JP2013103760A - Package apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate loading and unloading of an article in any direction of a pallet within a narrow loading/unloading space without preparing a different member for slope formation in the loading and unloading.SOLUTION: The package apparatus 10 includes a pallet 20 for loading an image forming apparatus 1 with a caster 2, a top lid member 11, a plurality of posts 35-1 to 35-4 disposed between the pallet 20 and the top lid member 11. At least a post 30-1 is detachably disposed on the pallet 20, and when the post 30-1 is disposed so that its longitudinal direction is laid along a side 25 of the pallet 20, a slope used for loading and unloading of the image forming apparatus 1 can be formed between a ground contact surface 21 of the pallet and a floor surface G on which the pallet 20 is disposed.

Description

  The present invention relates to a packaging device, and in particular, includes a pallet on which articles are loaded, a canopy member disposed above the pallet, and a plurality of support columns disposed between the pallet and the canopy member to support the canopy member. It relates to a packing device.

  When transporting semi-finished products and finished products of copier peripheral products such as document readers to the factory or users, packing devices are used to maintain product functions and quality from shock and vibration during transportation. The As such a packing device, there is a circulation type device in which a product is transported to a destination and then returned to a factory and can be used again.

  Moreover, there exists a thing provided with the member which forms the slope for loading / unloading the goods with a caster as such a packing apparatus.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a packaging apparatus using a pallet on which an article to be packed can be mounted and an article fixing member for maintaining a member for fixing the article on the pallet in an immobile state. What uses the faceplate provided between support | pillars as a slope board is disclosed.

  Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2004-228561 makes it possible to attach and detach the support member to the pallet, remove the support member from the pallet, place one end on the edge of the pallet, and place the image forming apparatus on the pallet. The thing which can be used as a member which comprises a path is indicated. When the column members are used as the ramps, the two pairs of column members are arranged facing each other in opposite directions so that the image forming apparatuses can be loaded and unloaded from the two directions.

  Further, Patent Document 3 makes it possible to store on a pallet a tilting table that is attached to a pallet and on which a copying machine is arranged and moved. The tilting surface portion of the tilting table projects from the contact surface of the tilting table to the pallet, Disclosed is a device having a protruding cover plate part. The pallet is provided with a plate-like member extending from the inclined surface to the inclined surface of the pallet at the joint portion of the pallet with the inclined pedestal, and the plate-like member also serves as an attachment member to the pallet of the lid portion.

  However, the packaging apparatus described in Patent Document 1 can only be loaded and unloaded in two directions, has low portability to a small office, and has a constant gradient with the longitudinal direction of the side plate surface facing the outside of the pallet. Therefore, there is a problem that a large space is required for loading and unloading. Further, since the load is carried by the side plate, the side plate may be bent or damaged when loading / unloading heavy items.

  Moreover, since the packaging apparatus described in Patent Document 2 is arranged with the longitudinal direction of the column members facing the outside of the pallet when loading and unloading articles, a large space is required.

  Furthermore, since the packaging apparatus described in Patent Document 3 is arranged with the longitudinal direction of the tilting table facing the outside of the pallet during loading / unloading, a large space is required and the tilting table must be provided as a separate member. There is a problem that the number of components of the packing device increases.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and can be easily loaded in a narrow unloading space around a pallet in any direction, and is provided with a separate member for forming a slope during loading. An object is to provide a packing device that is not necessary.

  A packing device according to the present invention includes a pallet on which an article is loaded, a canopy member disposed above the pallet, and a plurality of support columns that are disposed between the pallet and the canopy member and support the canopy member. In the apparatus, when at least one of the plurality of columns is detachably disposed on the pallet, and when the removed column is disposed so that the longitudinal direction thereof is along the side of the pallet, the loading surface of the pallet And a floor surface on which the pallet is disposed, and a slope used for unloading the article can be formed.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to easily unload in a narrow unloading space in an arbitrary direction around the pallet, and there is an effect that it is not necessary to prepare a separate member for forming a slope at the time of unloading.

