JP7403892B1 - box water tanker - Google Patents

Abstract

[Problem] Providing a box-shaped water tanker. [Solution] The invention of a box-shaped water tank truck includes a drinking water tank device that stores drinking water in a box-shaped luggage compartment of a van-type vehicle, and a water supply function that guides drinking water from the tank of the drinking water tank device to a water supply port. and a water supply piping device having a water injection function for guiding external drinking water from the water supply port to the tank of the drinking water tank device. It is characterized by It is characterized by Further, in addition to the above characteristics, a water supply piping control device is mounted to drive and control the water supply function and the water injection function of the water supply piping device. [Selection diagram] Figure 10

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a box-shaped water tank for drinking water, which is equipped with a water supply facility in the box-shaped luggage compartment of a van-type vehicle.

A conventional water tank for drinking water is a water supply piping device that has a drinking water tank that stores drinking water, a water supply function that supplies drinking water from the drinking water tank, and a water injection function that pours drinking water into the drinking water tank. The so-called water supply equipment, which is equipped with equipment such as This often caused problems with water injection work.

Another problem was that the precious drinking water that needed to be urgently supplied to the residents of the disaster-stricken areas was so cold that it was difficult to drink immediately.

The present invention aims to solve the above-mentioned problems, and also to provide a water tanker that allows easy installation of water supply equipment to existing van-type vehicles and does not require high installation costs.

The invention of a box-shaped water tanker according to claim 1 provides a drinking water tank device for storing drinking water in a box-shaped luggage compartment of a van-type vehicle, and a water supply system for guiding drinking water from the tank of the drinking water tank device to a water supply port. The box-shaped cargo compartment of the box-shaped water tank is equipped with a water supply piping device that has both a water injection function and a water injection function that leads external drinking water from the water supply port to the tank of the drinking water tank device, has a rear opening/closing door opening, and the rear opening/closing door opening has a mouth shape that allows the drinking water tank device and the water supply piping device to be inserted into the cargo compartment in a unitized state that can be handled as a single unit outside the cargo compartment. It is characterized by:

The invention of a box-shaped water tanker according to claim 2 provides a drinking water tank device for storing drinking water in a box-shaped luggage compartment of a van-type vehicle, and a water supply function for guiding drinking water from the tank of the drinking water tank device to a water supply port. and a water supply piping device that has a water injection function for guiding external drinking water from the water supply port to the tank of the drinking water tank device, and a water supply piping control device that drives and controls the water supply function and water injection function of the water supply piping device. The box-shaped cargo compartment of the box-shaped water tanker has a rear side opening/closing door at least at the rear of the cargo compartment, and the rear opening/closing door has a drinking water tank device and a water supply piping device. It is characterized by having a mouth shape that can be inserted into the luggage compartment in a unitized state that can be handled as a single unit outside the luggage compartment .

The invention of the box-type water tanker according to claim 3 is such that the unitized drinking water tank device and water supply piping device of the box-type water tanker according to claims 1 and 2 have water in contact with the floor surface of the cargo compartment on the bottom side of the device. It is characterized by having a receiving board.

The water receiving board of the box-shaped water tank according to the third aspect of the present invention is characterized in that it has a discharge conduit through which the received leaking water is naturally discharged from at least the rear opening/closing door.

The invention of the box-shaped water tank truck according to claim 5 is such that the water supply piping control device of the box-shaped water tank truck according to claim 2 is operated from the side opening/closing door side of at least one of the left and right side surfaces of the box-shaped cargo compartment. It is characterized by being able to be placed inside the luggage compartment.

The invention of the box-type water tanker according to claim 6 is such that the water supply piping control device for the box-type water tank truck according to claim 5 has an input/output input connected to a central control device that controls the water supply function and the water injection function of the water supply piping device. The device is characterized in that it is unitized so that it can be handled as an integrated unit, including at least a power converter device that switches power between an in-vehicle battery and an external power source, and an external power outlet that connects the external power source to the power converter device. shall be.

