JP7511216B2 - Temporary Equipment - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to temporary construction materials and equipment.

At construction sites, workers may carry out various tasks using temporary equipment and materials rented from a rental company. Patent Document 1 discloses a construction materials rental system that is made up of a management center for managing the rental status, a factory that manufactures the rented temporary materials, a delivery center that delivers the temporary materials shipped from the factory to a specified site in response to a customer's request, a recovery center that collects temporary materials returned from the site, and a maintenance center that maintains the collected temporary materials.

Typically, at one construction site, multiple contractors, such as an electrical contractor, an air conditioning contractor, a sanitary contractor, and a construction company that builds the building, each undertake work separately. Each contractor places separate orders for the temporary equipment and materials needed for the work from rental companies.

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However, if each contractor orders the same type of temporary equipment and materials from the same rental company, multiple pieces of the same type of temporary equipment and materials will be present at the construction site. In this case, there is a problem in that it is not possible to identify which contractor is renting the temporary equipment and materials.
In addition, when temporary equipment is lost, the contract generally stipulates that the company that rented the lost equipment must purchase it. Therefore, when there are multiple pieces of the same type of temporary equipment at a construction site and one of the pieces is lost, it is difficult to quickly determine which company rented the lost temporary equipment.

The present invention was made in consideration of the problems described above, and aims to make it easy to identify companies that rent temporary equipment and materials.

The present invention is a rental temporary equipment for use at a construction site, comprising a first identification unit which is given a different color for each company renting the temporary equipment in order to identify the company renting the temporary equipment, and a second identification unit which is given the name of a user who will be using the temporary equipment in order to identify the user who will be using the temporary equipment, and which is characterized in that the first identification unit and the second identification unit are detachable from the temporary equipment and made of different materials.

The present invention makes it easy to identify companies that rent temporary equipment and materials.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a configuration of a transport cart. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of an identification member. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a system configuration of an order system. 13 is a flowchart showing an example of a process of the order system. 1A and 1B are diagrams illustrating an example of a color information DB and a site DB. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a configuration of an identification member.

First Embodiment
Hereinafter, the rental temporary equipment and materials and the shipping method of the temporary equipment and materials according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. Here, the temporary equipment and materials are items used by workers at a construction site when carrying out construction work. In this embodiment, a transport cart is used as an example of the rental temporary equipment and materials. However, the rental temporary equipment and materials may be any item that is used at a construction site. For example, the temporary equipment and materials include heavy machinery such as a workbench and a forklift.

Fig. 1 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of a transport cart 1. In Fig. 1, the traveling direction of the transport cart 1 is the front-rear direction, and the front side is indicated as "front", the rear side as "rear", the right side as "right", the left side as "left", the upper side as "up", and the lower side as "down". Note that the transport cart 1 can travel in any direction including front-rear, left-right, and front-rear directions, not limited to the front direction.
The transport cart 1 comprises a cart main body 20 and a running section 30.
First, the carriage body 20 will be described.
The trolley body 20 is configured by connecting a plurality of frame parts and the like, and is used to carry transported goods. The trolley body 20 is rectangular in shape with the longitudinal direction being the front-rear direction and the transverse direction being the short side direction in a plan view. The trolley body 20 has a front frame part 21a, a rear frame part 21b, a right frame part 21c, a left frame part 21d, corner members 22, a reinforcing frame part (reinforcing part) 25, a loading plate 26, and the like.

The front frame portion 21a, the rear frame portion 21b, the right frame portion 21c, and the left frame portion 21d may be formed of, for example, hollow rectangular pipes made of an aluminum alloy, and the front frame portion 21a, the rear frame portion 21b, the right frame portion 21c, and the left frame portion 21d may be formed in a metallic color such as silver.
The corner member 22 is made of an aluminum alloy formed by extrusion, for example. The corner member 22 has an insertion hole 23 that opens upward and a stopper portion that closes the downward side. A hand push member 40, which will be described later, is inserted into the insertion hole 23 of the corner member 22. The lower end of the hand push member 40 inserted into the insertion hole 23 is supported by the stopper portion.

