JP3154394B2 - Wire storage container and method of using the wire storage container - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a container body of the same specification, which is supplied while being spirally wound inside a container body which is formed so as to be vertically stacked with the bottom side of the container body entering through an upper opening. The present invention relates to a wire storage container in which a wire storage portion for distributing and storing wires in a circumferential direction is formed.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Wire storage containers are stacked one above the other with the bottom side of the container body being inserted into the inside of the container body from the upper opening of another wire storage container. Are stored so that a plurality of empty wire storage containers of the same specification that are not stored can be stored compactly. Conventionally, as a container body of such a wire rod storage container, as shown in FIG. 11, as shown in FIG. The formed inner peripheral wall 02 is arranged concentrically with the inner peripheral wall 02 inserted inside the outer peripheral wall 01, and the lower end side of the outer peripheral wall 01 and the lower end side of the inner peripheral wall 02 are formed in an annular bottom plate portion. 03, there is proposed a container body 05 in which an annular wire storage portion 04 is formed between the outer peripheral wall 01 and the inner peripheral wall 02 so that the radial distance between the outer peripheral wall 01 and the inner peripheral wall 02 is increased toward the upper side (for example, Japanese Unexamined Utility Model Publication No. No. 15874).

[0003]

However, in the container body 05 of the conventional wire storage container described above, the outer peripheral wall 01 forming the wire storage portion 04 has a larger diameter toward the upper end over the entire length in the height direction. Is formed in the shape of a truncated cone, so that the overall shape of the wire storage container becomes large, and even if the container bodies 05 are stacked one on top of the other, a large space is required for the storage, and the storage work and the wire storage are required. There is a disadvantage that it is difficult to handle even in operation. Further, the wire W supplied while being spirally wound around the spiral center axis Y is transferred to the wire storage section 04 rotating around the rotation axis X which is coaxial with the container center line, and the outer peripheral side of the spiral is wound. Inner peripheral surface 01 of outer peripheral wall 01
In order to disperse and store along the circumferential direction of the wire storage portion 04 in a stable posture in contact with the wire a, the wire W whose storage position in the wire storage portion 04 is closer to the upper end side of the outer peripheral wall 01, the more the wire W While winding with a large spiral diameter,
It is necessary to provide a means for supplying the wire W so that the supply speed of the wire W is increased so that the wire W expands to a large spiral diameter, and there is a disadvantage that the method of supplying the wire W to the wire storage unit 04 is complicated.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and is a wire storage container that can easily store a plurality of empty containers in a compact manner for transportation or the like by devising the structure of the wire storage unit. However, an object of the present invention is to enable efficient storage even in a narrow storage space as compared with the related art, and to facilitate handling in the storage operation and the wire rod storage operation. Another object of the present invention is to be able to dispersely store a wire supplied while being spirally wound by a simple feeding method in a stable posture along the circumferential direction of the wire storage unit.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the wire rod container is supplied while being spirally wound inside a container body which can be stacked up and down with the bottom side of the container body of the same specification inserted through the upper opening. A wire storage container in which a wire storage portion for dispersing and storing the wire to be formed along the circumferential direction is formed, wherein the container body includes a lower portion of the wire storage portion inside a cylindrical outer peripheral wall having a constant inner diameter. and a lower body forming the lower body of the same specifications is configured to include an upper body of the possible shapes enters inside from the upper opening, the upper present
On the inside of the body, an upper part that is continuous with the lower part
The side portion is concentric with the inner diameter of the cylindrical outer peripheral wall substantially the same as the inner diameter thereof.
The storage section forming member formed in a shape is detachably attached
Therefore, when storing an empty wire storage container that does not store wires, stack the container bodies vertically with the lower body of another container body inserted into the inside from the upper opening of the upper body. A plurality of empty wire storage containers of the same specification can be stored compactly, and the lower main body of the container main body has a cylindrical outer peripheral wall with a constant inner diameter, so that the entire length of the container main body in the vertical direction is The overall shape can be reduced in size as compared with a conventional wire rod storage container having a truncated conical outer wall having a larger diameter toward the upper end. Therefore, for transportation, etc.
Although it is a wire storage container that can easily store a plurality of empty containers in a compact manner, it can be efficiently stored even in a narrow storage space as compared with the related art, and can be easily handled in the storage operation and the wire storage operation .

