JP2011006098A - Apparatus packing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus packing device that has a simple configuration, is excellent in operability for fixing an apparatus and a packing bottom plate and for detaching them, and is economical.SOLUTION: A bolt 5 is screwed from below via a packing bottom plate 4 into a locking hole 3a vertically formed in a body leg 3 provided on the underside of the bottom of the apparatus, the locking hole 3a being provided with a female thread. The upper, leading-end face of the bolt 5 is provided with a tool groove 5f in which the tool fits. The bolt 5 is fixed or detached by inserting the tool from the body leg 3 with the apparatus positioned upright rather than being laid in its lengthwise direction.

Description

  The present invention relates to an equipment packaging device for equipment during transportation.

  Conventional equipment packaging equipment, such as hot water tanks, large processing equipment such as large processing equipment, etc., with a bolt and nut or washer to fix the leg and the packaging bottom plate provided at the bottom of the equipment during transportation The body legs and the packing bottom plate are sandwiched and fixed. At that time, the bolts were inserted from the bottom side of the package, and the nuts were attached from the leg side of the device. Note that the positions of the bolts and nuts may be reversed. (For example, see Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2)

JP-A-2004-144447 (column 0024) JP 2006-326552 (columns 0029 and 0031)

  However, in the hot water tank described above, it is necessary to hold the nut on the surface of the packing bottom plate with a tool, use the tool to turn the bolt from the back of the packing bottom plate, and remove the packing bottom plate, which is difficult to work. It was. In addition, there is a problem that the nut must be fixed with a tool while the bolt is turned in the same manner.

  Also, it is necessary to apply an adhesive to the bolts and nuts to prevent loosening, and when the adhesive is applied, it is bonded to the packing bottom plate at almost all contact points of the screws or nuts. There was a problem that it was difficult to remove the nut.

  In addition, if the packaging bottom plate is attached to the equipment leg and the equipment is laid down when it is removed, the internal equipment may be deformed or cracked due to vibration, impact, or the equipment's own weight, resulting in failure. There was also a problem that workability was poor when a tool was inserted into the hollow part of the bottom of the packaging with the equipment upright to install and remove bolts.

  The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problems, and provides an economical and workable equipment packaging apparatus that has a small number of parts and that can easily perform the work of fixing and removing the equipment and the packaging bottom plate. The purpose is to provide.

  An apparatus packaging apparatus according to the present invention includes an apparatus having a lower portion with a leg portion having an opening formed in a bottom surface and forming a female screw portion, and supports the device when transported and disposed under the leg portion, A packing bottom plate having a through hole communicating with the bolt, a tool groove that fits a rotating tool and transmits torque of the tool on one end surface, and a bolt shaft portion having a male screw portion on the side surface and the bolt shaft A bolt having a bolt rear end portion larger than the shaft diameter of the bolt shaft portion on the other end surface of the portion, and the bolt shaft portion is inserted into the through hole and the opening with the tool groove facing upward. The male screw portion and the female screw portion are screwed together, and the device and the packing bottom plate are fixed by sandwiching the packing bottom plate between the bottom surface of the leg portion and the rear end portion of the bolt. .

  The present invention makes it possible to provide an economical equipment packaging apparatus with a simple configuration, facilitating fixing or detaching work between the equipment and the packing bottom plate, good workability, and reducing the number of fixed parts. .

