JP2002096834A - Transfer tray - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a transfer tray capable of stacking empty supporting plates in a space-saving manner. SOLUTION: Cylindrical leg parts 12 are protruded from a bottom surface of the supporting plate 11, and supporting projecting parts 18 are protruded at the position adjacent to the leg part 12. The leg part 12 and the supporting projecting part 18 are located in a point-symmetric manner across the center of the supporting plate 11. The supporting plate 11 with an accommodated article 50 placed thereon is supported by the leg parts 12 at a predetermined height from a floor top or the like, and stackable by placing the leg parts 12 on the supporting projecting parts 18. The supporting plate 11 in an empty condition are stackable by accommodating the leg parts 12 and the supporting projecting parts 18 in a first accommodation part 16 and a second accommodation part 19 provided inward of openings in the leg parts 12 and the supporting projecting parts 18.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a transfer tray which is configured to be able to be transported in a state where articles are loaded.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, soft items such as strawberries and tomatoes are housed in transparent packs, stacked in a box-shaped transport container having a bottom, and transported. At this time, in order to prevent the lower items from being damaged by the weight applied from above, the respective items are stacked via the transfer tray.

[0003] The transfer tray has the following configuration. That is, the synthetic resin support plate constituting the tray has a rectangular plate shape, and the support plate has a plurality of flat square receiving holes formed therein. It is mounted with the part inserted. A plurality of legs project from the upper and lower surfaces of the support plate. Of these legs, the lower end of the leg provided on the lower surface of the support plate has a cylindrical shape that opens downward, and the tip of the leg provided on the upper surface of the support plate is inserted inside the lower end. The parts are configured to be able to engage with each other.

[0004] To stack the trays on which the objects are loaded, a support plate at an upper position is disposed above the support plate at a lower position so as to straddle the objects, and the legs are engaged with each other. Done by In this state, an accommodation space is formed between the upper and lower support plates, and an accommodation object is accommodated in this accommodation space. By repeating the above operation a plurality of times, the trays on which the items are placed are stacked up and down in one direction.

[0005]

However, according to the above-mentioned conventional transfer tray, the support plates are stacked by the same method regardless of the state in which the articles are placed on the support plate or the empty state. However, even when the contents are returned in an empty state, the same space as when transferring the contents is required, and there is a problem that the space efficiency is poor.

The present invention has been made by paying attention to such problems existing in the prior art. An object of the present invention is to provide a transfer tray that can stack empty support plates in a space-saving manner.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a transfer tray, comprising: a support plate on which an object is placed; A leg that has a tapered shape in which both side surfaces become narrower toward each other, opens to the upper surface side of the support plate, and supports the support plate at a predetermined height on which the stored object is placed, and an upper surface of the support plate At the center of the support plate as a reference, it is projected at a position that is point-symmetric with the legs, and has a tapered shape in which both side surfaces are narrower toward each other, and opens on the lower surface side of the support plate, and When the support plate in the mounted state is stacked up and down, a support projection for supporting the leg at the upper position and the support plate in the empty state are provided at the openings of the leg and the support projection, respectively. When stacking up and down, separate the legs and support protrusions Those having the a first and second housing portions for housing the inside.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a transfer tray.
The invention according to claim 1, wherein the support plate has an opening on the upper surface side, a box-shaped storage body capable of storing the storage therein, and a leg lower than the lower surface of the storage body. The lower end of the section is located below.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the transfer tray 10 includes a rectangular support plate 11 made of a synthetic resin, and has a lower surface which is supported when the transfer tray 10 is placed on a floor or the like. A plurality of legs 12 are provided to support the plate 11 at a predetermined height from the floor. A rectangular frame-shaped reinforcing rib 13 is hung down from the peripheral edge of the support plate 11 to maintain its strength, and a finger hook 11a is recessed in the center of the short side of the support plate 11. The support plate 11 is easily lifted.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4B, on the lower surface of the support plate 11, a plurality of storage boxes 14 each having a shape of a bottomed square box opened on the upper surface side thereof are arranged in the width direction of the support plate 11. And a total of ten pieces are arranged so that five pieces are arranged in the longitudinal direction. As shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 5, food such as strawberries and tomatoes is housed in a transparent box-shaped transparent pack inside the storage body 14, and most of the food is stored as a storage object 50. Have been.

