JP3214429U - Container unit and container using the container unit - Google Patents

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a container unit and a container using such a unit, which are excellent in transportability and storage property, and can easily construct a container in which a regular hexagonal cylindrical container is formed. . In a container unit, seven flat plate pieces having the same outer shape in a plan view are connected linearly at sides, and the seven flat plate pieces are moved from one end to the other end. When the first plate portion to the seventh plate portion 2A to 2G are called in order, the third plate portion 2C, the fourth plate portion 2D, and the fourth plate portion 2D on either the front or back surface side. And the fifth plate portion 2E are each 240 degrees, the other adjacent plate portions are 120 degrees, and three adjacent trapezoidal shapes whose directions are staggered in front view are shown. It was made to be formed in the bent body. [Selection] Figure 3

Description

  The present invention relates to a container for housing an object and a container unit for constructing the container.

  As a container for accommodating an object, there is an aggregate of so-called honeycomb structure containers in which regular hexagonal outer cylindrical container portions are arranged adjacent to each other without a gap. The honeycomb structure is suitable for constructing a large space with a small number of structures, and is also unique in design. Therefore, a collection of containers having such a shape has been conventionally provided. Patent documents 1 and 2 are mentioned as such an example.

Utility Model Registration No. 3103304 Utility Model Registration No. 3126174 Publication 6

  In these patent documents, since the honeycomb structured container has a regular hexagonal cylindrical shape, it takes a lot of space for transportation and storage. Further, it is very troublesome to connect the honeycomb-structured containers.

In the container unit, seven flat plate pieces of the same shape forming a rectangular outer shape in plan view are linearly connected to each other, and the seven flat plate pieces are arranged in order from one end to the other end. When the plate portion to the seventh plate portion are called, the third plate portion, the fourth plate portion, the fourth plate portion, and the fifth plate portion on either the front or back surface side. Each of the angles formed is 240 degrees, and the angles formed by the other adjacent plate portions are 120 degrees, so that it is formed in three adjacent trapezoidal bent bodies whose directions are staggered in front view. As a first means for achieving the above object.
Thus, by simply combining the two container units with the inner surfaces or the outer surfaces facing each other, it is possible to easily construct a container in which a regular hexagonal cylindrical container is formed between the units. . It is also possible to construct an aggregate of honeycomb-structured accommodation bodies having regular hexagonal cylindrical accommodation portions in various patterns by combining such accommodation bodies or between the accommodation bodies and the accommodation unit. . In addition, since all the units for the container are plates having the same outer shape, the bent bodies can be stacked, and the transportability and the storage property are excellent.

Here, “one of the front and back sides” means one side of the front and back sides of the housing unit, and “third plate portion and fourth plate portion and fourth plate portion and fifth plate portion”. The angle formed by each of the other plate portions is 240 degrees, and the angle formed by the other adjacent plate portions is 120 degrees. Therefore, if the definition of the angle is made on “the back side of either one of the front and back surfaces (the other surface)”, this angle becomes “the third plate portion and the fourth plate portion and the fourth plate portion and the fifth plate. The angle between the plate portions is 120 degrees, and the angle between the other adjacent plate portions is 240 degrees ”.
Here, “front view” is a side on which all end portions of the first to seventh plate portions can be seen.
“Three adjacent trapezoidal shapes” are those in which the third plate portion and the fifth plate portion form both adjacent trapezoidal shapes.
For example, the container unit may be formed by bending a single metal plate by a processing technique such as pressing, or by introducing a molten material into a mold and solidifying it. The molten material may be a plastic such as a thermosetting resin or a thermoplastic resin, or a metal material such as a tin alloy. The material that can be used is, for example, made of an aluminum alloy, which is lightweight and resistant to rust. Moreover, if it is a plastic, it is lightweight and does not rust, and it is good at low cost.
Since the flat plate is “square”, it is a concept including a square and a rectangle.

