JP2011207517A - Transportation containers capable of being mounted with coupling devices - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide coupling devices engaged with a transportation containers capable of being mounted with coupling devices which is configured to prevent coupling devices from being disengaged from the container even if they are oscillated in a vertical direction due to the vertical movement of a truck, pallet, or the like.SOLUTION: In each of the transportation containers B capable of being mounted with coupling devices which can be nested or stacked on each other, a locking through-hole H is bored, in the back wall p1 of a pocket P into which an elastic pinching piece c2a of a pinching member C1" constituting the coupling device C1 is inserted, the locking through-hole H into which a locking protrusion c2b provided on the elastic pinching piece c2a in a protruding manner, is fitted. Accordingly, since the locking through-hole has been bored into which the locking protrusion provided on the elastic pinching piece in a protruding manner, is fitted, in the back wall of the pocket into which the elastic pinching piece of the pinching member consituting the coupling device is inserted, even if the coupling devices are oscillated in a vertical direction by the vertical movement of the truck, pallet, or the like, the coupling devices can be prevented from being disengaged from the transportation containers capable of being mounted with the coupling devices.

Description

  The present invention relates to a transportable container capable of attaching a connector to which a connector for connecting juxtaposed transport containers can be mounted.

  Conventionally, a pair of transport containers having holes formed in the flanges are juxtaposed so that the holes formed in the flanges are close to each other, and then one leg of the inverted U-shaped connector is attached, Inserted into the hole drilled in the flange of one transport container, and the other leg of the connector was placed side by side by inserting into the hole drilled in the flange of the other transport container An example of a transportable container that can be connected to a transporting container is disclosed in Patent Document 1 as an example.

Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 6-10133

  In the above-described conventional transportable container that can be attached to a connector, the leg of the connector is simply inserted into the hole drilled in the flange, so that the leg of the connector is inserted into the flange. There was a problem that it was easy to come out from the provided hole and the connection of the transport container was easily released.

  In addition, when a transport container loaded on a cart or pallet moves up and down due to vertical movement of the cart or pallet, one transport container is in the vertical direction with respect to the other transport container. There was a problem that the connecting tool was detached from one of the transport containers.

  In addition, since the connector is mounted on a flat flange, the horizontal portion of the connector protrudes upward beyond the upper surface of the flange. Therefore, when stacking transport containers, The contact portion between the transport container located below and the transport container located above is only the horizontal portion of the connector having a small area, and therefore the connected transport containers are stacked in a stable state. And the overall height of the stacked transport containers is higher by the thickness of the horizontal part of the used connector, so that the stacked transport containers There was a problem that it was easy to collapse during transportation with a cart or pallet.

  An object of the present invention is to solve the problems of the above-described conventional container for transportable attachments.

  In order to achieve the above-described object, the present invention provides a transportable container capable of nesting or stacking, and firstly, a pocket in which a sandwiching elastic piece of a sandwiching member constituting the connector is inserted. The back wall is formed with a locking through hole into which the locking protrusion protruding from the holding elastic piece can be fitted. Second, a plurality of holding members are connected by a base block member. It is a thing.

  Since the present invention has the configuration as described above, the following effects are achieved.

  In the transportable container capable of nesting or stacking, a locking projection projecting from the sandwiching elastic piece is provided on the back wall of the pocket into which the sandwiching elastic piece of the sandwiching member constituting the coupling tool is inserted. Since the engaging through hole that can be fitted is drilled, the connector can be prevented from being detached from the transportable container that can be mounted by the connector even if it is vibrated in the vertical direction due to the vertical movement of the carriage or pallet be able to.

