Pallet Rack Repair System

Pallet rack repair system

by

ericfu

A method for repairing

pallet racking

machines wherein the assembly is used to replace a damaged front post. The repair assembly includes a tubular post having a floor plate at a lower end and a support plate at an upper end with a horizontal brace and a diagonal brace to replace the existing braces. The assembly is structurally solid and has the diagonal brace placed sufficiently high above the floor to avoid damage by forklift trucks.

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The present invention relates topallet racking

arrangements and more particularly, relates to a method system for repair of pallet racks.

Pallet racks originally received wide usage in warehouses wherein typically they would extend in a plurality of rows for substantially the height of the building with space being provided between the rows for forklift trucks to move. The forklift trucks would then remove stock from the shelves for the shipping of quantities thereon or for further processing. More recently, the opening of large warehouse stores to the public have utilized suchpallet racking

machines for direct access by the consumer. In this arrangement, the warehouse and retail functions are combined.

According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a repair assembly for pallet racking

machines comprising a tubular post having an upper end and a lower end, a floor bearing plate secured to the tubular post at the lower end thereof, a horizontal support plate secured to the tubular post at the upper end thereof, a connecting member secured to the upper end of the tubular post, a horizontal brace extending perpendicularly outwardly from a wall of the tubular post, a horizontal brace clamping member located at a distal end of the horizontal brace, a diagonal brace extending upwardly and outwardly from the wall of the tubular post, and a diagonal brace clamping member located at a distal end of the diagonal brace.

A method for repairing

pallet racking

machines wherein the assembly is used to replace a damaged front post. The repair assembly includes a tubular post having a floor plate at a lower end and a support plate at an upper end with a horizontal brace and a diagonal brace to replace the existing braces. The assembly is structurally solid and has the diagonal brace placed sufficiently high above the floor to avoid

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