JP4988885B2 - Panel material packing equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an apparatus for stacking and packaging rectangular panel members such as solar cell modules in a horizontal manner so that no load is applied to individual panel members.

For example, a solar cell module is required to be packed compactly while being protected from being damaged by an external force when it is transported or stored from a manufacturing factory to an installation site.
On the other hand, at the installation site, it is a problem that a large amount of labor is required for processing the packaging material, and the waste of resources due to the disposable use of the packaging material has been pointed out.
In order to solve such a problem, Patent Document 1 proposes a modular insertion system that securely stores solar cell modules stacked horizontally. In this system, a molded product member, which is a small and stable individual element that can be manufactured at a low cost by integral molding of synthetic resin, is stacked to form a load removal column. Each of the individual molded product members has a load receiving support profile as a photovoltaic module mounting device on the inside, one or more tenons or tongues on the upper or lower side, and a lower or upper side. , Having one or more open cavities or grooves for receiving tenons with precise fit. Since each molded part supports the load of the individual module, a definite transport can be ensured even at high stack heights and the risk of damage to the bottom module can be eliminated. It eliminates the need for individual packaging of modules with cardboard boxes, reduces packaging costs to the minimum required as a whole, and allows individual molded parts to be sent back to the module manufacturer and reused in multiple distributions. It is.

JP 2006-32978 A

In the above-described conventional packing apparatus, the load removal column formed by stacking molded product members at the four corners of the pallet is sufficiently stable as a column that supports a stack of a large number of solar cell modules at the four corners. There is no sex. Further, in order to prevent dust from adhering to the stacked solar cell modules, additional materials for packing are required. For this reason, in general, the entire stacked solar cell module is covered with a stretch film around the load removing column and simultaneously tightened with a plastic band to compensate for the instability of the four load removing columns. These additional packaging materials become waste at the installation site. Although the pallet is collected separately from the molded product member constituting the load removal column, there is a problem that it is inconvenient because it is separately packed when returned.
These problems are not limited to solar cell modules, but are common to other rectangular panel material packaging devices that require the same level of careful handling.
Therefore, the invention according to this application is to securely surround the entire panel and protect it from contamination and damage while removing the load on each panel material in the laminate of rectangular panel materials such as solar cell modules. An object of the present invention is to provide a rectangular panel material packaging device that can be reused to save resources and can be easily recovered from the final use site for reuse.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited thereto.
In order to solve the above-described problem, the packaging device 1 for the panel material P according to the invention according to this application includes a gantry 2 and a plurality thereof stacked vertically on the gantry 2 so as to stand upright outside the four corners of the panel material P. A plurality of corner support members 3 that form the stacked pillars 7 and respectively support the four corners of each panel member P, and the bottom corner member 3 of the stacked corner support members 3 are engaged with each other. A lower support member 4 fixed on the gantry 2 so as to be locked on the gantry 2, and four side wall bodies 5 erected on the gantry 2 so as to cover four side surfaces of the panel material laminate on the gantry 2; And a lid body 6 that engages with the upper edges of the four side wall bodies 5 and covers the upper surface of the panel material laminate. The corner support member 3 includes an orthogonal wall 8 that stands up so as to contact the outer corner portion of the panel material P, and a load receiving portion 9 that extends horizontally from the orthogonal wall 8 and rests on the lower surface of the corner portion of the panel material P. It comprises. The orthogonal wall 8 has a right inner surface 81 and an outer surface 82, and flat upper and lower surfaces 83, 84. A horizontally extending inner fitting groove 85 is opened at the upper portion of the inner surface 81. An inward fitting piece 86 is formed between the two. A horizontally extending outer fitting groove 87 is opened at a lower portion of the outer side surface 82, and an outward fitting piece 86 is formed between the outer fitting groove 87 and the lower surface 84. The outward fitting piece 86 is in the horizontal direction with the inner fitting groove 85 of the other corner support member 3 below, and the inward fitting piece 86 is with the outer fitting groove 87 of the other corner support member 3 above. Can be mated. The load receiving portion 9 extends horizontally from the inner surface 81 of the orthogonal wall 8 below the inner fitting groove 85 of the orthogonal wall 8 with an interval larger than the thickness dimension of the panel material P. The lower support member 4 includes a base portion 41 fixed on the gantry 2 and an engaging portion 42 that stands up from the base portion 41. The engaging portion 42 extends along the outer side surface 82 of the corner support member 3, and extends to the fitting recess 47 and the outer fitting groove 87 in which the outward fitting piece 88 of the corner supporting member 3 is fitted in the horizontal direction. And a fitting protrusion 48 fitted in the horizontal direction.

  According to the invention according to this application, while removing the load on the individual panel members in the stacked rectangular panel member, it is possible to reliably surround the whole and protect it from contamination and damage. Thus, it is possible to provide a rectangular panel material packaging apparatus that can be easily recovered from the final use site for reuse.

