JP3287378B2 - Rectangular container for transportation - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a rectangular container for transportation (hereinafter simply referred to as "container") depending on the articles to be stored or the purpose of use.
Also called "container." ), An identification member for identifying) is arranged, and an upper container is stacked so as to be accommodated in a lower container, and a large number of containers are stacked compactly. The container located above the nesting state is moved 180 degrees on a plane.
The present invention relates to a so-called stackable container in which an upper container is stacked on a lower container by rotating the container by an angle.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, when it is necessary to identify the same container according to the type of articles stored therein, or when a container is used for transporting an article and a container used for displaying an article, etc. When it is necessary to identify the container depending on the purpose, there is known a container in which the container is color-coded, an identifiable print is applied to the container, or an identification seal or the like is attached to the container.

[0003]

For example, in the case of a container for storing articles having seasonal characteristics, the amount of use of the container may fluctuate depending on the season. Can not be diverted, and similarly, containers for different display such as color coding cannot be diverted to transport containers, and the containers cannot be operated efficiently. There's a problem.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems of the conventional container and to provide a container which can identify the container reliably and quickly.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention firstly comprises a concave part whose upper half is deeply surrounded by ribs protruding from a flange and a side wall. In the hollow part as a holding part, the lower half of which is formed in a shallow concave part,
An identification member having a substantially U-shaped bulged portion and a vertical portion extending substantially vertically downward from the tip of the lower horizontal portion of the bulged portion is fitted. 2, the container is a container that can be nested and stacked,
Third, the holding portion is disposed at a symmetrical position with respect to the center line of the opposing side wall. Fourth, the flange and the horizontal portion of the step located above the recessed portion of the holding portion are arranged. A through-hole is formed in the wall, and a projection is provided on the upper surface of the upper horizontal portion of the bulging portion of the identification member and on the lower surface of the lower horizontal portion of the bulging portion of the identification member. And the fitting portion is fitted into the through hole of the holding portion.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the container of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view of the container of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a partially enlarged perspective view of the container and the identification member of the present invention, and the identification member is fitted. The embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 4 which is a partially enlarged perspective view including a partial cross section of the present invention. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiment unless it exceeds the gist of the present invention. Absent.

The container C includes a bottom 1 and side walls 2a, 2b, which are substantially perpendicular to the bottom 1 or slightly inclined outward.
3a and 3b, and in this embodiment, one of the opposed side walls 2a and 2b is
It is formed longer. Hereinafter, the longer side walls 2a, 2
b is referred to as long side walls 2a, 2b, and the shorter side wall 3
a and 3b are referred to as short side walls 3a and 3b, and long side walls 2a and 2b are simply referred to as long side walls 2 when they are generally referred to. Flanges 4 extend from the upper ends of the long side walls 2a, 2b and the short side walls 3a, 3b in the horizontal direction toward the outside of the container C, respectively.

[0008] p1 is formed on the inner wall of the long side wall 2,
A wide pocket having a depth of approximately half of the container C and having a substantially U-shaped concave portion whose inner and upper portions are opened and the inside of the container C is open, and s1 is adjacent to or approaching the wide pocket p1 And a column-shaped narrow leg protruding substantially perpendicularly to the outer wall of the long side wall 2 near the center of the long side wall 2, and the narrow leg s
The lower end of 1 is located slightly above the bottom surface 1 'of the bottom 1 and forms a first pocket / supporting leg H1 by a combination of the wide pocket p1 and the narrow supporting leg s1.
Further, s2 is a column-shaped wide support leg projecting substantially perpendicularly to the outer wall of the long side wall 2, and the lower end of the wide support leg s2 has a bottom surface 1 'of the bottom 1 like the narrow support leg s1. Is located slightly above, and p2 is formed on the inner wall of the long side wall 2 near the center of the long side wall 2 adjacent to or close to the wide support leg s2, and is approximately half the depth of the container C. Is a narrow pocket composed of a substantially U-shaped recess having a flat shape in which the inside and the upper part of the container C are opened, and the second support leg / pocket portion is formed by a combination of the wide support leg s2 and the narrow pocket p2. H
2 are formed. When stacking the containers C, the narrow legs s1 and the wide legs s1 and the wide legs s1 of the container C positioned above are placed on the flange 4 of the container C positioned below. The support s2 is a long side wall 2
In this embodiment, the lower half s1 and the lower half s2 of the narrow leg s1 and the wide leg s2 protrude from the outer wall surface.
1 ′ and s2 ′ are configured such that the protrusion amount from the outer wall surface of the long side wall 2 is smaller than that of the upper half s1 ″ and s2 ″.

