JP2001354238A - Storage container - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent paper dust originating from a paper box which has packaged a sterilized bag or dust, bacteria or the like in the air from attaching to the sterilized bag. SOLUTION: The invention relates to a storage container 1 which receives sterilized bags so that they can be put in/out. The storage container 1 includes a main body 2 formed in a hexahedron and equipped with an opening 2a on a front and drawers 3 which are supported so that they can be put in/out from the front via the opening 2a into the main body 2. The main body 2 includes at least one or more shelves 2b and 2c for supporting the drawers 3 from downward, while the drawer 3 comprises a base plate which moves fore and aft on the shelves 2b and 2c and end plates respectively standing from front and rear ends of the base plate. When the drawer 3 is completely put in the main body 2, the opening 2a is closed by the end plate 3c located on the front of the base plate.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a container for storing a pouch-type sterilization bag.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the case of sterilizing a surgical instrument or the like in a medical institution or the like, there is a method in which a sterilization bag in which an object to be sterilized is sealed is sterilized by high-temperature steam sterilization or ethylene oxide gas treatment. This sterilization bag is made by stacking two long sheets,
It is made by sealing both ends and one end in the longitudinal direction, and various sizes are prepared according to the size and amount of the sterilization target. When using the sterilization bag, the object to be sterilized is stored in the sterilization bag, and then the opening end (the other end) is sealed, thereby enclosing the object to be sterilized in the sterilization bag. In addition, sterilized bags are usually sold in a state in which a certain amount is stored in a paper box.In medical institutions, etc., the sterilized bag is stored as it is in a paper box, or the sterile bag is removed from the paper box and stored on a shelf. Removed from paper boxes or shelves and used.

[0003]

However, when a sterile bag stored in a paper box is taken out and used, there is a possibility that paper dust and the like derived from the paper box adhere to the sterile bag.
Another problem is that it is difficult to grasp the remaining amount of the sterilization bag in the paper box.

On the other hand, when storing sterile bags on shelves,
Since the sterilization bag is often exposed to the outside air, there is a possibility that dust and bacteria in the outside air may adhere to the sterilization bag, and the sterilization indicators and the like printed on the sterilization bag may be discolored (faded) by ultraviolet light in the outside air. Could be. Further, since the size of the shelves and the like is not always suitable for storing the sterilization bags, there is a problem that the storage space cannot be effectively used, and a problem that it is difficult to store a plurality of types of sterilization bags in an orderly manner.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and is a storage container for storing a sterile bag so as to be able to be taken in and out, and particularly has a hexahedral shape and is provided with an opening in the front. A main body and a drawer supported in the main body through the opening so as to be able to be taken in and out from the front, and the main body includes at least one or more shelves supporting the drawer from below, and the drawer has It consists of a bottom plate that moves back and forth on the shelf plate, and end plates that are respectively erected at the front and rear ends of the bottom plate. When the drawer is completely stored in the main body, the opening is formed by the bottom plate. It is characterized by being closed by the end plate located on the front side.

[0006] The bottom plate includes a pair of side plates that stand upright from both left and right ends of the bottom plate to prevent the sterilization bag placed on the bottom plate from moving in the left-right direction. It is desirable that the partition plates which stand upright and separate the front and rear end plates from each other be supported detachably.

More preferably, the side plate and the partition plate are respectively erected from substrates placed on the bottom plate, and the substrate is detachably mounted on the bottom plate on the lower surface of these substrates. It is configured to include an adhesive unit for bonding.

On the other hand, it is preferable that a means is provided on the lower surface of the bottom plate to reduce frictional resistance generated between the bottom plate and the shelf plate when the bottom plate is moved.

Further, it is desirable that a material capable of transmitting visible light and reducing the amount of ultraviolet radiation be used at least at a position where the sterilization bag accommodated in the main body is visible.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 and 2 show an example of the structure of the storage container according to the present invention. The storage container 1 includes a main body 2 and
And a drawer 3 housed in the main body 2.
The main body 2 is a box-shaped member having a hexahedral shape, and has a front surface (FIG. 1).
An opening 2a is formed in the right side (in FIG. 2, the front side in FIG. 2), and the inside thereof is vertically partitioned by at least one or more steps of shelves 2b, 2c crossing the main body 2 left and right as shown in FIG. Have been. In the case of the present embodiment, the inside of the main body 2 is made up of four shelves at a constant interval H by a shelf 2b constituting a bottom plate of the body 2 and three shelves 2c arranged vertically above the shelf 2b. It is divided into. In addition, the depth of the main body 2, the width on the left and right, the number of shelves 2b and 2c, and the interval H are
It is set in consideration of the number and types of sterilization bags (described later) to be stored, the size of the sterilization bags, and the like.

