JP2007153339A - Assembly type container, and its joint tool - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an assembly type container using a new joint tool capable of easily operating a joint means for connecting/disconnecting upper and lower pallets to/from a sleeve, efficiently performing the assembly/disassembly, and easily controlling components at the service site. <P>SOLUTION: A sleeve 2 with engagement pieces 23 of sliders projecting from upper and lower edge faces is set so as to be erected between peripheral edges 1a and 1a' of upper and lower pallets. The engagement pieces 23 are inserted in insertion holes of the peripheral edges of the pallets. Then, the sliders 20 are slid to the fixing position, the engagement pieces 23 are engaged with locking holes 4 of the peripheral edges of the pallets and the sleeve 2 is connected to the pallets 1a and 1a'. When the sliders are slid to an attaching/detaching position from this condition, the engagement pieces 23 are returned to the insertion holes 3 to release the engagement with the locking holes 4, and the connecting condition of the sleeve 2 to the pallets 1a and 1a' is released. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an assembling type container that is used in an assembled state in which a sleeve is raised between a pair of upper and lower pallets and can be disassembled into a state in which both pallets and sleeves are separated when not in use. The present invention relates to an improvement in joint means for detachable connection.

  It consists of a pair of upper and lower synthetic resin pallets and cardboard sleeves, and is used in an assembled state in which the sleeves rise between the peripheral edges of both pallets, while the pallets and sleeves are separated when not in use and the sleeves are folded 2. Description of the Related Art An assembly-type container that is transported is conventionally known (see, for example, Patent Documents 1 and 2).

In this kind of assembling type container, as a joint means for detachably connecting the pallets and the sleeve, for example, as disclosed in Patent Document 3, an inner surface plate along the inner surface of the sleeve and an end portion of the inner surface plate are used. An intermediate plate that is provided in a foldable manner along the upper or lower edge surface of the sleeve, an outer plate that is provided in a foldable manner at the end of the intermediate plate and that extends along the outer surface of the sleeve, and the inner surface plate and the outer surface plate. A joint tool provided with concave and convex engagement means that is formed in an opposing shape and fits within an opening provided in the sleeve to connect the inner surface plate and the outer surface plate, and the rotation formed separately from the joint device What consists of a child (key member) is known conventionally.
In the intermediate plate of the joint tool, an engagement hole communicating with an opening provided in the pallet peripheral part is formed, and after inserting the rotor into the engagement hole from above or below the pallet peripheral part, By rotating the rotor 90 degrees, the tip engagement piece and the engagement hole are engaged, and the sleeve and the pallet are connected.

Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 62-110190 JP 2001-225890 A US Pat. No. 5,862,917

By the way, in the conventional joint means described above, since the joint tool and the rotor are separate parts, it is necessary to manage each part. If the rotor is lost, the sleeve may not be attached or detached. There was this.
Further, when the lower end of the sleeve is attached to and detached from the lower pallet, the rotor has to be rotated and inserted / removed by placing a hand below the peripheral edge of the lower pallet, and there are problems such as troublesome operations.

  The present invention has been made in view of such conventional circumstances, and the object of the present invention is easy operation of the joint means for connecting and separating the upper and lower pallets and sleeves, assembling and disassembling work efficiently. It is an object of the present invention to provide a new assembly-type container joint tool that can perform the above-described process and facilitates parts management at the site of use, and an assembly-type container using the joint tool.

In order to achieve the above object, the assembly-type container joint tool according to the present invention is:
In an assembly-type container in which a sleeve is raised between the peripheral edges of a pair of upper and lower pallets constituting the ceiling and the bottom wall, the upper and lower ends of the sleeve are detachably connected to the peripheral edges of the upper and lower pallets. The joint tool,
An inner surface plate along the inner surface of the sleeve, an intermediate plate that is foldably connected to an end portion of the inner surface plate, and that extends along an upper edge surface or a lower edge surface of the sleeve, and an end plate of the intermediate plate that is foldable. An outer surface plate that is provided along the outer surface of the sleeve, and a fitting portion that is formed to face the inner surface plate and the outer surface plate, and is fitted in an opening provided in the sleeve to connect the inner surface plate and the outer surface plate. A joint body provided,
An engaging piece that protrudes outward through a through hole provided in the intermediate plate, and a slider that is slidably held in the left-right direction between the inner surface plate and the outer surface plate,
An attachment / detachment position where the slider can be removably inserted into an insertion hole provided at a peripheral edge of the upper and lower pallets, and the engagement piece is engaged with a locking hole continuous with the insertion hole. In addition, it is slidable between a fixed position fixed to the peripheral edge of the pallet.

