CN110431091A - Intermodal container and its shield - Google Patents

Abstract

Present disclose provides a kind of intermodal container, including container base, container base includes pier and the bottom plate on the first inside that pier is arranged in.Container base includes ladder-shaped frame, multiple crossbeams that ladder-shaped frame includes the first siding track and the second siding track and extends between the first siding track and the second siding track.Each siding track includes upper rail surface and lower guideway surface, multiple cross beam support bottom plates.Intermodal container includes the protective cover being arranged on the second outside of pier, for protecting container base.Protective cover is arranged to protect one or more of multiple crossbeams and/or bottom plate.Lower guideway surface or protective cover of the protective cover fixed to siding track, which are located at, to be arranged in the groove on lower guideway surface of each siding track.

Description

Intermodal container and its shield

The project for causing this to apply has obtained the subsidy of " European Union horizon 2020 " research and innovation plan, which is root According to No. 711257 donationi agreement.

Technical field

This disclosure relates to the protection of intermodal container more particularly to intermodal container.

Background technique

Multimodal transport container is widely used in receiving by various forms of transport freight, for example, ship, railway and Highway.These containers are typically designed to standard size that is reusable, and having different, to ensure and setting all over the world Space that is standby compatible and reducing waste to the maximum extent.In particular, most of intermodal containers have the width and height of standard, But there can be various length.The length of most common intermodal container is 20 feet or 40 feet, but of same size.

When filling cargo, multimodal transport container is moved due to weight usually using crane facility to realize. But when intermodal container is empty, fork truck can be used and move it.For this purpose, some containers are equipped with fork truck recess, for connecing Receive the fork of fork truck.

However, due to using the mobile biggish container of fork truck, even if they are empty and danger, for super It crosses for the container of certain size, law may be forbidden providing fork truck recess.Although not providing recess, some users It still is attempted to promote these biggish containers with fork truck, this is dangerous and may cause container damage.

Summary of the invention

In view of above-mentioned consideration, it will be understood that the improvement in intermodal container field is desired.

The disclosure provides a kind of container, such as freight container, shipping container, transport container or through transport packaging Case, or any combination thereof.Container includes container base, and container base includes pier and pier is arranged in Bottom plate on first inside.Protective cover is arranged on the second outside of pier, for protecting container base.

In a first aspect, providing a kind of intermodal container, including container base, container base includes pier With the bottom plate on the first inside that pier is arranged in.Container base includes ladder-shaped frame, and ladder-shaped frame includes the first side Rail and the second siding track and the multiple crossbeams extended between the first siding track and the second siding track.Each siding track includes upper rail surface With lower guideway surface, multiple cross beam support bottom plates.Intermodal container further includes the guarantor being arranged on the second outside of pier Shield, for protecting container base.Protective cover is arranged to protect one or more of multiple crossbeams and/or bottom plate.Protection Lower guideway surface or protective cover of the cover fixed to siding track, which are located at, to be arranged in the groove on lower guideway surface of each siding track.

Pier may include ladder-shaped frame.Ladder-shaped frame may include the first siding track and the second siding track and in the first siding track And the second multiple crossbeam that extends between siding track.These crossbeams can be structural beams, be used to form the structure of pedestal and from collection The internal backplane of vanning receives load force.Protective cover can protect the bottom of one or more of multiple structural beams or container Plate, bottom plate are supported by multiple structural beams, or are supported jointly by both crossbeam and bottom plate.

Bottom plate can be supported by these structural beams.Bottom plate may include one or more base sheets or thin plate, can shape At the internal backplane of container.

Container may include multiple walls and case top.Container can limit internal capacity.It can be seating plane on the inside of pedestal To the surface or side of the internal capacity of container, it is also possible on the upside of pedestal on the inside of pedestal.The bottom plate of pedestal can form bottom Seat inside.The interior surface or upper surface of siding track and end rail can be formed on the inside of pedestal.Chassis outer side can be on pedestal with bottom Seat inside opposite surface or side, the outside of object container and internal capacity.On the inside of pedestal and chassis outer side can not It is solid and continuous surface, and can be the plane limited by one or more components of pedestal.Chassis outer side can be located at In the plane limited by the siding track and end rail of pedestal, especially by siding track, end rail or siding track and the outer surface or lower surface of holding rail In the plane of restriction.

