JP2003231595A - Box for storing and pouring liquid fuel - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a fuel tank removed from a heater from falling down or a liquid fuel from spilling onto a floor or the like during an operation of pouring the liquid fuel, and to allow anyone to easily and surely pour the liquid fuel into the fuel tank of the heater. <P>SOLUTION: The box for storing and pouring a liquid fuel integrally includes a storage tank housing 6, a fuel tank housing 7 for temporarily receiving the fuel tank 19 removed from the heater, a slope 8 formed on a bottom of the storage tank housing 6, a pump housing 9 for storing an oil feed pump 14 and a liquid fuel receive 10 for storing the liquid fuel spilling out of the pump or the like. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a liquid fuel storage / injection work box, and is a liquid fuel useful for injecting kerosene from a poly tank stored in an empty fuel tank mainly removed from an oil fan heater. It relates to a box for storage injection work.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, in homes and the like, a heating device such as an oil stove or an oil fan heater is used to heat the room in winter or cold days.

The heating appliances such as the above-mentioned oil fan heater are
A tank filled with kerosene, which is a fuel, can be attached to and detached from the heating appliance body. In the past, when filling kerosene into this tank, remove the empty tank from the heater body once, take this tank to the location where kerosene is stored, and fill the plastic tank at that location. The existing kerosene is being injected into the above empty tank by a fuel pump.

[0004]

However, during the above-mentioned filling work, the tank being filled may be accidentally overturned and the kerosene may spill on the floor or the like. Further, when the pump is removed from each tank after the injection work is completed, kerosene remaining or adhering to the pump may spill on the floor or the like. Therefore, there was a danger that the spilled kerosene would catch fire and cause a fire. In addition, the kerosene spilling on the floor may cause the smell of kerosene to remain unpleasant for a long time. Also, if you try to do the filling work through the fuel pump without any problem, you must adjust the positional relationship between the plastic tank that stores the kerosene and the tank that fills the kerosene next to the plastic tank. , It was necessary to move a heavy plastic tank filled with kerosene, which was difficult for the elderly and unhealthy people.

The present invention has been developed in view of the above-mentioned points, and the fuel tank removed from the heating appliance is tilted or the liquid fuel is zeroed on the floor or the like during the liquid fuel injection work. It is an object of the present invention to provide a box for liquid fuel storage / injection work that can prevent such a situation and anyone can easily and reliably inject the liquid fuel into the fuel tank of the heating appliance.

[0006]

In order to effectively achieve the above object, the present invention has the following constitution. That is, the box for liquid fuel storage / injection work according to the first aspect of the present invention is detached from a storage tank storage unit capable of storing a portable liquid fuel storage tank and a heating appliance such as an oil stove or an oil fan heater. A fuel tank storage portion provided near the storage tank storage portion for temporarily storing the fuel tank, an inclined surface portion formed on the bottom of the storage tank storage portion, and a liquid fuel is injected from the storage tank into the fuel tank. A pump compartment for storing the pump,
It is configured to include a liquid fuel receiving portion that stores liquid fuel spilled from a pump or the like.

The box for liquid fuel storage / injection work according to a second aspect of the present invention is the box for liquid fuel storage / injection work according to the first aspect, wherein the storage tank storage portion and the outer bottom portion of the fuel tank storage portion are provided. This is a configuration in which casters are provided.

[0008]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below.

FIG. 1 is a front view of an example of the box according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side view of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a plan view of the box of FIG. 1 with a lid removed. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a usage state of the box of FIG.

In these figures, 1 is a box for storing and injecting liquid fuel (hereinafter referred to as a box), which is an example of the present invention, and the box 1 has upper openings 3, 3a.
A box body 2 having a bottomed rectangular tube, a lid 4 covering the upper openings 3, 3a of the box body 2, and casters 5 provided at the four corners of the outer bottom of the box body 2. .

The box body 2 includes a storage tank storage section 6
The fuel tank storage portion 7, the inclined surface portion 8, the pump storage portion 9, and the liquid fuel receiving portion 10 are provided.

The storage tank storage section 6 is a rectangular cylinder with a bottom formed into a size capable of storing at least one storage tank 11 for liquid fuel, which is generally called a poly tank. Therefore, it has an open upper opening 3. The depth of this storage tank storage section 6 is
The upper part 12 when the storage tank 11 (see FIG. 4) is stored
Is so deep as to protrude from the upper opening 3. Also,
A bottom surface 6 a of the storage tank storage portion 6 is formed with an inclined surface portion 8 that is inclined toward the fuel tank storage portion 7. Even if the liquid fuel spills from the storage tank 11 stored in the storage tank storage portion 6, the liquid fuel flows along the inclined surface portion 8 and flows into the liquid fuel receiving portion 10.