An inner width w1 along the length direction of the long side wall 2 of the wide pocket p1 forming the first pocket / supporting leg H1.
Is wider than the inner width w2 along the length direction of the long side wall 2 of the narrow pocket p2 forming the second leg / pocket H2, and the narrow leg s1 forming the first pocket / leg H1. The outer width w1 'along the length direction of the long side wall 2 is
It is formed narrower than the outer width w2 'along the length direction of the long side wall 2 of the wide support leg s2 forming the second support leg / pocket portion H2, and when the container C is nested, the first pocket / support portion is formed. A wide support leg s2 forming a second support leg / pocket portion H2 is provided in a wide pocket p1 forming H1.
Narrow pocket p2 forming second support leg / pocket portion H2
A narrow leg s1 forming the first pocket / leg H1.
Are configured to be insertable.

In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a first pocket / supporting leg H1 and a second supporting leg / pocket H2 are provided near both ends of the long side wall 2a, respectively. The first pocket / supporting leg H1 is located near both ends of the long side wall 2b so as to face the first pocket / supporting leg H1 disposed near the end of the long side sidewall 2a.
1 is a second side disposed near the end of the long side wall 2a.
The second pocket is opposed to the pocket / supporting leg H2.
Although an example in which the supporting leg H2 is provided is shown, the first pocket / supporting leg H1 is provided near both ends of the long side wall 2a, and near the both ends of the long side wall 2b. First pocket / supporting leg H disposed near both ends of the long side wall 2a
The second pocket / supporting leg H2 may be disposed opposite to the first pocket.

As described above, the first pocket / supporting leg H
1 and the lower end of the narrow leg s1 and the second pocket.
The lower ends of the wide support legs s2 forming the support legs H2 are
Since the container 1 is located slightly above the bottom surface 1 ′ of the bottom 1, when the containers C are stacked, the bottom surface 1 ′ of the bottom 1 of the container C located on the upper side
The bottom part 1 of the container C located above partially enters the container C located below so as to be located below the upper surface of the container C. Therefore, in the stacking state, it is possible to prevent the upper container C from moving laterally with respect to the lower container C, and to stack many containers C in a stable state. Is configured.

S3 is the narrow support leg s1 and the wide support leg s2 disposed near both ends of one short side wall 3a.
A short side supporting leg having a predetermined outer width similar to that of
Is a short side pocket having a predetermined inner width similar to the above-mentioned wide pocket p1 and narrow pocket p2, which is disposed closer to the center of the container C than the support leg s3. The short side pocket p4 is disposed near both ends of the other short side wall 3b so as to face the short side supporting legs s3 disposed near both ends of the short side wall 3a. A short side pocket having the same inner width as p3, and s4 is a short side pocket p
4 is a short-side leg having the same outer width as the short-side leg s3, which is arranged closer to the center of the container C than the short-side pocket s3 of the short-side wall 3a. And
When the container C is nested, the short side supporting legs s3 disposed near both ends of the short side wall 3a are inserted into the short side pockets p4 disposed near both ends of the short side wall 3b. The short side support legs s4 of the short side wall 3b are configured to be inserted into the short side pockets p3 of the short side wall 3a, respectively.