The front frame portion 21a, the rear frame portion 21b, the right frame portion 21c, and the left frame portion 21d are joined at four corners by corner members 22 to form a rectangular frame on all four sides. Within the frame, a plurality of reinforcing frame portions 25 are butted together in the front-rear and left-right directions and joined by screws, rivets, welding, or the like to form a lattice shape. The reinforcing frame portions 25 may be, for example, hollow angular pipes made of aluminum alloy or plates with uneven cross sections. The reinforcing frame portions 25 are, for example, a metallic color such as silver.
The loading plate 26 is a flat plate for loading objects to be transported. The loading plate 26 is connected to each frame portion and each reinforcing frame portion 25 via rivets or screws. The loading plate 26 is a metallic color such as silver.

The running section 30 runs on the running surface while supporting the load of the cart body 20 and the transported object. The running section 30 has a number of casters 31. In this embodiment, the running section 30 has six casters: four casters 31 arranged at the four corners of the cart body 20, and two casters 31 arranged in the center in the front-to-rear direction, spaced apart on the left and right. Each caster 31 is attached to the cart body 20 via a mounting plate.

Further, the hand push member 40 can be removably attached to the transport cart 1 of this embodiment.
The push member 40 is a member that a user holds with his/her hand when moving the transport cart 1. The user moves the transport cart 1 by holding the push member 40 with his/her hand and pushing or pulling it. The push member 40 is attached to the cart body 20 by inserting the lower end into the insertion hole 23 of the corner member 22. The transport cart 1 has four push members 40, which are inserted into the insertion holes 23 of the corner members 22. All four push members 40 have approximately the same configuration. However, the number of push members 40 is not limited to four, and one, two, or three push members 40 may be attached. The push member 40 is removed from the cart body 20 by pulling it out of the insertion hole 23 of the corner member 22.

The push member 40 has a main body member 41 as a main body portion, a protective member 43 and a reinforcing member 50 .
The main body member 41 is a rod-shaped or long pipe-shaped member. The main body member 41 is made of, for example, an aluminum alloy, and is formed by extrusion molding. The main body member 41 has a metallic color, for example, silver. The inside of the main body member 41 is reinforced in a cross shape to improve its strength.

The protective member 43 protects the user's hands from coming into contact with surrounding objects when the user grasps the push member 40. The protective member 43 also serves as an indicator of the maximum loading height when transported goods are loaded. The protective member 43 is fixed to the upper side of the main body member 41 at a position a predetermined distance from the upper end with bolts, rivets, etc. The part of the push member 40 above the protective member 43 functions as a grip part that the user grasps with their hands. The protective member 43 is disc-shaped and protrudes outward from the outer circumferential surface of the main body member 41, and has an outer diameter larger than that of the main body member 41.
The protective member 43 is made of a resin material such as nylon, and is integrally formed by injection molding. The protective member 43 has a color different from that of the main body member 41, for example, and is colored by mixing a coloring agent into the resin material. The protective member 43 may be the same color as the main body member 41.

The reinforcing member 50 is fixed to the lower end of the main body member 41, specifically at a position close to the lower end, with bolts, rivets, or the like. The reinforcing member 50 reinforces the strength of the main body member 41 and suppresses rattling between the main body member 41 and the insertion hole 23 when the main body member 41 is inserted into the insertion hole 23 of the corner member 22. The reinforcing member 50 is made of, for example, an aluminum alloy, and is formed by extrusion molding. The reinforcing member 50 is, for example, a metallic color such as silver.

The rental transport cart 1 of this embodiment has an identification member 60 for identifying the company that rents the transport cart 1. The identification member 60 corresponds to an example of a first identification unit. Here, a company is someone who undertakes construction work, orders temporary equipment and materials from a rental company, and performs the work directly or indirectly. Here, performing construction work directly means that the company that ordered the temporary equipment and materials from the rental company performs the construction work itself. On the other hand, performing construction work indirectly means that the company that ordered the temporary equipment and materials from the rental company requests a cooperating company to perform the construction work, and the requested cooperating company actually performs the construction work.
Here, at a construction site, multiple contractors, such as a contractor performing electrical work, a contractor performing air conditioning equipment work, a contractor performing sanitation-related work, and a construction company that builds buildings, work in parallel. Each contractor rents a transport cart 1 separately from a rental company for use. Therefore, since transport carts 1 rented from each contractor are mixed at the construction site, it is preferable to be able to identify at a glance which contractor has rented the transport cart 1. In this embodiment, the identification member 60 is given a different color for each contractor in order to identify the contractor that rents the transport cart 1.

