JP2003285832A - Folding container - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To place a slide stacking auxiliary block on oppositely arranged shorter banks of a large-size folding container to improve the efficiency of a work of stacking small-size folding containers in tiers on the folded large-size folding container. <P>SOLUTION: The folding container Cb comprises a bottom 1 having the shorter banks 1a opposite to each other and taller banks 1b opposite to each other, side walls 2 coupled to the shorter banks via hinges, and side walls 3 coupled to the taller banks via hinges. The slide stacking auxiliary block 1d is placed on the shorter banks 1a opposite to each other. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a folding container which can be folded so that a side wall disposed so as to surround a bottom portion overlaps the bottom portion. 2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, one opposing side wall is laid down so as to overlap the bottom, and then the other opposing side wall is
Folding containers are known which are folded down into a low-height compact state by being overlaid on one opposite side wall which has been previously collapsed and overlaid on the bottom. Further, a folding container (hereinafter, for convenience, referred to as a small box folding container) having a half size of the above-described folding container (hereinafter, conveniently referred to as large box folding container) is folded. In this state, the stacking is performed such that two pieces are arranged side by side on the above-described folded box folding container. [0004] As described above, when two small box folding containers in a folded state are arranged side by side on a large box folding container in a folded state,
Place one small box folding container in one half area of the folded large box folding container,
Then, another small box folding container was placed in the other half area. [0005] As described above, in the conventional folding container, two small box folding containers in a folded state are placed on a large box folding container in a folded state. In the case of juxtaposition, one small box folding container is placed on one half area of the folded large box folding container, and then another one is placed on the other half area. A small box folding container is placed.In the conventional folding container, the small box folding container is placed in a half area located in front of the folded large box folding container when viewed from the operator. Then, slide the small box folding container away from the container so that the half area located in the front is emptied, and then the empty fold is folded. So-called slide stacking, in which another small box folding container is placed in the half area located in front of the folded large box folding container, could not be performed. It is an object of the present invention to provide a folding container capable of slidingly stacking a folded small box folding container on the above folded large box folding container. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a bottom having a relatively low bank and a relatively high bank, and a bottom having a relatively high bank. In a folding container having a side wall hinged to a low bank portion and a side wall hinged to a high bank portion, a slide stack auxiliary block is disposed on the opposite low bank portion. is there. An embodiment of the present invention will be described below, but the present invention is not limited to the embodiment unless it departs from the gist of the present invention. 1 is a bottom portion having a substantially rectangular planar shape,
A bank 1a is formed on the opposite long side of the bottom 1 and a bank 1b is also formed on the opposite short side of the bottom 1.
Is formed. Then, a bank portion formed on the opposite long side of the bottom portion 1 (hereinafter, simply referred to as a long side bank portion).
The height of 1 a is formed lower than the height of a bank 1 b (hereinafter, simply referred to as a short-side bank) formed on the opposite short side of the bottom 1. Long side bank 1 with low height
a, the long side wall 2 is hinged to the short side bank 1b via a suitable hinge member, and the short side wall 3 is hinged to the high short side bank 1b via the appropriate hinge member. Have been. From both ends of the short side bank 1b, a corner block 1c extends in the direction of the long side bank 1a.
At the center of the long side bank 1a, a slide stack auxiliary block 1d having a substantially square front shape (a shape viewed from the long side bank 1a) is protrudingly provided. The block 1d is formed at the same height as the short side bank 1b of the bottom 1. At the lower corner of the long side wall 2, there is formed a cutout recess 2a into which a corner block 1c formed in the bottom 1 can be inserted when the folding container is assembled in a box shape. In addition, a concave portion 2b into which the slide stack auxiliary block 1d can be inserted when the folding container is assembled in a box shape is formed in the lower portion of the central portion of the long side wall 2. As shown in FIG. 1, in order to fold the folding container Cb assembled in a box shape, first, the long side wall 2 hinged to the long side bank 1a of the bottom 1 is first folded. 2, the short side wall 3 hinged to the short side bank 1 b of the bottom 1 is tilted in the direction of the bottom 1. As shown in FIG. 3, it is configured such that it can be folded into a low-height compact state by being superimposed on the long side wall 2 superimposed on the bottom portion 1. Also, from the folded state shown in FIG.
The short side wall 3 laid down later is set up substantially vertically, and the long side wall 2 laid down first is set up substantially vertical, so that it can be assembled in a box shape. Next, referring to FIGS. 4 to 7, a description will be given of a foldable container Cs having a size approximately half that of the foldable container Cb described above. For convenience, the above-mentioned folding container Cb is referred to as a large box folding container Cb, and the folding container Cb described below will be described.
s is referred to as a small box folding container Cs. Reference numeral 10 denotes a bottom portion having a substantially rectangular planar shape. A bank portion 10a is formed on the long side of the bottom 10 opposite to the bottom.