According to such a configuration, when the sleeve wall surface is sandwiched between the inner surface plate and the outer surface plate and the fitting portion is fitted in the sleeve opening, the joint tool is attached to the upper and lower end portions of the sleeve. In this state, the engaging pieces of the slider protrude from the upper and lower edge surfaces of the sleeve. If this sleeve is set so as to rise between the peripheral portions of the upper and lower pallets, the engaging piece is inserted into the insertion hole in the peripheral portion of the pallet, and then the slider is slid to the fixed position, the above engagement The joining piece engages with the locking hole at the peripheral edge of the pallet, and the sleeve and the pallet are connected. Further, from this state, if the slider is slid to the attachment / detachment position, the engagement piece returns to the insertion hole, disengages from the engagement hole, and the connection state between the sleeve and the pallet is released. .
The joint tool is a one-piece product that incorporates a slider in the joint body (one-piece product). The slider can be integrally mounted on the sleeve.

Preferably, the slider is provided with a sliding operation knob that is slidably inserted into a long hole provided in the outer surface plate and protrudes outward of the outer surface plate.
In this case, the slider can be easily slid by operating the knob for sliding operation on the front side of the sleeve without requiring a labor to put a hand below the peripheral edge of the pallet.

It is preferable to provide stopper means for restricting the sliding movement of the slider at the attaching / detaching position and the fixing position.
As the stopper means, for example, a stopper knob which is slidably inserted into a stopper long hole provided in the outer plate and protrudes outward from the outer plate is connected to a slider through an elastic connecting piece. As well as
The stopper includes a detachable position locking recess that engages with the stopper knob when the slider is in the detaching position, and a fixed position locking recess that engages with the stopper knob when the slider is in the fixed position. Provided in the long hole,
And the aspect which formed the said elastic continuous piece elastically engaging the said knob | pick for stoppers with the said attachment / detachment position lock | rock recessed part and a fixed position lock | rock recessed part can be mention | raise | lifted.
When such a stopper means is provided, inadvertent sliding of the slider in the fixed position is prevented, and the connection state between the sleeve and the pallet can be reliably maintained.

It is preferable that the intermediate plate is provided with a positioning protrusion that is removably inserted into a positioning hole provided in the peripheral edge of the pallet.
In this case, a guide function works by the positioning hole and the positioning projection, and the engagement piece can be easily and reliably inserted into the insertion hole in the peripheral portion of the pallet.

  The assembling type container according to the present invention raises a sleeve between the peripheral parts of a pair of upper and lower pallets constituting a ceiling part and a bottom wall part, and uses the joint tool described above to move the upper and lower ends of the sleeve to the upper and lower parts. The pallet is detachably connected to the peripheral portion of the pallet.

It is preferable that the upper and lower ends of the sleeve are formed with an opening for accommodating the fitting portion of the joint tool and a notch for slidably accommodating the slider.
With the opening, as described above, the joint tool can be attached to the sleeve in a one-touch manner.
Since the sliding space of the slider is secured within the thickness dimension of the sleeve wall surface by the notch portion, the joint tool has a compact structure in which the slider is held between the inner and outer plates of the joint body. obtain.
The upper and lower pallets and the joint tool are made of hard synthetic resin, and the sleeve is made of multi-layer corrugated cardboard so as to be provided as a returnable container that has predetermined durability, load bearing strength, etc. and can be used repeatedly. Is preferred.

Since the assembly-type container joint device according to the present invention is configured as described above, the joint device incorporating the slider can be attached to the upper and lower ends of the sleeve in a one-touch manner. After inserting the engaging piece of the slider projecting from the upper and lower edge surfaces of the sleeve into the insertion hole in the peripheral edge of the pallet, the sleeve is simply operated by sliding the slider and engaging with the locking hole. And pallets can be connected.
Therefore, after setting the sleeve to the peripheral edge of the pallet, it is attached to the sleeve without the need for troublesome operations such as rotating or engaging by separately inserting a rotor (key member) or stopper member. The sleeve can be connected to and separated from the upper and lower pallets by a very simple operation of sliding the slider incorporated in the joint tool on the sleeve front side. Moreover, since the slider is attached to the sleeve integrally with the joint tool, there is no need to manage the slider separately, and the assembly and disassembly of the container can be performed very efficiently. It has the effect of.