When stacking the containers C having the above-described configuration, both the upper container C and the lower container C are oriented in the same direction, that is, the long side wall 2a of the upper container C. And the long side wall 2a of the container C located below,
In addition, the long side wall 2b of the container C located on the upper side and the long side wall 2b of the container C located on the lower side further include the container C positioned on the upper side.
Short side wall 3a and the short side wall 3a of the container C located below
However, the short side wall 3b of the container C located above and the short side wall 3b of the container C located below are respectively positioned on the lower container C so as to be positioned vertically. An upper container C is arranged. Accordingly, two narrow supporting legs s1 and two wide supporting legs s2, which protrude from the long side walls 2a and 2b of the container C positioned above, and the short side walls 3a and 3b of the container C positioned above. A total of eight supporting legs s1 and s of two short-side supporting legs s3 and s4 each provided.
2, s3 and s4 are placed on the flange 4 of the container C located below, and the containers C are stacked.

In the case of nesting, the upper container C in the above-described stacking state is rotated by 180 degrees on a plane with respect to the lower container C. In such a nesting state, the narrow support legs s1 of the first pocket / support portion H1 and the wide support legs s2 of the second support / pocket portion H2 protruding from the outer wall of the long side wall 2a of the container C located above are formed. , Respectively, the long side wall 2b of the container C located below
The narrow leg s1 of the first pocket / leg H1 that is inserted into the narrow pocket p2 and the wide pocket p1 provided on the inner wall of the first pocket and protrudes from the outer wall of the long side wall 2b located above the container C. And the wide support s of the second support / pocket H2
2 are narrow pockets p2 and wide pockets p2 provided on the inner wall of the long side wall 2a of the container C located below, respectively.
1 and a short side support leg s3 protruding from the outer wall of the short side wall 3a of the container C positioned above is provided on the inner wall of the short side wall 3b of the container C positioned below. A short side support leg s4 inserted into the side pocket p4 and protruding from the outer wall of the short side wall 3b of the container C positioned above is provided on the inner wall of the short side wall 3a of the container C positioned below. The container C that is inserted into the short side pocket p3 thus positioned and positioned above is
It is inserted into the container C located below, and the nesting is completed.

The short-side leg s having the above-described structure.
3, s4 and short side pockets p3, p4, respectively,
By disposing the container C on the short side walls 3a and 3b,
The eight legs s1, s2, s3, and s4 can be stably stacked. However, in consideration of the size of the container C or the size and weight of the articles to be stored, the long sides are taken into consideration. If four stacking legs s1, s2 provided on the side walls 2a, 2b are sufficient, the short side wall 3
The short side supporting legs s3, s4 and the short side pockets p3, p4 provided in a and 3b can be omitted.

Next, mainly referring to FIGS. 3 and 4,
A description will be given of a holding portion G in which the identification member D and the identification members D provided on the outer walls of the short side walls 3a and 3b are detachably fitted and attached.

The vertical ribs g1 and g2 project substantially perpendicularly from the outer wall 3a 'of the short side wall 3a at predetermined intervals, and have upper ends connected to the lower surface 4' of the flange 4. And g3 is a vertical rib g1, g
2 is a horizontal rib disposed between the lower ends of the vertical ribs g1 and g2 in this embodiment.
2 ′, the distal end portion g3 ′ of the horizontal rib g3 and the distal end portion 4 ″ of the flange 4 are configured to be in the same vertical plane, but are horizontally aligned with the distal end portions g1 ′ and g2 ′ of the vertical ribs g1 and g2. The distal end portion g3 ′ of the rib g3 may be configured to be retracted from the distal end portion 4 ″ of the flange 4 toward the outer wall 3a ′ of the short side wall 3a. g4 is a flange 4, a vertical rib g
1, g2, horizontal rib g3, and outer wall 3a 'of short side wall 3a
The vertical wall g4 'of the step g4 is located closer to the outer wall 3a' of the short side wall 3a than the tip end g3 'of the horizontal rib g3. are doing. Therefore, the space formed by the flange 4, the vertical ribs g1 and g2, the horizontal rib g3, and the outer wall 3a 'of the short side wall 3a is formed by the step portion g4 to have a substantially upper half deep recess g.
5 ′ and a substantially lower half shallow recess g5 ″ are formed in a vertically continuous recess g5. G6 is a through hole formed in the flange 4 located above the recess g5. , G7 are through holes formed in the horizontal wall g4 ″ of the step portion g4.