The identification member 60 will now be described.
FIG. 2( a ) is a diagram showing an example of the identification member 60, and is a side view of the left frame portion 21 d of the cart body 20 as viewed from the left side.
The identification members 60 are disposed on the exterior surface of the transport cart 1. Specifically, as shown in Fig. 1, the identification members 60 are attached to the side surfaces of the front frame portion 21a, the rear frame portion 21b, the right frame portion 21c, and the left frame portion 21d of the cart main body 20. Note that Fig. 1 does not show the identification members 60 attached to the front frame portion 21a and the right frame portion 21c because they are hidden by the front frame portion 21a and the right frame portion 21c.

The identification member 60 is in the form of a sheet with the same color applied to the entire surface. In this embodiment, the identification member 60 is a sticker with an adhesive material such as glue laminated on the back surface. Therefore, the identification member 60 is detachable from the transport cart 1, that is, it can be attached and removed. However, the identification member 60 is not limited to being detachable, and may be fixed to the transport cart 1.

Here, the identification member 60 is assigned a different color for each contractor. In the present embodiment, the identification member 60 is assigned one color, for example, yellow, green, blue, etc., for each contractor. As an example, yellow is assigned to contractors who perform electrical work, green to contractors who perform air conditioning equipment work, and blue to contractors who perform sanitation-related work. Also, as an example, no color is assigned to construction companies that build buildings.
The color applied to the identification member 60 is different from the color of the position where the identification member 60 is attached. That is, in this embodiment, the color applied to the identification member 60 is different from the colors of the side surfaces of the front frame portion 21 a, the rear frame portion 21 b, the right frame portion 21 c, and the left frame portion 21 d.

According to the above example, the identification member 60 of the transport cart 1 rented by a contractor who performs electrical work is colored yellow. The identification member 60 of the transport cart 1 rented by a contractor who performs air conditioning equipment work is colored green. The identification member 60 of the transport cart 1 rented by a contractor who performs sanitation-related work is colored blue. On the other hand, for example, a transport cart 1 rented by a construction company that builds buildings does not have an identification member 60.

In this manner, the transport cart 1 of the present embodiment has an identification member 60 for identifying the company renting the transport cart 1. Therefore, even if transport carts 1 from different companies are mixed together, the company can easily identify the renting company by visually checking the identification member 60.
In this way, by identifying the companies that rent the transport carts 1, the number of transport carts 1 rented by each company can be tallied, making it easy to identify which company lost the cart. In addition, since a company can easily identify the transport cart 1 that it has rented by visually checking the identification member 60, it is possible to return only the transport cart 1 that it has rented to the rental company when use is finished.

In this embodiment, there are at least three vendors, the identification member 60 attached to the transport cart 1 rented by the first vendor is a first color, the identification member 60 attached to the transport cart 1 rented by the second vendor is a second color, and the identification member 60 is not attached to the transport cart 1 rented by the third vendor. Therefore, a vendor renting a transport cart 1 without the identification member 60 can easily identify itself as another vendor, that is, a third vendor different from the first and second vendors renting transport carts 1 with the identification member 60. In this way, by not attaching the identification member 60 to the transport cart 1 rented by the third vendor, the work of attaching the identification member 60 to the transport cart 1 can be omitted.

Next, the rental transport cart 1 of this embodiment has a user identification member 70 for identifying the user who actually uses the transport cart 1. The user identification member 70 corresponds to an example of the second identification unit. Here, the user is a person who performs construction work at the request of a contractor who has ordered temporary equipment from the rental company, that is, a partner company of the contractor who has ordered the temporary equipment. In this embodiment, it is assumed that there are multiple partner companies. As an example, a contractor who has contracted for electrical construction work and ordered multiple transport carts 1 from the rental company is Company A. When Company A commissions Company α and Company β to perform the actual construction work and has Company α use one group of the multiple transport carts 1 and Company β use the other group of the multiple transport carts 1, Company α and Company β are the users. In this case, it is preferable that Company A, as well as Company α and Company β, can identify the users of the multiple transport carts 1 rented by Company A at a glance. In this embodiment, the user identification member 70 can identify the users who use the transport cart 1.