  Since the plurality of clamping members are connected by the base block member, the plurality of clamping members of the connecting tool are simultaneously inserted into the plurality of pockets formed on the side walls of the juxtaposed transport containers simply by lowering the connecting tool. Therefore, the workability of the connecting work by the connecting tool of the transportable container that can be mounted in parallel is improved.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a transportable container that can be attached to a connector according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a state in which the connector-mountable transport container of the present invention is stacked. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state in which the transportable container capable of mounting the connector of the present invention is nested. FIG. 4 is a partially enlarged perspective view of the transportable container that can be attached to the connector of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the connector mounted on the transportable container for mounting the connector according to the present invention. FIG. 6 is a perspective view for explaining the mounting of the connector to the transportable container for mounting the connector according to the present invention. FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a state in which the connector mountingable transport container of the present invention is connected via a connector. FIG. 8 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the transportable container equipped with the connector of the present invention connected via the connector. FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a connector according to another embodiment mounted on the transportable container for mounting the connector according to the present invention. FIG. 10 is a perspective view for explaining the mounting of the connector of another embodiment to the transportable container for mounting the connector of the present invention. FIG. 11 is a perspective view of a state in which the transportable container capable of mounting the connector of the present invention is connected via the connector of another embodiment.

  Examples of the present invention will be described below. However, the present invention is not limited to these examples as long as the gist of the present invention is not exceeded.

  In FIG. 1, B is a transportable container (hereinafter also simply referred to as a transport container) according to the present invention, and the transport container B is a short side facing a long side wall 2 facing the bottom 1. A flange 4 is formed in the transport container B so as to surround the opening of the transport container B and extend from the upper ends of the long side wall 2 and the short side wall 3 in the outer horizontal direction. ing.

  P is a pocket made of a vertically long recess formed by bulging the long side wall 2 and / or the short side wall 3 outward from the flange 4 toward the bottom 1, and is a half of the transport container B. Has depth. Further, S is a support leg formed on the outer wall of the long side wall 2 and / or the short side wall 3 adjacent to the pocket P. The support leg S extends from the vicinity of the bottom plate p3 of the pocket P to the long side wall 2 and / or the short side wall. The side wall 3 extends to substantially the lower end, and the support leg S is configured to be inserted into the pocket P. A pocket / support leg W is formed by the pocket P and the support leg S formed adjacent to the pocket P.

  A pocket / support leg W is formed at both ends of the opposing long side wall 2, and the pocket / support leg W formed on one long side wall 2 has a support leg S at the center of the long side wall 2. The pockets P are arranged so as to be located on the end side of the long side wall 2. The pocket / support leg W formed on the other long side wall 2 is such that the pocket P is located on the center side of the long side wall 2 and the support leg S is located on the end side of the long side wall 2. Is arranged.

  Further, pockets / support legs W are formed at both ends of the opposing short side wall 3. The pocket / support leg W formed on one short side wall 3 has a support leg S of the short side wall 3. The pocket P is located on the end side of the short side wall 3 while being located on the center side. Further, the pocket / support leg W formed on the other short side wall 3 is such that the pocket P is located on the center side of the short side wall 3 and the support leg S is located on the end side of the short side wall 3. Is arranged.

  When the transport container B having the above-described configuration is stacked such that the transport container Ba positioned above and the transport container Bb positioned below are stacked so that the above-described arrangement of the pockets / support legs W is the same. As shown in FIG. 2, the support leg S of the transport container Ba positioned above is placed on the flange 4 of the transport container Bb positioned below, and the transport container Ba positioned above is The transport container Bb positioned below is stacked in a so-called stacking state. R is a backlash rib formed at the corner formed by the outer surface of the long side wall 2 or the short side wall 3 and the lower surface of the support leg S. When the transport container B is stacked, it is positioned upward. The lower end of the bottom 1 located below the lower surface of the backlash rib R and the support leg S of the transporting container Ba to be inserted is inserted into the opening of the transporting container Bb positioned below. Such backlash ribs R are well known and will not be described in detail.

  In addition, when the transport container Ba located above is rotated by 180 degrees when viewed in a plan view from the stacking state, the support leg S of the transport container Ba located above the bottom of the transport container Bb located below. As shown in FIG. 3, the transport container Ba positioned above and the transport container Bb positioned below are stacked in a so-called nesting state.

  It is already well known that the widths of the pockets P and the support legs S constituting the pockets and support legs W formed in the transport container B described above are appropriately changed as necessary. Alternatively, since it is well known that the number of pockets / support legs W formed on the short side wall 3 can be appropriately set as necessary, it is possible to carry stacking / nesting. The description of the pocket / support leg W formed in the container B is omitted. When the transport container Ba located above and the transport container Bb located below are stacked so that the above-described arrangement of the pockets / support legs W is the same, they are stacked in a nesting state. From the state, when the transport container Ba positioned above is viewed in a plan view and rotated 180 degrees, the transport container B configured to be stacked in a stacking state is already well known, A description of such a transport container B is also omitted.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the pocket P is formed by a side wall p2 and a bottom plate p3 facing the back wall p1, as is well known, and in the transport container B of the present invention, A locking through hole H is formed in the wall p1.