The holding portion G having the above-described configuration is
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, two are provided on the outer wall 3a 'of the short side wall 3a at symmetrical positions with respect to the center line of the short side wall 3a. On the outer wall 3b 'of one short side wall 3b, two are provided at symmetrical positions with respect to the center line of the short side wall 3b. As described above, the two holding portions G are symmetrically arranged on the short side walls 3a and 3b with respect to the center line, respectively, so that the container C
In the case where the identification members D, which will be described later, are always attached to the short side walls 3a and 3b in the vertical direction even when the
Since the containers C are arranged in a straight line in a row, even if the containers C in which different identification members D each containing different articles are mixed by mistake, such containers C can be easily identified. Of course, such a holding portion G may be provided on the long side walls 2a, 2b instead of the short side walls 3a, 3b, or may be provided on both the short side walls 3a, 3b and the long side walls 2a, 2b. It can also be arranged.

The identification member D has a substantially U-shaped bulged portion d1 and a lower horizontal portion d1 of the bulged portion d1 which can be fitted into the deep concave portion g5 'of the upper half of the concave portion g5. The recess g described above, which extends substantially vertically downward from the tip of
Vertical part d2 inserted into the shallow concave part g5 ″ of the substantially lower half of 5
And the identification member D is integrally formed of a synthetic resin.

Reference numeral d3 denotes a projection protruding from the upper surface of the upper horizontal portion d1 "of the bulging portion d1, and a depression g5 of the holding portion G.
When the identification member D is inserted into the projection part d, the projection part d3
It is configured so that it can be fitted into a through hole g6 formed in the flange 4 located above the fifth hole 5. d4 is the bulging portion d1
Are protruding from the lower surface of the lower horizontal portion d1 '. Similarly, when the identification member D is inserted into the recess g5,
The protrusion d4 is configured to be able to fit into the through hole g7 formed in the horizontal wall g5 ″ of the step g5. Therefore, when the identification member D is inserted into the recess g5, the protrusion d4 is formed. d3 is
The protrusion d4 is fitted in the through hole g6 formed in the flange 4, and the protrusion d4 is formed in the horizontal wall g5 ″ of the step g5.
7, the identification member D can be fitted into the recess g5 so that the identification member D does not easily come off the recess g5. Note that, in order to facilitate the fitting of the identification member D into the recess g5, an inclined portion d inclined toward the fitting direction is provided at the tip of the protrusions d3 and d4.
It is preferable to provide 3 ′ and d4 ′.

To remove the identification member D from the recess g5, for example, the lower end d of the vertical portion d2 of the identification member D
A flat-shaped tool such as a flathead screwdriver is inserted into the gap between 2 ′ and the upper surface g3 ″ of the horizontal rib g3, and the identification member D is inserted.
The vertical portion d2 is lifted upward by utilizing the elasticity of the identification member D, and the protrusion d4 is pulled out from the through hole g7 formed in the horizontal wall g5 ″ of the step portion g5. The part d2 is taken out from the shallow concave part g5 ″ of the lower half of the concave part g5, and then the identification member D is moved downward to remove the protrusion d3 from the through hole g6 formed in the flange 4. The identification member D can be removed from the depression g5 of the holding part G. As described above, the identification member D is formed by extending the vertical portion d2 extending substantially vertically downward from the tip of the bulging portion d1 having a substantially U-shaped side surface and the lower horizontal portion d1 ′ of the bulging portion d1. As described above, when the vertical part d2 is lifted upward by a flat-plate tool such as a flathead screwdriver, the bulging part d1 having a substantially U-shaped side surface is formed as described above.
Is bent like a spring member having a kind of elasticity, and the protrusion d4 is formed in the through hole g7 formed in the horizontal wall g5 ″ of the step portion g5.
Can be easily pulled out of