It is a perspective view which shows the packing apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. Similarly, the packing apparatus is shown, (a) is a perspective view showing a support column, and (b) is a perspective view showing a pallet. It is a perspective view which shows the support | pillar of the packing apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 2. FIG. The packing apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 3 is shown, (a) is a perspective view which shows a packaging apparatus, (b) is a perspective view which shows a support | pillar. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the packaging device, (a) a state at the time of unloading, and (b) an end view from the direction of arrow A in (a). The packing apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 4 is shown, (a) is a fragmentary perspective view which shows the state at the time of unloading, (b) is an expansion perspective view of the B section in (a), (c) is other It is a perspective view from a direction.

A packaging device according to an embodiment for carrying out the present invention (hereinafter simply referred to as an embodiment) will be described. In the following embodiments, an image forming apparatus with casters will be described as an example of an article, but the article is not limited to this. The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described below, and many modifications can be made by those having ordinary knowledge in the art within the technical idea of the present invention. For example, in the following embodiments, only the example in which the support columns are positioned at the four corners of the pallet is illustrated and described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, the corners of the edge of the pallet, the parts that are not corners It is also possible to use a configuration arranged in

  Hereinafter, the packaging device according to the first embodiment will be described. This packing apparatus loads an image forming apparatus with casters as an article. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a packaging device according to the first embodiment.

  The packaging device 10 according to the first embodiment includes a pallet 20 on which the image forming apparatus 1 is loaded and a canopy member 11 disposed above the pallet 20. The packing device 10 includes four support columns 30-1, 30-2, 30-3, and 30-4 that are disposed between the pallet 20 and the canopy member 11 and support the canopy member 11. These support columns 30-1, 30-2, 30-3, and 30-4 have a triangular cross section. The image forming apparatus 1 includes a caster 2 and can be easily moved.

  The pallet 20 is made of a metal such as wood, steel, or aluminum, or a synthetic resin, and has a square shape with sides W. The pallet 20 includes a square ground surface 21 on which articles are mounted, and includes fork insertion holes 22 and 22 for loading and unloading the pallet below the ground surface 21.

  Since the four struts 30-1, 30-2, 30-3, and 30-4 have the same configuration, only one strut 30-1 will be described. 2A and 2B show the packaging device according to the first embodiment, where FIG. 2A is a perspective view showing a support column, and FIG. 2B is a perspective view showing a pallet.

  The column 30-1 is a column member having a right-angled triangular section, and includes a slope 31 corresponding to the oblique side of the sectional shape, a rising surface 32 corresponding to the short side, and a bottom surface 33 corresponding to the long side. Each support | pillar 30-1, 30-2, 30-3, 30-4 is an extrusion forming member made from aluminum, for example. In addition, the pallet 20 has mounting holes 23-1, 23-2 having right triangle shapes corresponding to the cross-sectional shapes of the columns 30-1, 30-2, 30-3, 30-4 at the four corners of the ground surface 21. 23-3 and 23-4 are established.

  In the packing apparatus 10 according to the first embodiment, the support 30-1 is removed from the pallet 20, and is disposed along one side 25 of the four sides of the pallet 20, and the slope 31 is used for loading and unloading articles from the pallet 20. Form. The struts 30-1, 30-2, 30-3, and 30-4 can be steel sheet metal members, synthetic resin members, and the like.

  The support columns 30-1, 30-2, 30-3, 30-4 are inserted into the mounting holes 23-1, 23-2, 23-3, 23-4 from above, and are detachably installed on the pallet 20. In this example, the height dimensions (h) of the columns 30-1, 30-2, 30-3, 30-4 are formed to be the same as the width dimension (W) of the side 25 of the pallet 20 and the width of the rising surface 32 is formed. The dimension (w) is formed to be the same as the height dimension (h) from the floor surface G of the ground contact surface 21.

  In addition, the articles holding pads 40-1, 40-2, 40-3, and 40-4 are disposed on the respective columns 30-1, 30-2, 30-3, and 30-4. The pad 40-1 is made of, for example, foamed resin, and as shown in FIG. 2A, the two arm portions 41, 42 combined at right angles and the surface 43 formed on the outside of the arm portions 41, 42. Is provided with a convex portion 44 formed to rise. The convex portion 44 of the pad 40-1 is inserted into the hole 34 provided in the slope 31 of the support column 30-1, and attached to the support column 30-1.

  By attaching the four pads 40-1, 40-2, 40-3, 40-4 to the four columns 30-1, 30-2, 30-3, 30-4, the four corners of the image forming apparatus 1 are The corners are held and the image forming apparatus 1 is prevented from moving on the pallet 20.