As a second means, a screw hole for connecting the bent bodies to each other by a screw member is formed in the fourth plate portion.
A 4th board part is a board part arrange | positioned in the center in a 1st board part-a 7th board part, and is equivalent to the bottom of the trapezoid shape of the center among three adjacent trapezoid shapes. The two container units can be brought into close contact with the fourth plate portion, and at this time, the screw holes can be used for connection.
Here, the screw member is, for example, a wood screw or a combination of a bolt and a nut.
As a third means, screw holes for connecting the bent bodies with screw members are formed in the second plate portion and the sixth plate portion.
The second plate portion and the sixth plate portion correspond to the bottoms of the left and right trapezoidal shapes among the three adjacent trapezoidal shapes. The two container units can be brought into close contact with the second plate portion and the sixth plate portion, and at this time, it is possible to connect them using the screw holes.
As a fourth means, a plurality of the screw holes are formed and arranged at positions that are mirror-image-symmetric in the front-rear direction of the bent body.
As a result, when the two container units are connected by the screw members, the positions of the screw holes are matched even if the front and rear of one of the container units are replaced (turned 180 degrees). , Workability is improved.
Further, as a fifth means, a protrusion is formed in one of the pair of screw holes arranged at a mirror-symmetrical position, and the protrusion has a shape that can be fitted into the other of the pair of screw holes. I made it.
As a result, when the two container units are connected, positioning can be performed by fitting the projection of the other unit into the screw hole of one unit. You may make it fix with a screw member like a 6th means, and may comprise a container only by this positioning, without fixing. This is because it is possible to keep the shape of the container because the units for the container are not displaced from each other only by positioning, particularly when an object is actually housed in the container.
As a sixth means, a communication passage communicating in a cylindrical shape is formed on the protrusion, and a female screw that is screwed with a male screw is formed on the inner periphery of the communication passage.
Thereby, the male screw can be screwed together from the screw hole side where the protrusion is inserted in the positioned state, and both can be connected. The male screw is a subordinate concept of the screw member. For example, wood screws and bolts. The male screw may be screwed from the protrusion side without screwing the male screw from the screw hole side. In that case, a combination of bolts and nuts can be used.

Further, as a seventh means, the fourth plate portions of the two container units are closely opposed to each other and overlapped so that the square outer shapes thereof coincide with each other to form two regular hexagonal cross sections. A cylindrical housing portion was formed.
Further, as an eighth means, the second plate portion of each of the two container units and the sixth plate portion are in close contact with each other, and the outer shapes of the squares coincide with each other. A cylindrical accommodating portion having a regular hexagonal cross section is formed by being overlapped.
These illustrate the structure of the smallest unit of a container having a container constructed using the container unit. As a result, two regular hexagonal cylindrical accommodating portions are formed between the units. By using such containers as a reference, another container or a unit for the container can be further connected to the containers in the vertical direction and the left-right direction to construct an aggregate of the containers.

As a ninth means, a lid member is fitted in the housing portion.
As a result, the strength of the entire container is improved, and the stored item can be prevented from falling from the container. Further, the stored item is not visually observed. The outer shape is not necessarily exactly the same as the regular hexagonal inner peripheral shape of the housing portion. The lid member may be arranged at the end or close to the end in the longitudinal direction in the accommodating portion.
As a tenth means, the lid member has a regular hexagonal outer shape corresponding to the regular hexagonal inner peripheral shape of the housing portion.
Thereby, the strength of the entire container against external forces from various directions is improved.
As an eleventh means, the lid member has a function other than the lid.
This not only covers the lid but also improves the utility value of the lid member.

  According to the present invention, by simply combining two housing units with the inner surfaces or the outer surfaces facing each other, a housing body in which a regular hexagonal tubular housing portion is formed between the units is easily constructed. be able to. In addition, since all of the container units are plate bodies having the same outer shape, the bent bodies can be overlapped, and the carrying property and the storage property are excellent. Moreover, it becomes possible to construct the aggregate | assembly of the accommodation body of the honeycomb structure which has a regular hexagonal cylindrical accommodating part of various patterns by combining the accommodating bodies and the accommodating body and the unit for accommodating bodies.