Identification members D of various colors according to the type of articles stored in the container C or the purpose of use of the container C.
Is prepared, and the container C is identified by fitting the identification member D into the recess g5 of the holding portion G of the container C. In addition, when diverting to a container C containing different articles or a container C having a different purpose of use, as described above,
Of the container C from which the identification member D has been taken out, and the desired identification member D is fitted to the holding portion G of the container C from which the identification member D has been taken out. The identification member D may be colored by molding with a colored synthetic resin chip.
Can be colored by painting. Further, by attaching an appropriate label to the identification member D, the identification member D can have an identification function.

Although the embodiment in which the holding portion G is provided on the side walls 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b of the container C capable of nesting and stacking has been described, the combination of the holding portion G having the above-described configuration and the identification member will be described. It can also be applied to general containers.

[0024]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, it has the following effects.

Since the container can be diverted by replacing the identification member, the container can be operated efficiently.

[0026] Since the identification members are fitted into the holding portions disposed symmetrically with respect to the center line of the opposing side wall, respectively, when the containers are stacked or when they are nested. However, since the identification members are always arranged in two straight lines parallel to the vertical direction, it is possible to easily identify a container in which different identification members are erroneously fitted.

The identification member is formed by a bulged portion having a substantially U-shaped side surface and a vertical portion extending substantially vertically downward from the tip of the lower horizontal portion of the bulged portion. When lifted upward, the bulging portion having a substantially U-shaped side surface bends like a spring member having a kind of elasticity, and the bulging portion protrudes from the lower surface of the lower horizontal portion of the bulging portion. The identification member can be easily removed from the holding portion of the container quickly through the through hole formed in the horizontal wall of the step portion of the holding portion.

A through hole is formed in the horizontal wall of the flange and the step located above the depression of the holding portion, and the upper surface of the upper horizontal portion of the bulging portion and the lower horizontal portion of the bulging portion of the identification member are formed. Protrusions are projected on the lower surface, and the protrusions of the identification member are respectively fitted to the through holes of the holding portion, so that the fitting of the identification member to the holding portion of the container, removal is easy,
Moreover, it can be performed quickly.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a container of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the container of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a partially enlarged perspective view of the container and the identification member of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a partially enlarged perspective view of the container of the present invention in which an identification member including a partial cross section is fitted.

[Explanation of symbols]

 C: Container D: Identification member H1: First pocket / supporting leg H2: Second pocket / supporting leg G: ... Holders

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (56) References Open to the public 49-84435 (JP, U) Open to the public 48-49033 (JP, U) Open to the public 60-190624 (JP, U) (58) Field (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) B65D 21/04 B65D 25/20

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] (1) ribs projecting from flanges and side walls;
A bulged portion having a substantially U-shaped side surface and a lower horizontal portion of the bulged portion are formed in a concave portion serving as a holding portion in which a substantially concave upper half is surrounded by a deep concave portion and a substantially lower half is formed into a shallow concave portion. A rectangular container for transport, wherein an identification member having a vertical portion extending substantially vertically downward from a tip of the portion is fitted. 2. The rectangular container for transportation according to claim 1, wherein the container is a container that can be nested and stacked. 3. The transporting rectangular container according to claim 1, wherein the holding portions are disposed at symmetrical positions with respect to the center lines of the opposing side walls. 4. A through hole is formed in a horizontal wall of a flange and a step portion located above a recessed portion of a holding portion, and an upper surface of an upper horizontal portion of the bulging portion of the identification member and a lower horizontal portion of the bulging portion. 3. The transporting device according to claim 1, wherein a projecting portion is projected from a lower surface of the portion, and the projecting portion of the identification member is fitted into the through hole of the holding portion. For rectangular containers.