JP2009113836A - Pallet apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pallet apparatus capable of stably fixing a product on a pallet member regardless of the external shape and dimension. <P>SOLUTION: The pallet apparatus 200 is equipped with the pallet member 210, with a substantially a flat plate-like shape on which a copying apparatus 10 is placed, and four corner parts are provided, three pieces of belt members 231, 232 and 233 for connecting the copying apparatus 10 with the pallet member 210 and fixing the apparatus on the pallet member 210; and belt hooking members for hooking the belt members 231, 232 and 233 to the pallet member 210. In this pallet apparatus 200, the belt members 231, 232 and 233 are formed so as to make the lengths adjustable, and on the surrounding of the copying apparatus 10, the belt-hanging parts 111, 112 and 113 are respectively arranged at three positions radially, at intervals of 120° about the center of gravity of the copying apparatus 10 as the center, and belt hooking members are arranged, at least on three corner parts of the pallet member 210. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a pallet apparatus, and more particularly to a pallet apparatus that places an article on a substantially flat pallet member and fixes the article to the pallet member with a belt member.

  Conventionally, a packaging material such as cardboard has been used for packing, transporting and delivering various articles and products. Such a packing material has been stored by the user after being unpacked by the user, or has been treated as waste when unnecessary.

  In recent years, in order to save resources, the packaging materials for various articles and products are also required to be reused. However, conventional packaging materials such as corrugated cardboard have low durability and are not suitable for repeated use for transportation or storage of products.

  There are also reusable packaging materials such as resin and metal. However, conventional packaging materials including cardboard must be prepared according to different shapes and sizes for each model, and design and management are possible. It becomes troublesome and causes cost increase.

  Therefore, it is conceivable to carry and deliver various products by mounting them on a cart with casters as described in Patent Document 1. A cart with casters can be reused, and it is possible to install devices and products of different shapes and sizes. There was a risk of injury or damage.

  Further, there is a rack disclosed in Patent Document 2 that can prevent damage to a product during transportation and can more securely mount and pack the product. This rack is mainly used for packing, transporting and delivering image forming devices such as copiers, printers, and facsimiles. The rack can be recycled and can be disassembled and efficiently transported and stored after product delivery. It has become.

  Further, in Patent Document 3, as a packaging device for placing an article, a base portion on which a packaging device is placed, a receiving plate that is disposed in a space above the base portion, a receiving plate, and the base What has a buffer member provided so that it may interpose between parts is described.

  Further, as an apparatus suitable for packing an image forming apparatus, Patent Document 4 discloses that a pallet on which an article to be packed can be mounted and a member for fixing the article on the pallet are kept stationary. In the packaging method using the article fixing member, the article fixing member is provided in a storage portion provided in the pallet in advance so that it can be pulled out, and the article fixing member is pulled out from the pallet when the article is packed. The article is packed by the procedure of fixing the article in a stationary state on the pallet by hanging the article around the article.

  In Patent Document 5, the image forming apparatus is placed on the bottom plate of the packing device, and two belts attached to the belt fixing unit are passed from one side of the image forming apparatus to the opposite side through the upper surface of the apparatus. It is described that the image forming apparatus is firmly fixed on the bottom plate by pressing the image forming apparatus against the bottom plate by tightening the belt, and the image forming apparatus is covered with a plastic bag or the like in order to prevent the apparatus from becoming dirty. Has been.

And in patent document 6, the fixing device provided with the fixed fastening member for fixing a conveyance target object is integrally attached to the article conveyance storage device, and the above-mentioned fixed fastening part can be projected and retracted from the support column, The fixed fastening member is described so as to be wound around a winding mechanism built in the fixing device.
JP 2002-264815 A JP 2001-315777 A JP 2007-69925 A 2004-203463 gazette 2004-331089 2005-161924

  Here, taking a copying apparatus as an example, the automatic document reading apparatus (ADF) located at the top of the copying apparatus has a complicated shape, and is a packaging material that can be used inexpensively and universally regardless of its type. It is difficult to fix the product vertically by pressing the ADF from above.

  Then, an object of this invention is to provide the pallet apparatus which can fix a product stably on a pallet member irrespective of an exterior shape or a dimension.

  According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a belt for fixing an article on the pallet member by connecting the article and the pallet member with a substantially flat pallet member provided with the article and having four corners. And a belt locking member for locking the belt member to the pallet member. The belt member is formed to be adjustable in length, and the belt locking member is at least of the pallet member. The pallet device is arranged at three corners.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the pallet apparatus according to the first aspect, the belt fixtures are arranged at three locations around the article, and each of the fixtures is 120 ° radially around the center of gravity of the article. It is characterized by being arranged at intervals.

