JP2012229054A - Assembly container - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a disassemblable assembly container capable of being assembled only by hooking four cover panels without using a support on a conveying device such as a pallet or a skid.SOLUTION: The assembly container includes a frame-like supporting wall part raised on a load carrying platform surface of the conveying device and having a first hook constitution part, a pair of first cover panels raised in contact with an inner surface of the supporting wall part and having a second hook constitution part hooked on the first hook constitution part, and a pair of second cover panels having right and left ends inserted into fitting grooves formed in the pair of the first cover panels and arranged so that openings thereof face each other in assembly, and downwardly slid and raised on the load carrying platform surface, and the assembly container is assembled into an almost box shape.

Description

  The present invention provides a disassembleable assembly type in which a support wall portion is provided on a conveying device such as a pallet or a skid cart having a square cargo bed surface, and the assembly can be performed only by hooking the cover panel portion without using a support column on the support wall portion. Concerning containers.

Conventionally, as an assembly-type container, for example, in the box of Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-142464, a bottom plate portion composed of a rectangular flat plate bottom plate and a bottom side plate standing in contact with the four periphery of the bottom plate, Four side plates that stand upright along the inside of the four periphery, and upright in contact with the four corners on the inside of the bottom plate, and for connecting adjacent side plates by fitting the vertical ends of the side plates There is disclosed a configuration of a box including four support columns having a concave portion and having a L-shaped cross section in the horizontal direction and a lid positioned over the side surface of the box.
However, in the above configuration, existing pallets and skid carts cannot be used as they are, and it is necessary to form bottom side plates that stand upright in contact with the four periphery of the bottom plate.
Then, it is necessary to fit and connect the vertical end portions of the four side plates to the recesses of the four support columns, which has a drawback that the number of parts is large and assembly or disassembly is complicated.

JP-A-9-142464

  The present invention was devised in view of the above circumstances, and the main problem is that a frame-like support wall portion is provided on a conveying device such as a pallet or a skid cart without using a support column, and a cover panel is provided on this. It is an object of the present invention to provide an assembling type container that can be assembled in a detachable manner simply by hooking.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides
A frame-shaped support wall portion standing on the rectangular loading platform surface of the transfer device;
A first latching component comprising a protrusion or a receiving portion formed on a pair of first wall surfaces facing each other of the support wall;
A second latching component comprising a receiving portion or a projecting portion which is erected in contact with the inner surfaces of a pair of opposing first wall surfaces of the support wall, and which is latched on the first latching component; A pair of first parts provided with a fitting groove for fitting one of the left and right end parts of the cover panel so as to be slidable up and down, and a third hooking structure part hooked to the second cover panel. 1 cover panel,
It is inserted between the fitting grooves of the pair of first cover panels and has left and right end portions that are slidable downward and is latched to the first cover panel, and is adjacent to the first wall surface of the support wall portion. It consists of a pair of 2nd cover panels standingly arranged along the inner surface of a pair of orthogonal 2nd wall surface, It is assembled in a substantially box shape, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

In the invention of claim 2,
The hooking means for the first cover panel and the second cover panel includes:
A combination of a fitting groove provided in the first cover panel and left and right ends of the second cover panel formed in the second cover panel and slidably fitted in the fitting groove;
A third hook comprising an upper receiving groove provided on the first cover panel and having an upper end opened above the peripheral wall forming the fitting groove, or a lower protrusion protruding into the fitting groove at the lower part of the fitting groove. A stop component and an upper protrusion provided on the second cover panel and provided on the upper part of the second cover panel and inserted into the upper receiving groove from above, or provided on the lower part and on the lower protrusion from above. It consists of a combination with the 4th latching structure part which consists of the lower receiving groove which the lower end inserted is opened.
In the invention of claim 3,
The first cover panel is composed of a first panel body of a plastic hollow body sheet, and a pair of metal first frames that fit the left and right ends of the first panel body, and a fitting groove.
The second cover panel is composed of a second panel body of a plastic hollow body sheet and a metal second frame having a third fitting groove for fitting at least the upper end of the second panel body,
The second latching component and the third latching component are formed on the first frame of the first cover panel;
The 4th latching part is formed in the 2nd frame of the 2nd cover panel, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.
In the invention of claim 4,
The support wall is provided with a lid that fits over the upper end of the box in which the first cover panel and the second cover panel are assembled.
An angle-shaped reinforcing bracket is fixed to the corner of the support wall,
The inner circumference of the support wall is set to an inner circumference dimension that allows the first cover panel and the second cover panel to be accommodated by disassembling the first cover panel and the second cover panel from the support wall. ,
The lid portion is externally fitted to a support wall portion, and a lower end of the lid portion is engaged with and hanged on the reinforcing metal fitting.