  Hereinafter, an example of an embodiment of a prefabricated container and a joint device according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows an overall view of an assembling type container A of this example, and the assembling type container A is arranged between peripheral edges 1a and 1a ′ of a pair of upper and lower pallets 1, 1 ′ constituting a ceiling part and a bottom wall part. Thus, the pallet 1, 1 'and the sleeve 2 are connected to each other by a plurality of joints a.

The upper and lower pallets 1, 1 ′ are provided with a standing surface 1 b at the outer edge of the peripheral edge portion 1 a in the square-shaped component plate that becomes a ceiling portion or a bottom wall portion, and the lower pallet 1 has leg portions 1 c at appropriate positions. Each wall surface 2a of the sleeve 2 rises along the inside of the upright surface 1b, which is integrally formed of a hard synthetic resin having a desired rigidity so as to swell.
A gap between adjacent leg portions 1c and 1c in the lower pallet 1 functions as a space for inserting a fork of the forklift.

  The sleeve 2 is a quadrangular cylinder made of multi-layer corrugated cardboard. As shown in the figure, each wall surface 2a has a square cylinder shape rising along the upright surface 1b of the upper and lower pallets 1 and 1 ', and a pair of opposing corners. It is formed to be deformable into a state (not shown) that is folded into a flat shape with the ridgeline of the part as a fold line.

  A pair of wall surfaces 2a opposed to the sleeve 2 are provided with joint tools a at a plurality of upper and lower end portions, in this example, two left and right portions. In each joint tool a, an engagement piece 23 described later is engaged. When engaged with the stop hole 4, the upper and lower pallets 1, 1 'and the sleeve 2 are connected to maintain the assembled state of the container A, and the engagement piece 23 and the engagement hole 4 are disengaged. When in the state (when the engaging piece 23 is in the insertion hole 3), the upper and lower pallets 1, 1 'and the sleeve 2 are disconnected and the container A is disassembled.

  An insertion hole 3 into which the engagement piece 23 is removably inserted and a locking hole 4 with which the engagement piece 23 engages are formed in communication with each other at the peripheral edge 1a of the upper and lower pallets 1 and 1 '. Has been. Moreover, the opening part 5 and notch 6 for mounting | wearing the joint main body 10 of the joint tool a are formed in the up-and-down edge part of each wall surface 2a of the sleeve 1. As shown in FIG.

  2 to 7 show details of the joint tool a. The joint tool a includes a joint body 10 and a slider 20 integrally formed of a hard synthetic resin having a desired rigidity. It is slidably held inside the joint body 10.

The joint main body 10 includes an inner surface plate 11 along the inner surface of the sleeve 1, an intermediate plate 12 that is connected to the end portion of the inner surface plate 11 so as to be foldable, and extends along the upper end surface or the lower end surface of the sleeve 1, and the end portion of the intermediate plate 12. The inner surface plate 13 is formed so as to be opposed to the outer surface plate 13 along the outer surface of the sleeve 1 and the inner surface plate 11 and the outer surface plate 13 and is fitted in the opening portion 5 of the sleeve 1. It consists of the fitting part comprised by the convex part 14a and the recessed part 14b for connecting (fixing the joint main body 10 to the upper-lower-end part of the sleeve 1).
Then, the joint body 10 is attached to the upper and lower end portions of the sleeve 2 by fitting the convex portions 14 a and the concave portions 14 b in the sleeve opening 5 so that the sleeve wall surface 2 a is sandwiched between the inner surface plate 11 and the outer surface plate 13. It is supposed to be fixed.
A hole 14c is formed in the convex portion 14a constituting the fitting portion, and a wedge-shaped retaining projection 14d which is elastically engaged with the hole 14c is formed in the concave portion 14b. The protrusion 14d and the hole 14c As a result, the joint body 10 to the sleeve 2 becomes more reliable.
The intermediate plate 12 is formed with a through hole 15 for allowing the engagement piece 23 of the slider 20 to slide on the outside of the intermediate plate 12 (outside of the joint body 10).

