JP3058276B1 - Transport container lid fixing structure - Google Patents

Abstract

Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To firmly fix a lid to a container body with one touch. SOLUTION: An engagement hole is formed in a side plate portion of a lid, and when the lid is fitted to an upper end opening of a container body, an engagement hole matching the engagement hole is opened at an upper end of the container body. One-touch type, formed in the upper stile constituting the edge of the part, elastically deformed by the insertion force at the time of insertion into both the engagement hole formed in the side plate part of this lid and the engagement hole formed in the upper stile The lid is fixed to the container body via a fixing member having an engagement claw that engages with the lid.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a structure for fixing a lid of a transport container for storing and transporting articles such as automobile parts.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For storing and transporting articles such as automobile parts, a transport container as shown in FIG. 9 is used, for example. This transport container is separated into a box-shaped container main body 1 having an open upper end and a lid 2. In use, after storing the contents in the container main body 1, the upper end opening A of the container main body 1 is used. The lid 2 is fixed to the edge of the.

[0003] The container body 1 has three pedestals 3, bottom plates 4, 4
Five columns 5, four panel boards 6 and four upper stiles 7
Are the main components. Each column 5 is erected on the corner of the bottom plate 4, and each panel plate 6 is erected on the peripheral edge of the bottom plate 4. Each upper stile 7 is laid between the upper ends of the columns 5. The panel plate 6 is, for example, a corrugated steel plate as shown in FIG. The upper stile 7 is an angle member having a substantially U-shaped cross section, and the upper end of the panel plate 6 is attached to the U-shaped portion.

The lid 2 includes a top plate 2a having a size capable of closing the upper end opening A of the container body 1, and a side plate 2b extending downward continuously from the peripheral edge of the top plate 2a. Have. The lid 2 is placed on the container body 1 from above with the side plate 2b facing down.
Is attached to the upper end opening A. Since the inside of the side plate portion 2b fits outside the edge of the upper end opening A, the lid 2 fits in the container body 1 moderately. The lid 2 is the container body 1 as described above.
Is fixed to the edge of the upper end opening A of the container body 1. As means for this, conventionally, means for fastening the side plate portion 2b of the lid 2 to the upper stile 7 constituting the edge of the upper end opening A of the container body 1 with a tapping screw or the like has been adopted. Since a lot of trouble and time are required for the attaching and fixing work, a one-touch type lid fixing structure as shown in FIGS. 10 and 11 may be adopted for the purpose of improving workability.

[0005] The lid fixing structure shown in Figs.
A clip 8 is inserted from below the overlapping portion of the side plate portion 2b of the lid 2 and the front plate portion 7a of the upper stile 7, and the overlapping portion of the side plate portion 2b of the lid 2 and the front plate portion 7a of the upper stile 7 is clamped by the clip 8. Then, the clip 8 is adhered to the outer surface of the lid 2 with an adhesive tape 9 to fix the lid 2 to the container body 1. The clip 8 is formed by forming a thin iron plate, spring steel, or an elastic plastic material into a U-shaped cross section. As shown in FIG. 11B, the clip 8 and the adhesive tape 9 are used by bonding one end of the adhesive tape 9 to one surface of the clip 8 in advance.

[0006]

In the above-mentioned conventional lid fixing structure, the side plate 2b of the lid 2 and the front plate 7a of the upper stile 7 are held by the clip 8, and the clip 8 is fixed by the adhesive tape 9. Since the lid 2 is fixed to the container body 1 by being adhered to the lid 2, the fixing force of the lid 2 is extremely weak. Therefore, when another transport container is stacked on the lid 2, when the top plate 2 a of the lid 2 is distorted downward by its weight and the side plate 2 b is pulled upward, There is a possibility that the side plate portion 2b may come off from the clip 8, and there is a problem in reliability.

The present invention has been proposed in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a transport container capable of firmly fixing a lid to an upper stile, which is an edge of an upper end opening of a container body. An object of the present invention is to provide a lid fixing structure.