The front view of the unit for containers of embodiment. (A) of the container unit of the same embodiment is a plan view, and (b) is a rear view. The perspective view of the unit for containers of the same embodiment. The perspective view of the container constructed | assembled using the unit for container of the same embodiment. The perspective view of the state which connected the unit for container on the container of FIG. The perspective view of the new container which accumulated the container of FIG. The perspective view of the state which has arrange | positioned the cover to the container unit of the same embodiment. (A) And (b) is a perspective view of the container constructed | assembled using the unit for container of the same embodiment by the direction of a surface different from FIG. The front view of the state which joined the container of FIG. 4 and the container of FIG. 8 in the horizontal direction. (A) And (b) is a front view of the lid used as other embodiments.

Hereinafter, an example of the structure of the container using the container unit and the container unit according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
In the container unit 1, a single aluminum alloy rectangular flat plate is press-molded to form a bent body 2 as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3. The bent body 2 is bent at six equally spaced crease lines 3 parallel to predetermined sides of a rectangular flat plate. The bent body 2 has an external form in which seven pieces of the same rectangular plate arranged in series are connected at an angle of 120 degrees or 240 degrees. In the embodiment, the flat plate pieces are arranged in order from the left in FIG. 1, the first plate portion 2A, the second plate portion 2B, the third plate portion 2C, the fourth plate portion 2D, the fifth plate portion 2E, 6 plate portion 2F and seventh plate portion 2G. In FIG. 1, the upper surface side of the bent body 2 is the inner surface, and the angle between the first plate portion 2A and the second plate portion 2B and the angle between the second plate portion 2B and the third plate portion 2C on the inner surface. The angle between the fifth plate portion 2E and the sixth plate portion 2F and the angle between the sixth plate portion 2F and the seventh plate portion 2G are 120 degrees. On the other hand, the angle between the third plate portion 2C and the fourth plate portion 2D and the angle between the fourth plate portion 2D and the fifth plate portion 2E are 240 degrees. That is, the bent body 2 is an image in which the bent body 3 is folded in the opposite direction from the other at the third and fourth crease lines 3 from the left. Since the first plate portion 2A to the seventh plate portion 2G in the bent body 2 are connected at such an angle, as shown in FIG. 1, three trapezoidal shapes having the same shape that are staggered in front view are shown. Becomes an adjacent appearance. The hypotenuse of the central trapezoid is the same as the hypotenuse of the left and right trapezoids.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, screw holes 5 </ b> A and 5 </ b> B are formed in the second plate portion 2 </ b> B, the fourth plate portion 2 </ b> D, and the sixth plate portion 2 </ b> F in the bent body 2. The first screw hole 5A is formed at a position near the right end, which is equidistant from the right end in the illustration shown in FIG. 2A, and at the center position in the width direction of each plate portion 2B, 2D, 2F. Similarly, the second screw hole 5B is formed at a position near the left end that is equidistant from the left end, and at the center in the width direction of each of the plate portions 2B, 2D, and 2F.
A cylindrical body is fitted into the second screw hole 5B by punching. The cylindrical body has a female screw (not shown) formed on the inner peripheral surface. The cylindrical body fitted in the second screw hole 5B of the fourth plate portion 2D is formed as protrusions 7 and 8 protruding from the plate surface. The outer diameters of the protrusions 7 and 8 are slightly smaller than the outer diameter of the first screw hole 5A, and the protrusions 7 and 8 can be fitted into the first screw hole 5A. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2A and 2B, the protrusion 7 of the fourth plate portion 2D protrudes on the inner surface (upward in FIG. 1), and the second plate portion 2B and the sixth plate. The protrusion 8 of the portion 2F protrudes on the outer surface (downward in FIG. 1).
In FIG. 2A, the distance from the right end to the center of the first screw hole 5A and the distance from the left end to the center of the second screw hole 5B are the same length. That is, the screw holes 5A and 5B are formed at positions that are mirror images in the front-rear direction of the second plate portion 2B, the fourth plate portion 2D, and the sixth plate portion 2F.
A slit 9 is formed along the longitudinal direction of the adjacent edge on the outside (near the end) of the first screw hole 5A and the second screw hole 5B.

