JP3383439B2 - 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 for storing a box-shaped article such as a cassette tape.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as shown in FIG. 7, a container 2 for a box-shaped article 1 such as a cassette tape is provided with a ridge 4 having a constant space at the bottom of a storage space 3 and adjacent ridges. An article storage section 3A is provided between the strip sections 4 and 4 so that one article 1 is vertically held in each article storage section 3A.

[0003]

However, the prior art has the following problems. Because the articles 1 are stored one by one,
Plural items 1 when putting in or taking out by hand or automatic machine
It is difficult to put them in and out at once, and the putting in and out is poor.

Since the articles 1 are stored one by one, the play space in the storage space 3 of the container 2 is large and the number of articles 1 stored is small.

An object of the present invention is to increase the number of articles stored in a container and to improve the take-in / out performance of articles.

[0006]

According to the present invention as set forth in claim 1, in a container for storing a large number of box-shaped articles in multiple rows, each laminated article group in which a plurality of box-shaped articles are laminated in one row And a pair of convex article locking portions facing each other at one end side of the article storage section.
An article locking unit that holds the entire stacked article group in the article storage unit by locking the biconvex article locking unit at both corners of the front surface of the stacked article group located at one end side of the article storage unit And a handling space portion that is connected to one end of the article storage portion through a space around the article locking portion and that allows a stacked article group to be taken in and out of the article storage portion. Is.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the first aspect of the present invention, a lifter that allows a stacked article group to be moved up and down relative to the article storage section is inserted into the bottom of the article storage section. A handling opening is provided to enable this.

[0008]

According to the present invention described in claim 1, the following effects are obtained. The article storage unit is for accommodating a plurality of laminated article groups in which a plurality of box-shaped articles are laminated in a multi-row form without a gap therebetween, has little play space in the storage space of the container, and can increase the number of articles stored in the container ( (Fig. 4).

The articles stored in the article storage section are stably held by the presence of the article locking section provided at one end of the article storage section. Therefore, it does not come apart due to vibration or the like accompanying the movement of the container.

When an article is put in or taken out by hand (or a robot hand, etc.), a person who holds one of the laminated article groups can be put in the handling space portion, and the laminated article group can be put in or taken out of the article storage portion at once (FIG. 5).

The present invention according to claim 2 has the following effects. By inserting the lifter through the handling opening at the bottom of the article storage section into the article storage section when the article is taken in and out by the automatic machine, the stacked article group in the article storage section can be lifted and taken out at once (FIG. 6).

[0012]

1 is a plan view showing a container, and FIG. 2 is a plan view of FIG.
A sectional view taken along line II-II, FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line III-III in FIG. 1, FIG. 4 is a schematic view showing a state in which articles are stored in a container, and FIG. 5 is a schematic view showing a state in which articles are manually taken in and out. 6 and 6 are schematic views showing a state in which articles are taken in and out by an automatic machine, and FIG. 7 is a schematic view showing a conventional example.

The container 10 is, as shown in FIGS.
Used in, for example, a cassette tape assembly line in a clean room, a box-shaped article 1 such as a cassette tape can be stored in a storage space 12 of a container body 11.

At this time, the container 10 has a storage space 12
Is provided with three rows of article storage units 13. Each article storage unit 13
Is a multi-row shape (for example, 8 rows) in which a plurality of (for example, 6) articles 1 are stacked in one row and each laminated article group 1A is spaced from each other.
It can be stored in.

The container 10 is provided with each article storage unit 1
A pair of convex article locking portions 14, 1 facing each other on one end side of
It is equipped with 4. The two article locking portions 14 and 14 are locked to both corners on the front surface of the laminated article group 1A located on one end side of the article storage section 13 to thereby make the entire laminated article group 1A in multiple rows into the article storage section. It can be held at 13.

Further, the container 10 is provided with each article storage section 13
Around one end of the article locking portion 14, 14 (both article locking portion 1
It has a handling space portion 15 which is continuous through a space between 4 and 14. The handling space section 15 is a space for allowing the stacked article group 1A, which has been gripped by a human hand (or a robot hand or the like), to be put in and taken out of the article storage section 13.

The container 10 has a container body 11
Article storage section 13 to handling space section 15 in
A handling opening 16 is provided at the bottom of the. The handling opening 16 can be inserted into a lifter 17 that can lift the single-row laminated article group 1A or the multi-row laminated article group 1A with respect to the article storage unit 13 at an automatic handling position such as a cassette tape assembly line. To do.