[0008]

According to the present invention, there is provided a lid fixing structure for a transport container, comprising: a lid having a side plate extending downward at a peripheral edge of an upper stile constituting an edge of an upper end opening of the container body. In the transport container that the side plate portion covers so as to fit on the outside of the upper stile, a plurality of the front plate portions of the upper stile are formed continuously in a row including a positioning hole at a predetermined interval. A plurality of engaging holes formed in the side plate portion of the lid, the engaging holes being formed outside the upper stile and including the positioning holes at positions overlapping the engaging holes of the upper stile. A mating hole and a pair of side plates extending in the same direction are provided at both ends of a connecting portion having the same distance as the engaging hole formed in the upper stile and the lid. A fixing member made of an elastic material having a V-shaped engaging claw. Then, if necessary, insert a positioning jig into the positioning hole where the upper stile and the lid overlap to correct the positional deviation, and then, in the adjacent engaging hole where the upper stile and the lid overlap, Inserting the V-shaped engaging claw formed on the plate while pressing and narrowing it, and engaging the tip of the V-shaped engaging claw restored after the insertion with the inner surface of the upper stile, the lid of the upper stile is closed. The side plate portion is fixed.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In this embodiment, the same or corresponding portions as those in FIG. 9 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description will not be repeated.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the lid 2 is fixed to the upper stile 7 which is an edge of the upper end opening A of the container body 1 by a fixing member 17. In lid 2,
A slit-like engaging hole 18 extending in the longitudinal direction in the side plate portion 2b
Are formed at equal intervals, for example, three in a row. When the lid 2 is fitted into the upper end opening A of the container body 1, a slit-shaped engagement hole 19 that matches the engagement hole 18 is provided on the front plate of the upper sash 7, as shown in FIG. Part 7
Also, a is formed by continuously arranging a plurality of, for example, three at a regular interval.

The fixing member 17 is made of a thin iron plate, a spring steel or an elastic plastic material, and as shown in FIG. 5, an engagement hole 18 of the front plate 7a of the upper stile 7 and a side plate of the lid 2 as shown in FIG. A pair of tongue-shaped side plates 20 and 20 which are arranged at the same intervals as the engagement holes 19 of the portion 2b;
A connecting portion 21 for connecting the connecting members 20 and engaging claws 22 extending from the front ends of the both side plates 20 are formed. The both side plates 20 and 20 are tapered so that the width becomes narrower toward the tip so as to be easily inserted into the engagement hole 18 of the side plate portion 2b of the lid 2 and the engagement hole 19 of the front plate portion 7a of the upper stile 7. Is formed. The engaging claws 22 are provided on both side plates 2.
The intermediate position between 0 and 20 is bent at an acute angle toward the inner surface to form a V-shaped cross section.

Next, in the present embodiment, how the lid 2 is attached to the upper stile 7 which is the edge of the upper opening A of the container body 1 will be described.
Is explained. As shown in FIG. 4, the lid 2 is covered from above the container body 1 so as to cover the upper end opening A thereof,
The side plate 2b of the lid 2 is fitted to the front plate 7a of the upper stile 7. When the side plate portion 2b of the lid 2 is fitted to the front plate portion 7a of the upper stile 7 in this manner, the engagement hole 18 of the side plate portion 2b of the lid 2 and the engagement hole 19 of the front plate portion 7a of the upper stile 7 are formed. Match. still,
Engagement hole 18 of side plate 2b of lid 2 and front plate 7 of upper stile 7
If the engaging hole 19a is misaligned, the tip of the driver or the like is inserted into the engaging hole 18 of the side plate 2b of the lid 2 and the side plate 2b of the lid 2 is moved to the left and right, thereby easily. The displacement can be corrected.

In this state, the engagement holes 18 of the side plate 2b of the lid 2 and the engagement holes 19 of the front plate 7a of the upper stile 7 are overlapped.
Of the fixing members 17 on both side plates 20 and 2
0 to insert the selected two lids 2
2, both side plates 20, 20 of the fixing member 17 are inserted into the engagement holes 18 of the side plate portion 2b and the engagement holes 19 of the front plate portion 7a of the upper stile 7, as shown in FIG. At this time, as shown in FIG. 3A, V-shaped cross-section engaging claws 22, 22 formed by bending the intermediate position between both side plates 20, 20 of the fixing member 17 to the inner surface side at an acute angle are formed. As shown in FIG. 8 (b), the two side plates 20, 20 are connected to the side plate portion 2 b of the lid 2 by connecting the two side plates 20, 20 while being pressed and elastically deformed and pressed down at 18 and 19. When the engagement claws 22, 22 are inserted until the portions 21 come into contact with each other, the engagement claws 22, 22 elastically return.