Next, the container and the aggregate of the container constructed by the container unit 1 configured as described above will be described.
In contrast to the container unit 1 with the inner surface facing upward as shown in FIG. 3, the container unit 1 with the inner surface facing downward is used for the container as shown in FIG. 4. The inner surfaces of the units 1 are arranged to face each other and approach each other so that the fourth plate portions 2D are brought into close contact with each other. At this time, the first plate portion 2A to the seventh plate portion 2G of the lower container unit 1 are respectively connected to the first plate portion 2A to the seventh plate portion 2G of the upper container unit 1 in the vertical direction. It arrange | positions in the position which opposes in a direction.
At the same time that the fourth plate portions 2D are in close contact with each other, the edges of the first plate portion 2A and the edges of the seventh plate portion 2G are in contact with each other. As a result, the upper container unit 1 is placed on the lower container unit 1, and has a cylindrical shape having two regular hexagonal inner circumferential surfaces arranged at the same height on the left and right. A container 11A having the container 10 is constructed.
At this time, the fourth plate portions 2D of both units 1 need to be arranged so that one protrusion 7 faces the other first screw hole 5A. As a result, the protrusion 7 is fitted with the first screw hole 5A as a guide hole, and the outer shape of the fourth plate portions 2D of both units 1 is automatically set by fitting in such a manner. Match. In this state, the wood screws 12 are inserted from the two first screw holes 5A side in the front and rear, respectively, and screwed into the female screws of the protrusion 7 to fix the fourth plate portions 2D.
In addition, since the both units 1 are held without displacement due to the fitting relationship between the protrusion 7 and the first screw hole 5A without being fixed with the wood screw 12, fixing with the wood screw 12 is not necessarily required in actual use. . It is the same in the following that fixing with the wood screw 12 is not essential.

Although the basic container 11A can be used as it is in this state, the container 11A can be further expanded. Some examples of expansion are described below. In this embodiment, a typical example of expanding upward will be described first.
As shown in FIG. 5, by installing the container unit 1 with the inner surface facing upward on the container 11 </ b> A, one container 10 is newly provided between the two containers 10 in the container 11 </ b> A. A container 11B added adjacent to is constructed. The new container unit 1 includes a second plate part 2B and a sixth plate part of the container unit 1 for constructing the lower container 11A in the second plate part 2B and the sixth plate part 2F. It will be installed on 2F.
At the time of the installation, similarly to the construction of the container 11, the second plate portions 2B and the sixth plate portions 2F of both units 1 have one protrusion 8 and the other first screw hole 5A. It is necessary to arrange so as to face each other. As a result, the protrusion 8 is fitted with the first screw hole 5A as the guide hole, and the external shape of the fourth plate portions 2D of both units 1 is automatically set by fitting in such a manner. Match. Then, in this state, the wood screws 12 are inserted from the two first screw holes 5A side in the front and rear, respectively, and screwed into the female screws of the protrusion 8 so that the second plate portions 2B and the sixth plate portions 2F are connected to each other. To fix.

  Furthermore, by installing the container unit 1 with the inner surface facing downward on the container 11B, a container 11C in which two new storage portions 10 are newly added as shown in FIG. 6 is constructed. The newly installed container unit 1 is installed on the fourth plate part 2D of the container unit 1 that constructs the lower container 11B in the fourth plate part 2D. Following the above, the fourth plate portions 2D are fixed to each other with the wood screw 12. The container 11 </ b> C constructed in this way can be considered to be a stack of two containers 11 </ b> A when the constructed body is viewed.

In the above description, the container unit 1 with the inner surface facing upward as shown in FIG. 3 has been described based on the container unit 1 with the inner surface facing downward. However, the container unit 1 with the outer surface facing downward may be combined with the container unit 1 with the outer surface facing upward as shown in FIG. In that case, it is necessary to arrange the second plate portions 2B and the sixth plate portions 2F of both units 1 so that one protrusion 8 faces the other first screw hole 5A in the same manner as described above. There is. As a result, the housing 11D having the cylindrical housing portion 10 having one regular hexagonal inner peripheral surface is constructed. Similar to the container 11A described above, the container 11D is a basic structure for constructing a collection of containers.
Even in this case, similarly to the above, the second plate portions 2B and the sixth plate portions 2F of both units 1 need to be arranged so that one protrusion 8 faces the other first screw hole 5A. is there. As a result, the protrusion 8 is fitted with the first screw hole 5A as the guide hole, and the external shape of the fourth plate portions 2D of both units 1 is automatically set by fitting in such a manner. Match. Then, in this state, the wood screws 12 are inserted from the two first screw holes 5A side in the front and rear, respectively, and screwed into the female screws of the protrusion 8 so that the second plate portions 2B and the sixth plate portions 2F are connected to each other. The container 11D may be expanded so as to have the container 10 above the container 11A to the container 11C, for example, as shown in FIG. The container 11D may be disposed in close contact with the side. In this way, it can be expanded laterally.