It is a schematic exploded perspective view of the packing apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a schematic perspective view of the packing state by the packing apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a one part schematic perspective view of the packing apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a one part schematic perspective view of the packing apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a partial top view of the use condition of the packing apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a partial front view of the use condition of the packing apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a schematic perspective view which shows the state at the time of collection | recovery of the packing apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a partial sectional view showing the state at the time of collection of the packing device concerning the present invention.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
As shown in FIG. 1, the packaging device 1 for the panel material P includes a gantry 2, a plurality of corner support members 3 stacked in a column shape at the four corners of the gantry 2, a lower support member 4 that supports the corner support member 3, Four side wall bodies 5 erected on the gantry 2 so as to cover four side surfaces of the panel material laminate on the gantry 2, and a lid body that engages with the upper edge of the side wall body 5 and covers the upper surface of the panel material laminate 6. The side wall body 5 and the lid body 6 are coupled by a band 61 with a hook-and-loop fastener.

  The gantry 2 receives and receives a number of panel materials P stacked horizontally on the gantry 2. The lower support member 4 is fixed on the gantry 2 so as to be located outside the four corners of the panel material P placed on the gantry 2. The corner support members 3 are engaged with the lower support member 4 at the lowermost portion, and a plurality of corner support members 3 are stacked on the gantry 2 to form the stacked pillars 7, and each of the corner support members 3 receives the four corners of each panel member P.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the corner support member 3 includes an orthogonal wall 8 that stands up so as to abut on an outer corner portion of a horizontally disposed panel material P, and extends horizontally from the orthogonal wall 8 to form a panel material. And a load receiving portion 9 for receiving the lower surface of the corner of P.

The orthogonal wall 8 includes a right inner surface 81 that is in contact with the outer corner of the panel member P, a right outer surface 82 that is parallel to the inner surface 81, and upper and lower surfaces 83 and 84 that are flat and parallel to each other. To do. A horizontally extending inner fitting groove 85 is open at the top of the inner side surface 81. An inward fitting piece 86 is defined between the inner fitting groove 85 and the upper surface 83. A horizontally extending outer fitting groove 87 is open to the lower portion of the outer surface 82. An outward fitting piece 88 is defined between the outer fitting groove 87 and the lower surface 84. As shown in FIG. 6, the outward fitting piece 88 is an inner fitting groove 85 of another corner support member 3 disposed below, and the inward fitting piece 86 is another piece disposed above. Each of the corner support members 3 can be fitted in the outer fitting groove 87 in the horizontal direction.

  The load receiving portion 9 of the corner support member 3 extends horizontally from the inner side surface 81 below the inner fitting groove 85 of the orthogonal wall 8 with an interval larger than the thickness dimension of the panel material P.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the lower support member 4 includes a plate-like base portion 41 fixed on the gantry 2, and an engagement portion 42 formed on the outer edge of the base portion 41. The engaging portion 42 includes an upright piece 43, an inwardly extending piece 44, and a refracting piece 45, and a fitting recess 47 and a fitting protrusion 48 are formed by these. The base portion 41 has outer orthogonal sides 46 that are parallel to the corners of the panel material P arranged on the gantry 2, and the upright pieces 43 stand upright from the orthogonal sides 42. The inwardly extending piece 44 has a refractive piece 45 that extends horizontally from the upper edge of the upright piece 43 and stands upright at the tip. A fitting protrusion 48 is formed by the inwardly extending piece 44 and the refracting piece 45, and a fitting recess 47 is formed between the inwardly extending piece 44 and the base portion 41. As shown in FIG. 6, the outward fitting piece 88 of the corner support member 3 is fitted in the fitting recess 47 in the horizontal direction. The fitting protrusion 48 is fitted into the outer fitting groove 87 of the corner support member 3 in the horizontal direction.

  A stopper 10 for locking the lower part of the side wall body 5 to the gantry 2 is further fixed on the gantry 2 so that the side wall body 5 is not separated from the laminated body of the panel members P. The stopper 10 is composed of a metal fitting having an L-shaped cross section such as an angle steel material, and is spaced along the side surface of the panel material laminate with a gap corresponding to the thickness dimension of the side wall body 5 from the side surface of the panel material laminate. Are arranged on the gantry 2. As is widely known, the stopper 10 can be omitted when the side wall bodies 5 are configured to be coupled to each other at the end edges.

  The side wall body 5 includes an upper member 51 and a lower member 52 that can be connected and separated. When the unloading of the panel material P is completed, the upper member 51 of the side wall body and the corner support members 3 that are individually disassembled are accommodated inside the four lower members 52 that are erected on the gantry 2. The lid 6 can be put on top and combined with the gantry 2 with a band 61 to reduce the size and take it home for reuse.