The invention of claim 7 provides that in the box-shaped water tanker of claim 6 , the unitized water supply piping control device is inserted from the side opening/closing door of the box-shaped cargo compartment and mounted in the cargo compartment. Features.

The invention according to claim 8 is the box-type water tanker according to claims 1 to 7 , further comprising a water injection means that enables water to be poured into the tank of the drinking water tank device from the outside of the ceiling side of the box-shaped cargo compartment, The water injection means is characterized in that it has a ceiling opening/closing port provided on a part of the ceiling side of the box-shaped cargo compartment, and an opening/closing water filling port provided in a tank facing the ceiling opening/closing port.

The invention of claim 9 is the box-type water tanker of claims 2 to 7 , in which the unitized drinking water tank device and the water supply piping device are inserted into the cargo compartment from the rear side opening/closing door. Along with being mounted,
It is characterized in that a unitized water supply piping control device is inserted from the side opening/closing door and mounted inside the cargo compartment.

The invention of claim 10 is the box-type water tank truck of claims 6 and 7 , wherein the unitized drinking water tank device, the water supply piping device, and the unitized water supply piping control device are provided on the cargo compartment floor surface. It is characterized by being detachably fixed.

The invention according to claim 11 is characterized in that the box-shaped water tanker according to claims 1 to 10 is provided with an air conditioning facility in the box-shaped cargo compartment.

According to the inventions of the box-shaped water tanker according to claims 1 to 11 , at least the water-related portion of the water supply equipment is located inside the box-shaped cargo compartment, compared to conventional drinking water water tankers in which the water supply equipment is exposed. Because it is built into the system, even in cold regions, there is no need for tanks or pipes to freeze, and there is no need to take extra measures to prevent freezing. It is possible to immediately provide the precious drinking water that people have to drink in a relatively drinkable state rather than in a refrigerated state, and it is easy to install water supply equipment to existing van-type vehicles, which reduces installation costs. No water tankers can be provided .

According to the invention of the box-shaped water tank truck of Claim 6 , Claim 7 , Claim 9 , and Claim 11 , the water supply piping device including the drinking water tank and the water supply piping control device are installed in the existing box-shaped cargo compartment. Since the vehicle is pre-assembled into a unit outside the vehicle so that it can be inserted into the interior through the opening/closing door, it can be quickly and easily installed in the luggage compartment, significantly reducing the cost of modifying existing vehicles. Can be done.

According to the invention of the box-shaped water tank truck of claim 3 or claim 45 , leakage water, cleaning waste water, etc. generated during water supply work and cleaning work can be promptly discharged outside the box-shaped cargo compartment.

According to the invention of the box-shaped water tank of claim 8 , drinking water can be poured into the drinking water tank using only the water pressure from the external water source without operating the water supply equipment.

According to the invention of the box-shaped water tanker according to claim 11 , drinking water can be provided at room temperature or at a relatively arbitrary temperature suitable for easy drinking.

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway side view of a box-shaped water tanker showing a state in which the unitized water supply piping system shown in FIG. 3 is installed in a box-shaped cargo compartment. FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway plan view of a box-shaped water tanker showing a state in which the unitized water supply piping device of FIG. 3 is installed in a box-shaped cargo compartment. FIG. 3 is a side view of a unitized water supply piping device (Example 1). FIG. 4 is a plan view of the unitized water supply piping device of FIG. 3. FIG. 5 is a partially cutaway side view of the box-shaped water tank truck, showing a state in which the water supply piping control device and the water supply piping device are installed in the box-shaped cargo compartment. FIG. 6 is a rear side view of the box-shaped water tanker showing a state in which the unitized water supply piping device is installed in the box-shaped cargo compartment. FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the water receiving board. FIG. 8 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing the water supply piping device fixed to the cargo compartment floor. FIG. 9 is a configuration diagram of the water supply piping device and the water supply piping control device. FIG. 10 is a partially cutaway side view of the box-shaped water tank of Example 2. FIG. 11 is a plan view of the box-shaped water tanker shown in FIG. 10. FIG. 12 is an enlarged view of a partially cut away portion of FIG. 10.

