Stacking Pallets
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STEEL mesh, sheet or timber sides can be built into new post and box type pallets from E. Stephens and Son, Ltd., 58-66 Bath Street, London, E.C.1.
A feature of these pallets is that the bars connecting the tops of the posts on one pallet will mate with the bars on the bottom of the posts for stacking purposes. This means that the overhang of conventional feet is eliminated and allows easier and closer placing when grouping pallets for storage or transport. It is claimed that this saves 10 per cent, of storage space.
The Stephens special link-joint is incorporated in the posts. This permits the posts or sides to be folded flat but leaves the posts a permanent fixture to the pallet base. The design ensures that lateral movement is impossible when erected pallets are stacked. When collapsed, rigid stacking is achieved by dropping the base of the posts over the fixed portion of the link-joints of the lower pallet.
Where the pallet is the box type the detachable sides are placed on the deck and the weight of the folded sides holds them rigidly in place during transport,