It is a front view of the apparatus packing apparatus in embodiment of this invention. It is a side view of the apparatus packing apparatus in embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view of the state which fixed the apparatus and packing bottom board in embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view of the leg part of the apparatus in embodiment of this invention. It is sectional drawing of the volt | bolt which fixes the leg part of an apparatus and packing bottom board in embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view of the bolt for fixation of the equipment packing apparatus which shows embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view explaining the packing bottom board fixation process of the equipment packing apparatus which shows embodiment of this invention.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
Hereinafter, the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 1 is a front view of an apparatus packaging apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a side view thereof. 1 and 2 show a hot water storage type hot water heater during transportation. The hot water storage type hot water heater includes a steel plate or other metal main body leg 3 provided at the lower part of the main body 10 with a packing bottom plate 4 and a fixing bolt 5. It is fixed and configured. As shown in the figure, the main body 10 has a hot water storage tank 2 for storing water boiled by an external combustion device, a heat pump heat exchanger, or an internal heating wire, and the outer periphery of the hot water storage tank 2 has a heat insulating material and a heat insulating material. The exterior is covered with a front case 1a, a right side case 1b, a left side case 1c, a back case 1d, a top case 1e, and a bottom case 1f through materials. Below the front case 1a, a plurality of pipe connection ports 11 for connecting pipes for hot water to flow into or out of the hot water storage tank 2 are provided.

  Pipes for draining from the hot water storage tank 2, pipes for circulating water with a hot water supply unit installed outside the hot water, and water to supply or follow the bathtub in the room are connected to the plurality of pipe connection ports 11. Piping etc. for cooking are connected. There is a space for installing these pipes below the pipe connection port 11.

  A bottom case 1 f which is the bottom surface of the main body 10 is provided with a main body leg 3 for installing the main body 10 at a place of use. The space for attaching the pipe below the pipe connection port 11 is increased by the height of attaching the main body leg 3 to the bottom surface of the main body 10, and the main body leg 3 is also provided below the bottom case 1 f of the main body 10. There is space as much as the height.

  1 and 2, the main body leg 3 is fixed to the bottom case 1f. However, a protrusion is provided in the vertical direction from the main body leg 3, and the protrusion and the right side case 1b or the left side case 1c are fixed. You may do it.

  FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state in which the device and the packing bottom plate are fixed. A main body leg 3 for supporting the main body 10 is placed on a packing bottom plate 4 made of wood, plastic molding or sheet metal, and an upper plate 4a constituting the upper portion of the packing bottom plate 4 is fixed by the main body leg 3 and fixing bolts 5. ing. Three main body legs 3 are provided at the bottom of the main body 10, and the upper surface of the main body leg 3 and the bottom case 1f which is the bottom surface of the main body 10 are fixed by bolts or welding.

  The packing bottom plate 4 is provided below the upper plate 4a so as to be perpendicular to the upper plate 4a and a plurality of upper plates 4a provided at intervals so as to be below the body legs 3, A plurality of hollow plates 4b which are fixed and displaced from the bottom of the main body legs 3 and spaced apart from each other, and a lower plate which is arranged below the hollow plate 4b and fixed with nails like the upper plate 4a 4c. Thus, the packing bottom plate 4 has a hollow structure with a space directly below the main body leg 3.

  When the packing bottom plate 4 and the main body leg 3 are fixed, the fixing bolt 5 is inserted while rotating from the bottom to the top of the packing bottom plate 4, so that the hollow plate 4 b is thicker than the length of the fixing bolt 5. When the fixing bolt 5 is attached, it can be once arranged in the vertical direction directly below the through hole 4d, so that workability is improved.

  FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the main body leg 3. The main body leg bottom 3b that forms the bottom surface of the main body leg 3 is provided with a locking hole 3a in which a female screw is formed on the peripheral side wall. A flange may be formed upward from the periphery of the locking hole 3a by burring or the like, and a female screw may be formed inside the flange. The locking hole 3a and the male screw portion of the fixing bolt 5 are screwed together.

  FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing a state where the device and the packing bottom plate are fixed, and is a cross-sectional view taken along the dotted line AA ′ in FIG. 3 in the vertical direction. The bolt shaft portion 5 c of the fixing bolt 5 passes through the through hole 4 d provided in the packing bottom plate 4. The bolt shaft portion 5c has a male screw portion 5e at a position where the bolt shaft portion 5c comes into contact with the locking hole 3a, and the locking hole 3a in which the female screw of the main body leg 3 is formed and the male screw portion 5e of the bolt shaft portion 5c. It is screwed. Further, a screw lock material 5b made of nylon resin for preventing loosening is provided on the surface of the male screw portion 5e screwed into the locking hole 3a.