Hereinafter, the box-shaped water tanker 1 of Example 1 will be explained based on the drawings shown in FIGS. 1 to 9.
First, in FIGS. 1 and 2, the van-type vehicle 1 of the first embodiment is a normal vehicle (non-modified vehicle) equipped with a general box-shaped cargo space, which is generally available on the market. The compartment 11 has one side opening/closing door opening 111, 112 on the front side of the left and right sides of the luggage compartment 11, and one rear opening/closing door 113 on the rear side of the rear side of the luggage compartment 11. It has a total of three opening/closing door openings, and inside the box-shaped cargo compartment 11, water equipment such as a drinking water tank device 2 for storing drinking water and a water supply piping device 3 are installed. It is equipped (internally installed).

In FIGS. 3 and 4, a drinking water tank device 2 is literally a device consisting of a tank 20 for storing drinking water and various necessary equipment attached to the tank 20 (hereinafter also referred to as tank equipment). For example, necessary equipment such as a liquid level gauge 21, a tank inspection port 22, an overflow pipe 23, an intake/exhaust valve 24, etc. attached to the tank 20 itself are attached as tank equipment.

In addition, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, this embodiment 1 is provided with a support frame 25 that supports the tank 20 with the cylindrical axis of the approximately cylindrical tank 20 slightly inclined. Necessary equipment such as a pump 35 and a motor 36 are also attached to the frame 25.

3 and 5, the water supply piping device 3 has a water supply function that leads drinking water from the tank 20 of the drinking water tank device 2 to the water supply ports 31, 32, and 33, and a water supply function that leads drinking water from an external water supply port to the tank 20. A water supply pipe having a water supply function for guiding and distributing drinking water from the tank 20 of the drinking water tank device 2 to the water supply ports 31, 32, and 33; In order to store external drinking water in the tank 20, piping is provided with a water injection pipe for leading and injecting the external drinking water into the tank 20 from any one of the water supply ports 31, 32, and 33.

The water supply piping device 3 of this embodiment 1 includes a water supply pipe having a water supply function for guiding drinking water from a tank 20 to water supply ports 31, 32, and 33 for distribution, that is, supplying water, and a water supply pipe having a water supply function for distributing drinking water to the tank 20. A water supply pipe having a piping configuration in which a water injection pipe with a water injection function for leading and injecting water into the tank 20 from any of the water supply ports 31, 32, and 33 is integrated so that both can be used for both purposes. This piping is supported by the above-mentioned support frame 25.

The drinking water tank device 2 and the water supply piping device 3 described above are both installed inside the box-shaped cargo compartment 11, so it is possible to assemble the devices inside the cargo compartment 11; Rather than assembling the device inside the cargo compartment 11, the entire device is assembled as a single unit outside the cargo compartment, which is relatively spacious, and the unit is inserted into the cargo compartment through the opening/closing door of the cargo compartment 11. It is more efficient to install it in terms of work efficiency and improvement costs.

Therefore, in the first embodiment, the opening/closing door of the existing box-shaped cargo compartment 11 into which the unitized device can be inserted, and in the illustrated embodiment (FIGS. 3 and 5), the opening and closing door of the box-shaped cargo compartment of the existing vehicle is A tank in which the drinking water tank device 2 and the water supply piping device 3 are integrated into the cargo compartment 11 from the opening/closing door 113 without modifying the opening/closing door 113 according to the shape of the side opening/closing door 113. As will be described in detail later, a mounting method was adopted in which a piping device was inserted and removably fixed to the floor of the cargo compartment 11 (cargo compartment floor) using bolts and nuts, that is, a method of manufacturing a box-shaped water tanker was adopted. .