The user identification member 70 will now be described.
Fig. 2(b) is a diagram showing an example of the user identification member 70, and is a side view of the left frame portion 21d of the cart body 20 as viewed from the left side. Note that the user identification member 70 is omitted in Fig. 1.
The user identification member 70 is arranged on the exterior surface of the transport cart 1. Specifically, the user identification member 70 is arranged so as to overlap the surface of the above-mentioned identification member 60. Furthermore, the user identification member 70 is arranged so as not to cover the entirety of the identification member 60. In other words, even if the user identification member 70 is arranged on the surface of the identification member 60, at least the color applied to the identification member 60 is visible. However, in a transport cart 1 that does not have the identification member 60, the user identification member 70 can be arranged directly on the cart main body 20. Furthermore, the user identification member 70 may be arranged directly on the cart main body 20 regardless of the presence or absence of the identification member 60.

The user identification member 70 is in the form of a sheet that can be printed on the surface by a printing device or the like. In this embodiment, the user identification member 70 is a sticker with an adhesive material such as glue laminated on the back surface. Therefore, the user identification member 70 is detachable from the surface of the identification member 60, that is, in this embodiment, it can be attached and detached.

Here, the name of the user is displayed on the user identification member 70. As described above, assume that company A, which has ordered multiple transport carts 1 from a rental company, allows company α to use one group of the multiple transport carts 1 and company β to use the other group of the multiple transport carts 1. In this case, the name of company α is displayed on the user identification member 70 of the transport carts 1 in one group, and the name of company β is displayed on the user identification member 70 of the transport carts 1 in the other group.
The user identification member 70 shown in Figure 2 (b) has the surface of the identification member 60 colored yellow to identify Company A, the company that rented the transport cart 1, and has Company Alpha, the user of the transport cart 1, displayed on it.

In this manner, the transport cart 1 of this embodiment has a user identification member 70 for identifying a user who uses the transport cart 1. Therefore, when a rental company determines a user of the transport cart 1 and allows the user to use the transport cart 1, the user can easily identify the user of the transport cart 1 by visually checking the user identification member 70.
By being able to identify the user of the transport cart 1 in this way, the number of transport carts 1 rented by each user can be tallied, making it easy to identify which user has lost one. Note that it is not necessary for the user identification member 70 to be placed on all of the identification members 60; it is sufficient for it to be placed on one or several of the identification members 60.

Next, the main processing carried out by the rental company will be described.
The above-mentioned identification member 60 and user identification member 70 are attached to the transport cart 1 and shipped not by the company that rents the transport cart 1, but by the rental company (including a person requested by the rental company) that receives the rental order.
Here, the flow will be described, from when a company staff member orders rental of temporary equipment through the temporary equipment ordering system 10, to when the rental company ships the temporary equipment with the identification member 60 and user identification member 70 attached.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a system configuration of the order system 10 of the present embodiment.
The ordering system 10 includes a smartphone 100 as a portable information terminal and a management server 200 as a server managed by a rental company. A printing device 300 is connected to the management server 200. The smartphone 100 and the management server 200 are connected to be able to communicate with each other via a network 400 such as the Internet.
It is assumed that the smartphone 100 is owned by a person in charge of a company. It is assumed that the management server 200 is installed in a rental company. The management server 200 may be configured as a cloud system including a plurality of information processing devices. The cloud system is a system that includes a plurality of information processing devices connected via a network, and can provide various functions by performing processing in cooperation with each other by these information processing devices.

The smartphone 100 includes a control unit 101, an imaging unit 102, a non-volatile memory 103, a volatile memory 104, an operation unit 105, a display unit 106, a recording medium 107, a communication unit 108, a short-range wireless communication unit 109, and the like.
The control unit 101 controls each unit of the smartphone 100 by executing an OS (operating system), which is basic software, in response to operations performed via the operation unit 105. The control unit 101 also executes applications (hereinafter, referred to as apps) in cooperation with the OS to realize the processing of the flowcharts described below.

The image capturing unit 102 includes a lens and an image sensor, and captures an image of a subject.
The non-volatile memory 103 is an electrically erasable and recordable memory. The non-volatile memory 103 stores an OS, applications (programs), etc. The volatile memory 104 is a memory used as a working area for the control unit 101.
The operation unit 105 receives instructions from a user. The operation unit 105 includes a touch panel that is configured integrally with the display unit 106. The display unit 106 displays display items and the like so that the user can operate the smartphone 100 interactively. In this way, the operation unit 105 and the display unit 106 allow the user to intuitively operate the smartphone 100.
The recording medium 107 is a recording medium that is detachable from the smartphone 100 or that is built into the smartphone 100. The recording medium 107 is, for example, an SD card.

