transport tray 100 is impacted. In one embodiment, the cover plate 40 is made of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA).
In summary, the carrier 10 is fixed between the base plate 20 and the fixing member 30, which can effectively prevent the products on the carrier 10 from being scattered or broken due to external impact during transport.
The embodiments shown and described above are only examples. Even though numerous characteristics and advantages of the present technology have been set forth in the foregoing description, together with details of the structure and function of the present disclosure, the disclosure is illustrative only, and changes may be made in the detail, including in matters of shape, size and arrangement of the parts within the principles of the present disclosure up to, and including, the full extent established by the broad general meaning of the terms used in the claims.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 202021082764.7 | Jun 2020 | CN | national |