  The invention of claim 3 connects the article and the pallet member to a substantially flat pallet member on which a prismatic article having a plurality of side plate portions facing in different directions is placed on the upper surface. A pallet comprising: a belt member that is fixed on the pallet member; and a belt locking member that is disposed in a recess formed below the upper surface of the pallet member and that locks the belt member inserted from the upper opening of the recess. A pallet characterized in that the belt member is locked to a plurality of side plate portions of the article, and the belt locking member is variably installed in a recess of the pallet member. Device.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the pallet apparatus according to the third aspect, the belt member is locked at one position on each side surface of the article.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the pallet apparatus according to the third aspect, the belt member is locked at a plurality of positions on each side plate portion of the article.

  According to the pallet device of the present invention, the belt is fixed at the three corners of the pallet member around the product, or the product is fixed on the pallet member by the belt whose mounting position to the pallet member is variable. Therefore, the product can be stably fixed on the pallet member regardless of the exterior shape and dimensions.

  Embodiments as the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  Hereinafter, a first embodiment of a pallet apparatus according to the present invention will be described. 1A and 1B are views showing a state in which a copying apparatus is arranged on a pallet apparatus according to the first embodiment, where FIG. 1A is a perspective view and FIG. 1B is a schematic plan view. As shown in FIG. 1A, the pallet apparatus 200 according to the present example mounts the copying apparatus 10 that is an image forming apparatus. The copying apparatus 10 includes a copying apparatus main body 11 and an automatic document reading apparatus 12. The copying apparatus main body 11 has a substantially quadrangular prism shape with four side surfaces, and the automatic document reading apparatus 12 has a complicated appearance. It has a shape.

  The pallet device 200 is a plate having a predetermined thickness, and includes a pallet member 210 having four corners and three belt members 231, 232, and 233. Although the material of the pallet member 210 depends on the weight of the product to be loaded, a resin such as PP or PE is desirable from the viewpoint of cost and weight.

  The pallet member 210 is formed with belt attaching portions 221, 222, 223, and 224 at four corners, respectively, and belt attaching shaft members (not shown) are arranged on the belt attaching portions 221, 222, 223, and 224, respectively. ing. The belt members 231, 232, and 233 are disposed at three belt attaching portions 221, 223, and 224 of the belt attaching portions 221, 222, 223, and 224. In FIG. 1, the belt attachment portion 224 is not shown. The shaft member is preferably made of metal in order to minimize strength and size.

  In this example, the belt members 231, 232 and 233 are adjustable in length, and are always attached to the pallet device 200.

  The copying apparatus 10 is provided with three belt hook portions 111, 112, and 113. In this example, the belt hooks 111, 112, and 113 are prismatic members as shown in FIG. 1B, and are radially spaced from the center of gravity position G of the copying apparatus 10 at 120 ° intervals. Has been placed. The arrangement positions of the belt hanging portions 111, 112, and 113 are determined depending on the gravity center position and shape of the copying apparatus 10. In this example, the three belt hanging portions 111, 112, and 113 are located at the gravity center positions of the copying apparatus 10. Placed in three corners around

  Next, the arrangement of the belt hook portions 111, 112, 113 on the copying apparatus 10 will be described. As shown in FIG. 1B, four frames 21, 22, 23, 24 are arranged inside the copying apparatus 10, and side plate portions 25, 26, 27, 24 are provided outside the frames 21, 22, 23, 24. 28 is attached. The belt hanging portions 111, 112, 113 according to this example are arranged at positions passing through the side plate portions 25, 26, 27, 28 connected to the frames 21, 22, 23 arranged inside the copying apparatus 10. Yes. By disposing the belt hanging portions 111, 112, and 113 in this way, it is possible to support the product at a portion having high rigidity, so that the copying apparatus 10 can be reliably fixed on the pallet member 210. The copying apparatus 10 receives a load larger than its own weight during transportation. For this reason, the belt hanging portions 111, 112, 113, the frames 21, 22, 23, 24 and the side plate portions 25, 26, 27, 28 are metallic having a strength of about 4/3 times or more of the weight of the copying apparatus 10. Is desirable. The belt hooks 111, 112, and 113 require a minimum length of 10 cm in consideration of workability, and the belt hooking position is preferably set as close to the product as possible.

  In order to fix the copying apparatus 10 to the pallet member 210, the belt members 231, 232, and 233 are respectively hung on the belt hook portions 111, 112, and 113 of the copying apparatus 10, and the lengths of the belt members 231, 232, and 233 are adjusted. Then, the copying apparatus 10 is fixed on the pallet member 210. At this time, since the three belt members 231, 232, and 233 are hung on the belt hanging portions 111, 112, and 113 disposed at the three corners surrounding the position of the center of gravity of the copying apparatus 10, the copying apparatus 10 is stabilized. In particular, it can be arranged on the pallet member 210.