  The fixing bolt 5 has a bolt rear end portion 5d having a shaft diameter larger than that of the bolt shaft portion 5c. The bottom plate of the packing is formed by the main body leg bottom portion 3b fixed by the male screw portion 5e of the bolt shaft portion 5c and the bolt rear end portion 5d. 4 is fixed. At the end of the bolt shaft portion 5c opposite to the bolt rear end portion 5d, there is a bolt front end portion 5a smaller than the shaft diameter of the bolt shaft portion 5c. Tools such as a plus or minus screwdriver or hexagon wrench are fitted to the end surfaces of the bolt front end portion 5a and the bolt rear end portion 5d, and the torque of the tool is transmitted to the fixing bolt 5 so that the fixing bolt 5 can be rotated. A tool groove 5f is provided. Since tools such as plus or minus and hexagon wrench are highly versatile, workability is improved.

  The fixing bolt 5 may be provided with a tool groove 5f on the tip surface of the bolt shaft portion 5c without providing the bolt tip portion 5a. If the bolt front end portion 5a is provided, it becomes a guide shaft to the through hole 4d or the locking hole 3a, and attachment is easy. It is desirable that the bolt tip 5a has a tapered shape.

  FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a fixing bolt of the device packaging apparatus. At both ends of the bolt shaft portion 5c, a bolt front end portion 5a having a shaft diameter smaller than that of the bolt shaft portion 5c and a bolt rear end portion 5d having a shaft diameter larger than that of the bolt shaft portion 5c are provided. Further, the bolt front end portion 5a and the bolt rear end portion 5d have a hexagonal shape that can be gripped during rotation. The bolt shaft portion 5c is provided with a male screw portion 5e, and a screw lock member 5b is applied to the male screw portion 5e. The shapes of the bolt front end portion 5a and the bolt rear end portion 5d are not limited to hexagonal shapes, but may be polygonal shapes, and the fixing bolts 5 are attached and removed with a socket wrench that fits the polygonal shape. It can be performed.

  The entire bolt shaft portion 5c may be the male screw portion 5e, and if the female screw is formed in the through hole 4d of the packing bottom plate 4, the main body leg bottom portion 3b and the packing bottom plate 4 can be fixed by the entire bolt shaft portion 5c.

  Further, the through hole 4d is not formed with a female screw but is formed as a hole or a long hole larger than the diameter of the bolt shaft portion 5c, and the bolt shaft portion 5c has only a portion in contact with the locking hole 3a as a male screw portion 5e. When the fixing bolt 5 is fixed after applying the screw lock member 5b only to the male screw portion 5e, the male screw portion 5e of the bolt shaft portion 5c to which the screw lock member 5b is applied is detached from the locking hole 3a. After that, it can be removed by hand alone, improving workability.

  In addition, the screw lock material 5b is apply | coated to the circumference direction whole periphery or a part to the fixed range except the front-end | tip and root of the volt | bolt axial part 5c of the volt | bolt 5 for fixation.

  If the through hole 4d of the packing bottom plate 4 is a hole or a long hole larger than the diameter of the bolt shaft portion 5c of the fixing bolt 5, the displacement of the locking hole 3a in which the female screw of the main body leg 3 is formed is absorbed. it can.

  FIG. 7 is a perspective view illustrating a packing bottom plate fixing process of the device packing apparatus, and a process of attaching the fixing bolt 5 will be described. As shown in the drawing, the fixing bolt 5 is inserted from below the packaging bottom plate 4 while rotating. At that time, while holding the fixing bolt 5 upward from the lower side, the screwdriver is inserted into the tool groove 5f of the bolt tip 5a through the locking hole 3a and the through hole 4d, or the screwdriver is bolted from the lower side. It is inserted into the tool groove 5f of the rear end portion 5d and moved upward while rotating the fixing bolt 5 until the female screw portion and the male screw portion 5e of the locking hole 3a are screwed together. The upper plate 4a is sandwiched and fixed with the rear end portion 5d.