In addition, inside the upper body, a storage portion forming member for forming an upper portion contiguous with the lower portion of the wire storage portion so as to be concentric with the inner diameter of the cylindrical outer peripheral wall. Is detachably attached, when storing an empty wire storage container that does not store wire, remove the storage section forming member from the inside of the upper body, and open another container body from the upper opening. The container body can be stacked up and down with the side body inserted inside, so that a plurality of empty wire storage containers of the same specification can be stored compactly, and if the wire is stored in the wire storage section, the upper body When the storage portion forming member is attached to the inside of the container body, a concentric wire material storage portion is formed inside the container body, the inner diameter of the outer peripheral side is substantially constant over the entire length or substantially the entire length in the height direction, Spirally wound with a constant spiral diameter A stable posture where the spiral outer peripheral side is in contact with the cylindrical outer peripheral wall or the storage section forming member regardless of the height of the storage position in the wire storage section, regardless of the height of the storage position in the wire storage section. Thus, the wire can be distributed and stored along the circumferential direction of the wire rod storing portion.

[0007] wire container according to claim 2, the housing portion forming member is formed to be divided in a plurality of circumferential locations of the container body, when not attached to the upper body, housing portion forming member Can be stored compactly by stacking them in the radial direction.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the wire storage container, since the storage portion forming member is formed by connecting a plurality of interval maintaining members having shape retaining properties so as to be freely bent, when not mounted on the upper body. Can be stored compactly by extending the storage section forming member flat, or by folding or winding it up small.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, since the upper body and the lower body are formed to have substantially the same height, the lower body is placed inside the upper body and substantially in the height direction. The container bodies can be stacked up and down with little dead space overlapping each other over the entire length, and the empty wire container can be stored more compactly. In other words, the container body in which the height of the upper body is made larger than that of the lower body is stacked up and down with the upper bodies having a larger height overlapping each other, and the height of the lower body is made to be equal to the upper body. Although the container body which is larger than the above, the lower body having a large height dimension will be stacked up and down in an overlapping state, the container body having the upper body and the lower body having substantially the same height dimension, Since both the upper body and the lower body are stacked in a substantially overlapping state, when the same number of container bodies are stacked, the stacking height of the upper body and the lower body is substantially the same. The sized container body is the lowest and therefore can be compactly stacked and stored with little dead space. In addition, the container body in which the height of the upper body is made larger than that of the lower body needs to have a large storage portion forming member having a larger height inside the upper body,
The container body having the upper body and the lower body having substantially the same height may be provided with a housing part forming member having a height dimension substantially half the height of the container body. so,
The storage portion forming member is easy to handle.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the wire storage container, the storage portion forming member mounted inside the upper main body is fixed by being sandwiched between the container lid mounted on the container main body and the lower main body. Therefore, a special fixing structure for fixing the storage portion forming member is not required, and the structure of the wire rod storage container can be simplified.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the wire rod container, a round shaft member having a diameter smaller than the inner diameter of the cylindrical outer peripheral wall is detachably attached to the lower body so as to be coaxial with the cylindrical outer peripheral wall.
Since the wire rod accommodating portion is formed in an annular shape along the outer peripheral surface of the round shaft member, the wire rod is inserted along the circumferential direction of the wire rod accommodating portion in a state where the round shaft member is inserted inside the spiral of the wire rod. It can be dispersed and stored, the storage posture of the wire is hard to collapse, and when the empty container body is stacked and stored, it can be removed from the lower body so that the round shaft member does not interfere.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, the lower body is formed so as to fit inside the upper body of a container body of the same specification in a fitted state. It can be stacked up and down in the state where it is positioned in the direction, and the collapse of the load hardly occurs.

[0013] wire storage container according to claim 8, wherein the container body and is formed in the transparent or semitransparent, not just easily check the residual amount of the wire material in the container body,
It is easier to confirm from any direction as compared with the case where a transparent or translucent window is provided partially in the container body.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, the tape is attached along the circumferential direction over the inner surface of the storage portion forming member and the inner surface of the lower main body. The section forming member can be positioned in a state that can be easily attached and detached with a tape that does not hinder the storage of the wire rod, and the workability is improved when the accommodating section forming member is detached from the upper body as necessary. .