  Next, the connector C1 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

  The connector C1 includes an upper central horizontal plate c1a, an upper inclined plate c1b inclined downward from both ends of the upper central horizontal plate c1a, and an upper end extending in the horizontal direction from the lower end of the upper inclined plate c1b. A horizontal central plate c1c, a lower central horizontal plate c1d positioned below the upper central horizontal plate c1a and parallel to the upper central horizontal plate c1a, and a lower vertical plate c1e extending downward from both ends of the lower central horizontal plate c1d And a lower end horizontal plate c1f extending horizontally from the lower end of the lower vertical plate c1e, and an end of the upper end horizontal plate c1c and an end of the lower end horizontal plate c1f are: The upper center horizontal plate c1a and the lower center horizontal plate c1d, and the upper end horizontal plate c1c and the lower end horizontal plate c1f are connected to each other by an appropriate number of vertical connection ribs c1h and vertical plates c1g. Partition wall c1i It is more consolidated. The base block that constitutes the connector C1 by such upper central horizontal plate c1a, upper inclined plate c1b, upper end horizontal plate c1c, lower central horizontal plate c1d, lower vertical plate c1e, lower end horizontal plate c1f, etc. A member C1 ′ is formed.

  A pair of opposing sandwiching elastic pieces c2a are suspended along the longitudinal direction of the lower end horizontal plate c1f on the lower surface located at the tip of the lower end horizontal plate c1f constituting the base block C1 ′. Locking protrusions c2b are provided at appropriate positions on the opposing inner surface c2a ′ of the opposing sandwiching elastic piece c2a so as to face each other, and further, the lower ends of the sandwiching elastic pieces c2a are separated from each other. The guide plate c2c extending substantially horizontally is formed in the direction to be guided, and the corner formed by the sandwiching elastic piece c2a and the guide plate c2c is formed of an inclined surface or a rounded surface. c2d is formed. Such a sandwiching space in which both sides along the sandwiching elastic piece c2a are opened by the sandwiching elastic piece c2a, the locking projection c2b, the guide plate part c2c, the guide surface c2d, and the lower end horizontal plate c1f. A sandwiching member C1 ″ having a portion A1 is formed. Note that the distance D1 between the opposing inner surfaces c2a ′ of the opposing sandwiching elastic pieces c2a is such that the remaining portion 4a of the flange 4 in the portion where the pocket P is formed. It is formed to have approximately the same width as twice the width D2.

  Next, the connection of a pair of transport containers B juxtaposed by the above-described connector C1 will be described with reference to FIGS.

  First, as shown in FIG. 6, the transport container Bh located on the left side and the transport container Bm located on the right side are transported to the transport container Bh located on the left side and the transport container located on the right side. The pockets P formed in Bm are juxtaposed so as to face each other. In FIG. 6, the pocket P formed on the long side wall 2 of the transport container Bh located on the left side and the pocket P formed on the long side wall 2 of the transport container Bm located on the right side face each other. A juxtaposed example is shown.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the pocket P is formed at both ends of the long side wall 2 of the transport container Bh located on the left side, and is formed at both ends of the long side wall 2 of the transport container Bm positioned on the right side. The transport container Bh located on the left side and the transport container Bm located on the right side are juxtaposed so that the pockets P are opposed to each other, and the clamping member C1 is disposed on both ends of the base block member C1 ′. Then, the connector C1 is formed, and then the connector C1 is lowered. By the lowering of the connector C1, the remaining portion 4a of the flange 4 where the pocket P of one transport container Bh is located and the other The remaining portion 4a of the flange 4 in which the pocket P of the transport container Bm is located is inserted into a sandwiching space A1 formed by opposing sandwiching elastic pieces c2a of the sandwiching member C1 ″ constituting the connector C1.