In this way, the drinking water tank device 2 and the water supply piping device 3, which are so-called water equipment among the water supply equipment mounted on the water tank truck, are assembled outside the cargo compartment 11 as a unitized tank piping device. In the manufacturing method of the water tanker, which is inserted into the cargo compartment 11 from the rear opening/closing door 113 of the box-shaped luggage compartment 11, the opening size of the rear opening/closing door 113 of the box-shaped luggage compartment 11 of the existing vehicle is It is necessary that the tank piping device has a size that allows it to be inserted into the unitized tank piping device, and it is preferable and best since it does not require modification of the opening/closing door 113 of the box-shaped cargo compartment 11 of the existing vehicle. It is. For this purpose, it is necessary to unitize the tank piping device into a unit with a girth size smaller than the size of the opening of the rear opening/closing door 113 and a size that allows insertion.

That is, the unitization of the tank piping device needs to correspond to the size that can be inserted according to the shape of the rear opening/closing door opening 113 of the existing box-shaped vehicle, and the box-shaped cargo compartment 11 of the box-shaped water tank 1 is A rear opening/closing door 113 is provided at least at the rear of the cargo compartment 11, and the rear opening/closing door 113 unitizes the drinking water tank device 2 and the water supply piping device 3 so that they can be handled as a single unit outdoors. It is most preferable that the tank piping device has a mouth shape that can be inserted into the cargo compartment 11 through the rear opening/closing door opening 111.

1 to 5, on the bottom side of the tank piping system unitized as described above, that is, on the bottom side of the drinking water tank system 2 and the water supply piping system 3, there is water leaking from these systems and cleaning work. It is equipped with a water receiving plate 4 for receiving the waste water generated during the process.
The water receiving board 4 is used to prevent the floor of the cargo compartment 11 (cargo compartment floor) from becoming wet due to dripping water or washing water when the worker is operating the tank piping device during water supply work. This is a board to prevent inconveniences such as rusting.

In this Embodiment 1, as shown in FIG. 7, the water receiving board 4 is arranged around the periphery of the board 4 in order to quickly discharge leaking water from the opening/closing door openings 111, 112, and 113 on all three sides to the outside of the vehicle. A part of the raised edge 40 is cut out to provide discharge conduits 41, 42, 43 leading to the respective door openings 111, 112, 113. It is not necessary to provide the discharge water conduit 43 toward the rear side opening/closing door 113, and the discharge water conduit 43 may be provided toward at least one arbitrary location, for example, only toward the rear opening/closing door opening 113.

In FIG. 8, the drinking water tank device 2 and the water supply water supply unit are integrated into a unit that can be inserted from outside the cargo compartment 11 according to the shape of the rear side opening/closing door 113 of the box-shaped cargo compartment 11 in the first embodiment. A tank piping device consisting of the piping device 3 is removably fixed to the luggage compartment floor 114 via the water receiving plate 4 using bolts and nuts.

The removable fixing means is not limited to this and may be any commonly used conventional means, but by removably fixing the tank consisting of the drinking water tank device 2 and the water supply piping device 3. By relatively easily pulling out the piping device outside the luggage compartment 11 during maintenance inspection and repair work, inspection and repair work can be performed efficiently in a wide space.

In FIG. 5, the reference numeral 5 in the figure is a water supply piping control device, and this water supply piping control device 5 has a water supply function and a water injection function of a tank piping device consisting of a drinking water tank device 2 and a water supply piping device 3. This is an input/output device serving as an operation panel connected to an intermediate control device (not shown) that drives and controls the devices.

In FIGS. 5 and 9, the water supply piping control device 5 serving as the operation panel is mounted outside the cargo compartment 11 in a frame body (rack) that can be handled as a single unit, together with an external power outlet 51 and a power conversion device 52. They are installed or assembled all at once to form a unit, and in this first embodiment, the cargo space 11 is opened from the side opening/closing door 111 on the left side of the cargo space 11. As shown in FIG. 8, it is removably fixed to the luggage compartment floor 114, as shown in FIG.

Therefore, the rack (unit) of this unitized water supply piping control device 5 is sized so that it can be inserted through the side opening/closing door 111 in a unitized state and installed on the floor of the luggage compartment 11. The device must be installed so that it can be operated by a worker from the side opening/closing door 111 through which it is inserted.
Note that the water supply piping control device 5 serving as an operation panel is installed within the luggage compartment 11 and is electrically connected to the vehicle battery 53, the motor 36, the water level sensor 37, and the like.