Next, the lid | cover 13 which can be used for the above accommodating bodies 11A-11D and its attachment method are demonstrated.
As shown in FIG. 7, the lid 13 is formed by bending a single flat plate made of an aluminum alloy. The lid 13 includes a hexagonal front plate 14 and four sleeve plates 15 that are bent along the hexagonal outer edge of the front plate 14 at two locations on the left and right sides of the front plate 14. The outer peripheral shape of the front plate 14 corresponds to the regular hexagonal inner peripheral shape of the containers 11A to 11D (the size is slightly small enough to fit). A claw 16 projecting outward is formed in the center of the end portion at the vertical position of the front plate 14 which is in the vertical direction when attached. In the front plate 14 of the lid 13 of the present embodiment, a plurality of (in this example, 10 circular holes) vent holes 17 arranged in an orderly manner are formed.
Next, an example of a process for attaching such a lid 13 to the containers 11A to 11D will be described. As shown in FIG. 7, at the stage of the container unit 1 before constructing the containers 11 </ b> A to 11 </ b> D, the lid 13 is inserted into the slit 9 near the end on the side to be disposed inside the trapezoidal shape to be attached. The claw 16 is engaged. In this state, the lower half of the lid 13 just fits in a trapezoidal shape and is in a temporarily fixed state. Next, by combining the upper container unit 1 in the same manner as in FIG. 4, the lid 13 is engaged with the slit 9 in both the upper and lower sides, and the lid 13 can be arranged on one end side of the container 11 </ b> A. it can.
Such containers 11A to 11D can be used by changing the size according to the purpose in an arbitrary place, for example, in a room, a refrigerator, a factory, or the like.

In the container unit 1 and the containers 11A to 11D having such a configuration, the following effects are exhibited.
(1) Since the container units 1 are all plate bodies having the same outer shape, the bent body 2 can be overlaid, and is excellent in transportability and storage property.
(2) The containers 11A to 11D or the containers 11A to 11D and the container unit 1 can be combined, and the container unit 1 can be connected in the direction as shown in FIG. It is possible to connect the housings 11A and 11D in the different directions at the same time, and it is also possible to use the housings 11A and 11D in the different directions at the same time. Can be built.
(3) The housing unit 1 stacked one above the other is fitted with the protrusion 7 with the first screw hole 5A as the guide hole, and in this state, the housing units 1 are accommodated in the housings 11A to 11D. Because it is the correct position to construct, positioning is easy.
(4) Since the protrusion 7 itself is also a female screw member, the housing units 1 (or the housings 11A to 11D, or the housings 11A to 11D and the housing units 1) are simply connected with wood screws. be able to.
(5) The object accommodated by the lid 13 does not fall off from the accommodating portion 10.
(6) The protrusion 7 (second screw hole 5B) and the first screw hole 5A are formed near the edges of the second plate portion 2B, the fourth plate portion 2D, and the sixth plate portion 2F. Therefore, the work of screwing the wood screws is made easier.