  In the above-described lowering process of the connector C1, the lower end horizontal plate c1f constituting the base block member C1 ′ of the connector C1 approaches the remaining portion 4a of the flange 4 of the transport containers Bh and Bm arranged in parallel to each other. It will be. Further, the connector C1 is lowered, and the lower end horizontal plate c1f constituting the base block member C1 ′ of the connector C1 comes close to or comes into contact with the remaining portion 4a of the flange 4 of the transport containers Bh and Bm. At the time, the locking projection c2b protruding from the clamping elastic piece c2a constituting the clamping member C1 ″ of the connector C1 is drilled in the back wall p1 of the pocket P formed in the transport containers Bh and Bm. 7 and FIG. 8, in this way, the transport containers Bh and Bm arranged side by side are connected to each other, as shown in FIGS. It will be connected by C1.

  As described above, since the pair of clamping members C1 ″ of the connector C1 are connected by the base block member C1 ′, the long side walls of the transport containers Bh and Bm juxtaposed by lowering the connector C1. The pair of sandwiching members C1 ″ of the connector C1 can be inserted into the pair of pockets P formed in 2 at substantially the same time. Therefore, the connecting work of the transport containers Bh and Bm arranged side by side with the connector C1 can be performed. Workability is improved.

  As described above, the flange 4 in which the pocket P of the one transport container Bh disposed so as to face each other in the process in which the juxtaposed transport containers Bh and Bm are connected by the lowering of the connector C1 is located. And the remaining portion 4a of the flange 4 in which the pocket P of the other transport container Bm is located is formed by the opposing sandwiching elastic piece c2a of the sandwiching member C1 "constituting the connector C1. Although inserted into the space A1, the remaining portion 4a of the flange 4 where the pocket P of one transporting container Bh arranged so as to face each other and the pocket P of the other transporting container Bm are provided. The remaining portion 4a of the positioned flange 4 may deviate from the sandwiching space A1.

  As described above, the remaining portion 4a of the flange 4 where the pocket P of the one transport container Bh arranged side by side is positioned and the remaining portion 4a of the flange 4 where the pocket P of the other transport container Bm is positioned. However, it is in contact with the guide plate part c2c of the clamping member C1 ″ constituting the coupling tool C1 when it is displaced from the clamping space part A1 formed in the coupling tool C1. Since the guide surface c2d is formed at the corner formed by c2a and the guide plate portion c2c, the connector C1 moves along the guide surface c2d in the direction of the inner wall p1 of the pocket P and is juxtaposed. The holding member C1 ″ constituting the connector C1 can be surely inserted into the facing pocket P of the transport containers Bh, Bm, and the connector C1 to the transport containers Bh, Bm arranged side by side can be inserted. Installation work Work is improved.

  Further, as described above, the clamping members C1 ″ formed at both ends of the base block member C1 ′ of the connector C1 are inserted into the pockets P of the transport containers Bh and Bm arranged so that the pockets P face each other. In addition, the locking projection c2b projecting from the clamping elastic piece c2a constituting the clamping member C1 ″ of the base block member C1 ′ of the connector C1 is formed in the pocket P formed in the transport containers Bh and Bm. When fitted in the locking through hole H formed in the back wall p1, as shown in FIG. 7, the flange 4 at the portion where the pockets P of the transport containers Bh and Bm are formed. A finger insertion space A2 into which the operator's finger can be inserted is formed between the lower central horizontal plate c1d forming the base block member C1 of the connector C1. Since such a finger insertion space A2 is formed, a finger of a hand is inserted into the finger insertion space A2 and the base block member C1 ′ of the connector C1 is gripped, thereby connecting via the connector C1. The paired transport containers Bh and Bm can be transported easily.

  Further, the holding elastic piece c2a constituting the holding member C1 ″ of the connector C1 is inserted into the locking through hole H formed in the back wall p1 of the pocket P formed in the transport container B capable of nesting or stacking. Since the transport container B is connected by fitting the locking projection c2b projecting on the transport container B, the transport container B loaded on the cart, pallet, etc. Even if it vibrates in the vertical direction due to vertical movement, the connector C1 does not come off from the transport container B.