  If the driver is made of metal or magnet and the fixing bolt 5 is also made of magnet, metal or other magnetic material, the driver and the fixing bolt 5 are attracted by magnetic force, so the driver is inserted from above the packing bottom plate 4. At this time, there is no need to hold the fixing bolt 5 upward from the lower side, and workability is improved.

  Next, the process of removing the fixing bolt 5 will be described. A screwdriver is inserted into the tool groove 5f from the upper side with respect to the fixing bolt 5 fixed by screwing the female screw portion and the male screw portion 5e of the locking hole 3a, or a socket wrench is inserted into the bolt tip portion 5a. While the fixing bolt 5 is rotated in the reverse direction of the fitting and mounting, the fixing bolt 5 is rotated and moved downward until the female screw portion and the male screw portion 5e of the engaging hole 3a that are screwed are removed. It is also possible to remove the fixing bolt 5 by rotating the fixing bolt 5 by fitting the screwdriver into the tool groove provided on the end surface of the bolt rear end portion from below.

  In addition, if there is a magnetic force in the driver and the fixing bolt 5 as a whole, there is a possibility that the side surface of the driver and the side surface of the bolt shaft portion 5c may be bonded, so the tip of the driver and the periphery of the tool groove 5f of the fixing bolt 5 It is desirable to be composed of a material with only magnetic force. Further, when the main body leg 3 and the packing bottom plate 4 are made of metal, if a cover member is provided in addition to the tip portion of the driver, the driver is damaged by being in contact with the side walls of the through holes 4d of the main body leg 3 and the packing bottom plate 4 by magnetic force. The fixing bolt 5 can be attached and removed without any trouble.

  When the fixing bolt 5 is used in this way, the tool groove 5f is provided on the end face of the bolt front end portion 5a protruding above the packing bottom plate 4, so that when the packing bottom plate 4 is attached or removed, the fixing bolt 5 can be attached or removed by gripping and rotating the bolt front end portion 5a provided on the upper surface of the packaging bottom plate 4, and the height of the main body leg 3 between the packaging bottom plate 4 and the main body 10. Since there is only a space, it is possible to work by inserting an operator's arm and a tool for attachment / detachment into this space, so that workability is improved.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the main body leg 3 is provided with the locking holes 3a to be screwed with the fixing bolts 5, and the upper plate 4a of the packing bottom plate 4 is attached by the bolt rear end portion 5d and the main body leg bottom portion 3b. Since it is set as the structure fixed by pinching, since it is not the structure which pinches | interposes and fixes the main body leg 3 and the packing bottom board 4 with the conventional volt | bolt and nut or a washer, a nut and a washer can be reduced.

  Further, in the hot water heater in which the hot water heater main body leg 3 and the packing bottom plate 4 are fixed by the fixing bolt 5 provided with the tool groove 5f on the tip surface or the shape that can be gripped at the time of rotation, the upper side of the upper plate 4a of the packing bottom plate 4 The fixing bolt 5 can be attached and detached from the surface of the packing bottom plate 4 by the bolt front end portion 5a provided with the tool groove 5f protruding to the main body leg 3. The packing bottom plate 4 can be attached and removed.

  Further, in the configuration in which the upper plate 4a of the packing bottom plate 4 is sandwiched and fixed by the bolt rear end portion 5d and the main body leg bottom portion 3b, pressure is applied from the main body leg bottom portion 3b to the upper plate 4a by the weight of the main body 10. When the fixing bolt 5 is attached, it can be attached with a small torque.

  In addition, by applying a screw locking material 5b to a portion of the bolt shaft portion 5c that is screwed with the locking hole 3a and providing a locking function, it is applied to bolts and nuts in order to constitute a conventional locking function. It becomes possible to reduce the adhesive which has been used.