The drawer 3 is placed on each of the shelves 2b and 2c through an opening 2a so as to be freely taken in and out from the front. In the case of the present embodiment, three drawers 3 of the same type are placed on each of the left and right shelves 2b and 2c, and as a result,
The main body 2 accommodates a total of twelve drawers 3.

An example of the structure of the drawer 3 is shown in FIGS. The drawer 3 has a rectangular bottom plate 3a that moves back and forth (in the direction of arrow M in FIG. 4) on the shelf plates 2b and 2c, and the front and rear ends of the bottom plate 3a are bent upward by 90 degrees.
End plates 3b and 3c erected at the front and rear ends of the bottom plate 3a, respectively.
It is composed of Here, the front and rear lengths of the bottom plate 3a are such that when the drawer 3 is completely housed in the main body 2, the end plate 3b located on the rear side of the bottom plate 3a abuts the innermost end of the main body 2 from the front, And the end plate 3 located in front of the bottom plate 3a.
c is set so as to be flush with the front surface of the main body 2. The width of the drawer 3 in the left-right direction is set slightly wider than the width of the sterilization bag in the left-right direction. Further, the height of the end plates 3b and 3c is the same as the above-mentioned distance H, and as a result, as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2a
It is closed by the end plate 3c located on the front side.

Means are provided on the lower surface of the bottom plate 3a to reduce frictional resistance generated between the bottom plate 2a and the shelf plates 2b and 2c when the bottom plate 2a moves. In the case of the present embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, wedge-shaped legs 3 d projecting downward are provided along the front-rear direction on both left and right ends of the lower surface of the bottom plate 3 a, respectively. The frictional resistance is reduced by reducing the contact area between the drawer 3 and the bottom plate 3a, and the drawer 3 can be opened and closed smoothly and with a small force. Where leg 3
d may be integrally formed on the lower surface of the bottom plate 3a, or may be formed by fixing a resin member having a small friction coefficient, such as a fluororesin.

Further, the end plate 3 located in front of the bottom plate 3a
At the upper end of the end plate 3c, there is formed a concave portion 3e to be used as a finger hook when the drawer 3 is pulled out, and on the front surface of the end plate 3c, a holder 3f made of transparent resin is provided between the end plate 3c and the front surface. Are adhesively fixed so as to form a slit-shaped opening toward the front end. As shown in FIG. 2, for example, a label 4 for identifying the type of sterilization bag stored in each drawer 3 is inserted into the holder 3f from above.

As shown in FIG. 4, the bottom plate 3a has
A pair of side plates 3g, which are erected from the left and right ends of the bottom plate 3a, respectively, to prevent the sterilization bag 5 placed on the bottom plate 3a from moving in the left-right direction, and a pair of end plates 3b, 3 erected on the bottom plate 3a.
A partition plate 3h that partitions the space between the front and rear c is detachably supported. The side plate 3g is formed by bending the left and right ends of a plate-like substrate 3i detachably adhered on the bottom plate 3a upward, and the partition plate 3h is detachably adhered on the bottom plate 3a. Flat substrate 3j
Is set up from the center in the front-rear direction. here,
The heights of the side plates 3g and the partition plates 3h are substantially the same as the heights of the end plates 3b and 3c.
The width in the left-right direction of i, 3j is substantially the same as the width in the left-right direction of the bottom plate 3a. Further, an adhesive means (not shown) such as an adhesive sheet is fixed to the lower surfaces of the substrates 3i and 3j.
The substrates 3i and 3j are detachably adhered on the bottom plate 3a, and the side plate 3g and the partition plate 3h can be detachably supported on the bottom plate 3a.

