摘要 |
A pallet <B>100</B> is formed from a single blank <B>12</B> of material, the material being creasable and foldable about crease means <B>4'</B> formed therein to form a sleeve with the major surfaces <B>11, 12, 13</B> superposed and with one surface displaced with respect to the other during erection of the pallet <B>100</B>. The pallet <B>100</B> may be made from a fluted material which may be corrugated cardboard. The pallet <B>100</B> may have upper <B>12</B> and lower <B>13</B> surfaces, which in the in use position, are separated by walls <B>W</B> and are supported by support devices <B>6</B> which are substantially the same height as the walls <B>W</B>. There are areas <B>5, 10</B> in the pallet <B>100</B> which are secured together with adhesive. The lower <B>13</B> in use surface may have apertures <B>9</B> for receiving the wheel of a pallet truck. There may also be recessed areas <B>6</B> in the walls <B>W</B> for the fork of a fork lift truck to be inserted. The pallet <B>100</B> may have four walls. Also disclosed is a method for making a pallet from a single blank, by cutting, creasing and folding and securing the overlapped parts. Also apparatus for forming a sleeve from a single blank for a pallet comprising a feeder, die cutter, creasing to form support members, station for securing the overlapping parts, folding unit and a stacker for receiving a formed sleeve. |