Container can be foldable container.Pass through foldable container, it should be appreciated that container includes The element for allowing the total volume of container to reduce when container is sky.The element can be folding or folded Wall, this enables the case top of container mobile closer to the bottom of container, to reduce packaging when being in folded state The total height of case.

Protective cover can extend between the first siding track and the second siding track.Protective cover can be basically perpendicular to the first siding track And second siding track direction on extend between the first siding track and the second siding track.Pedestal may additionally include the first end and of pedestal Across the end rail between siding track at two ends.The length of siding track can be substantially equivalent to the length of container.End rail can have The essentially identical length with the width of container.Siding track can be substantially parallel to each other and the distance being spaced apart is substantially equal to Structural beams or the length for holding rail.In the plan view, the length of container can be the longest dimension of container.Along container The distance of length direction can be described as longitudinal.In the plan view, the width of container can be the shortest dimension of container.

One or more of multiple crossbeams can be arranged on the inside of pedestal between protective cover.Each crossbeam may include C Ellbeam, I-beam or H-shaped beam.Each of multiple crossbeams can be essentially identical.Multiple crossbeams can be along the length of pier It is substantially homogeneously spaced apart on direction.

Siding track and end rail can respectively include upper rail surface and lower guideway surface.Upper rail surface can be formed on the inside of pedestal A part.Upper rail surface can support the base sheet or bottom plate of container, especially combine and with structural beams Support.

Protective cover can be fixed to the lower surface of siding track.Protective cover can be fixed below chassis outer side or below siding track. Protective cover can be prevented in the region of protective cover and the lower surface of siding track or contacts-side-down.Protective cover can be arranged under siding track On surface, to provide barrier on the downside of siding track.

Protective cover can be located in the groove for each lower surface that the first siding track and the second siding track is arranged in.Protective cover can wrap Include channel.Channel may include center panel portion and sidewall sections.Sidewall sections may be substantially perpendicular to center panel portion extension, or Person upwardly extends being inclined outwardly the side in base plane.Sidewall sections can be parallel to the end rail of pedestal.Siding track may include Discontinuous lower surface, groove and protective cover can be arranged in the discontinuous place of lower surface.Groove can be formed in siding track The open recess or open channel of lower surface.In other words, groove is unrestricted in the lower side of siding track, so that the fork of fork truck It can enter in groove from below.

Protective cover can be contacted or be connected with the one or more in multiple crossbeams.In the direction perpendicular to base plane On, it can be very close to each other between the lower surface and protective cover of one or more structural beams.

Protective cover can be spaced apart with one or more of multiple crossbeams.In the direction of the plane perpendicular to pier On, may exist gap between the one or more structural beams and protective cover of protective cover.

Protective cover can be arranged in one plane, and be basically parallel to the plane limited by chassis outer side.

Protective cover can be continuous material piece, such as continuous sheet metal.Protective cover can be by reinforcing material or stainless Steel material is formed.Material can be steel.In other examples, protective cover can be extended multiple close by the width across pedestal The parallel bar or guide rail or reticular structure of arrangement are formed.

Protective cover can be fork truck protective cover.

Container may also include multiple container supporting members, and container supporting member is arranged to protrude from chassis outer side, So that protective cover is spaced apart with flat surfaces when container lot is when on flat surfaces.Container supporting member can be angle casting Part.Container supporting member can be arranged at four angles of pedestal, especially in the corner of ladder-shaped frame.It can be in pedestal Four container supporting members of upper setting.Container supporting member can be arranged to first of siding track and end rail fixed to pedestal End and second end, to be formed in the rectangular frame that relative side has a pair of of siding track and a pair of end rail, and in every nook and cranny With angle casting.