  In the present embodiment, the locking hole 3a is exclusively provided in the water heater main body leg 3, but this is fixed with an anchor bolt protruding from the installation surface when the main body 10 is installed at the place of use. You may comprise so that it may be shared with the hole for doing.

  Further, it is also possible to adopt a configuration in which the locking hole 3a of the main body leg 3 is a through hole not formed in a screw shape, and the fixing bolt 5 is fixed with a nut.

  In the main body 10 of the present invention described above, the main body leg 3 of the main body 10 provided with the fixing bolt 5 having a shape whose tip is smaller in diameter than the base and can be gripped during rotation and the locking hole 3a in which the female screw is formed. By fixing the packing bottom plate 4 by this, the operation of removing the packing bottom plate 4 can be facilitated, and the nut and washer for fixing the hot water supply body leg 3 and the packing bottom plate 4 by sandwiching them are not required. Further, by applying a screw locking material 5b, which is a nylon resin, to the bolt shaft portion 5c and providing a locking function, it is possible to reduce the application of the adhesive material that has conventionally constituted the locking function. The screw lock member 5b may be liquid.

  In addition, although Embodiment 1 demonstrated the case where an apparatus was a hot water storage type water heater, the apparatus which has the leg part which has the opening which formed the internal thread in the bottom face, for example, air conditioners, such as a large sized blower, oil which is heavy The present invention can be applied to any tank or machine tool.

  As mentioned above, this invention can be used for the apparatus with which a packaging bottom board is attached at the time of conveyance.

1a Front case 1b Right side case 1c Left side case 1d Rear case 1e Upper case 1f Bottom case 2 Hot water storage tank 3 Body leg 3a Locking hole 3b Body leg bottom 4 Packing bottom plate 4a Upper plate 4b Hollow plate 4c Lower plate 4d Through hole DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 5 Fixing bolt 5a Bolt front-end | tip part 5b Screw lock material 5c Bolt axial part 5d Bolt rear end part 5e Male thread part 5f Tool groove | channel 10 Main body 11 Piping connection port

Claims (6)

A device provided with a leg portion at the bottom, which has an opening on the bottom surface that forms a female screw portion;
A packing bottom plate that is disposed under the legs and supports the device during transportation and has a through hole communicating with the opening;
A bolt groove having a tool groove on one end surface that engages with a rotating tool and transmits the torque of the tool, and has a male screw portion on the side surface, and an axis of the bolt shaft portion on the other end surface of the bolt shaft portion. A bolt provided with a bolt rear end larger than the diameter,
The bolt shaft portion is inserted into the through hole and the opening with the tool groove facing upward, and the male screw portion and the female screw portion are screwed together, and the packing bottom plate is connected to the bottom surface of the leg portion and the rear of the bolt. An apparatus packaging apparatus, wherein the apparatus and the packaging bottom plate are fixed by being sandwiched between ends. A bolt tip portion having a polygonal shape smaller than the shaft diameter of the bolt shaft portion is provided on an end surface opposite to the bolt shaft portion provided with the bolt rear end portion, and the tool groove is provided on the end surface of the bolt tip portion. The apparatus packing apparatus according to claim 1. The equipment packaging apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the bolt front end and the bolt rear end are hexagonal, and the tool groove is hexagonal, plus or minus. The device packing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a locking member is provided between the male screw portion and the female screw portion to be screwed together. Either one of the tool and the bolt made of a magnetic material has a magnetic force,
The apparatus packing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the tool and the bolt that are fitted into the tool groove are attracted by magnetic force from above. The device is a hot water storage type water heater having a tank for storing boiling water,
The hot water storage type water heater has a pipe connection port for connecting a pipe for supplying or draining water at the bottom,
The height of the first leg part, providing a space for arranging the pipe between the lower part and the packing bottom plate, the tool is fitted into the tool groove from the space,
The equipment packing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein an anchor bolt used at a place where the hot water storage type water heater is installed can be inserted into the opening.

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