DEVICE FOR REPLACING A PALLET

A device for replacing a pallet (P), supporting the bottom face of a load (C), with a second pallet (S) replacing the first (P) includes: - a slide surface element (3) having a flat face assigned to static and sliding abutment with a lateral face of the load (C); - a translating support element (5) defining an elongated flat face assigned to abut with the side-by-side pallets (P, S) and provided with pallet gripping elements (6); such flat face defined by the translating support element (5) is perpendicular to the flat face of the slide surface element (3); - a control element of the load sliding (7) having a face parallel to the translating support element (5) and assigned to meet with a face of the load (C) opposite the respective bottom; a connecting element (9) which rigidly constrains the slide surface element (3) and which constrains the translating support element (5) to translate linearly on its geometric plane in the direction of its longitudinal axis or to translate in parallel direction to said face of the slide surface element (3); where the control element of the load sliding (7) is connected to the slide surface element (3) and/or to the connecting element (9); a rotation member (11) connected to the connecting element (9) to allow the rotation of the latter, around a rotation axis (R) parallel to at least the flat face defined by the translating support element (5), between an initial condition, in which the slide surface element (3) and the translating support element (5) are respectively vertical and horizontal, and one of their conditions (3, 5) for replacing the pallet in which they (3, 5) are rotated by more than 90° and vice versa.