A pump accommodating portion 9 is formed beside the storage tank accommodating portion 6 via a partition plate portion 13 (see FIG. 3). The pump housing portion 9 is in the shape of a square cylinder with a bottom and has an open upper opening 3a. The inside of the pump storage portion 9 is provided with an inclined portion 15 so that the pump 14 can be stored obliquely. The lowest portion of the inclined portion 15 communicates with the liquid fuel receiving portion 10 described above, and when the used pump 14 is stored in the pump storage portion 9, the pump 1
The liquid fuel spilled from 4 travels along the inclined portion 15 and accumulates in the liquid fuel receiving portion 10. Further, a part of the lower end portion of the partition plate portion 13 is provided at the liquid fuel receiving portion 10 without blocking the spilled liquid fuel from the storage tank storage portion 6.
It is formed so as to flow into.

A fuel tank housing portion 7 is formed in front of the storage tank housing portion 6 and the pump housing portion 9 via a partition plate portion 16. The fuel tank housing portion 7 is also in the shape of a square cylinder with a bottom, and has an open upper opening 17. The depth of the fuel tank storage portion 7 is about half that of the storage tank storage portion 6, and when the fuel tank 19 removed from a heating device such as an oil stove or an oil fan heater is stored.
(See FIG. 4), the upper portion 18 of the fuel tank 19 has an upper opening 17
It has a depth that projects upward from.

At the upper part of the box body 2 consisting of the storage tank storage section 6 and the pump storage section 9, the upper opening 3,
A lid 4 is provided so that 3a can be opened and closed. The rear end 4a of the lid 4 is rotatably connected to the upper rear end 2a of the box body 2. The front portion 4b of the lid 4 is formed in a shape that is bulged upward so that the internal space is widened upward, and the cylindrical portion 14a of the pump 14 is inserted from the oil supply port 11a of the storage tank 11 so that the bellows portion 14c refuels. Mouth 1
If the hose portion 14b is housed in the pump housing portion 9 even when the hose portion 14b projects above the la 1a, the lid 4 can be completely closed.

The liquid fuel receiving portion 10 has a bottomed cylindrical shape, and is provided so that it can be attached / detached by screwing into the front and rear sides of the bottom of the box body 2. The liquid fuel receiving portion 10 on the front side can store the liquid fuel spilled from the storage tank 11 or the like, and the liquid fuel receiving portion 10 on the rear side can mainly store the liquid fuel spilled from the pump 14. The front and rear bottoms of the box body 2 are formed so as to be inclined so that the spilled liquid fuel flows into the liquid fuel receiving portions 10. Of course, the passage through which the spilled liquid fuel flows may be formed in the shape of a groove inclined toward the liquid fuel receiving portion 10 side. The liquid fuel stored in each liquid fuel receiving portion 10 may be periodically removed from the box body 2 and injected into the storage tank 11 or the fuel tank 19. The liquid fuel receiving portion 10 may be provided on the side opposite to the illustrated position (upper side in FIG. 3), or the liquid fuel receiving portion may be provided on the bottom of the fuel tank housing portion 7.

In the liquid fuel storage / injection work box 1 having the above-mentioned structure, the storage tank 11 is normally stored by storing the storage tank 11 filled with the liquid fuel, and the pump 14 is pumped. It is stored in the storage section 9 at an angle, and is covered with the lid 4 and stored in a storage room or the like. Since the storage tank 11 is placed on the inclined surface portion 8,
It is in a state of being slightly inclined toward the fuel tank storage portion 7 side.

When the fuel tank 19 attached to the heating appliance runs out of fuel, the empty fuel tank 19 is removed from the heating appliance, and the fuel tank 19 is taken to the storage location of the box 1 to store the fuel tank. The fuel tank 19 is temporarily erected and stored in the section 7.

Next, the cap (not shown) of the fuel filling port 19a of the fuel tank 19 is removed, the lid 4 is opened and the cap 20 (see FIG. 1) of the fuel filling port 11a of the storage tank 11 is removed, and the pump housing 9 The pump 14 stored in the fuel tank 19 is taken out, the tubular portion 14a of the pump 14 is inserted into the storage tank 11 through the fuel filler port 11a, and the hose portion 14b of the pump 14 is fueled in the fuel tank 19 stored in the fuel tank housing portion 7. Mouth 1
9a, and the bellows portion 14c of the pump 14 is grasped and loosened to remove the liquid fuel in the storage tank 11 from the fuel tank 1
Inject 9.