  In this example, the belt hooks 111, 112, and 113 are incorporated in the side plate portion of the copying apparatus 10, and can be slid horizontally from the side plate portion and pulled out to stop in the extending direction of the center of gravity. In this way, the belt hanging portions 111, 112, and 113 can be fixed while maintaining their orientations, and also have high rigidity and fixing properties against the vertical load from the belt members 231, 232, and 233. Can be provided.

  The belt hooks 111, 112, and 113 can be slid horizontally from the side plate portion of the copying apparatus 10 and rotated horizontally to be fixed in the extending direction of the center of gravity. In this way, since it can be rotated to a position direction centered on the center of gravity after the slide, a model in which it is difficult to arrange the belt hanging portions 111, 112, 113 around the center of gravity position or the copying apparatus 10 due to the internal structure of the copying apparatus 10. The size of the belt hooks 111, 112, 113 can be made unaffected by the arrangement position of the belt hooks 111, 112, 113, and the rigidity and fixing properties of the belt hooks 111, 112, 113 in the vertical direction can be improved.

  The belt hooks 111, 112, and 113 can be horizontally slid while being bent from the side plate portion of the copying apparatus 10 and fixed in the extending direction of the center of gravity. In this way, since it can be rotated to a position direction centered on the center of gravity after the slide, a model in which it is difficult to arrange the belt hanging portions 111, 112, 113 around the center of gravity position or the copying apparatus 10 due to the internal structure of the copying apparatus 10. The size of the belt hooks 111, 112, 113 can be made unaffected by the arrangement position of the belt hooks 111, 112, 113, and the rigidity and fixing properties of the belt hooks 111, 112, 113 in the vertical direction can be improved.

  Further, the belt hooks 111, 112, and 113 can be fixed in the extending direction of the center of gravity by rotating in the vertical direction from the side plate of the copying apparatus 10. In this way, in the side plate portion of the copying apparatus 10, the handle can be rotated and fixed from below or above to the position direction centered on the center of gravity. In addition to making it difficult to arrange 111, 112, 113 and the size of the copying apparatus 10 not being affected by the position of the belt hanging portions 111, 112, 113, the rigidity of the belt hanging portion 111 in the horizontal direction and the fixing property Will be good.

  The belt hooks 111, 112, and 113 can be rotated vertically and horizontally from the side plate of the copying apparatus 10 and fixed in the extending direction of the center of gravity. In this way, the handle can be rotated from below or above the side plate portion of the copying apparatus 10 to a position direction centered on the center of gravity, so that the belt hanging portions 111, 112, It is possible to make the model 113 difficult to arrange and the size of the copying apparatus 10 not to be influenced by the position of the belt hanging portions 111, 112, 113, and the belt hanging portions 111, 112, 113 around the corners of the copying apparatus 10. It is also applicable to models that cannot be placed.

  In addition to the prismatic shape shown in the above-described example, the belt hook portion provided in the copying apparatus can have various shapes for locking the belt member. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a modified example of the belt hook portion. In this example, the belt hook portion 110 has a belt cutout portion 110b for locking the belt member 230 on the base side of the plate-like belt hook portion main body 110a. The notch 110b has a width dimension of the belt member 230, and is formed by notching diagonally. According to this example, the belt member 230 can be locked to the notch portion 110b to fix the copying apparatus toward the pallet corner in the diagonally downward direction, and no other member is required for fixing the belt member. Therefore, the configuration of parts can be reduced, and management and work are facilitated.

  FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing another modification of the belt hook portion. In this example, the belt hook 150 is formed by opening a hole 150b in a plate-like belt hook main body 150a. A hook member 171 and a triangular ring 172 are disposed on the belt member 230, and the belt member 230 is locked to the belt hook 150 by locking the hook member 171 to the belt hook 150. According to this example, the copying apparatus can be fixed to the pallet corner in the obliquely downward direction by the belt member 230. In addition to shortening the length of the belt hook 150, the belt hook 150 can be made thin, and the belt member 230 can be locked to the belt hook 150 even if the space for attaching the belt member is narrow. .

  As described above, according to the pallet device 200 according to the present example, the three belt members 231, 232, and 233 are attached to the pallet member 210, and thus the pallet member 210 and the belt member 231, 232 and 233 are not separated and management and work are facilitated.

  Further, since the length of the belt can be adjusted, the belt can be used for the copying apparatus 10 having various sizes and shapes, and has versatility.