The present invention can provide the following specific effects.
(1) A first latching component is provided on a support wall fixed on the loading platform surface of the transport device, and a second latching that can be latched on the first latching component on a pair of first cover panels. By providing the constituent portions, the pair of first cover panels facing each other along the support wall portion can be hooked in an upright posture.
A pair of opposing fitting grooves can be formed by the pair of first cover panels, and the second cover panel can be fitted from the top to the bottom along the fitting grooves to be assembled into a box shape on the cargo bed surface. .
(2) A third latching component is provided on the peripheral wall forming the fitting groove of the first cover panel, and the fourth latching component provided on the second cover panel is latched, thereby being assembled into a box shape. In this state, the first cover panel and the second cover panel can be hooked together, and the strength of the assembled box shape can be further increased.
(3) The first cover panel and the second cover panel are used as a panel body and a metal frame, and the frame is provided with a fitting groove and each latching structure part, so that the whole is improved while increasing the connection strength at the time of container assembly. Can be reduced in weight.
(4) The upper opening can be closed by externally fitting the lid to the upper part of the container assembled in a box shape.
Further, by setting the inner peripheral dimension of the support wall portion to be equal to or greater than the outer peripheral dimension when the disassembled first cover panel and second cover panel are collapsed, the first cover panel and the second cover wall are set in the support wall portion when not in use. The cover panel can be stored and covered with a lid to be collected.

It is sectional drawing which shows the assembly state of an assembly-type container. It is a sectional side view of a support wall part. (A) is a perspective view of a 1st cover panel, (b) is a side view, (c) is a top view. (A) is a front view of a 2nd cover panel, (b) is a side view, (c) is a top view. (A) is an explanatory view of a state where one of the first cover panels is hooked on the support wall, and (b) is an explanatory view of a state where the pair of first cover panels are hooked. (A) is explanatory drawing of the state which fitted one 2nd cover panel between 1st cover panels, (b) is explanatory drawing of the state which fitted a pair of 2nd cover panel. It is a fragmentary perspective view which shows the latching state of a support wall part, a 1st cover panel, and a 2nd cover panel. It is a perspective view which shows the state at the time of container collection which removed the 1st cover panel and the 2nd cover panel, and accommodated in the support wall part. It is explanatory drawing of Example 2 which used the 1st latching structure part as the protrusion, and used the 2nd latching structure part as the hole (receiving part). It is explanatory drawing of Example 3 which made the 3rd latching structure part the downward protrusion, and made the 4th latching structure part the lower receiving groove. It is a principal part perspective view of Example 4 which abbreviate | omitted the 3rd latching structure part and the 4th latching structure part.

  Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the assembly type container of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

The assembling-type container 1 of the present embodiment uses a pallet as a transport device.
As shown in FIG. 1, the assembly-type container 1 includes a pallet 9 having a rectangular loading platform surface 2, and a support wall portion standing on the loading platform surface 2 of the pallet 9 in a frame shape along the vicinity of the outer periphery. 3, a pair of first cover panels 10 and a pair of second cover panels 20 that surround four sides along the inner surface of the support wall 3, and a lid 30 that closes the upper surface.