  When packaging the panel material P, the four corner support members 3 are fitted to the lower support members 4 at the four corners of the mount 2 and arranged on the mount 2. The panel material P is placed on the load receiving portions 9 of the four corner support members 3 placed on the gantry 2 so that the four corners are arranged. The two side surfaces of the four corners of the panel material P approach and face the inner side surface 81 of the orthogonal wall 8, and the horizontal positions thereof are restricted. In this state, the inner fitting groove 85 is slightly higher than the upper surface of the panel material P. Next, another corner support member 3 is fitted to the corner support member 3 in the horizontal direction and stacked on top. Another panel material P is placed on the load receiving portion 9 of the corner support member 3, and the corner support member 3 and the panel material P are alternately stacked one after another. The stacked corner support members 3 form vertical stacked columns 7 while supporting the panel material P. Since the lowermost corner support member 3 is supported by the lower support member 4 and the individual corner support members 3 are securely coupled to each other by the fitting grooves 85 and 87 and the fitting pieces 87 and 88, they are displaced. There is no risk of falling. When the predetermined number of panel materials P have been stacked, the side wall body 5 is placed upright so as to cover the four side surfaces of the stacked panel materials P. Next, the lid 6 is put on, and the packing work is completed by joining the side wall 5 with the band 61. In addition, although not shown in figure, a fastening band can be hung on the whole from the outer side of the side wall body 5 and the cover body 6, and can be bound as needed.

  The panel material P packed as described above is conveyed to a use site or the like. After unpacking and removing all the panel material P, as shown in FIG. 8, the four lower members 52 of the side wall body 5 are erected on the gantry 2, and the four upper members 51 of the side wall body are placed inside thereof. And a plurality of corner support members 3 that are individually disassembled, and a lid 6 is placed on the corner support member 3, and is combined with the base 2 with a band 61 and packed compactly. It can be returned to the original.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Packing apparatus 2 Base 3 Corner support member 4 Lower support member 41 Base part 42 Engagement part 43 Standing piece 44 Inwardly extending piece 45 Refraction piece 46 Orthogonal piece 47 Fitting recessed part 48 Fitting protrusion part 5 Side wall body 51 Upper member 52 Lower member 6 Lid 61 Band 7 Laminated column 8 Orthogonal wall 81 Inner side surface 82 Outer side surface 83 Upper surface 84 Lower surface 85 Inner fitting groove 86 Inward fitting piece 87 Outer fitting groove 88 Outer fitting piece 9 Load receiving portion 10 Stopper P Panel material

Claims (3)

An apparatus for horizontally stacking and packaging rectangular plate-like panel materials in a plurality of stages, and a plurality of platforms on which the panel materials are placed, and a plurality of them vertically above the platform so as to stand upright outside the four corners of the panel materials A plurality of corner support members that are stacked to form stacked pillars, each of which bears the four corners of each panel member, and the corner support members that are stacked are engaged with the lowermost one to place the corner support members on the gantry. A lower support member fixed on the pedestal so as to be locked, four side walls placed on the pedestal so as to cover four side surfaces of the laminated body of panel members stacked on the pedestal, and erected on the pedestal A lid body that engages with the upper edges of the four side wall bodies to be placed and covers the upper surface of the panel material laminate;
The corner support member is an orthogonal wall that stands up to abut against an outer corner portion of the panel member that is horizontally disposed, and a load receiver that extends horizontally from the orthogonal wall and rests on the lower surface of the corner portion of the panel member. And comprising
The orthogonal walls of the corner support member include a right inner surface that abuts on an outer corner of the panel member, a right outer surface parallel to the inner surface, a flat upper and lower surface that are parallel to each other, and an inner surface. An inner fitting groove that opens to the top and extends horizontally, an inward fitting piece defined between the inner fitting groove and the upper surface, and an outer fitting groove that opens to the lower portion of the outer surface and extends horizontally And an outward fitting piece defined between the outer fitting groove and the lower surface, and the outward fitting piece is inward and inward of the other corner support member disposed below. The fitting piece is provided so as to be fitted in the horizontal direction with the outer fitting groove of the other corner support member disposed above,
The load receiving portion extends horizontally from the inner surface of the orthogonal wall at an interval larger than the thickness dimension of the panel material below the inner fitting groove of the orthogonal wall,
The lower support member includes a base portion fixed on the gantry and an engagement portion that stands up from the base portion and extends along the outer surface of the corner support member. An apparatus for packing a panel material, comprising: a fitting recess in which an outward fitting piece of a support member is fitted in a horizontal direction; and a fitting protrusion that is fitted in an outer fitting groove in a horizontal direction.   The panel material according to claim 1, wherein a stopper for locking the lower portion of the side wall body to the gantry is fixed on the gantry so that the side wall body is not separated from the laminated body of the panel materials. Packing equipment.   The side wall body includes an upper member and a lower member that can be connected and separated, and accommodates an upper member of the side wall body and a corner support member inside four lower members that are erected on the frame. The panel material packaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the lid is configured to be fitted to an upper edge of the member.

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