In the present embodiment, the two side plates 20, 20 of the fixing member 17 are connected to two adjacent ones of the engaging hole 18 of the side plate portion 2b of the lid 2 and the engaging hole 19 of the front plate portion 7a of the upper stile 7. The engaging pawls 22 having a V-shaped cross section formed by bending the intermediate position between the side plates 20 and 20 toward the inner surface at an acute angle are engaged with the inner surface of the front plate portion 7a of the upper stile 7. As a result, both side plates 20, 20 of the fixing member 17 are
b and the engagement hole 19 of the front plate 7a of the upper stile 7
The lid 2 is firmly fixed to the edge of the upper end opening A of the container body 1 by the fixing member 17.

The lid 2 can be removed from the container body 1 by pulling the tip of a screwdriver between the connecting portion 21 of the fixing member 17 and the side plate 2b of the lid 2 and prying it open.
20 is the side plate 2 of the lid 2 while the engaging claws 22 are deployed.
The fixing member 17 comes off through the engagement hole 18 of the b and the engagement hole 19 of the front plate 7a of the upper stile 7.

According to the present embodiment, both side plates 20, 20 of the fixing member 17 are engaged with both the engaging hole 18 of the side plate portion 2b of the lid 2 and the engaging hole 19 of the front plate portion 7a of the upper stile 7. Since they are combined, the fixing force of the lid 2 to the stile 7 is strong. Therefore, when another transport container is stacked on the lid 2,
The top plate 2a of the lid 2 is distorted downward by the weight, and the side plate 2
Even when b is pulled upward, since the engagement holes 18 of the side plate 2b of the lid 2 are hooked on both side plates 20 and 20 of the fixing member 17, the side plate 2b of the lid 2 is It will not come off.

Since the three engagement holes 18 and 19 are continuously formed in the side plate portion 2b of the lid 2 and the front plate portion 7a of the upper stile 7, the lid 2 is placed from above the container body 1. When the side plate portion 2b of the lid 2 is fitted to the front plate portion 7a of the upper stile 7 so as to cover the upper end opening A, the engagement hole 18 of the side plate portion 2b of the lid 2 and the front of the upper stile 7 Engagement hole 1 of plate portion 7a
9 is misaligned, and when correcting the misalignment by inserting the tip of the driver, the remaining two pieces are inserted with the tip of the driver inserted into the right or left engagement holes 18 and 19 other than the center. The workability is good because the side plates 20, 20 of the fixing member 17 can be inserted into the engagement holes 18 and 19 of the fixing member 17. In this case, two engagement holes 18 and 19 for inserting both side plates 20 and 20 of the fixing member 17 are provided.
When the engaging holes 18 and 19 for correcting the positional deviation by inserting the tip of the driver and the like are separated, the side plate portion 2b of the lid 2 made of a thin iron plate is broken and it is difficult to perform the alignment. Workability is not good. Therefore, three engaging holes 18 and 19 are formed continuously at positions close to the side plate portion 2b of the lid 2 and the front plate portion 7a of the upper stile 7.

In the present embodiment, the intermediate position between the side plates 20 and 20 of the fixing member 17 is bent toward the inner surface so that the cross section V
FIG. 6 (a) shows the shape of the engagement claws 22, 22.
As shown in (1), the engaging pawls 22, 22 may be formed by bending the intermediate position between the side plates 20, 20 toward the outer surface. Further, as shown in FIG.
When the constrictions 23, 23 are provided in 1, the connection portion 21 is torn from the constrictions 23, 23 by simply pulling and opening the tip of the driver between the connecting portion 21 of the fixing member 17 and the side plate 2b of the lid 2. The lid 2 can be easily removed from the container body 1.

Further, as shown in FIG. 7 (a), the engaging pawls 24, 24 are formed by making a cut in the both side plates 20, 20 of the fixing member 17 partway and cutting them outward.
The engaging claws 24, 24 are attached to both side plates 20, 2 of the fixing member 17.
0 is inserted into the engaging holes 18 and 19, the pressing member is narrowed, and when the both side plates 20, 20 of the fixing member 17 are inserted into the engaging holes 18 and 19, as shown in FIG. The side plates 20, 20 of the fixing member 17 may be engaged with both the engagement holes 18 and 19 by restoring by force to prevent the fixing members 17 from falling out of the engagement holes 18 and 19. In this case, since the engaging claw 24 is cut and raised toward the lower part or the upper part (the lower part in the case shown in FIG. 7),
The engagement is directional. For example, as shown in FIG. 7, when the engaging claw 24 is cut and raised toward the lower part, the engaging claw 24 is moved upward (in the direction of the arrow a shown in FIG. 8). The engagement claw 24 slightly floats from the inner surface of the front plate portion 7a of the upper stile 7 downward (in the direction of arrow b shown in FIG. 8). Therefore, when inserting the tip of the driver when removing the lid 2 at the time of unpacking, if the tip of the driver is inserted from the upper side of the connecting portion 21 of the fixing member 17, the tip of the driver can be easily inserted, and the workability is improved. Good.