  Furthermore, when another pair of transport containers B connected and juxtaposed via the connector C1 are stacked on the pair of transport containers B connected and juxtaposed via the connector C1, The base block member C1 ′ of the connector C1 located above the flange 4 of the other pair of transport containers B positioned below is located between the long side walls 2 of the pair of transport containers B positioned above or the long side walls. 2 is configured so as to be positioned in the space portion A3 positioned between the pair of support legs S formed in the pair 2, and thus the connection tool C1 is connected via the connection tool C1 and arranged in parallel. There will be no obstacle to stacking.

  Further, when another pair of transport containers B connected and juxtaposed via the coupler C1 are stacked on the pair of transport containers B coupled and juxtaposed via the coupler C1, the above-mentioned As described above, since the lower end portion of the transport container B positioned above is configured to be inserted into the opening of the transport container Bb positioned below, the transport stacked in a cart or a pallet is performed. The container B can be prevented from collapsing with the above-described connector C1.

  In the embodiment described above, a pair of pockets P is formed on the long side wall 2 of the transport container B, and correspondingly, a pair of clamping members C1 is formed on the base block member C1 ′ of the connector C1. ”Is shown, but three or more pockets P are formed on the long side wall 2 of the transport container B, and correspondingly, the base block member C1 ′ of the connector C1 has 3 It is also possible to form more than one clamping member C1 ″.

  Next, the coupler C2 of another Example is demonstrated using FIGS. 9-11.

  c10 is a pair of opposing sandwiching elastic pieces c2a similar to the pair of opposing sandwiching elastic pieces c2a of the embodiment described above, and the lower end of the sandwiching elastic piece c10 is guided in the direction away from each other. A guide plate c11 similar to the plate c2c is formed, and a locking projection c12 similar to the locking projection c2b of the above-described embodiment is formed on the opposing inner surface c10a of the opposing sandwiching elastic piece c10. Is protruding.

  The upper ends of the pair of opposing sandwiching elastic pieces c10 constituting the connecting tool C2 are connected by a horizontal connecting plate c13, and the connecting tool C2 is formed by the pair of opposing sandwiching elastic pieces c10 and the horizontal connecting plate c13. As shown in FIG. Also in this embodiment, the corner formed by the sandwiching elastic piece c10 and the guide plate portion c11 has a guide surface c14 made of an inclined surface or a rounded surface similar to the guide surface c2d of the above-described embodiment. Is formed.

  As shown in FIG. 10, the pocket P is formed at both ends of the long side wall 2 of the transport container Bh located on the left side, and the both ends of the long side wall 2 of the transport container Bm located on the right side. The transport container Bh positioned on the left side and the transport container Bm positioned on the right side are juxtaposed so that the pockets P face each other, and the connection tool C2 is disposed above, and then the connection tool C2 Is lowered. By lowering the connecting tool C2, the remaining portion 4a of the flange 4 where the pocket P of one transport container Bh is located and the remaining portion 4a of the flange 4 where the pocket P of the other transport container Bm is located are connected. The tool C2 is inserted into a clamping space A4 formed by the opposing clamping elastic piece c10 and the horizontal connecting plate c13.

  In the above-described descending process of the connector C2, the horizontal connector plate c13 of the connector C2 approaches the remaining portion 4a of the flange 4 of the transport containers Bh and Bm that are in contact with each other or close to each other. become. Further, when the connector C2 is lowered and the horizontal connector plate c13 of the connector C2 approaches or comes into contact with the remaining portion 4a of the flange 4 of the transport containers Bh and Bm, the holding elastic piece of the connector C2 The locking projection c12 protruding from c10 is configured to be fitted into a locking through hole H formed in the back wall p1 of the pocket P formed in the transport containers Bh and Bm. . In this way, as shown in FIG. 10, the transport containers Bh and Bm arranged side by side are connected by the connector C2.

  Since other operations and effects are the same as those of the above-described embodiment, detailed description thereof is omitted.

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Claims (2)

  In the transportable container capable of nesting or stacking, a locking projection projecting from the sandwiching elastic piece is provided on the back wall of the pocket into which the sandwiching elastic piece of the sandwiching member constituting the coupling tool is inserted. A connecting container-mountable transporting container, wherein a fitting through-hole is formed.   The transporting container capable of mounting a connector according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of clamping members are connected by a base block member constituting the connector.

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