The container 10 is provided with an upper supporting surface 21 and a lower placing surface 22 on the upper and lower outer peripheral portions of the container body 11, and a reinforcing rib 23 on the lower surface of the bottom of the container body 11 so that the lower placing of the upper container 10 is performed. The surface 22 is placed on the upper support surface 21 of the lower container 10 and the upper and lower containers 1
It is possible to stack 0 and 10 (Fig. 3).

At this time, the container 10 has the lower mounting surface 22.
The mounting surface level of the is protruding below the lower surface level of the reinforcing ribs 23. That is, when the container 10 is placed on the floor, the conveyor, etc., only the lower placement surface 22 of the outer peripheral portion of the container body 11 contacts the floor, the conveyor, etc., and the reinforcing ribs 23
Does not come into contact with floors, conveyors, etc. and does not get dirty. Therefore, when the upper and lower containers 10 and 10 are stacked, the reinforcing ribs 23 and the like on the bottom lower surface of the upper container 10 do not have dirt attached, and as a result, from the bottom lower surface of the upper container 10 to the storage space 12 of the lower container 10. Dirt does not fall on the.

The container 10 is the upper container 10
An endless circumferential positioning rib 24 is provided on the inner peripheral portion of the upper support surface 21 of the lower container 10 that supports the lower mounting surface 22 of. When the upper and lower containers 10 and 10 are stacked, the positioning ribs 24 engage with the inner peripheral portion of the lower mounting surface 22 of the upper container 10 to perform a positioning function for stacking, and at the same time, to the lower mounting surface of the upper container 10. The partition 22 serves as a partition for blocking the storage space 12 of the lower container 10. This partitioning function prevents dirt adhering to the lower placement surface 22 that comes into contact with the floor, the conveyor, or the like from entering the storage space 12 of the lower container 10.

The operation of this embodiment will be described below. The article storage unit 13 is for accommodating a laminated article group 1A in which a plurality of box-like articles 1 are laminated in a multi-row form without a gap therebetween, and has a small play space in the accommodation space 12 of the container 10 and an article in the container 10. The number of storages can be increased (Fig. 4).

Incidentally, the articles 1 stored in the article storage section 13
Is an article locking section 14 provided at one end of the article storage section 13.
The presence of is stable. Therefore, the container 10
It does not seem to come apart due to vibrations etc.

When an article is put in or taken out by hand (or a robot hand, etc.), a person who holds the laminated article group 1A by hand can be put in the handling space portion 15 and the laminated article group 1A can be put in or taken out of the article storage portion 13 at once. (Fig. 5).

When an article is taken in and out by an automatic machine, the lifter 17 is provided with a handling opening 1 at the bottom of the article storage section 13.
By inserting from 6 into the article storage unit 13, the laminated article group 1A in the article storage unit 13 can be lifted and removed at once (FIG. 6).

[0025]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to increase the number of articles to be stored in the container and to improve the loading / unloading property of the articles.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a container.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line II-II in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line III-III in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a schematic view showing a state where articles are stored in a container.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a state where articles are manually taken in and out.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing a state in which articles are taken in and out by an automatic machine.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Box-shaped article 1A Laminated article group 10 containers 13 Article storage 14 Article locking part 15 Handling space section 16 Handling opening 17 Lifters

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (56) Bibliography Sho 61-80275 (JP, U) Rikai 59-188877 (JP, U) Rikai flat 2-15492 (JP, U) Rikai flat 1- 141277 (JP, U) S. 50-24751 (JP, Y1) (58) Fields surveyed (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) B65D 1/24 B65D 85/575

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A container for storing a large number of box-shaped articles in a multi-row configuration, and an article storage section for storing each laminated article group in which a plurality of box-shaped articles are stacked in a row in a multi-row configuration without a gap therebetween. , A pair of convex article locking portions facing each other on one end side of the article storage section
The biconvex article locking portion is locked to both corners of the front surface of the laminated article group located on one end side of the article storage section,
An article locking part that holds all the laminated article groups in the article storage part is connected to one end of the article storage part through a space around the article locking part, and the stacked article group can be taken in and out of this article storage part. A container having a handling space portion for. 2. The container according to claim 1, wherein the bottom of the article storage section is provided with a handling opening for allowing a lifter that allows a stacked article group to be moved up and down relative to the article storage section to be inserted therethrough.