Each of a pair of inner surfaces facing each other of the storage body 14 is formed in a tapered shape that becomes wider toward the opening. Further, one large through-hole 15 is provided in the center of the bottom wall of the storage body 14 except for a small peripheral portion thereof. Due to the through hole 15, the container 50 is held in a floating state without the central portion of the lower surface where the load is concentrated coming into contact with the inner bottom surface of the container 14, and an external force such as an impact or vibration is applied to this portion. Joining is suppressed. In addition, since the peripheral portion of the lower surface of the container 50 is in contact with the inner bottom surface of the container 14, the container 50 is prevented from falling out of the container 14.

As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4A, three legs 12 are provided on each of the long sides of the support plate 11, and two at the center between the two long sides are equally spaced in the longitudinal direction. It is provided to line up every other. The leg portion 12 is formed in a rectangular tube shape with a bottom opening to the upper surface side of the support plate 11, and is formed in a tapered shape in which a pair of opposed side walls becomes narrower toward each other. The leg portion 12 is formed such that its lower end is located below the bottom surface of the storage body 14.
This prevents the bottom surface of the housing 14 from coming into contact with the floor when the 0 is placed on the floor or the like. An engagement hole 17 is provided in the lower surface of the leg portion 12, and a first accommodating portion 16 is formed inside from the opening.

A plurality of support projections 18 are provided on the upper surface of the support plate 11 at positions adjacent to each leg 12 in the longitudinal direction of the support plate 11, and these support projections 18 are attached to each leg 12. On the other hand, it is disposed at a point symmetric position with respect to the center of the support plate 11. The support projection 18 is formed in a frame shape that opens to the lower surface side of the support plate 11, and is formed in a tapered shape in which both side surfaces are narrower toward each other.
And is vertically disposed so as to be located in a plane orthogonal to. An engagement projection 20 is provided on the upper surface of the support projection 18.
It is 9. Further, ribs 18a are provided on the inner surfaces of both side walls of the support projection 18 so as to extend in the length direction thereof, thereby maintaining strength.

As shown in FIG. 4A, the side walls 12a and 18b of the leg portion 12 and the support protrusion 18 adjacent to each other are
Its surface, that is, the outer surface and the inner surface are integrally formed so as to be a continuous flat surface, and the strength is improved. The upper end of the other side wall 12b of the leg 12 is formed in a step-like shape so as to be continuous with the reinforcing rib 13, so that the strength is maintained.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 5, in the pair of upper and lower support plates 11 in which the contents 50 are placed,
When the upper leg portions 12 are aligned with the lower support protrusions 18 and stacked, a stacking state is obtained. In this stacking state, the leg 12 of the upper support plate 11 is placed on the support projection 18 of the lower support plate 11, and
The lateral displacement between the upper and lower support plates 11 is regulated by the engagement of the engagement holes 17 of the legs 12 with the engagement projections 20 of the support projections 18. Further, between the upper and lower support plates 11, the container 50 is held so as not to contact the bottom surface of the container 14.

In the pair of upper and lower support plates 11 in the empty state, as shown by the arrow in FIG. 1, the support plate 11 is rotated by 180 ° to align the legs 12 and the support projections 18 with each other. When they are stacked, they become nested. FIG.
As shown in (a) and (b), in this nesting state, the leg portion 12 and the support projection 18 are accommodated in the first accommodation portion 16 and the second accommodation portion 19 of the lower support plate 11, respectively. Further, since a pair of inner surfaces facing each other of the housing 14 are formed in a tapered shape, the upper housing 14 is housed in the lower housing 14, and the upper and lower support plates 11
Are stacked in contact with each other.