When the fuel tank 19 is full, the cylinder portion 14a and the hose portion 14b of the pump 14 are connected to the tanks 11 and 19 respectively.
Then, the pump 14 is pulled out from the pump storage unit 9 and stored in the pump storage unit 9.

On the other hand, the fuel filler ports 11a and 19a are capped, and the upper openings 3 and 3a of the box body 2 are closed by a lid 4. The upper part 12 of the storage tank 11 is covered by the lid 4. Then, the fuel tank 19 which is filled up is held and attached to the heating device again, and this heating device is used.

Storage tank 11 for liquid fuel as described above
When the liquid fuel is injected into the fuel tank 19 of the heating device from the heating device, the tanks 11 and 19 are stored in a predetermined location of the box 1 and the injection work is performed. It is prevented from falling by the portion 7a. Therefore, the fuel tank 19 does not fall down during the work. Further, the storage tank 11 and the fuel tank 19 are stored in the storage tank storage portion 6 and the fuel tank storage portion 7, and the pump 14 is also stored in these storage portions 6, 7.
Since it is located inside, the liquid fuel can be safely injected without leaking to the floor at that time. Further, even if the liquid fuel spills into the box body 2 from the pump 14 or the like, the liquid fuel does not spill to the floor or the like, but all flows into the liquid fuel receiving portion 10 and is stored therein. Further, the odor of the liquid fuel spilled into the box body 2 is prevented from scattering by closing the upper openings 3 and 3a with the lid 4, so that it does not drift around after the injection work.

Further, since the lower inclined surface portion 8 of the storage tank storage portion 6 is slanted toward the fuel tank storage portion 7 side, even if the liquid fuel in the storage tank 11 becomes low during injection, the storage tank 11 is stored. Since the reduced amount of liquid fuel accumulates in the fuel tank storage portion 7 side of the tank 11, the tubular portion 14a of the pump 14 inserted from the fuel filler port 11a of the storage tank 11 disposed on the fuel tank storage portion 7 side is easy. It can be put into this accumulated liquid fuel. Therefore, when the liquid fuel is running low as described above, it is not necessary for a person to perform the filling work while tilting the storage tank 11 as in the conventional case, and the filling work can be easily performed until the liquid fuel runs out of the storage tank 11. It can be carried out.

The box of the present invention may have a structure without casters. Further, the arrangement, shape, depth, size, etc. of the storage tank storage portion, the fuel tank storage portion, and the pump storage portion in the box of the present invention are as shown in the illustrated example as long as the object of the present invention can be effectively achieved. It is not limited, and any design change can be freely made. The storage tank storage portion may be formed to store a plurality of storage tanks. Further, the box of the present invention may be one in which the storage tank housing portion, the fuel tank housing portion, and the pump housing portion are separately formed, and are fitted and coupled to each other to be assembled.

[0025]

As is apparent from the above description, in the box of the present invention, the storage tank for liquid fuel is stored in the storage tank storage portion, and the fuel tank of the heating appliance is temporarily stored in the fuel tank storage portion. Since it can be stored and injected from the storage tank to the fuel tank via a pump, there is no concern that the fuel tank will fall over during the injection work, and liquid fuel can be prevented from spilling on the floor, etc. The injection work can be performed easily and safely.

Further, the box of the present invention is provided with casters, so that the storage tank can be stored in the storage tank storage portion and stored at a desired location, or when the liquid fuel is injected from the storage tank to the fuel tank. At that time, it can be easily moved to a desired place.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of an example box according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view.

FIG. 3 is a plan view with a lid removed.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a usage state.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 box 5 casters 6 Storage tank storage 7 Fuel tank storage 8 inclined surface 9 Pump storage 10 Liquid fuel receiving part 11 Storage tank 14 pumps 19 Fuel tank

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A storage tank storage unit for storing a portable liquid fuel storage tank, and the storage tank storage unit for temporarily storing a fuel tank removed from a heating appliance such as an oil stove or an oil fan heater. Fuel tank storage part provided near the storage tank, the inclined surface formed on the bottom of the storage tank storage part, the pump storage part for storing the pump for injecting liquid fuel from the storage tank into the fuel tank, and the spillage from the pump etc. A box for storing and injecting liquid fuel, which comprises a liquid fuel receiver for storing the liquid fuel. 2. A box for storing and injecting liquid fuel according to claim 1, wherein casters are provided on the outer bottoms of the storage tank storage section and the fuel tank storage section.