The above embodiments are merely described as specific embodiments for illustrating the principle of the present invention and the concept thereof. That is, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. The present invention can also be embodied in the following modified form, for example.
The size of the container unit 1 is an example, and the rectangular outer shape flat plate serving as a base can be freely changed in length and width ratio and length according to the application.
-Although the said unit 1 for accommodating bodies was press molding, you may make it obtain the bending body 2 by methods other than this.
-You may make it replace the front-and-rear position of the protrusion 7 (2nd screw hole 5B) and the 1st screw hole 5A. For example, in the above description, the first screw hole 5A is aligned on one side of the front and rear, and the protrusions 7 (second screw holes 5B) are aligned on the other side, but the second plate portion 2B, the fourth plate portion 2D, At least one of the plate portions 2F may be replaced.
In the above embodiment, the protrusions 7 (second screw holes 5B) and the first screw holes 5A are arranged at two positions in the front and rear, but may be arranged at three or more positions. . Even in such a case, it is desirable to maintain the mirror image relationship of the screw hole positions. For example, if the third screw hole is formed in the above embodiment, the second plate portion 2B, the fourth plate portion 2D, and the sixth plate portion 2F are preferably located in the center in the width direction.
-The construction procedure is an example. For example, even if the container units 1 are connected one by one in order, some of the containers 11A may be assembled first and then connected.
In the above-described embodiment, the lid 13 is secured by the vent hole 17 as a function other than the lid, but the lid 13 may be configured to have other functions. For example, an oval long hole 18 may be formed instead of the vent hole 17 of the front plate 14 of the lid 13 as shown in FIG. For example, the long hole 18 may be used as a take-out port for the stored tissue paper. Further, as shown in FIG. 10B, a watch 19 may be mounted instead of the vent hole 17 of the front plate 14 of the lid 13.
-You may make it provide a drawer in the accommodating part 10 of accommodating body 11A-11D.
In the above embodiment, the protrusion 7 is fitted into the first screw hole 5A for positioning. The first screw hole 5A and the second screw hole 5B may be collated and fixed with a bolt and a nut.
-When accommodating a thing in container 11A-11D, you may make it arrange | position the member which advances / retreats in the accommodating part 10 like a drawer, for example.
The present invention is not limited to the configuration described in the above embodiment. The components of the above-described embodiments and modifications may be arbitrarily selected and combined. Further, any component of each embodiment or modification, and any component described in the means for solving the invention or any component described in the means for solving the invention And may be combined arbitrarily. We also intend to acquire rights in these amendments or changes to patent applications.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Container unit, 2 ... Bending body, 2A-2G ... 1st board part-7th board part, 10 ... Housing part, 11A-11D ... Container.

Claims (11)

  Seven flat plate pieces having a rectangular outer shape in plan view are linearly connected to each other on the sides, and the seven flat plate pieces are sequentially arranged from one end to the other end in order from the first plate portion to the seventh plate. When the plate portion is called, the angle formed by the third plate portion and the fourth plate portion, and the fourth plate portion and the fifth plate portion on either the front or back surface side is 240 degrees. And an angle formed by the adjacent plate portions other than them is 120 degrees, and the container is formed into three adjacent trapezoidal bent bodies whose directions are staggered in a front view. Unit.   The container unit according to claim 1, wherein a screw hole for connecting the bent bodies to each other by a screw member is formed in the fourth plate portion.   3. The container according to claim 1, wherein the second plate portion and the sixth plate portion are formed with screw holes for connecting the bent bodies to each other by a screw member. unit.   4. The container unit according to claim 2, wherein a plurality of the screw holes are formed and arranged at positions that are mirror-image-symmetric in the front-rear direction of the bent body.   3. A projection is formed on one of the pair of screw holes arranged at a mirror image symmetrical position, and the projection has a shape that can be fitted to the other of the pair of screw holes. 5. The container unit according to any one of 4 above.   6. The container according to claim 5, wherein a communication passage that communicates in a cylindrical shape is formed in the protrusion, and a female screw that is screwed into a male screw is formed in the inner periphery of the communication passage. unit.   The container unit according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the fourth plate portions of the two container units face each other in close contact with each other, and the outer shapes of the squares coincide with each other. And a cylindrical housing part having a regular hexagonal cross section is formed.   The container unit according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the second plate part of each of the two container units and the sixth plate part face each other and are in close contact with each other. And a cylindrical housing part having a regular hexagonal cross section is formed by being overlapped so that the outer shapes of the squares coincide with each other.   The container according to claim 7 or 8, wherein a lid member is fitted in the housing portion.   The container according to claim 9, wherein the lid member has a regular hexagonal outer shape corresponding to a regular hexagonal inner peripheral shape of the accommodating portion.   The container according to claim 9 or 10, wherein the lid member has a function other than the lid.

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