[0015]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

[First Embodiment] FIGS. 1 to 5 show a container body 1 having the same specifications.
Wire container having a hard resin container body 1 formed so that the bottom side of the container can be stacked vertically with the bottom side inserted through the upper opening 5, and a hard resin container lid 4 closing the upper opening 5. 1 shows a wire storage container as an example, and the inside of the container body 1 has a diameter of 0.9 to 0.9 as an example of a wire rod.
A wire storage unit 2 is formed as an example of a wire storage unit that stores a welding wire W of about 2.0 mm. The container main body 1 may be formed of a transparent or translucent hard resin so that the remaining amount of the welding wire W in the container main body or the like can be confirmed from any direction.

The container main body 1 has a lower main body 1b having a lower portion 2b formed inside a lower cylindrical outer peripheral wall 3b having a constant inner diameter Ab and an outer diameter B, and a lower main body 1b. An upper main body 1a having a shape such that a lower main body 1b having the same specification as that of the upper main body 1b can enter the inside through the upper opening 5;
a and an annular flange portion 6 connecting the lower body 1b are integrally formed.

The lower body 1b has a lower cylindrical outer peripheral wall 3b.
A circular bottom plate 7 is provided at the lower end of the cylindrical bottom plate 7 and is formed into a bottomed cylindrical shape. A cylindrical shaft member 8 which is a round shaft member having a smaller diameter than the inner diameter Ab of the lower cylindrical outer peripheral wall 3b is formed on the circular bottom plate 7. Outer peripheral wall 3
The wire housing 2 has a circular shape along the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical shaft member 8 fitted and fixed to the cylindrical shaft fitting portion 8a so as to be detachably fitted to the cylindrical shaft fitting portion 8a. It is formed in an annular shape.

The upper body 1a includes a lower cylindrical outer peripheral wall 3
b, an upper cylindrical outer wall 3a having a constant inner diameter Aa slightly larger than the outer diameter B is provided with a locking piece 9 for locking and fixing the container lid 4 inside the upper cylindrical outer wall 3a. In the container main body above the lower main body 1b, the upper part 2a continuous with the lower part 2b of the wire housing part 2 is concentric with the inner diameter Ab of the lower cylindrical outer peripheral wall 3b substantially the same as the inner diameter Ab. The storage section forming member 10 formed in a shape is detachably attached.

The accommodating portion forming member 10 is formed of a relatively rigid cardboard such as corrugated cardboard and is formed in a cylindrical shape, is divided into two semicircles at two circumferential positions, and accommodates the welding wire W. In this case, the outer peripheral surface is set so as to be substantially in close contact with the inner peripheral surface of the upper cylindrical outer peripheral wall 3a, and extends along the inner surface of the storage portion forming member 10 and the inner surface of the lower main body 3b along the circumferential direction. The adhesive tape 11 is adhered to the inside of the container body 1 so as to form the concentric wire storage portion 2 having a substantially constant inner diameter on the outer peripheral side over the entire length or substantially the entire length in the height direction. is there.

Then, as shown in FIG. 2, the container main body 1 is set on a turntable C that rotates about an X axis concentric with the container center axis, and the container main body 1 is rotated with the turntable C. The welding wire W supplied while being spirally wound around the Y-axis core, the outer peripheral side of the spiral is in contact with the lower cylindrical outer peripheral wall 3b or the inner peripheral surface of the storage portion forming member 10, and
The cylindrical shaft member 8 is configured to be distributed and stored along the circumferential direction in a stable posture in which the cylindrical shaft member 8 enters the inner peripheral side of the spiral.

Also, the height Da of the upper body 1a and the height Db of the lower body 1b are formed to be substantially the same, and as shown in FIG. When the container bodies 1 are stacked one on top of the other, the upper container body 1 is supported on the upper end surface of the upper cylindrical outer peripheral wall 3a of the lower container body 1 by the flange portion 6 thereof.
The lower main body 1b is configured to enter near the upper surface of the flange portion 6 of the lower container main body 1.