A bank 10b is formed. The height of a bank portion (hereinafter, simply referred to as a long-side bank portion) 10a formed on the long side of the bottom 10 opposite to the bank portion (hereinafter, simply referred to as a long bank of the bottom 10). Hereinafter, it is simply referred to as a short side bank portion.) The height is formed higher than the height of 10b. The long side wall 20 is hinged to the high-side long side bank portion 10a via an appropriate hinge member, and the short side-side bank portion 10b having a low height is provided with an appropriate hinge member. The short side wall 30 is hingedly connected thereto. From both ends of the long side bank 10a, a corner block 10c is formed.
Extend in the direction of the short side bank portion 10b. As shown in FIG. 4, in order to fold the small box folding container Cs assembled in a box shape,
First, the short side wall 30 hinged to the short side bank 10b of the bottom portion 10 is turned down in the direction of the bottom portion 10 and is stacked on the bottom portion 10 as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 6, the long side wall 20 hinged to the long side bank 10 a of the 10 is tilted in the direction of the bottom 10 and overlaid on the short side wall 30 laid on the bottom 10. , So that it can be folded into a compact, low height. Also, from the folded state, the long side wall 20 laid down later is set up almost vertically as shown in FIG. 5, and then the short side wall 30 laid down first is set up almost upright. Can be assembled in a box shape. The length of the long side bank 10a of the bottom 10 of the small box folding container Cs is formed to be substantially the same as the length of the short side bank 1b of the bottom 1 of the large box folding container Cb. The length of the short side bank 10b of the bottom 10 of the small box folding container Cs is formed to be approximately half the length of the long side bank 1a of the bottom 1 of the large box folding container Cb. ing. Accordingly, the width of the long side wall 20 of the small box folded container Cs is formed to be substantially the same as the width of the short side wall 3 of the large box folded container Cb, and the short side wall 30 of the small box folded container Cs is formed.
Is formed to be approximately half the width of the long side wall 2 of the large box folding container Cb. On the back surface of the bottom portion 10 of the small box folding container Cs, a fitting portion 10d capable of fitting into the opening of the folding container located below when the folding containers assembled in a box shape are stacked. It is protruding. The fitting portion 10d has an opposing long peripheral wall 10d1 along the long side bank 10a and an opposing short peripheral wall 10d2 along the short side bank 10b, and the long peripheral wall 10d1 and the short peripheral wall 10d2. And a long peripheral wall 10d
An intersecting rib 10d3 that is parallel to the first and short peripheral walls 10d2 and crosses each other is formed. On the back surface of the bottom portion 10 where the fitting portion 10d is not formed, a long side mounting surface 10e is formed along the long side bank portion 10a, and along the short side bank portion 10b. , A short side mounting surface 10f is formed. When the small box folding container Cs is stacked on the small box folding container Cs assembled in the box shape, the small box folding container Cs assembled in the box shape located below is opened at the opening of the small box folding container Cs. The fitting portion 10d formed on the back surface of the bottom portion 10 of the small box folding container Cs located above is fitted, and the long side wall 2 of the small box folding container Cs assembled in the box shape located below.
0 on the upper flange 20a of the lower side of the bottom 10 of the small box folding container Cs located on the upper side 20f.
Is mounted on the upper flange 30a of the short side wall 30 of the small box folded container Cs assembled in a box shape located below, and the small box folded container Cs located above
The short side mounting surface 10f on the back surface of the bottom portion 10 is configured to be mounted. The long side length W10 along the long side bank 10a of the fitting portion 10d protruding from the back surface of the bottom portion 10 of the small box folding container Cs is equal to the large box folding container Cs.
The inner width W1 (the distance between the inner walls 1c1 of the corner block 1c) W1 along the short side bank 1b of the corner block 1c formed on the bottom 1 of b and the short side bank 1b of the slide stack auxiliary block 1d. (The distance between the inner walls 1d1 of the opposing slide stack auxiliary blocks 1d) W2,
It is formed substantially the same. The short side length W20 along the short side bank portion 10b of the fitting portion 10d is the short side bank portion 1 formed on the bottom 1 of the large box folding container Cb.
The inner width W (the distance between the inner walls 1b1 of the opposite short side bank portions 1b) W3 is formed to be approximately half the length. Next, the operation of slide-stacking the folded small box folding container Cs on the folded large box folding container Cb will be described with reference to FIGS. First, as shown in FIG.
Near one short side bank 1b of the bottom 1 of the large box folded container Cb, the bottom 1 of the small box folded container Cs is provided.
0, one long side bank 10a is located, and the short side bank 1b of the bottom 1 of the large box folding container Cb.
And one small box folding container Cs on the large box folding container Cb so that the long side bank 10a of the bottom 10 of the small box folding container Cs is substantially parallel to the small box folding container Cs.