Container can be the container that length is more than 20 feet (6.1 meters).In particular, the length of container can be greatly About 25 feet (7.58 meters), 30 feet (9.12 meters), 40 feet (12.2 meters), 45 feet (13.7 meters), 48 feet (14.6 meters) Or 53 feet (16.2 meters).

The width of protective cover can be 0.36 meter.The height of the sidewall sections of protective cover can less than 0.1 meter, and especially Ground can be 0.031 meter.The width of container can be about 8 foot (2.44 between 2 meters to 3 meters, particularly Rice).The width and length of container can be the external dimensions of container.

Container may include the second protective cover being arranged in chassis outer side, for protecting pedestal.Second protective cover can be with It is essentially identical with the first protective cover described above.

The mass center of container can be placed along the center line of container or longitudinal midpoint of container.In other examples, The mass center of container can not be located at longitudinal midpoint or the centerline of container, for example, if one end (such as door of container End) than other end weight.The center line of container crosses over the width of container in 50% extension position of container.First protective cover It can be spaced apart at a distance from equal, or separate with the centreline space of container equal with the mass center of container with the second protective cover Distance.Gap or distance between first protective cover and the respective center line of the second protective cover on the longitudinal direction of container It can be between 3 meters and 0.5 meter.Particularly, the fore-and-aft distance between the first protective cover and the respective center line of the second protective cover It can be 2.05 meters.

In second aspect, a kind of protective cover is provided, in container described above.

In order to avoid text unnecessary in specification repetition, certain features of the disclosure are only from one or more of the disclosure A aspect or arrangement are to describe.It will be appreciated, however, that technically in feasible situation, about the disclosure it is any in terms of or The feature of arrangement description can also be used together with any other aspect of the disclosure or arrangement.

Detailed description of the invention

The disclosure in order to better understand, and in order to more clearly illustrate how to realize the disclosure, it now will be by showing The mode of example refers to attached drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 depicts the perspective view of container；

Fig. 2 depicts the bottom view of the container according to Fig. 1；

Fig. 3 depicts the viewgraph of cross-section of the pedestal of the container of Fig. 1 and Fig. 2；And

Fig. 4 depicts the viewgraph of cross-section of the pedestal of another alternative container.

Specific embodiment

Fig. 1 illustrates in perspective view container 10.In the example shown, container is intermodal cargo container 10, but It is that for simplicity, it can also be referred to as container 10 in the disclosure.

The pedestal 12 of container 10 forms the lowest part of container.Container 10 further includes case top 14, and case top 14 is by four Wall 16 supports, and wall 16 is extended vertically from pedestal 12.The wall 16 of container 10 separates case top 14 and pedestal 12, to be formed substantially Hollow rectangular parallelepiped structure, i.e. container 10.Internal capacity (invisible in Fig. 1) is limited by container 10, and case top 14, wall Each of 16 and bottom 12 have the inside or face for being exposed to internal capacity, and are exposed to the outside outside container 10 Or face.Container may include one or more doors 18 or other enter device, for providing the channel for entering internal container.Door 18 can use 20 locking of lock, undesirable into container 10 to prevent.

Container 10 has length I, width w and height h.The length I of container is longer dimension in the plan view, collection The width w of vanning is shorter size in the plan view, and the height h of container is the total height of wall 16, case top 14 and pedestal 12.

Since container 10 is substantially cuboidal, it has, and there are six outsides, including pedestal 12, case top 14 and four walls 16.Wall 16 is formed by two opposite sides 22 and two opposite ends 24.Side 22 is parallel to the long axis or length of container I is spent, and end 24 is parallel to the short axle or width w of container 10.Due to the respective height having the same of wall 16, side 22 is Wall 16 with longer dimension, and end 24 is the wall 16 with shorter size.In some instances, can be can for container 10 Folding container.In this case, wall 16 may include total height for reducing container or for making container collapse Device.

Pedestal 12 is substantially rectangular cross-sectional configuration in the plan view, and length lb is substantially equal to the length I of container 10, width wb It is substantially similar to the width w of container 10.Pedestal has height hb, on direction identical with the height h of container 10 Measurement.