[palette]
As illustrated in FIG. 1, the pallet 9 is made of a synthetic resin pallet having a rectangular cargo bed surface 2 on the upper surface.
In the middle position of the side wall surface along one outer peripheral edge of the pallet 9, a pair of through-holes 9a for inserting a fork extending in the opposite direction is provided.
In this invention, as long as it has a square loading platform surface, not only the pallet but also a wooden pallet, a skid cart, and other known transfer devices can be used.

[Support wall]
As shown in FIGS. 2 and 7, the support wall 3 is a metal frame-shaped wall whose lower end is fixed to the loading platform surface 2, and is slightly inside the outer peripheral edge of the loading platform surface 2 in the illustrated example. It is composed of a rectangular wall in a plan view.
The support wall 3 includes a pair of opposed first wall surfaces 4 and a second wall surface 5 provided in a direction adjacent to and orthogonal to the first wall surface 4.

[First latching component]
The first wall surface 4 is formed with a first latching component 7 for latching the first cover panel 10 to the support wall 3 by uneven engagement.
In the present embodiment, the first latching structure portion 7 includes a through hole that penetrates the inside and outside of the loading platform.

As shown in FIG. 7, angle-shaped reinforcing metal fittings 6 are externally fitted and fixed to the respective corners of the support wall portion 3 without gaps.
The auxiliary metal fitting 6 has a corner portion and a lower end aligned with each other, the height is set to a dimension extending to a midway position in the height direction of the support wall portion 3, and the upper end forms a step portion with the support wall portion 3. .
The first latching component 7 passes through the first wall surface 4 and the reinforcing metal fitting 6.

[First cover panel]
As shown in FIG. 3, the first cover panel 10 includes a first panel body 11 made of synthetic resin and a pair of metal first frames 12 and 12 for fitting and fixing the left and right ends of the first panel body 11. It is made up of.
The first panel body 11 is made of a plastic hollow sheet, but in the present invention, a lightweight and strong material such as a foamed plastic board or other foam sheet may be used.
The plastic hollow body sheet is preferably a hollow structure such as a plastic corrugated cardboard that is discharged and molded as a single unit by a single extrusion, or a plastic corrugated cardboard having a core between two liners.
In the illustrated example, the first panel body 11 is made of horizontal corrugated plastic cardboard, and both left and right end surfaces thereof are covered with the first frame 12 (see FIG. 3A).
In this invention, the direction of the eyes of the plastic corrugated cardboard is not particularly limited. However, it is possible to prevent foreign matter from entering the hollow portion by covering the first corrugated board with the first frame 12, and the strength against the load from above is the first frame. 12 can be reinforced.

[First frame]
The first frame 12 is composed of a pair of left and right symmetrical frames for fitting and fixing the left and right ends of the first panel main body 11 respectively. The first frame 12 has a panel fixing portion 12a having a substantially U-shaped cross section, and the panel fixing portion 12a. A fitting groove forming portion 13 </ b> A having a fitting groove 13 that is connected and opened in a direction orthogonal to the extending direction of the first panel body 11 is provided.

[Mating groove]
The fitting grooves 13 are formed in a pair over the entire length in the height direction of the first cover panel 10 with the same direction of opening on the left and right ends of the first cover panel 10 (FIG. 3A). reference).
The fitting groove 13 forms a pair of slide grooves whose openings face each other between the pair of first cover panels 10 opposed at the time of assembly. Insert the end portions of the second cover panel 20 from above. It slides downward to the loading platform surface and is fitted into the fitting groove 13, and the second cover panel 20 is fitted between the first cover panels 10 for assembly (see FIG. 6A).

[Second latching component]
In this embodiment, the second latching structure portion 14, which is a protrusion latched on the first latching configuration portion 7, is outward from the first frame 12 that is the bottom wall back surface of the fitting groove 13. A columnar protrusion that protrudes and can be projected and retracted is formed in the first latching component 7 formed of the through hole.