  In this case, the center of gravity of the image forming apparatus such as the copying apparatus 10 is almost in the rear of the product and becomes an eccentric center of gravity. For this reason, when only normal corners of the product are fixed, the larger the eccentric gravity center, the more moment force is exerted when receiving a horizontal impact during transportation. Therefore, by fixing the center of gravity of the product at three positions evenly 120 ° apart from the center of gravity, the moment inertial movement near the eccentric center of gravity of the product during transportation is reduced and the product and belt are balanced and the force is minimized. It is possible to fix to a minimum.

  Next, a pallet apparatus according to the second embodiment will be described. 4A and 4B are views showing a state in which the copying apparatus is arranged on the pallet apparatus according to the second embodiment, wherein FIG. 4A is a perspective view and FIG. 4B is a schematic plan view. In this example, the copying apparatus 30 with the center of gravity located approximately from the center is placed on the pallet apparatus 300. In this example, the pallet device 300 includes a pallet member 310. The pallet member 310 is provided with four portions 321, 322, 323, and 324 belt attaching portions at the corners thereof. Note that the belt attaching portion 324 is not shown. Each copying apparatus 30 includes a copying apparatus main body 31 and an automatic document reading apparatus 32, and belt hanging portions 121, 122, 123 are formed at three positions radially spaced from each other by 120 ° with the center of gravity as the center. The belt hanging part 121 has a belt member 333 from the belt attaching part 324, the belt hanging part 122 has a belt member 331 from the belt attaching part 321, and the belt hanging part 123 has a belt attaching part. The belt member 332 spanned between the portion 322 and the belt attaching portion 323 is locked.

  In the case of the copying apparatus 30 according to this example, all of the belt hook portions 121, 122, and 123 cannot be arranged at the corners of the copying apparatus 30. That is, when the two belt hooks 121 and 123 are arranged at the corners of the copying apparatus 30, the other one belt hook 122 must be arranged near the center of the product side surface of the copying apparatus 30. The belt hooking portion 122 is directly fixed to the frame 63 in order to ensure synthesis. In this example, the other belt hooks 121 and 123 are attached to side plates attached to the frames 61 and 62.

  According to this embodiment, even when the center of gravity of the product is substantially in the center, the copying apparatus can be securely fixed to the pallet member.

  Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described. 5 is a front view of the pallet device according to the third embodiment, FIG. 6 is a side view of the pallet device shown in FIG. 5, and FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the pallet device shown in FIG.

  The pallet device 500 according to the present example fixes a quadrangular prism-shaped copying device 40 having four side plate portions to the upper surface of the pallet member 510 with four belt members 531, 532, 533 and 534 whose lengths can be adjusted. It is. The pallet member 510 has recesses 521, 522, 523, and 524 formed at the four corners thereof downward from the upper surface on which the copying apparatus 40 is placed. Shaft members 541, 542, 543, and 544 that lock one end of the belt members 531, 532, 533, and 534 are disposed.

  Further, the copying apparatus 40 is configured as a substantially quadrangular prism having four side plate portions 41, 42, 43, 44, and two columnar belt hook portions 151, 154 are provided on the side plate portion 41. Similarly, two belt hooks 152 and 152 are arranged on the opposing side plate 43. These belt hooks 151, 152, 153, and 154 are metal members, and are arranged so as to be housed or attachable to and removable from the copying apparatus 40 in the same manner as the belt hooks of the first embodiment.

  The other ends of the belt members 531, 532, 533, and 534 are attached to shaft members 541, 542, 543, and 544 disposed in the recesses 521, 522, 523, and 524. In this example, the shaft members 541, 542, 543, and 544 are disposed so as to be movable in the arrow B direction in the recesses 521, 522, and 523. That is, a known drive mechanism such as a screw mechanism or a gear mechanism is disposed in the recesses 521, 522, 523, and 524 so that the shaft members 541, 542, 543, and 544 can be moved.

  Therefore, according to this example, a plurality of belt members are respectively locked on one side plate portion 41, 43 of the copying apparatus 40, and the copying apparatus 40 is fixed to the pallet member 510. The apparatus 40 can be securely fixed, and the positions of the shaft members 541, 542, 543, and 544 can be moved in the recesses 521, 522, 523, and 524 according to the size of the copying apparatus 40. The copying apparatus 40 can be reliably fixed on the pallet member 510 regardless of the size.

  In the above example, the example in which the belt portion is used for locking at one place on one side plate portion of the copying apparatus 40 has been described. However, for the copying apparatus 40 having an outer shape having a relatively small width dimension. Can be fixed to the side plate portion at one location on the product side using a belt member at one location. FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a modification of the third embodiment.