Next, the operation of the transfer tray will be described below. As shown in FIG. 1, in order to stack the support plates 11 into a stacking state, first, one support plate 11 is placed on the floor with its legs 12 facing down, and The storage object 50 is stored in the 11 storage bodies 14. Next, a pair of upper and lower support plates 1 is arranged such that the upper leg 12 is at a position corresponding to the lower support projection 18.
Align 1 As shown in FIG. 5, when the engagement holes 17 of the legs 12 of the upper support plate 11 are engaged with the engagement projections 20 of the support projection 18 of the lower support plate 11, the support projection 18 The leg 12 is placed on the lower support plate 11.
The upper support plate 11 is supported on the upper side.

Thereafter, the contents 50 are placed on the upper support plate 11.
Is carried out, and the same operation is repeated a plurality of times, whereby the support plates 11 on which the articles 50 are placed are stacked so as to extend upward in a stacking state. Then, the support plate 11 in a state where the contents 50 are placed is kept cool in a freezer or the like.

When the support plates 11 are stacked as described above, the storage unit 1
The legs 4 are held away from the floor by the legs 12, so that an external force such as vibration or impact from the floor is prevented from being directly transmitted to the storage object 50 via the storage body 14 and the support plate 11. Further, between the upper and lower support plates 11, the support protrusions 18 are provided.
In addition, since the bottom surface of the storage body 14 does not come into contact with the storage object 50 by the legs 12, transmission of an external force from the lower part to the upper storage object 50 via the storage body 14 and the support plate 11 is suppressed. . Further, since the legs 12 are placed on the support projections 18 provided on the upper surface of the support plate 11, the stored items 50 are prevented from being damaged by the legs 12 when they are stacked.

The support plate 11, which is empty and has no empty contents, is stored in a nesting state, and is transported as it is or stored in a warehouse or the like. In this case, as shown by an arrow in FIG. 1, first, in the upper and lower support plates 11, the upper support plate 11 is rotated by 180 ° so that the support projections 18 and the legs 12 are at the same position. Aligned to Next, the leg 12 of the upper support plate 11 is placed inside the first accommodation portion 16 of the lower support plate 11,
The second accommodation portion 19 is engaged with the outside of the support projection 18.

As shown in FIG. 6A, by lowering the upper support plate 11, the first accommodation portion 16
The leg portion 12 and the support projection 18 are accommodated in the second accommodation portion 19, respectively. At this time, as shown in FIG. 6B, the storage body 14 of the upper support plate 11 is
The support plates 11 are in contact with each other up and down by being stored in the storage body 14. Then, by repeating the same operation a plurality of times, the empty supporting plates 11 are stacked so as to extend upward in the nesting state.

As described above, the support plate 1 is nested.
1 are stacked one above the other, the leg 1 of the upper support plate 11
Substantially the entirety of the support projections 18 of the second and lower support plates 11 are accommodated in the first accommodation portion 16 and the second accommodation portion 19, respectively, and the upper and lower storage bodies 14 are also stacked, thereby forming the upper and lower support plates. 11 are contacted. For this reason, the empty support plates 11 are stacked in a space-saving manner.

The effects exerted by the above embodiment will be described below. The leg portion 12 and the support protrusion 18 are provided on the lower surface and the upper surface of the support plate 11, and the first storage portion 16 and the second storage portion 19 for housing the legs 12 and the support protrusion 18 are provided.
In the state where 0 is placed, the leg 12 is placed on the support projection 18 so that the upper and lower support plates 11 are separated from each other by a sufficient distance, and the container 50 is accommodated between them without damage. The upper and lower support plates 11 can be brought into contact with each other by accommodating the legs 12 and the support projections 18 in the first accommodation portion 16 and the second accommodation portion 19, respectively, in an empty state. , Can be stacked in a small space.

The housing 14 is provided, and most of the housing 50 is housed inside the housing 14. Even when the housing 50 is to be displaced in the lateral direction, the side of the housing 50 is kept in the housing 14. Since the movement is restricted by being brought into contact with the inner surface of the container 50, it is possible to prevent the container 50 from being damaged.
Further, since the lower end of the leg portion 12 is located below the lower surface of the storage body 14, the bottom surface of the storage body 14 can be prevented from contacting the floor, and external force such as vibration and impact from the floor is supported. It is possible to suppress direct transmission to the container 50 via the plate 11 and the container 14, and the container 50
Can be prevented from being damaged.