On each angle of pedestal 12, it is provided with the container supporting member 26 of angle casting form.Angle casting 26 is substantially The element of cubic shaped, height is greater than pedestal 12, and prominent from pedestal 12 so that the outside or downside of pedestal 12 with The surface for placing container is spaced apart.Angle casting 26 further includes for lifting device (such as crane) to be connected to container Device (not shown), for being promoted and moving containers 10.The corner on case top 14 also can be set in angle casting.

The pedestal 12 of container includes a pair of of protective cover 28, and specifically protection board 28, are arranged in the outside of pedestal 12 simultaneously Across the width w of container 10, to protect pedestal 12 from the damage of the fork of fork truck (not shown), if user attempts with fork Vehicle promotes container 10.

Fig. 2 shows the bottom view of container 10.The view of Fig. 2 is derived from the underface of container 10, shows container The outside 30 or lower section of 10 pedestal 12.In the view of Fig. 2, it can be more clearly visible that the structure of pedestal 12.

Pedestal 12 includes a pair of of siding track 32 and a pair of end rail 34 and multiple crossbeams 36.Guide rail 32,34 and crossbeam 36 combine Ladder-shaped frame 40 is formed, so address is because of the appearance with ladder.The pedestal 12 of the formation container of ladder-shaped frame 40.

Each of guide rail 32,34 and crossbeam 36 are the slender beams with substantially invariable cross section.This is to siding track 32 It is formed in the opposite side of pedestal 12, to form the side of pedestal 12.Hold rail 34 across the end in siding track 32.Hold rail 34 flat The end of pedestal 12 is arranged and formed in the figure of face perpendicular to siding track 32.Angle casting 26 is formed between siding track 32 and end rail 34 and is connect Head, so that siding track 32 and end rail 34 combine in bottom view and form rectangular shape.Siding track 32 and end rail 34 can be by certain lengths Hollow space formed, such as square-section, or be also possible to along its length solid.Guide rail can be by C-shaped beam, I-shaped Beam, H-shaped beam or W-shaped beam are formed.For example, guide rail 32,34 and angle casting 26 can pass through welded connecting.

Crossbeam 36 also along siding track 32 length with of substantially equal interval across two siding tracks 32.Crossbeam 36 is I-beam, Its size is less than guide rail 32,34.Crossbeam 36 is also arranged basically perpendicular to siding track 32.Crossbeam 36 is attached to siding track in each end 32, such as pass through welding.Bottom plate 38 is arranged on the inside of pedestal or on the upside of pedestal, and bottom plate 38 is supported by crossbeam 36.Bottom plate 38 can be with It is one piece of continuous material piece, such as timber, or can be formed by many materials piece.

Since the length and width of ladder-shaped frame 40 namely pedestal 12 substantially exceeds their height, they can be substantially close Like being plane, there are two opposite sides for tool.These sides can be defined as 29 (referring to Fig. 3) and chassis outer side on the inside of pedestal 30.It is referred to as on the inside of pedestal on the upside of pedestal, chassis outer side 30 is referred to as Its lower side.Pedestal 12 generally defines flat Face, and be parallel to the plane of pedestal with chassis outer side on the inside of pedestal and form the opposite side of pedestal 12.

The length of pedestal 12 centre and perpendicular to siding track 32, define the center line C of pedestal 12.If container Weight be uniformly distributed, then the mass center of container will be located at center line C on.Therefore, container should balance on center line C.

Each guide rail 32,34 includes inside guide rail surface (invisible in Fig. 2), can also be referred to as upper rail table Face and outside guide rail surface 32a, 34a, can also be referred to as lower guideway surface.Lower guideway surface 32a, 34a are located at bottom 30 a part that is interior and forming chassis outer side 30 on the outside of seat.

Two protection boards 28 are across between siding track 32 and fixed on outside guide rail surface 32a.Plate 28 is substantially It is rectangle, there is width wp and length lp in bottom view.Length lp is substantially equal to the width wb of pedestal 12, so that plate 28 Across the entire width of container 10.As end rail 34 and crossbeam 36, plate 28 is across perpendicular to siding track 32.