The slider 20 has a sliding body 21 formed with a predetermined thickness so as to be slidable between the inner surface plate 11 and the outer surface plate 13 in the left-right direction (width direction of the joint body 10). A narrow support collar 22 that is connected to the sliding body 21 and inserted into the through-hole 15; and an engagement piece that is connected to the tip of the support flange 22 and protrudes outward from the intermediate plate 12. 23.
On the side surface of the sliding body 21, a plurality of protrusions 24 are formed in parallel so as to be slidably inserted into sliding guide grooves 16, 17 formed in parallel on the inner surfaces of the inner surface plate 11 and the outer surface plate 13. The protrusions 24 and the sliding guide grooves 16 and 17 guide the sliding of the slider 20 in the left-right direction, and the slider 20 is slidable between the inner and outer surface plates 11 and 13. Retained.

  An insertion hole 3 into which the engagement piece 23 is inserted in the peripheral portions 1a and 1a ′ of the upper and lower pallets 1 and 1 ′ when the sleeve 2 is set to the peripheral portions 1a and 1a ′. A locking hole 4 is formed in succession to the insertion hole 3 and engages with the engaging piece 23. The slider 20 is fixed to the pallet peripheral portion 1a by the attachment / detachment position where the engagement piece 23 can be removably inserted into the insertion hole 3 and the engagement piece 23 engaged with the locking hole 4. It is slidable between the fixed position.

  Further, the slider 20 is provided with a sliding operation knob 25 that is slidably inserted into a long hole-shaped sliding guide hole 18 provided in the outer surface plate 13 and protrudes outward from the outer surface plate 13. By operating this sliding operation knob 25 on the front side of the sleeve 2, the slider 20 (the engagement piece 23) slides.

Further, the slider 20 is provided with a stopper means for restricting the sliding so as to be able to be released when the slider 20 is in the attaching / detaching position or the fixing position.
The stopper means in this example is configured to slide a stopper knob 26 slidably inserted into a stopper long hole 19 provided in the outer surface plate 13 and projecting outward from the outer surface plate 13 via an elastic connecting piece 27. An attachment / detachment position locking recess 19a that is connected to the moving body 21 and engages with the stopper knob 26 when the slider 20 is in the attachment / detachment position, and a stopper knob 26 when the slider 20 is in the fixed position. The stopper long hole 19 is provided with a fixed position lock recess 19b to engage with. The stopper 26 is elastically engaged with the attaching / detaching position lock recess 19a and the fixed position locking recess 19b by the elastic connecting piece 27, so that the slider 20 in the attaching / detaching position or the fixing position is not prepared. The sliding movement of the slider 20 can be prevented by removing the stopper knob 26 from the attachment / detachment position lock recess 19a and the fixed position lock recess 19b against the urging force of the elastic connecting piece 27. It is allowed.

  The intermediate plate 12 is provided with positioning protrusions 12a that are removably inserted into positioning holes 1d provided in the pallet peripheral portions 1a and 1a '.

In the assembled container A of the present example having the above-described configuration, in the assembled state shown in FIG. 1, a rectangular cylindrical sleeve 2 rises between the peripheral portions 1 a and 1 a ′ of the upper and lower pallets 1 and 1 ′. The pallets 1 and 1 'are connected by the joint tool a, and the assembled state is maintained.
That is, the slider 20 of the joint tool a mounted on the upper and lower ends of the sleeve 2 is in the fixed position, and the engaging piece 23 engages with the locking holes 4 of the pallet peripheral portions 1a and 1a ′. Since it is being fixed to this peripheral part 1a, 1a ', the sleeve 2 is connected with each pallet 1,1'. At this time, the stopper knob 26 of the slider 20 is elastically engaged with the fixed position lock recess 19b in the stopper long hole 19 of the joint body 10, and the slider 20 is locked at the fixed position. The sliding is regulated.

  When disassembling the assembling container A from this state, in each joint tool a, the stopper knob 26 is removed from the fixed position lock recess 19b, and the knob 26 or the sliding operation knob 25 is picked. Is slid to the attachment / detachment position. As a result, the engagement piece 23 moves to the insertion hole 3 and is disengaged from the locking hole 4, so that the sleeve 2 can be removed from the pallet peripheral portions 1a and 1a '. The sleeve 2 removed from the pallets 1 and 1 'can be folded into a flat shape with the ridgelines of a pair of opposing corners as fold lines, and can be stacked and conveyed and stored together with the pallets 1 and 1'. At this time, since the joint body 10 and the slider 20 are both mounted on the sleeve 2, there is no risk of losing the slider 20 and management is easy.