  In the packing apparatus 10 according to the first embodiment, when loading and unloading the image forming apparatus 1, the column 30 is arranged along an arbitrary side 25 of the pallet 20 along the longitudinal direction. At this time, the bottom surface 33 is brought into contact with the floor surface, and the rising surface 32 is brought into contact with the pallet 20. In this state, the article can be easily lowered from the ground surface 21 to the floor surface G by rolling the caster 2 on the ground surface 21, the slope 31 and the floor surface G. In addition, when the image forming apparatus 1 is mounted on the ground contact surface 21 of the pallet 20 from the floor surface G, the caster 2 can be rolled on the slope 31.

  The hole 34 is preferably a long hole that is long in the longitudinal direction of the inclined surface 31 and short in the inclined direction. If the hole 34 is a long hole, the caster 2 can easily cross the hole 34 when the caster 2 is rotated on the inclined surface 31. In addition, when the image forming apparatus 1 is loaded on the pallet 20, the support 30-1 can be used in the same manner. Moreover, not only the support | pillar 30-1, but the other support | pillars 30-2, 30-3, and 30-4 can be used.

  According to the packing device 10 according to the first embodiment, the support 30-1 can be arranged on the side 25 of the pallet 20 without using a member that forms a slope, and the slope can be formed. The image forming apparatus can be loaded and unloaded by forming a slope in an arbitrary direction. And since the support | pillar 30-1 is arrange | positioned along the edge | side 25 of the pallet 20 at the time of unloading, it is sufficient even if the space for slope arrangement | positioning is narrow.

<Embodiment 2>
Next, a packaging device according to Embodiment 2 will be described. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a column of the packing device according to the second embodiment. In the packing device according to the second embodiment, the collar portions 37 are arranged at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the support column 35 as guide protrusions protruding upward from the inclined surface 31. According to the packaging device according to the second embodiment, the casters 2 of the image forming apparatus 1 can be prevented from being detached from the inclined surfaces 31 of the support columns 35, and the image forming apparatus 1 can be loaded and unloaded safely and easily.
<Embodiment 3>
Next, a packaging device according to Embodiment 3 will be described. FIG. 4 shows a packaging device according to the third embodiment, (a) is a perspective view showing the packaging device, (b) is a perspective view showing a support column, and FIG. 5 shows a packaging device according to the fourth embodiment. (A) is a perspective view showing a state at the time of unloading, (b) is an end view from the arrow A direction in (a).

  The packing device 50 according to the third embodiment includes two columns each having two types of structures. As shown in FIG. 5, the first support columns 71 and 72 have an unequal trapezoidal cross-sectional shape. The second support columns 73 and 74 are a combination of two support members 75 and 76 whose cross-sectional shape is a right-angled triangle, with the longitudinal direction of the support columns being divided surfaces. In Embodiment 3, when the support | pillar member 75 and the support | pillar member 75 are combined, the whole cross-sectional shape will become a square shape.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the shapes and dimensions of the first support 71 and the support members 75 and 76 are such that when the first support 71 and the support members 75 and 76 are combined, the ground surface 61 to the floor G As appropriate, it is selected so as to form a right-angled triangle that forms a slope leading to. That is, as shown in FIG. 5B, in the cross-sectional shape, the short side portions 72 a of the two parallel surfaces of the first support column 72 have the same dimensions as the short side portions 75 a of the support member 75, and the first support column 72 is parallel. The long side portion 72b of the two surfaces has the same dimensions as the long side portion 76b of the column member 76. Further, the oblique side portion 76 a of the column member 76 is set to the same dimension as the height dimension H of the pallet 60.

  In the packing device 50 according to the third embodiment, unequal trapezoidal mounting holes 64 and 65 corresponding to the first support columns 71 and 72 are formed at corresponding positions of the pallet 60, and corresponding to the second support columns 73 and 74. The rectangular mounting holes 66 and 67 are formed.

  In the packing device 50 according to the third embodiment, when loading and unloading articles, a slope is formed by combining the first column 72 and the column members 75 and 76 on one side of the four sides of the pallet 60 (see FIG. 5 (a) and (b)). In this state, the caster 2 of the image forming apparatus 1 rolls on the ground surface 21, the slope 31, and the floor surface G so that the image forming apparatus 1 can be easily stacked between the ground surface 61 of the pallet 60 and the floor surface G. Can be wholesale.