[Third hook component]
Further, in the fitting groove forming portion 13A, a third latching structure portion 15 formed of a U-shaped upper receiving groove having an open top is formed on one side wall (outside in the illustrated example) of the fitting groove 13. Has been.

[Second cover panel]
As shown in FIG. 4, the second cover panel 20 includes a second panel body 21 made of synthetic resin, and a second frame 22 fitted and fixed along the upper end of the second panel body 21. In this embodiment, a third frame 23 that is fitted and fixed along the lower end of the second panel body 21 is further provided.
As with the first panel body 11, the second panel body 21 is preferably a plastic hollow body sheet.
In the illustrated example, the second panel main body 21 is made of vertical plastic corrugated cardboard, and its upper and lower end surfaces are covered with a second frame 22 and a third frame 23 (see FIG. 4A). .
In this invention, the direction of the eyes of the plastic corrugated cardboard is not particularly limited. However, by using vertical eyes, the strength against the load from above increases, and the second frame 22 and the third frame 23 allow foreign matter to enter the hollow portion. Can be prevented.
The second frame 22 has a substantially U-shaped cross section, and is fitted and fixed along the upper edge of the rectangular second panel body 21. The third frame 23 has a substantially U-shaped cross section. The rectangular second panel main body 21 is externally fitted and fixed along the lower end edge.

[Fourth latching component]
The upper part of the left and right sides of the second frame 22 protrudes in a direction orthogonal to the extending direction of the second frame 22 and is inserted into the U-shaped groove of the third latching component 15 from above. The 4th latching structure part 25 which consists of a protrusion is formed.

  Since the fourth latching component 25 is latched by the third latching component 15 when the second cover panel 20 is latched to the first cover panel 10, the fourth latching component 25 of the fitting groove forming portion 13A is used. The position is determined corresponding to the arrangement in which the three latching components 15 are formed.

  That is, in the present embodiment, since the third latching structure portion 15 is formed on the outer side wall of the fitting groove forming portion 13A, the fourth latching structure portion 25 faces the outside of the loading platform during assembly. However, when the third latching component 15 is formed on the groove bottom wall of the fitting groove forming portion 13A, the fourth latching component 25 extends the second frame 22 during assembly. When the third latching component 15 is formed on the inner side wall of the fitting groove forming portion 13A (the groove bottom wall of the panel fixing portion 12a), it is arranged to face outward along the direction. The 4th latching structure part 25 should just be arrange | positioned so that it may face inward of a loading platform along the extension direction of the 2nd frame 22 at the time of an assembly (not shown).

[Cover]
The lid portion 30 has a box shape with an open bottom surface (see FIG. 1).
The lid portion 30 includes a flange piece 32 that covers and fixes the upper surface of the third panel body 31 in a frame shape, and a peripheral wall portion 33 that is bent at a right angle from the flange piece 32 and has a rectangular tube shape. An angle-shaped reinforcing metal fitting 34 is fixed to the corner portion 33.
The third panel body 31 is preferably a plastic hollow body sheet, like the first panel body.

The inner periphery of the lid portion 30 is set to a dimension that can be fitted on the upper end of the box body assembled from the first cover panel 10 and the second cover panel 20, and is fitted along the box body. be able to.
When the box is disassembled, the lower end of the lid portion 30 is hooked on the stepped portion of the upper end of the reinforcing metal fitting 6 fixed to the support wall portion 3 so that the lid can be closed at a fixed position. (See FIG. 8).

Here, the inner periphery of the support wall portion 3 includes the first cover panel 10 and the second cover panel 20 that are laid down when the first cover panel 10 and the second cover panel 20 are detached from the support wall portion 3. Is set to an inner circumference dimension that can be stored.
Therefore, when the assembled box is disassembled, the first cover panel 10 and the second cover panel 20 can be horizontally folded down and stacked and stored inside the support wall 3.
Even when the height of the stacked panels is higher than that of the support wall 3, the inner space of the lid 30 can be used as a storage space by hooking the lid 30 in the hollow position as in this embodiment. can do.