[0020]

According to the present invention, a lid having a side plate extending downward at the peripheral edge thereof is fitted to the upper stitch constituting the edge of the upper end opening of the container body, and this side plate is fitted outside the upper stile. In the transport container to be covered as described above, the front plate portion of the upper stile, a plurality of engagement holes formed continuously arranged including a positioning hole at a predetermined interval, and a side plate portion of the lid, In a state fitted to the outside of the upper stile, a plurality of engagement holes formed continuously and including positioning holes at positions overlapping the engagement holes of the upper stile, and formed in the upper stile and the lid. An elastic material having a pair of side plates extending in the same direction at both ends of a connecting portion having the same interval length as the engaging hole, and bending an intermediate position between the two side plates to form a V-shaped engaging claw. A fixing member consisting of: Inserting the positioning jig into the positioning hole and correcting the positional deviation, the V-shaped cross-section engaging claw formed on both side plates of the fixing member is inserted into the adjacent engaging hole where the upper stile and the lid overlap. Insert while pressing down, and fix the lid to the upper stile in order to lock the tip of the V-shaped cross-section engaging claw restored after insertion to the inner surface of the upper stile and to fix the side plate of the lid to the upper stile. It can be made strong, and the fixing member can be easily removed by inserting and twisting a screwdriver, etc., so that the removal of the lid is very easy, and moreover, the engagement hole of the side plate of the lid and the front of the upper stile The positional deviation of the engagement hole of the plate portion can be easily corrected.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially exploded perspective view of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partial perspective view showing a state where a lid is fixed to a container body in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a main part in the embodiment of the present invention.
(A) shows the state in which the fixing pin is being inserted, and (b)
Shows a state in which the lid is fixed to the container body after the fixing member has been inserted.

FIG. 4 is a partial perspective view showing a state where the lid is fitted to the container body in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a fixing member according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a modification of the fixing member of the present invention.

FIG. 7 shows a modification of still another fixing member of the present invention,
(A) is a perspective view thereof, and (b) is a view from a connecting portion side in a state where a lid is fixed to a container body.

FIG. 8 is a longitudinal sectional view of an essential part in a state where the lid is fixed to the container body using the fixing member shown in FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing an example of a shipping container.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing a conventional lid fixing structure for a transport container.

FIG. 11 shows a conventional lid fixing structure for a transport container,
(A) is a longitudinal sectional view of a main part, and (b) is a perspective view of a clip and an adhesive tape.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Container main body 2 Lid 2a Top plate part 2b Side plate part 7 Upper stile 7a Front plate part 17 Fixing member 18 Engagement hole 19 Engagement hole 20 Side plate 21 Connection part 22 Engagement claw A Upper end opening

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Masahiro Shibuya 1-14-1 Yawataura, Ichihara-shi, Chiba (56) References JP-A-9-104495 (JP, A) JP-A-1-66360 (JP) , U) Actual opening 62-52145 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) B65D 35/54 B65D 39/00-55/16

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A lid having a side plate portion extending downward at a peripheral edge portion of an upper stile constituting an edge of an upper end opening portion of a container body.
In a transport container in which the side plate portion is fitted so as to fit on the outer side of the upper stile, a plurality of members formed continuously on the front plate portion of the upper stile including a positioning hole at a predetermined interval. A plurality of engaging holes formed in the mating hole and the side plate portion of the lid in a state of being fitted to the outside of the upper stile, including the positioning hole at a position overlapping with the engaging hole of the upper stile, including the positioning hole. A pair of side plates extending in the same direction are provided at both ends of a hole and a connecting portion having the same length as the engaging hole formed in the upper stile and the lid. A fixing member made of an elastic material having a U-shaped engaging claw is provided, and a positioning jig is inserted into a positioning hole where the upper stile and the lid overlap as necessary to correct a position shift.
V-shaped engaging claws formed on both side plates of the fixing member are inserted into the adjacent engaging holes where the upper stile and the lid overlap while pressing and narrowing, and the V-shaped engaging claws restored after the insertion are inserted. A lid fixing structure for a transport container, wherein a side plate portion of a lid is fixed to an upper stile by locking a tip of the lid to an inner surface of the upper stile.