  According to the packing device 50 according to the third embodiment, the first support 72 and the support members 75 and 76 are combined and arranged on the side of the pallet 60 without using a member that forms a slope, and is used for unloading. A slope can be formed. Further, since the slope can be provided in any direction of the pallet 60, the image forming apparatus can be easily loaded and unloaded in a desired direction, and the space for arranging the slope can be narrow.

  Furthermore, according to the packing apparatus 50 which concerns on Embodiment 3, it does not need to provide an acute angle part in the cross-sectional shape of a support | pillar, and even if it contacts a support | pillar, an other party is not damaged. Furthermore, a gentle slope can be formed without increasing the width of the column. And even if the cross section of the support | pillar member after a division | segmentation becomes thin, the intensity | strength of a support | pillar can be made into a desired thing by making the cross section of the support | pillar comprised by combining two support | pillar members thick, and making a corner | angular part an obtuse angle.

<Embodiment 4>
Next, a packaging device according to Embodiment 4 will be described. 6A and 6B show a packaging device according to Embodiment 4, wherein FIG. 6A is a partial perspective view showing a state during unloading, FIG. 6B is an enlarged perspective view of a portion B in FIG. FIG. 4 is a perspective view from another direction.

  In the packing device 80 according to the fourth embodiment, a hook-like protrusion 82 is formed on the short side portion 72 a of the column 72, and an opening 81 is formed on the column member 75. The opening 81 fixes the support column 72 and the support member 75 by sliding the hook-like projection 82 into the opening portion 81. Other configurations of the support members 75 and 76 are the same as those of the packing device 50 according to the third embodiment. According to the packing device 80 according to the fourth embodiment, the struts 72 and the strut members 75 constituting the slope can be connected to each other, and it becomes difficult to separate the slopes, thereby improving the workability of unloading. A similar structure can be formed between the long side portion 72 b of the support column 72 and the long side portion 72 b of the support column member 75.

1 Image forming device (article)
2 Caster 10 Packing device 11 Canopy member 20 Pallet 21 Grounding surface 22 Fork insertion hole 23-1, 23-2, 23-3, 23-4 Mounting hole 25 Side 30-1, 30-2, 30-3, 30- 4 pillar 31 slope 32 rising surface 33 bottom face 34 hole 35 pillar 37 collar part 40-1, 40-2, 40-3, 40-4 pad 41, 42 arm part 43 surface 44 convex part 50 packing device 60 pallet 61 contact Ground 64, 65 Mounting holes 66, 67 Mounting holes 71, 72 First support 72a Short side 72b Long sides 73, 74 Second support 75, 76 Support members 75a Short sides 76a Slope 76b Long sides 80 Packing device 81 opening 82 hook-shaped projection

JP 2004-203463 A Japanese Patent No. 4064171 Japanese Patent No. 4614071

Claims (7)

In a packing apparatus comprising: a pallet for loading articles; a canopy member disposed above the pallet; and a plurality of support columns disposed between the pallet and the canopy member and supporting the canopy member;
When at least one of the plurality of columns is detachably disposed on the pallet, and when the removed column is disposed so that the longitudinal direction thereof is along the side of the pallet, the loading surface of the pallet, A packaging device, wherein a slope used for loading and unloading the article between and a floor surface on which a pallet is arranged can be formed.   The packing device according to claim 1, wherein a cross-sectional shape of the column is an isosceles trapezoid or a triangle.   The packing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the support has a plurality of different cross-sectional shapes.   The said support | pillar is comprised by the some support | pillar member provided with a division surface along a longitudinal direction, and the said some slope support | pillar is combined and the said slope is formed, Any of Claim 1 to 3 characterized by the above-mentioned. Crab packing device.   The packing device according to claim 4, wherein the support member is formed with a connecting portion that connects the support members when the support members are combined.   6. A guide projection that protrudes from a surface forming the slope and that prevents the caster from coming off from the slope is formed at both longitudinal ends of the support column. The packing apparatus in any one of to.   The packing device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein a pad for holding on the pallet of the article is disposed on the support column in contact with the article to be mounted.