The communication unit 108 is an interface for transmitting and receiving data to and from the management server 200 via the network 400 .
The short-range wireless communication unit 109 is an interface for transmitting and receiving data to and from an external device without going through the network 400. The short-range wireless communication unit 109 can realize communication by, for example, a communication protocol based on a wireless LAN or a communication protocol based on Bluetooth (registered trademark).

The management server 200 includes a control unit 201, a non-volatile memory 202, a volatile memory 203, an operation unit 204, a display unit 205, a database 206, a communication unit 207, and the like.
The control unit 201 controls each unit of the management server 200 by executing a program stored in the non-volatile memory 202. The control unit 201 also executes a program stored in the non-volatile memory 202 to realize the processing of a flowchart described below.

The non-volatile memory 202 is an electrically erasable and recordable memory. The non-volatile memory 202 stores programs executed by the control unit 201. The volatile memory 203 is a memory used as a working area for the control unit 201.
The operation unit 204 receives instructions from, for example, an administrator. The operation unit 204 is, for example, a keyboard, a mouse, etc. The display unit 205 displays the results of the execution by the control unit 201. The display unit 205 is, for example, a liquid crystal display, etc.
The database 206 stores databases necessary for implementing the ordering system 10. The database 206 stores a user DB, a color information DB, a site DB, etc. The database 206 may be configured as a database server.
The communication unit 207 is an interface for transmitting and receiving data to and from the smartphone 100 via the network 400 .

In this embodiment, a person in charge of a company that rents out temporary equipment and materials (hereinafter referred to as the person in charge) can place an order for the rental of temporary equipment and materials, for example, using his/her own smartphone 100. The person in charge of the company downloads an app provided by the rental company from the network 400 to the smartphone 100 in advance. Therefore, the app is stored in the non-volatile memory 103 of the smartphone 100.

Fig. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of processing of the smartphone 100 and the management server 200. In the flowchart of Fig. 4, the processing of the management server 200 is realized by the control unit 201 executing a program recorded in the non-volatile memory 202.
In S101, the person in charge performs an operation to start the application via the operation unit 105. In response to the operation of the person in charge, the control unit 101 of the smartphone 100 loads the application stored in the non-volatile memory 103 into the volatile memory 104, thereby starting the application. The control unit 101 displays a top screen on the display unit 106.

In S102, the person in charge selects login 121. In response to the selection of login 121, the control unit 101 of the smartphone 100 displays a login screen on the display unit 106. The person in charge inputs site information corresponding to the construction site and a password corresponding to the site information, which the person in charge has obtained in advance in order to log in, and selects the login button. In this embodiment, the person in charge selects or inputs a site ID as the site information corresponding to the construction site. In response to the selection of the login button, the control unit 101 of the smartphone 100 transmits the site information and password information to the management server 200 via the communication unit 108.

In S201, the control unit 201 of the management server 200 receives on-site information and password information from the smartphone 100 and performs login authentication. A password corresponding to the on-site information is set in the user DB stored in the database 206. Therefore, the control unit 201 performs login authentication based on the user DB. Note that if authentication fails, the control unit 201 of the management server 200 does not execute processing corresponding to the operation from the smartphone 100 until authentication is successful.

In S103, the person in charge selects contractor selection from the top screen. The control unit 101 of the smartphone 100 displays a contractor selection screen in response to the selection of contractor selection. The person in charge inputs contractor information corresponding to his/her own contractor, which has been obtained in advance for contractor authentication, and a password corresponding to the contractor information, and selects the send button. In this embodiment, the person in charge selects or inputs the contractor name as the contractor information corresponding to the contractor. The control unit 101 of the smartphone 100 transmits the contractor information and password information to the management server 200 via the communication unit 108.

In S202, the control unit 201 of the management server 200 receives contractor information and password information from the smartphone 100 and authenticates the contractor. In the user DB stored in the database 206, a password corresponding to the contractor is set for each piece of site information. Therefore, the control unit 201 authenticates the contractor based on the user DB. Note that if the control unit 201 fails to authenticate the contractor, the control unit 201 does not execute processing corresponding to the operation from the smartphone 100 until authentication is successful.