On the other hand, the material of the storage container 1 is not particularly limited, but it is preferable that at least a part thereof is transparent so that at least the sterilization bag stored in the main body 2 can be seen. It is preferable to use a resin containing an ultraviolet absorbent such as a benzotriazole-based resin, for example, in order to transmit visible light and reduce the amount of transmitted ultraviolet light.

Next, an example of storing a sterilization bag in the storage container 1 will be described with reference to FIG. In this example, the total length is 3
Is placed on the bottom plate 3a at the front side of the drawer 3. The forward movement of the sterilization bag 5 is prevented by the end plate 3c located on the front side of the bottom plate 3a, and the movement of the sterilization bag 5 to the side and rear is performed by the pair of side plates 3g. 5, the substrates 3i and 3j are moved so that the partition plate 3h is located near the back of the sterilization bag 5, and the substrate 3
i and 3j are respectively prevented by being adhesively supported on the bottom plate 3a. And drawer 3 in this state
Is completely stored in the main body 2 so that the sterilization bag 5
As shown in FIG. 7, it is stored in the storage container 1 while being surrounded by the main body 2 and the drawer 3.

According to the storage container 1 having the above configuration, since the sterilization bag 5 is isolated from the outside by the storage container 1, paper dust derived from the paper box in which the sterilization bag 5 is packed, dust in the air, Bacteria and the like are prevented from adhering to the sterilization bag 5, and a clean sterilization bag 5 can be used at all times. Further, since the material of the storage container 1 is made of a material that transmits visible light and reduces transmission of ultraviolet light, the remaining amount of the sterilization bag 5 stored in the storage container 1 can be visually checked from outside the storage container 1. The sterilization indicator or the like printed on the sterilization bag 5 is not discolored by ultraviolet light in the outside air. Since the sterilization bags 5 are used in the storage container 1 instead of being stored in the paper box, the packaging of the individual sterilization bags 5 is not an expensive paper box but an inexpensive material such as a resin film. There is also an effect that can be used.

Further, the movement of the sterilization bag 5 placed on the bottom plate 3a in the front, rear, left and right directions is prevented by the end plates 3b, 3c, the side plates 3g, and the partition plate 3h. There is no problem such that the bundle of bags 5 is distorted in the front-rear and left-right directions and is difficult to take out, or is mixed. Moreover, since the width of the drawer 3 in the left-right direction is set slightly wider than the width of the sterilization bag 5 in the left-right direction, and the positions of the side plates 3g and the partition plates 3h can be changed according to the total length of the sterilization bag 5, etc. Even when the sterilization bags 5 are stored, the drawer 3 can be stored without causing the problem of the sterilization bags 5 being mixed as described above.
The sterilization bag 5 can be stored in an orderly manner while effectively utilizing the storage space therein.

For example, when storing sterilization bags 5 wider in the left-right direction than the individual drawers 3 in the storage container 1 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the drawers 3 according to the width of the sterilization bags 5 are stored. May be newly prepared, but the side plate 3g supported by the adjacent drawer 3 (specifically, the substrate 3i provided with the side plate 3g) is removed, and the sterilization bag 5 is placed over the plurality of adjacent drawers 3. It may be stored. That is, according to the storage container 1 of the present invention, by storing the sterilization bag 5 over a plurality of adjacent drawers 3, each drawer 3
Even the sterilization bag 5 having a wider width in the left-right direction can be stored. On the other hand, when the number of drawers 3 is reduced and a new drawer 3 according to the width of the sterilization bag 5 is newly prepared, an effect that even a large sterilization bag 5 can be taken in and out with one drawer 3 is obtained.

The specific shape and the like of each member constituting the storage container 1 will not be deviated from the scope of the present invention in accordance with the total length and width of the sterilization bag 5 to be stored or the environment in which the storage container 1 is used. Needless to say, it can be arbitrarily changed. For example, when the distance between the pair of side plates 3g is smaller than the width of the drawer 3 in the left-right direction according to the width of the sterilization bag 5, or when the sterilization bag 5 is stored over a plurality of drawers 3 as described above. , Can be set wider than the width of the drawer 3 in the left-right direction. In addition, in order to enhance the light-shielding property of the drawer 3, the recess 3 e formed in the end plate 3 c located on the front side of the bottom plate 3 a is closed, and a knob or the like is provided on the end plate 3 c instead of the recess 3 e. The drawer may be moved back and forth while holding the drawer.