  The pallet device 600 according to the present example is a belt-adjustable belt in each of the side plate portions 51 and 52 in the copying apparatus 50 including the two relatively narrow side plate portions 51 and 52. The members 631 and 632 are locked, and the copying apparatus 50 is fixed to the upper surface of the pallet member 610. The pallet member 610 has recesses 621 and 622 formed on both sides of the pallet member 610 from below the upper surface on which the copying apparatus 50 is placed. One end of the belt members 631 and 632 is engaged with the recesses 621 and 622. A shaft member (not shown) that stops is disposed.

  Further, one cylindrical belt hooking portion 161, 162 is disposed on each of the two opposing side plate portions 51, 52 of the copying apparatus 50. These belt hanging portions 161 and 162 are metal members, and are arranged so as to be housed in the copying apparatus 50 or attachable / detachable like the belt hanging portions of the first embodiment.

  The other ends of the belt members 631 and 632 are attached to a shaft member disposed in the recesses 621 and 622. In this example, the shaft member is disposed so as to be movable in the direction of arrow C in the recesses 621 and 622. That is, a known drive mechanism such as a screw mechanism or a gear mechanism is arranged in the recesses 621 and 622 so that the shaft member can be moved.

  Therefore, according to this example, the copying apparatus 50 can be securely fixed to the upper surface of the pallet member 610 by the belt members 631 and 632.

It is a figure which shows the state which has arrange | positioned the copying apparatus to the pallet apparatus based on 1st Example, (a) is a perspective view, (b) is a schematic plan view. It is a perspective view which shows the modification of a belt hook part. It is a perspective view which shows the other modification of a belt hook part. It is a figure which shows the state which has arrange | positioned the copying apparatus to the pallet apparatus based on 2nd Example, (a) is a perspective view, (b) is a schematic plan view. It is a front view of the pallet apparatus which concerns on 3rd Example. It is a side view of the pallet apparatus shown in FIG. It is a perspective view of the pallet apparatus shown in FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the modification of 3rd Example.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Copying device 11 Copying device main body 12 Automatic document reading device 21, 22, 23, 24 Frame 25, 26, 27, 28 Side plate part 30 Copying device 31 Copying device main body 32 Automatic document reading device 40 Copying device 41, 42, 43, 44 Side plate part 50 Copier 51, 52 Side plate part 61, 62, 63, 64 Frame 110 Belt hook part 110a Belt hook part main body 110b Notch part 111, 112, 113 Belt hook part 121, 122, 123 Belt hook part 150 Belt hook Portion portion 150a Belt hook body 150b Hole portion 151, 152, 153, 154 Belt hook portion 152, 152 Belt hook portion 161, 162 Belt hook portion 171 Hook member 172 Triangle ring 200 Pallet device 210 Pallet members 221, 222, 223, 224 Belt mounting portion 230 Belt members 231, 232, 23 3 Belt member 300 Pallet device 310 Pallet member 321 Belt attachment portion 322 Belt attachment portion 323 Belt attachment portion 324 Belt attachment portion 331 Belt member 332 Belt member 333 Belt member 500 Pallet device 510 Pallet members 521, 522 Recesses 521, 522, 523 524 Recessed parts 531, 532, 533, 534 Belt members 541, 542, 543, 544 Shaft member 600 Pallet device 610 Pallet members 621, 622 Recessed parts 631, 632 Belt member

Claims (5)

A substantially flat pallet member having four corners on which the article is placed, a belt member for connecting the article and the pallet member and fixing the article on the pallet member, and the pallet member In a pallet apparatus comprising a belt locking member for locking the belt member,
The belt member is formed to be adjustable in length,
The belt locking member is arranged at at least three corners of the pallet member. Around the article, the belt fixtures are arranged in three places,
2. The pallet apparatus according to claim 1, wherein each of the fixtures is disposed at a location that is radially spaced from the center of gravity of the article at 120 ° intervals. A substantially flat pallet member on which a prismatic article having a plurality of side plate portions facing in different directions is placed on the upper surface, and a belt for connecting the article and the pallet member to fix the article on the pallet member A pallet apparatus comprising: a member; and a belt locking member that is disposed in a recess formed below the upper surface of the pallet member and that locks the belt member inserted from the upper opening of the recess,
The belt member is locked to a plurality of side plate portions of the article,
The pallet apparatus, wherein the belt locking member is installed in a variable position within a recess of the pallet member.   4. The pallet apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the belt member is locked at one position on each side surface of the article. 4. The pallet apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the belt member is locked at a plurality of positions on each side plate portion of the article.