The adjacent side walls 12a and 18b of the leg portion 12 and the support projection 18 are integrally formed so that their surfaces, that is, the outer surface and the inner surface, and the inner surface and the outer surface are continuous flat surfaces. ing. For this reason, the force such as the weight of the stored object 50 and the stacked support plates 11 applied from above can be integrally received by the legs 12 and the support protrusions 18, and the strength can be improved.

The leg 12 and the support projection 18 are connected to the support plate 1.
1 are arranged in a straight line along the length direction, and all of the leg portions 12 and the supporting projections 18 arranged in a straight line are
By arranging in the plane orthogonal to 1, it is possible to save the installation space for the legs 12 and the support projections 18,
As a result, the installation space of the storage body 14 that is recessed so as to open on the upper surface of the support plate 11 can be widened, so that the size and the number of the storage objects 50 can be widely supported.

The present embodiment can be embodied with the following modifications. As shown in FIG. 7, a plurality of transfer trays 10 are stacked on a bottom wall 31 of a transport container having a container body 30 formed in a bottomed rectangular box shape having an opening on an upper surface. They may be stacked in a state. In this case, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, the legs 12 prevent the bottom surface of the housing 14 from coming into contact with the bottom wall 31, and external force due to vibration, impact, and the like applied to the container body 30 is applied to the housing 14 and the support from the bottom wall 31. Transmission to the contents 50 via the plate 11 is prevented. Further, the area of the support plate 11 is
And the side walls 32 of the container body 30
When the side surface of the support plate 11 is in contact with the support plate 11, the lateral movement of the support plate 11 in the container body 30 can be reliably restricted.

Further, as shown in FIG. 9, a plurality of transfer trays 10 may be stacked in a nesting state in the container body 30. In this case, a larger number of support plates 11 can be accommodated in the container body 30 than in the stacking state,
It can be transported and stored in a small space. in addition,
If the container body 30 is configured to be foldable, the support plate 11
Can be transported and stored in a space-saving manner even when the transport container is not accommodated and is empty.

As shown in FIG. 10, both side walls of the support projection 18 may be formed in a curved shape. With this configuration, the strength can be improved as compared with the case where both side walls are formed in a flat plate shape, and the ribs 18a on the inner surface can be omitted.

On the support plate 11, in order to assist alignment in a stacking state or a nesting state,
As a direction indicating means for indicating the direction of the support plate 11, a marker is attached, the marker is separately applied in the middle of the length direction or the width direction, and the molding color of the entire one side edge of the long side or the short side is used. May be changed, or arrows, characters, pictures, etc. may be drawn.

The leg portion 12 may be formed in a frame shape like the support projection 18. Alternatively, the support projection 18 may be formed in a square tubular shape like the leg 12. The contents 50 are not limited to foods stored in a transparent pack, but may be soft, easily scratched industrial products, chemicals, and the like.

The leg 12 and the support projection 18 are connected to the support plate 1.
1 may be arranged in the width direction, or may be arranged in both the width direction and the length direction of the support plate 11. In this way, even when the legs 12 and the support protrusions 18 are arranged side by side in the width direction, since the installation space of the storage body 14 can be widened, the legs 12 and the support protrusions 18 are connected to the support plate 11. It is preferable to provide it so that it may be located in the orthogonal plane.

As a restricting means for restricting a lateral displacement between the upper and lower support plates 11, an engagement projection is provided on the lower surface of the leg 12, and an engagement hole is provided on the upper surface of the support projection 18. An insertion hole may be provided on the lower surface of the leg portion 12, and the upper end of the support projection 18 may be inserted into the insertion hole.