The container lid 4 is provided with a locking flange 4a which is locked by a locking piece 9, and is pressed against the upper opening 5 of the container body 1 on which the storage section forming member 10 is mounted. As shown in FIG. 4, the locking flange 4 a fits inside the locking piece 9 due to the elastic deformation of the locking piece 9, and the container lid 4 closes the upper opening 5 to the container main body 1 in a state of being closed. An elastic packing that is locked and fixed, the cylindrical shaft member 8 is sandwiched between the rear surface of the container lid 4 and the cylindrical shaft fitting portion 8a, and the storage portion forming member 10 is provided on the rear surface of the container lid 4. 4b and the lower body 1b so as to be sandwiched and fixed.

An operation piece 9a for releasing the lock is provided on the lock piece 9.
When the locking piece 9 is forcibly elastically deformed outward by the operation of the operation piece 9a, the locking with respect to the locking flange 4a is released, and the biasing force of the elastically deformed elastic packing 4b is released. Thus, the locking flange 4a is lifted upward, and the container lid 4 is detached from the container body 1.

[Second Embodiment] FIG. 6 shows that a storage section forming member 10 detachably mounted on the container body 1 in a semicircularly divided state is elongated in a vertical direction of a plurality of containers having shape retention. This embodiment shows a configuration in which a hard resin-made spacing member 10a is flexibly connected with a flexible soft resin sheet 10b.
The storage portion forming member 10 is extended flat so that it can be stored compactly. Other configurations are the same as those of the first embodiment.

[Third Embodiment] FIG. 7 shows that a large-diameter portion 12 having an outer diameter substantially equal to the inner diameter Aa of the upper cylindrical outer peripheral wall 3a is provided near the flange portion 6 of the lower cylindrical outer peripheral wall 3b. Lower body 1b
Is formed in a shape fitted into the inside of the upper main body 1a of the container main body 1 of the same specification, and when the empty container main body 1 from which the storage portion forming member 10 is removed is vertically stacked, The large-diameter portion 12 of the container main body 1 is fitted into the upper cylindrical outer peripheral wall 3a of the lower container main body 1. Other configurations are the same as those of the first embodiment.

[Fourth Embodiment] FIG. 8 shows a case in which a cylindrical shaft portion 13 protruding inside the container is integrally formed on the bottom plate 7 of the lower main body 1b.
A cylindrical shaft fitting portion 8a is formed at the tip of the cylindrical shaft portion 13,
A cylindrical shaft member 8 having the same outer diameter as the cylindrical shaft portion 13 is detachably fitted, and the wire housing 2 is formed in a circular ring along the outer peripheral surfaces of the cylindrical shaft portion 13 and the cylindrical shaft member 8. Are shown.

Then, as shown in FIG. 9, when the empty container main body 1 from which the storage portion forming member 10 and the cylindrical shaft member 8 are removed is vertically stacked, a concave portion 14 formed on the outer surface of the bottom of the upper container main body 1 is formed. Are fitted into the cylindrical shaft fitting portion 8a of the lower container body 1, and the lower body 1b is formed in a fitted state inside the upper body 1a of the container body 1 of the same specification. Other configurations are the same as those of the first embodiment.

[Fifth Embodiment] FIG. 10 shows that the storage portion forming member 10 is composed of a plurality of hard members 15 which are long in the vertical direction of the container, and these hard members 15 are spaced apart from each other in the circumferential direction of the container. It is detachably fixed to the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical outer peripheral wall 3a with an adhesive tape or the like, and is disposed inside the hard member 15 in the container radial direction.
An embodiment is shown in which the concentric wire storage section 2 is formed such that the inner diameter on the outer peripheral side is substantially constant over the entire length or substantially the entire length in the height direction. Other configurations are the same as those of the first embodiment.