The center line C of plate 28 and pedestal 12 is evenly spaced apart and is parallel to the center line C of pedestal 12.Between two plates 28 Total distance or clearance G limited by the distance between the center line Cp of each plate on its width.Distance or clearance G are by pedestal 12 Center line C be divided into bisection.In this way, if container 10 is supported on two plates, 28 lower section, container 10 will Upper uniform balance along its length.

The distance between the fork of distance G and fork truck is essentially identical, and in this example, distance G is about 2.05 meters.It should manage Solution, distance G can be another distance, this depends on designing for the protection board for fork truck.The width of each plate 28 It is also designed to the width of each fork greater than fork truck.In this example, the width of each plate 28 is 0.31 meter of (about 1 English Ruler).

In alternative exemplary, single protection board 28 can be only provided rather than there is gap between two plates.In the example In, protection board can have increased width and be arranged to its center line Cp and is aligned with the center line C of pedestal 12.

Along the cross section of the line A-A of Fig. 2, plate 28 and its neighbouring part of base 12 are shown in Fig. 3.

As shown, the bottom plate 38 of pedestal 12 is formed in 29 on the upside of pedestal, siding track 32 forms a part of chassis outer side 30. Each plate 28 has inside plate face 28a and outside plate face 28b.The inside plate face 28a of each plate 28 is fixed under siding track 32 Guide rail surface 32a, so that plate 28 is arranged on the outside 30 of pedestal 12.

Plate 28 is arranged in one or more lower sections in crossbeam 36, to limit to the close of crossbeam 36.Protection board 28 provides Suitable flat surfaces make the fork of fork truck that the flat surfaces can be inserted without contacting with crossbeam 36, bottom plate 38 or siding track 32. Therefore, in the case where user attempts with forklift lifting container 10, the component of pedestal 12 will be protected from inserted base The damage of the fork of 12 lower sections.

Plate 28 is steel plate, is fixed to siding track 32 by welding or other modes.The thickness of plate can be with the material of plate 28 It adapts to.For example, if can reduce the thickness of plate using more robust material.

Require that container balances on the fork of fork truck by the trial of forklift lifting container 10 due to any, Fork must be below the position inserted base of plate 28, because plate 28 is the either side for being located at interval at the mass center of container.Therefore, The region of needs is focusing only on by the protection that plate 28 provides, without being to provide the protection board for extending over entire pedestal, this The weight of container will be greatly increased and make to manufacture and repair more difficult.

Since the height of corner casting 26 increases compared to pedestal 12, the outside 30 of pedestal 12 can be with the support of container 10 Surface (not shown) is spaced apart.Therefore, gap is provided between support surface and the outer surface 28b of plate 28, so that the fork of fork truck Son can be inserted below pedestal and abutment plate 28.

The pedestal 112 of substitution is shown with cross section identical with Fig. 3 in Fig. 4.Similar features between two examples by The reference number reference at interval 100.

The plate 128 of pedestal 112 is in channel form, has center panel portion 142 and two side walls part 144.Sidewall sections 144 extend perpendicular to center panel portion 142 and are parallel to crossbeam 136.Plate 128 is passed through sidewall sections 144 are curved by one flat plate Song is formed with prominent perpendicular to center panel portion 142.However, in another example, sidewall sections 144 can independently form And it is fixed to center panel portion 142.In addition, sidewall sections 144 can be protruded outward from center panel portion 142 with acute angle, such as With about 45 degree of angle.

Each siding track 132 has two grooves 146 being formed in the guide rail surface 132a in respective outside.Groove 146 makes The guide rail surface 132a of the lowest part and outside that obtain siding track 132 is discontinuous.Groove 146 corresponds essentially to the cross section of plate 128 Shape allows plate 128 completely or partially in recessed siding track 132.Pedestal 112 be arranged in plate 128 and support surface it Between provide bigger gap so that fork can be smoothly inserted into and contact with plate 128, without damaging pedestal 112 Other component.Groove 146 is different from traditional fork truck recess, is formed in " hole " in the side of siding track, so that siding track Lower part is intact and siding track is entirely around hole.However groove 146 is unlimited groove, this enable fork truck fork easily Enter groove 146 from below, this is that " hole " type fork truck recess cannot achieve.Groove 146 and plate 128 also allow the fork of fork truck Laterally inserted for moveing freely space with bigger in short transverse when being promoted.