[Assembly method]
A method for assembling the assembling container 1 using the above-described components will be described with reference to FIGS.
First, as shown to Fig.5 (a), the 1st cover panel 10 is pressed from the inner side along the 1st wall surface 4 of the support wall part 3 on the loading platform surface 2 of the pallet 9. FIG.
And the 2nd latching structure part 14 which consists of a protrusion of the 1st cover panel 10 penetrates into the 1st latching structure part 7 which consists of a through-hole of the support wall part 3, and latches.
Similarly, as shown in FIG. 5 (b), the second latching component 14 of the other first cover panel 10 is also inserted into the first latching component 7 of the opposing first wall surface 4 and latched, The pair of first cover panels 10 are separated from each other in parallel to be self-supporting.
That is, since the 2nd latching structure part 14 plunges into the 1st latching structure part 7, and is latched, the 1st cover panel does not fall down inside and the support wall part 3 also exists outside. Therefore, it can stand on its own without falling down.
Thereby, when inserting the 2nd cover panel 20, it is not necessary to support a pair of 1st cover panel by hand, and an operator can assemble even by one person.

Next, a slide groove is formed by a pair of facing fitting grooves 13 formed on both sides between the pair of upright first cover panels 10, and both ends of the second cover panel 20 are slid downward from above to load the bed. Insert up to plane 2 (see FIG. 6A).
As the second cover panel 20 descends, the fourth latching component 25 formed on the second cover panel 20 is latched on the third latching component 15 of the first cover panel 10, and the first cover panel 10 and the second cover panel 20 can be hooked together.

The pair of second cover panels 20 are hooked at right angles between the pair of first cover panels 10, and the box body is formed by the four cover panels 10, 20 along the inner surface of the support wall 3. Assemble (see FIG. 6B).
By covering the box body formed in this way with the lid 30 from above, the upper opening can be closed, and the assembly of the container is completed.

When the container is not used, the cover is removed in the reverse procedure to that described above, and the cover panels 10 and 20 are disassembled.
That is, the second cover panel 20 is simply slid upward along the fitting groove 13 and lifted to release the third latching component 15 and the fourth latching component 25, thereby removing the second cover panel 20. Can be removed.
Next, the first cover panel 20 is removed by removing the second latching component 14 from the first latching component 7 of the support wall 3 by pushing and moving the first cover panel 20 inward. Can do.
The removed first cover panel 20 and the second cover panel 20 can be stored compactly by tilting sideways and storing in the support wall 3 and covering the cover 30 on the support wall 3. It can be forwarded to the shipping source and reused repeatedly (see FIG. 8).

FIG. 9 shows the main part of the assembly-type container 1 according to the second embodiment. The first hooking structure 7 fixed to the support wall 3 is a protrusion, and the second hooking structure of the first cover panel 10 is shown. The different Example which made the part 14 the receiving part is shown.
Since it is the same as that of the said Example except having reversed the uneven | corrugated latching, other description is abbreviate | omitted.

FIG. 10 shows the main part of the assembly-type container 1 according to the third embodiment, in which the third latching component 15 of the first cover panel 10 protrudes into the fitting groove 13 below the fitting groove 13. It consists of a protrusion.
And the 4th latching structure part 25 is formed in the lower part of the 2nd cover panel 20, the 3rd frame 23 in the example of illustration.
That is, the fourth latching component 25 is an inverted U-shaped lower part provided at the lower part of the second cover panel 20 and having an open lower end inserted from above into the third latching component 15 of the lower protrusion. It consists of a receiving groove.

Therefore, when the left and right ends of the second cover panel 20 are inserted into the fitting grooves 13 between the pair of first cover panels 10 that are hooked and supported by the support wall portion 3 and are slid downward, in the vicinity of the loading platform surface 2. The lower receiving groove of the fourth latching component 25 is externally fitted to the lower projection of the third latching component 15, and both are latched.
When disassembling, it is only necessary to pull up the second cover panel 20.
Since other configurations are the same as those in the above embodiment, the description thereof is omitted.