[Other Embodiments] The wire storage container is not limited to the wire storage container in which the wire storage portion is formed in a circular ring shape, and may be a wire storage container in which a bottomed tubular wire storage portion in which the central shaft portion of the container body is not provided is formed. good. 2. The upper body may be formed, for example, in a truncated conical shape in which the inner diameter becomes larger toward the upper portion as long as the lower body can enter the inside from the upper opening, and the shape is not particularly limited. 3. The material of the container body is not particularly limited. For example, the container body may be formed by reinforcing cardboard with a metal or resin frame. 4. The material of the storage section forming member may be metal or resin. 5. The wire stored in the wire storage portion may be a metal wire, an electric wire, or the like used for various uses other than welding, in addition to the welding wire. 6. The container lid is screwed and fixed to the container main body, and the storage section forming member attached to the inside of the upper main body is sandwiched and fixed between the container lid fixed to the container main body and the lower main body. May be. In the claims, reference numerals are provided for convenience of comparison with the drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the configuration shown in the attached drawings.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a wire rod storage container.

FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of a wire rod storage container.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line III-III of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of a main part.

FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view of a state where the container bodies are stacked.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a storage section forming member according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a longitudinal sectional view of a main part showing a third embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a longitudinal sectional view of a wire rod container showing a fourth embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a longitudinal sectional view of a state where the container bodies are stacked.

FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view of a main part showing a fourth embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Container main body 1a Upper main body 1b Lower main body 2 Wire storing part 2a Upper part 2b Lower part 3b Cylindrical outer peripheral wall 4 Container lid 5 Upper opening 8 Round shaft member 10 Storage part forming member 10a Space holding member 11 Tape Ab Inner diameter W wire rod

Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-6-32375 (JP, A) JP-A-6-270943 (JP, A) JP-A-59-8965 (JP, U) Registered utility model 3012189 (JP, U) ) Jikken 47-18434 (JP, Y1) (58) Field surveyed (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) B65H 75/16 B65H 75/02

Claims (9)

(57) [Claims] 1. A container body (1) having the same specifications is spirally wound inside a container body (1) which is formed so as to be vertically stacked by inserting the bottom side of the container body (1) through an upper opening (5). A wire storage container in which a wire storage portion (2) for dispersing and storing a supplied wire (W) in a circumferential direction is formed, wherein the container main body (1) has a cylindrical shape with a constant inner diameter (Ab). A lower part (2) of the wire rod storage part (2) is provided inside the outer peripheral wall (3b).
b), the lower body (1b) having the same specifications as the lower body (1b), and an upper body (1a) having a shape capable of entering the inside through the upper opening (5) . Inside the upper body (1a), a wire storage portion (2) is provided.
An upper portion (2a) that is continuous with the lower portion (2b),
An inner diameter substantially the same as the inner diameter (Ab) of the cylindrical outer peripheral wall (3b)
The storage part forming member (10), which is formed concentrically, is detachable.
Wire storage container attached to . 2. The container forming member (10) is provided with the container.
It is provided so that it can be divided at a plurality of locations in the circumferential direction of the container body (1).
The wire storage container according to claim 1 . 3. The storage section forming member (10) has a shape retaining property.
A plurality of spacing members (10a) provided with
The wire rod container according to claim 1, wherein the wire rod container is connected. 4. The upper body (1a) and the lower body.
(1b) is formed with substantially the same height dimension.
4. The wire container according to 1, 2, or 3 . 5. It is mounted inside the upper body (1a).
The storage section forming member (10) is attached to the container body (1).
Between the mounted container lid (4) and the lower body (1b)
Claims that are configured to be sandwiched between and fixed
5. The wire rod container according to 1, 2, 3, or 4 . 6. An inner diameter (A) of said cylindrical outer peripheral wall (3b).
b) a round shaft member (8) smaller in diameter than the lower body (1).
b) Removably concentrically with the cylindrical outer peripheral wall (3b)
Attached, the wire storage section (2) is provided on the outer peripheral surface of the round shaft member (8).
4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the ring is formed in an annular shape.
Is a wire container according to 5 . 7. The lower body (1b) has the same specifications.
Into the upper body (1a) of the container body (1) in a fitted state.
6. The battery according to claim 1, wherein said first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and fifth members are formed in a shape to be inserted.
Or the wire rod container according to 6 . 8. The container body (1) is transparent or translucent.
Claim 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or formed in the shape of
7. The wire rod container according to 7 . 9. The method of claim 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, or
The method for using a wire rod container according to claim 8 , wherein the tape (11) is attached to an inner surface of the container forming member (10).
And the inner surface of the lower body (1b) in the circumferential direction.
How to use the wire storage container to stick along.