Equally in pedestal 112, plate 128 is respectively contacted with the crossbeam 136 right above plate 128.In some instances, plate 128 can be fixed together with the crossbeam 136 above them, such as pass through welding.These examples can provide for plate or crossbeam The intensity of enhancing.If should be appreciated that the height of siding track 32 reduces or the height of crossbeam 36 increases, institute in Fig. 2 and Fig. 3 Plate 28 and crossbeam 36 in the example shown can also contact in this way.Additionally, it should be understood that the pedestal in Fig. 4 112 plate 128 and crossbeam 136 can also be spaced apart in a manner of the pedestal 12 of Fig. 3.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that although this public affairs has been illustrated by way of example by reference to one or more arrangements It opens, but the present disclosure is not limited to disclosed arrangements, and can construct without departing from the scope of the disclosure The arrangement of substitution, the scope of the present disclosure are defined by the following claims.

Claims (15)

1. a kind of intermodal container, comprising:

Container base, including pier and the bottom plate being arranged on the first inside of the pier, the container base Including ladder-shaped frame, the ladder-shaped frame is including the first siding track and the second siding track and between first siding track and second siding track The multiple crossbeams extended, each siding track includes upper rail surface and lower guideway surface, multiple cross beam support bottom plate；And

Protective cover is arranged on the second outside of the pier, and for protecting the container base, which is arranged to protect Protect one or more of multiple crossbeam and/or the bottom plate, in which:

A) protective cover is fixed to the lower guideway surface of the siding track；Or

B) protective cover is located at and is arranged in the groove on lower guideway surface of each siding track.

2. intermodal container as described in claim 1, which is characterized in that the protective cover extend in first siding track and this second Between siding track.

3. intermodal container as claimed in claim 1 or 2, which is characterized in that one or more arrangements in multiple crossbeam On the inside of the pedestal between the protective cover.

4. intermodal container as described in any one of the preceding claims, which is characterized in that the inside plate face of the protective cover with One or more contacts or connection in multiple crossbeam.

5. intermodal container as described in any one of the preceding claims, which is characterized in that the protective cover and multiple crossbeam One or more of be spaced apart.

6. intermodal container as described in any one of the preceding claims, which is characterized in that the protective cover is arranged in one and puts down In face, and it is basically parallel to the plane limited by the chassis outer side.

7. intermodal container as described in any one of the preceding claims, which is characterized in that the protective cover is continuous material Piece.

8. intermodal container as described in any one of the preceding claims, which is characterized in that the intermodal container further includes more A container supporting member, which is arranged to protrude from the chassis outer side, so that working as the intermodal container position When on flat surfaces, which is spaced apart with the flat surfaces.

9. intermodal container as described in any one of the preceding claims, which is characterized in that the intermodal container is that length is super Cross the intermodal container of 20 feet (6.1 meters).

10. intermodal container as described in any one of the preceding claims, which is characterized in that the protective cover is fork truck protection Cover.

11. intermodal container as described in any one of the preceding claims, which is characterized in that the protective cover is plate.

12. intermodal container as described in any one of the preceding claims, which is characterized in that the protective cover is a continuous structure Part covers a part in the outside of the pier.

13. intermodal container as described in any one of the preceding claims, which is characterized in that including being arranged in the chassis outer side On the second protective cover, for protecting the pier.

14. intermodal container as claimed in claim 13, which is characterized in that first protective cover and second protective cover with should Longitudinal midpoint of intermodal container or the mass center of the intermodal container are spaced apart equal distance.

15. a kind of protective cover, in intermodal container described in any one of preceding claims.