  When reassembling the container A, if the upper and lower end portions of the sleeve 2 expanded in a rectangular tube shape are raised between the peripheral portions 1a and 1a 'of the upper and lower pallets, the positioning protrusions are positioned in the positioning holes 1d of the peripheral portions 1a and 1a'. 12a is inserted, and the engagement piece 23 is inserted into the insertion hole 3 of the peripheral edge portions 1a and 1a ′. In this state, if the stopper tab 26 is removed from the attachment / detachment position lock recess 19a and the slider 26 is slid to the fixed position by picking the knob 26 or the sliding operation knob 25, the engagement piece 23 is Since it moves to the locking hole 4 and engages with the locking hole 4 and is fixed to the peripheral edge portions 1a and 1a ′, the sleeve 2 is connected to the pallets 1 and 1 ′. At this time, it goes without saying that the stopper knob 26 of the slider 20 is elastically engaged with the fixed position lock recess 19b, and the slider 20 is locked at the fixed position and its sliding is restricted. .

  As mentioned above, although one example of the embodiment of the present invention has been described with reference to the drawings, the assembly type container and the joint device according to the present invention are not limited to the illustrated examples, and are described in the claims. It goes without saying that various modifications are possible within the scope of the technical idea.

The perspective view which shows an example of embodiment of the assembly-type container which concerns on this invention. 1. It is an enlarged front view of the joint tool shown in FIG. Sectional drawing which follows the (X)-(X) line | wire of FIG. Sectional drawing which follows the (Y)-(Y) line | wire of FIG. Sectional drawing which follows the (Z)-(Z) line | wire of FIG. The expansion perspective view of the joint tool shown in FIG. The expansion | deployment perspective view of the joint tool shown in FIG. The perspective view of the slider of the joint tool shown in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

A: Assembling type container 1, 1 ': Pallet 1a, 1a': Peripheral part 1d: Positioning hole 2: Sleeve 2a: Sleeve wall surface 3: Insertion hole 4: Locking hole a: Joint tool 10: Joint body 11: Inner surface plate 12: Intermediate plate 12a: Positioning projection 13: External plate 14a: Convex portion (fitting portion)
14b: recess (fitting part)
15: Through hole 20: Slider 23: Engagement piece 25: Slide operation knob 26: Knob for stopper

Claims (7)

In an assembly-type container in which a sleeve is raised between the peripheral edges of a pair of upper and lower pallets constituting the ceiling and the bottom wall, the upper and lower ends of the sleeve are detachably connected to the peripheral edges of the upper and lower pallets. The joint tool,
An inner surface plate along the inner surface of the sleeve, an intermediate plate that is foldably connected to an end portion of the inner surface plate, and that extends along an upper edge surface or a lower edge surface of the sleeve, and an end plate of the intermediate plate that is foldable. An outer surface plate that is provided along the outer surface of the sleeve, and an engagement portion that is formed to face the inner surface plate and the outer surface plate, and that fits in an opening provided in the sleeve and connects the inner surface plate and the outer surface plate. A joint body provided,
An engaging piece that protrudes outward through a through hole provided in the intermediate plate, and a slider that is slidably held in the left-right direction between the inner surface plate and the outer surface plate,
An attachment / detachment position where the slider can be removably inserted into an insertion hole provided at a peripheral edge of the upper and lower pallets, and the engagement piece is engaged with a locking hole continuous with the insertion hole. An assembly-type container joint tool characterized by being slidable between a fixed position fixed to the peripheral edge of the pallet.   2. The assembly according to claim 1, wherein the slider is provided with a sliding operation knob which is slidably inserted into a long hole provided in the outer plate and protrudes outward of the outer plate. Type container joint tool.   3. The assembly-type container joint tool according to claim 1, further comprising stopper means for releasably restricting sliding of the slider at the attachment / detachment position and the fixing position.   4. The assembly type container joint tool according to claim 1, wherein a positioning projection is provided on the intermediate plate so as to be removably inserted into a positioning hole provided on the peripheral edge of the pallet.   While raising a sleeve between the peripheral part of a pair of upper and lower pallets which comprise a ceiling part and a bottom wall part, the upper and lower end part of the said sleeve is said to be the said using the joint tool in any one of Claims 1-4. A prefabricated container that is detachably connected to the periphery of the upper and lower pallets.   The upper and lower ends of the sleeve are formed with an opening for accommodating the fitting portion of the joint tool and a notch for slidably accommodating the slider. Item 6. The prefabricated container according to item 5.   7. The assembly type container according to claim 5, wherein the upper and lower pallets and the joint tool are made of hard synthetic resin, and the sleeve is made of multilayer cardboard.

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