[0022]

As described above, according to the storage container of the present invention, since the sterilization bag is isolated from the outside by the storage container, paper dust derived from the paper box in which the sterilization bag was packaged, or in air. This prevents dust and bacteria from adhering to the sterilization bag, so that a clean sterilization bag can be used at all times.

When a material capable of transmitting visible light and reducing the transmission of ultraviolet rays is used at least in a position where the sterilization bag stored in the storage container is visible, the sterilization bag stored in the storage container is used. The remaining amount can be easily grasped visually from the outside of the storage container, and the sterilization indicator or the like printed on the sterilization bag does not discolor due to ultraviolet light in the outside air.

[0024] Further, since the movement of the sterilization bag stored in the drawer in the front-rear and left-right directions is prevented by the end plate, the side plate, and the partition plate, the bundle of sterilization bags stored in the drawer collapses in the front-rear and left-right directions and is taken out. There is no problem of becoming difficult or being mixed. Further, since the size of the drawer in the left-right direction is set according to the size of the sterilization bag, and the position of the side plate and the partition plate can be changed according to the total length of the sterilization bag, etc., when storing multiple types of sterilization bags Even in this case, the sterilization bag can be stored neatly while effectively utilizing the storage space in the drawer.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an upper perspective view showing an example of a storage container according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the storage container shown in FIG.

3 is an upper perspective view showing the structure of the main body of the storage container shown in FIG.

4 is a top perspective view showing the structure of the drawer of the storage container shown in FIG.

5 is a bottom view of the drawer shown in FIG. 4 along the arrow V in FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a front view of the drawer shown in FIG. 4 along the arrow VI in FIG. 4;

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of storing a sterilization bag in the storage container shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Storage container 2 Main body 2a Opening 2b, 2c Shelf board 3 Drawer 3a Bottom board 3b, 3c End board 3d Leg (means to reduce the frictional resistance produced between the bottom board and the shelf board when moving the bottom board) 3g Side plate 3h Partition plate 3i, 3j Substrate 5 Sterilization bag

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Kiyoshi Matsumoto 2-1-3 Bunka, Sumida-ku, Tokyo Kao Corporation In-house (72) Inventor Mototaka Nakajima 2-1-3 Bunka, Sumida-ku, Tokyo Kao Corporation In-house (72) Inventor Sadako Sudo 1-4-16-1 Nihombashi Bakurocho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo Fujimori Kogyo Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Toyoaki Suzuki 1-4-16 Nihonbashi Bakurocho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo Fujimori Kogyo Co. 72) Inventor Tetsu Hasegawa 1-4-16-1 Bakurocho, Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo F-term within Fujimori Industries Co., Ltd. (reference) 3E061 AA03 AB09 3E062 AA01 AA20 AB20 EB02 EC01 FB01 FC06 MA01

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A storage container for accommodating a sterile bag so as to be able to be taken in and out, comprising a main body having a hexahedral shape and having an opening at a front surface, and being supported in the main body so as to be able to be taken in and out from the front through the opening. A drawer, the main body comprises at least one or more shelves supporting the drawer from below, and the drawer moves back and forth on the shelf,
When the drawer is completely stored in the main body, the opening is closed by the end plate located on the front side of the bottom plate. A storage container characterized in that: 2. A pair of side plates which stand on the bottom plate from both left and right ends of the bottom plate, respectively, and which prevent the sterilization bag placed on the bottom plate from moving in the left-right direction, and a pair of side plates standing on the bottom plate. 2. The storage container according to claim 1, wherein the partition plates that are provided and partition the front and rear ends between the end plates are detachably supported. 3. 3. A bonding means for setting the side plate and the partition plate upright from substrates mounted on the bottom plate, respectively, and removably bonding the substrate to the bottom plate on the lower surfaces of the substrates. 2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:
Or the storage container according to 2. 4. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising means for reducing frictional resistance generated between the bottom plate and the shelf plate when the bottom plate is moved. Storage container. 5. A material capable of transmitting visible light and reducing the amount of ultraviolet light is used at least at a position where the sterilization bag stored in the main body is visible. The storage container according to any one of claims 4 to 4.