  Also in this embodiment, the arrangement of the third latching component 15 and the fourth latching component 25 is not limited to the illustrated example, and the third latching component 15 is provided on one of the peripheral walls of the fitting groove 13. Is provided, and the fourth latching component 25 may be provided correspondingly.

FIG. 11 shows the main part of the assembly-type container 1 according to the fourth embodiment. In this embodiment, the latch structure of the third latch component 15 and the fourth latch component 25 is omitted.
That is, the latching of the first cover panel 10 and the second cover panel 20 is only a structure in which the left and right ends of the second cover panel 20 are fitted in the fitting grooves 13 of the first cover panel 10. Also good.
Since other configurations are the same as those in the above-described embodiment, description thereof is omitted.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and may be configured by appropriately combining a part of the configurations described in each embodiment. In addition, various design changes may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. Of course it can.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Assembling-type container 2 Loading platform surface 3 Support wall part 4 1st wall surface 5 2nd wall surface 6 Reinforcement metal fitting 7 1st latching structure part 9 Pallet 10 1st cover panel 11 1st panel main body 12 1st frame 13 Fitting groove 14 Second latching component 15 Third latching component 20 Second cover panel 21 Second panel body 22 Second frame 25 Fourth latching component 30 Lid

Claims (4)

A frame-shaped support wall portion standing on the rectangular loading platform surface of the transfer device;
A first latching component comprising a protrusion or a receiving portion formed on a pair of first wall surfaces facing each other of the support wall;
A second latching component comprising a receiving portion or a projecting portion which is erected in contact with the inner surfaces of a pair of opposing first wall surfaces of the support wall, and which is latched on the first latching component; A pair of first parts provided with a fitting groove for fitting one of the left and right end parts of the cover panel so as to be slidable up and down, and a third hooking structure part hooked to the second cover panel. 1 cover panel,
It is inserted between the fitting grooves of the pair of first cover panels and has left and right end portions that are slidable downward and is latched to the first cover panel, and is adjacent to the first wall surface of the support wall portion. An assembly type container comprising a pair of second cover panels erected along the inner surfaces of a pair of orthogonal second wall surfaces and assembled in a substantially box shape. The means for latching the first cover panel and the second cover panel is:
A combination of a fitting groove provided in the first cover panel and left and right ends of the second cover panel formed in the second cover panel and slidably fitted in the fitting groove;
A third hook comprising an upper receiving groove provided on the first cover panel and having an upper end opened above the peripheral wall forming the fitting groove, or a lower protrusion protruding into the fitting groove at the lower part of the fitting groove. A stop component and an upper protrusion provided on the second cover panel and provided on the upper part of the second cover panel and inserted into the upper receiving groove from above, or provided on the lower part and on the lower protrusion from above. 2. The assembly type container according to claim 1, wherein the container is composed of a combination with a fourth latching component comprising a lower receiving groove having an opened lower end. The first cover panel is composed of a first panel body of a plastic hollow body sheet, and a pair of metal first frames that fit the left and right ends of the first panel body, and a fitting groove.
The second cover panel is composed of a second panel body of a plastic hollow body sheet and a metal second frame having a third fitting groove for fitting at least the upper end of the second panel body,
The second latching component and the third latching component are formed on the first frame of the first cover panel;
The assembly type container according to claim 2, wherein the fourth hooking portion is formed on the second frame of the second cover panel. A lid portion is provided on the support wall portion so as to be fitted around the upper end of the box body in which the first cover panel and the second cover panel are assembled.
An angle-shaped reinforcing bracket is fixed to the corner of the support wall,
The inner circumference of the support wall is set to an inner circumference dimension that allows the first cover panel and the second cover panel to be accommodated by disassembling the first cover panel and the second cover panel from the support wall. ,
The assembly type container according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the lid portion is externally fitted to a support wall portion, and a lower end of the lid portion is abutted and hooked to the reinforcing metal fitting.

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