In S104, the person in charge selects temporary equipment registration from the top screen. The control unit 101 of the smartphone 100 displays a temporary equipment registration screen in response to the selection of temporary equipment registration. The person in charge registers the temporary equipment to be ordered for rental from the temporary equipment registration screen. The person in charge also selects or inputs user information corresponding to the user who will use the temporary equipment, in association with each selected temporary equipment. Note that if the user who will use the temporary equipment has not been decided, or if the equipment will be used by the person's own contractor, the person in charge omits the selection or input of user information. In this embodiment, the person in charge selects or inputs the user name as the user information corresponding to the user. The control unit 101 of the smartphone 100 transmits the temporary equipment information and the user information to the management server 200 via the communication unit 108.

In S105, the control unit 101 of the smartphone 100 determines whether or not the person in charge has operated to end the selection of temporary equipment and materials, and if the selection has not ended, the process returns to S104. On the other hand, if the selection has ended, the process ends by logging out.

In S203, the control unit 201 of the management server 200 receives information on the temporary equipment and the user information from the smartphone 100, and accepts an order for rental of the temporary equipment from the vendor.
In S204, the control unit 201 of the management server 200 identifies a color corresponding to the contractor who placed the order from the contractor information received in S202. The color identified here is applied to an identification member 60 for identifying the contractor who is using the temporary equipment and materials. The color information DB 500 stored in the database 206 stores color information associated with contractor information.

FIG. 5A is a diagram showing an example of the color information DB 500. As shown in FIG.
The color information DB 500 stores a company name 501 and color information 502. The company name 501 is an example of company information, and indicates the name of a company ordering the rental of temporary equipment and materials. The color information 502 indicates the color to be applied to the identification member 60. Note that the color information DB 500 only needs to associate color information with each company information, and does not need to store information on the company name itself or information on the color itself.
5(a), for example, yellow color information is associated with companies A and B that perform electrical work, green color information is associated with companies C and D that perform air conditioning equipment work, and blue color information is associated with companies E and F that perform sanitary work. Furthermore, no color information is associated with companies G and H that are construction companies that build buildings.
The control unit 201 of the management server 200 can identify the color corresponding to the contractor by referring to the color information DB 500 and acquiring color information associated with the received contractor information.

In S205, the control unit 201 of the management server 200 generates the identification member 60 based on the color specified in S204. Specifically, the control unit 201 issues the identification member 60 by using the printing device 300 to print the surface of the existing seal in the color specified in S204. Note that the number of identification members 60 to be attached varies depending on the type of temporary equipment and materials, so the control unit 201 issues the number of identification members 60 according to the type of temporary equipment and materials. For example, in the above-mentioned transport cart 1, the identification members 60 are attached to four locations, the front frame portion 21a, the rear frame portion 21b, the right frame portion 21c, and the left frame portion 21d of the cart main body portion 20, so the control unit 201 issues four identification members 60 for one transport cart 1. The database 206 stores a DB in which information on the number of identification members 60 to be attached is stored in association with the type of temporary equipment and materials.

Furthermore, when the control unit 201 receives user information in S203, it generates a user identification member 70 based on the received user information. Specifically, the control unit 201 issues the user identification member 70 by printing the user name on the surface of an existing sticker using the printing device 300. At this time, the control unit 201 issues a number of user identification members 70 according to the type of temporary equipment, similar to the identification members 60. The database 206 stores a DB that stores information on the number of user identification members 70 to be attached in association with the type of temporary equipment.

In S206, the control unit 201 of the management server 200 generates a shipping slip. Specifically, the control unit 201 issues a shipping slip by printing, using the printing device 300, the type of temporary equipment and the color of the identification member to be attached to the temporary equipment and materials, based on the information received in S202 and S203. If the control unit 201 receives user information in S203, it also prints the user name on the shipping slip based on the user information. The control unit 201 may also print the number of identification members 60 or user identification members 70 to be attached for each type of temporary equipment and materials.
The control unit 201 of the management server 200 generates a shipping slip, and then the process ends.

Next, a worker at the rental company prepares to ship the ordered temporary equipment based on the generated shipping slip. Specifically, the worker extracts the temporary equipment listed on the shipping slip from the warehouse and attaches the identification members 60 to the designated positions of the temporary equipment. For example, in the case of the transport cart 1 described above, the worker attaches the identification members 60 to four locations on the cart body 20: the front frame 21a, the rear frame 21b, the right frame 21c, and the left frame 21d. In addition, if a user identification member 70 has been issued, the worker attaches the user identification member 70 to the surface of the identification member 60. Finally, the worker ships the temporary equipment that has been prepared for shipment.