In FIG. 9, the water supply piping device 3 shown in the first embodiment has three water supply ports 31, a water supply port 31, and a water supply port 31 as a device for switching the flow path of the piping, which is configured to be dual-purpose, to either the water supply function or the water injection function. A flow path switching valve 34 is disposed in the middle of the piping between 32, 33 and the tank 20. In response to an instruction signal from the control device, the water supply piping device 3 is switched to either a water supply function or a water injection function, that is, the flow path of the piping is switched to either water injection or water supply.

In addition, when the water supply piping device 3 is operated as a water supply function, a hose (not shown) from an external drinking water source (not shown) is connected to any one of the three water supply ports 31, 32, and 33. .
In addition, when the water supply piping device 3 is operated as a water supply function, a plurality of faucets may be provided for all or any one of the three water supply ports 31, 32, and 33 to be selectively used. Connect a detachable water tap (not shown).

In addition, the water supply ports of the water supply piping device 3 shown in this box-shaped water tanker 1 have three openings: a rear opening/closing door opening 113 of the box-shaped cargo compartment 11 and opening/closing openings 111 and 112 on the left and right sides of the luggage compartment 11. Although water supply ports 31, 32, and 33 are provided in all of the opening and closing doors, it is not necessarily necessary to provide water inlets in all of the opening and closing doors 111, 112, and 113, and it is not necessary to provide water inlets at any arbitrary position. It should be installed in .

Furthermore, if a van-type vehicle that is inherently equipped with an air conditioning system (not shown) for adjusting the room temperature of the box-shaped cargo compartment 11 is used as the box-shaped water tanker 1 of the first embodiment, a more suitable temperature can be obtained. of drinking water will be provided. If the vehicle is not equipped with air conditioning equipment, it is desirable to retrofit the equipment.

Next, a box-shaped water tanker according to the second embodiment will be explained based on the drawings shown in FIGS. 10 to 12.
The box-shaped water tanker 200 of this embodiment 2 is the same as that of the box-shaped water tanker 1 of the embodiment 1, which enables water injection into the tank 20 of the drinking water tank device 2 from outside the ceiling side of the box-shaped cargo compartment 11. The water injection means 210 includes a ceiling opening 211 that can be freely opened and closed provided on a part of the ceiling side of the box-shaped cargo compartment 11, and a ceiling opening 211 provided on the top side of the tank 20 so as to face this ceiling opening/closing opening. The water inlet 212 is provided with a water inlet 212 that can be opened and closed freely.

FIG. 12 shows a state in which the ceiling opening/closing opening 211 on the ceiling side of the box-shaped cargo compartment 11 and the opening/closing water inlet 212 of the tank 20 provided to communicate with the ceiling opening/closing opening 212 are both open. 2 is a diagram showing a drinking water supply hose 113 connected to a tank 20. FIG.
Incidentally, among the symbols given in FIGS. 10 to 12 of the second embodiment, the same symbols as those given in FIGS. 1 to 9 of the first embodiment are the same as those in the first embodiment, so explanations will be omitted. omitted.

This water injection means 210 is for filling drinking water into the tank 20 without using the water injection function of the water supply vehicle, that is, without using the power (energy) of the water supply vehicle when storing external drinking water. This device can be used when the external drinking water side has water supply capacity.

The present invention can be widely applied not only to water tankers for drinking water but also to water tankers distributing liquids.