Further, a technical idea which can be grasped from the above embodiment will be described below. Along with disposing a supporting projection at a position adjacent to the leg, one side wall of the leg and the supporting projection adjacent to each other is
2. The structure according to claim 1, wherein said body is integrally formed so as to be continuous.
Or the transfer tray according to claim 2. With this configuration, the strength of the legs can be improved.

A transport container provided with the transfer tray according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the container has a bottomed box shape,
A container main body capable of accommodating the support plates in a state where the contents are placed thereon in a stacked state, and capable of accommodating the empty support plates in a stacked state, and supporting a bottom wall of the container main body. A transport container formed to have approximately the same area as the plate. With this configuration, it is possible to prevent an external force due to vibration, impact, or the like applied from the bottom wall of the container main body from being directly transmitted to the container through the support plate when the container is placed, and the container is empty. In addition to being able to convey and store in a space-saving manner, by making the area of the support plate almost the same as the bottom wall, it is possible to almost certainly restrict the lateral movement of the support plate in the container body. it can.

The transfer tray according to claim 2, wherein a through-hole is provided in the center of the bottom wall of the storage body so that a peripheral portion thereof remains slightly. With this configuration, it is possible to prevent the external force from being applied to the central portion of the lower surface of the container where the load is concentrated while preventing the container from falling out of the container.

An engagement hole or an engagement protrusion is provided on a lower surface of the leg portion, and an engagement hole or an engagement protrusion is provided on an upper surface of the support protrusion with the support plate being stacked. The transfer tray according to claim 1, wherein the transfer tray has a projection or an engagement hole. In such a configuration, the engagement holes and the engagement protrusions engage with each other, so that the lateral displacement between the upper and lower support plates can be restricted.

[0038]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained. According to the first aspect of the present invention, the empty support plates can be stacked in a space-saving manner.

According to the invention described in claim 2, according to claim 1
In addition to the effects of the invention described in (1), the lateral movement of the stored object can be suppressed, and the stored object can be prevented from being damaged by an external force transmitted through the bottom surface of the storage body.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing a state where support plates of a transfer tray are stacked.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a transfer tray.

FIG. 3 is a bottom view showing a transfer tray.

FIG. 4A is a cross-sectional view showing a leg and a support protrusion;
(B) is sectional drawing which shows a storage body.

FIG. 5 is a partially enlarged cross-sectional view showing a state in which transfer trays are stacked.

FIG. 6A is a cross-sectional view illustrating a state in which transfer trays are stacked, and legs and support protrusions are stored in respective storage units.
(B) is sectional drawing which shows the state by which the transfer tray was piled up and the storage bodies were piled up.

FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view showing a state where support plates are stacked in a transport container.

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view showing a state where support plates are stacked in a transport container.

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view showing a state where support plates are stacked in a transport container.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing another form of the support projection.

[Explanation of symbols]

11 ... support plate, 12 ... leg, 12a ... one adjacent side wall,
14 ... storage body, 16 ... first storage part, 18 ... support projection, 1
8b ... one adjacent side wall, 19 ... 2nd accommodation part, 50 ... accommodation thing.

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A support plate on which a stored object is placed, and a tapered shape projecting from a lower surface of the support plate, and both side surfaces of the support plate are narrowed toward the lower part, and are opened on an upper surface side of the support plate. And a leg for supporting the supporting plate at a predetermined height on the supporting plate, and protruding from the upper surface of the supporting plate at positions symmetrical with the leg with respect to the center of the supporting plate, and both side surfaces thereof Are tapered so that they become narrower toward the top of each other, and are opened on the lower surface side of the support plate, and support protrusions for supporting the legs at the upper position when stacking the support plate on which contents are placed vertically. And first and second housings respectively provided in the openings of the legs and the support protrusions, and for housing the legs and the support protrusions inside each other when the empty support plates are vertically stacked. Transfer tray provided with a unit. 2. The support plate has an opening on the upper surface side, a box-shaped storage body capable of storing the storage therein, and a lower end of the leg portion being lower than the lower surface of the storage body. The transfer tray according to claim 1, wherein the transfer tray is configured to be located below.