Are stacked. At this time, the bottom 10 of the small box folding container Cs located on one short side bank 1b side of the bottom 1 of the large box folding container Cb is the short side wall 3 or the short side of the large box folding container Cb in the folded state. While being placed on the side bank 1b, the short side mounting surface 10f on the back surface of the bottom 10 of the small box folding container Cs is located at the center of the long side bank 1a of the bottom 1 of the large box folding container Cb. Slide stack auxiliary block 1d
Is mounted on the upper surface 1d2. FIG. 9 shows that the small box folding container Cs located above is moved toward the other short side bank 1b of the bottom 1 of the large box folding container Cb from the above-mentioned state. As described above, the bottom part 10 of the small box folding container Cs located on the one short side bank part 1b side of the bottom part 1 of the large box folding container Cb has the short side wall 3 of the folded large box folding container Cb. While being placed on the short side wall 3, the short side mounting surface 10f on the back surface of the bottom 10 of the small box folding container Cs is located on the long side bank of the bottom 1 of the large box folding container Cb. Sliding while being placed on the upper surface 1d2 of the slide stack auxiliary block 1d disposed at the center of the portion 1a, finally, as shown in FIG. Long side mounting surface 10e that is located below the long side bank portions 10a located in the sliding forward of the bottom 10 of the toner Cs is bin folding container Cb
Is placed on the short side bank 1b of the bottom 1 of the container 1 and the short side bank 1b of the bottom 1 of the large box folding container Cb.
The other long-side mounting surface 10e or the short-side mounting surface 10f opposite to the long-side mounting surface 10e of the bottom 10 of the small-box folding container Cs placed on the small-box folding container Cs The slide 1 is placed in the middle of the upper surface 1d2 of the slide stack auxiliary block 1d disposed on the long side bank 1a of the bottom 1. Thereafter, the small box folding container Cs is stacked on the other half of the folded large box folding container Cb. At this time, the small box folding container Cs is Cs
A slide stack auxiliary block in which the long side mounting surface 10e and the short side mounting surface 10f of the back surface of the bottom 10 are disposed at the center of the long side bank 1a of the bottom 1 of the large box folding container Cb. While placed on the upper surface 1d2 of 1d,
Short side bank 1 of the bottom 1 of the bin folding container Cb
b, the long side mounting surface 10e of the bottom portion 10 of the small box folding container Cs is stacked. In the above-described embodiment, there is shown an example in which two small box folding containers Cs having half the size of the large box folding container Cb are arranged side by side on the large box folding container Cb. However, three or more small foldable containers Cs having a size equal to or less than one-third, one-fourth, or less of the large-sized container foldable container Cb are stacked on the large-sized container foldable container Cb. can do. For example, bin folding container Cb
When stacking small folding containers Cs having the size of one third of the above, two slide stack auxiliary blocks 1d described above are disposed on the long side bank 1a, and the large box folding container Cb When stacking small folding containers Cs having a quarter size of the above, the above-described slide stack auxiliary block 1d is attached to the long side bank 1
a will be provided in three. As described above, on the bottom 1 of the folded large box folding container Cb, on which a plurality of folded small box folding containers Cs are stacked,
Since the slide stack auxiliary block 1d on which the bottom portion 10 of the small box folding container Cs to be stacked is placed is arranged, it is possible to perform the slide stacking in the folded container in a state where the slide stacking is not possible conventionally. became. As described above, the operator places one small box folding container Cs in front of the folded large box folding container Cb and slides it so as to push it forward. The other small box folding container Cs is placed in front of the folded large box folding container Cb, and is slid so as to be pushed forward. Since a plurality of small box folding containers Cs are configured to be placed on Cb, the workability of stacking small box folding containers Cs on the large box folding container Cb in a folded state is improved. Since the present invention has the above-described configuration, the following effects can be obtained. Since the slide stack auxiliary block is disposed on the bank portion having a relatively low height, the workability of stacking the small box folding container into the large box folding container in a folded state is improved.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a folding container according to the present invention, which is assembled in a box shape. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the folding container according to the present invention during assembly or folding. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the folding container according to the present invention in a folded state. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a state in which the folding containers of the present invention are stacked in a box shape. FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a folding container to be stacked on the folding container of the present invention during assembly or folding. FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a folded state of the folding container stacked on the folding container of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a rear perspective view of a folding container to be stacked on the folding container of the present invention. FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the folding container of the present invention and the folding containers stacked on the folding container of the present invention. FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the folding container according to the present invention, similar to FIG. 8, and a folding container stacked on the folding container according to the present invention. FIG. 10 is a perspective view of a folding container according to the present invention similar to FIG. 8 and a folding container stacked on the folding container according to the present invention. FIG. 11 is a perspective view of a folding container according to the present invention, similar to FIG. 8, and a folding container stacked on the folding container according to the present invention. [Explanation of Signs] 1 bottom 1d slide stack auxiliary block 2 long side wall 3. Short wall

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Claims (1)

Claims: 1. A bottom having a relatively low bank and a relatively high bank, a side wall hinged to the low bank, and a lower wall. A folding container having a side wall hingedly connected to a high bank, wherein a slide stack auxiliary block is disposed on a low bank opposite to the high bank.