1 Van type vehicle (Example 1)
11 Box-shaped cargo compartment 111 Side opening/closing door (left)
112 Side opening/closing door (right)
113 Rear side opening/closing door 2 Drinking water tank device (tank piping device)
20 Tank 25 Support frame 3 Water supply piping device (tank piping device)
31 Water supply port (left)
32 Water supply port (right)
33 Water supply port (rear)
34 Flow path switching valve 4 Water receiving board 41, 42, 43
5 Operation panel (water supply piping control device)
56 Flow path switching valve (water supply piping control device)
200 Box water tanker (Example 2)
210 Water injection means
211 Ceiling opening/closing port (water injection means)
212 Opening/closing water inlet (water inlet means)
213 Water injection hose (water injection means)

Claims (11)

A drinking water tank device for storing drinking water in a box-shaped luggage compartment of a van type vehicle, a water supply function for guiding drinking water from the tank of the drinking water tank device to a water supply port, and a drinking water tank device for supplying external drinking water from the water supply port to the drinking water tank device. The box-shaped cargo compartment of the box-shaped water tank has a rear side opening/closing door at least at the rear of the cargo compartment, and the box-shaped cargo compartment of the box-shaped water tank vehicle has a rear side opening/closing door at least at the rear of the cargo compartment. A box-shaped water tank tank characterized in that the side opening/closing door opening has a mouth shape that allows the drinking water tank device and the water supply piping device to be inserted into the cargo compartment in a unitized state that can be handled as a single unit outside the cargo compartment. . A drinking water tank device for storing drinking water in a box-shaped luggage compartment of a van type vehicle, a water supply function for guiding drinking water from the tank of the drinking water tank device to a water inlet, and a drinking water tank device for supplying external drinking water from the water inlet to the drinking water inlet. A water supply piping device that has a water injection function that leads to the tank of a water tank device, and a water supply piping control device that drives and controls the water supply function and water injection function of the water supply piping device are installed, and a box-shaped water tank box is installed. The cargo compartment has a rear side opening/closing door at least at the rear of the cargo compartment, and the rear opening/closing door is unitized so that a drinking water tank device and a water supply piping device can be handled as a single unit outside the cargo compartment. 1. A box-shaped water tanker, characterized in that the box-shaped water tanker is equipped with a mouth shape that can be inserted into the cargo compartment in a state in which The unitized drinking water tank device and water supply piping device for a box-shaped water tanker according to claims 1 and 2 are characterized in that they have a water receiving plate on the bottom side of the device that is in contact with the floor surface of the cargo compartment. The water receiving board of the box-shaped water tank according to the third aspect of the present invention is characterized in that it has a discharge conduit through which the received leaking water is naturally discharged from at least the rear opening/closing door. The water supply piping control device for a box-shaped water tank truck according to claim 2 is characterized in that it is disposed in the cargo compartment so as to be operable from the side opening/closing door side on at least one of the left and right side surfaces of the box-shaped cargo compartment. shall be. The water supply piping control device for a box-type water tank truck according to claim 5 is an input/output device connected to a central control device that controls the water supply function and water injection function of the water supply piping device, and includes at least an on-vehicle battery and an external power source. The present invention is characterized in that it is integrated into a unit that can be handled together with a power conversion device that switches the power source to and from the power source, and an external power outlet that draws an external power source to the power conversion device. The box-shaped water tanker according to claim 6 is characterized in that the unitized water supply piping control device is inserted from a side opening/closing door of the box-shaped cargo compartment and mounted in the cargo compartment. The box-shaped water tanker according to claims 1 to 7 includes water injection means that enables water to be poured into the tank of the drinking water tank device from the outside of the ceiling side of the box-shaped cargo compartment, and the water injection means is configured to fill the tank of the drinking water tank device. It is characterized by having a ceiling opening/closing opening provided in a part of the ceiling side of the room and an opening/closing water inlet provided in a tank facing the ceiling opening/closing opening. In the box-shaped water tank vehicle according to claims 2 to 7, the unitized drinking water tank device and water supply piping device are inserted from the rear side opening/closing door of the cargo compartment and mounted in the cargo compartment,
The unitized water supply piping control device is characterized in that it is inserted through the side opening and closing door and mounted in the cargo compartment. In the box-shaped water tanker according to claims 6 and 7 , the unitized drinking water tank device, the water supply piping device, and the unitized water supply piping control device are removably fixed to the cargo compartment floor surface. It is characterized by The box-shaped water tanker according to any one of claims 1 to 10 is characterized in that the box-shaped cargo compartment is provided with air conditioning equipment.

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