The temporary equipment and materials shipped in this manner already have the identification member 60 attached when they are delivered to the construction site. Therefore, the rental company can be identified when they are delivered. Furthermore, if the user who will be using the temporary equipment and materials has been decided, the user identification member 70 is already attached when they are delivered to the construction site. Therefore, the user of the temporary equipment and materials can be identified when they are delivered.
In this case, the rental company does not need to attach the identification member 60 or the user identification member 70 by itself, and can therefore concentrate on using the temporary construction equipment and materials immediately after delivery.
When the temporary equipment is returned to the rental company, the worker of the rental company stores the temporary equipment in a state in which the identification member 60 attached thereto is removed. At this time, since the user identification member 70 is attached to the identification member 60, the user identification member 70 can be removed at the same time as removing the identification member 60 from the temporary equipment, so that the worker can improve the efficiency of his work.

Second Embodiment
In the above embodiment, the transport cart 1 has the identification member 60 and the user identification member 70, but this is not limited to the above case, and the push member 40 may have an identification portion.
1 has an identification member 80 for identifying the company that rents the hand push member 40. The identification member 80 corresponds to an example of a first identification part. Here, the identification member 80 is colored differently for each company, similar to the identification member 60, and furthermore, the same color is used for the same company.

That is, according to the above-mentioned example, the identification member 80 of the hand push member 40 rented by a contractor who performs electrical work is marked with yellow, which is the same color as the identification member 60 of the transport cart 1. Moreover, the identification member 80 of the hand push member 40 rented by a contractor who performs air conditioning equipment work is marked with green, which is the same color as the identification member 60 of the transport cart 1. Moreover, the identification member 80 of the hand push member 40 rented by a contractor who performs sanitary related work is marked with blue, which is the same color as the identification member 60 of the transport cart 1. On the other hand, for example, the hand push member 40 rented by a construction company that builds buildings does not have an identification member 80, like the transport cart 1.
In this way, the same color identification member 80 is attached to temporary equipment and materials rented by the same company regardless of the type of temporary equipment and materials, making it easy to identify the company that rents them.

Third Embodiment
In the above embodiment, the identification member 60 is in a sheet shape, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the identification member 60 may be a three-dimensional member.
6 is a diagram showing an example of the identification member 90 of the present embodiment. The push member 40 has the identification member 90 for identifying the company that rents the push member 40. The identification member 90 corresponds to an example of a first identification portion.

The identification member 90 is cap-shaped, in this case a cylindrical member with a bottom. The identification member 90 is made of a resin material such as nylon, and is integrally formed by injection molding. The identification member 90 is, for example, a color different from that of the main body member 41, and is colored as a whole by mixing a colorant into the resin material. The identification member 90 is colored differently depending on the manufacturer. The identification member 90 in this embodiment is colored, for example, in one of the following colors: yellow, green, blue, etc.

The identification member 90 has a cylindrical portion 91 and an end portion 92 .
The tubular portion 91 is cylindrical and has a mounting hole 93 that opens downward for inserting the upper end of the main body member 41. The end portion 92 is generally plate-shaped and is located at the upper end of the tubular portion 91, closing the mounting hole 93 from above. The outer surface of the boundary between the tubular portion 91 and the end portion 92 is connected by a curved surface.

When attaching the identification member 90 to the main body member 41, the upper end of the main body member 41 is inserted into the attachment hole 93 of the identification member 90. When the identification member 90 is attached to the main body member 41, the upper end of the main body member 41 is covered by the identification member 90. The identification member 90 is attached by being press-fitted into the main body member 41. Therefore, the identification member 90 can be removed by pulling it out from the main body member 41, and the identification member 90 is detachable from the main body member 41. Making the identification member 90 detachable in this way allows it to be easily replaced with an identification member 90 of a different color.
In this way, since the identification member 90 has a three-dimensional shape, the identification member 90 can be seen from any position around the push member 40 in a 360° direction. In addition, since the identification member 90 covers the upper end of the main body member 41, the aesthetic appearance of the push member 40 can be improved.

Fourth Embodiment
In the above-described embodiment, the control unit 201 of the management server 200 identifies a color corresponding to a contractor by referring to the color information DB 500 in which color information associated with each contractor information is stored, but this is not limited to this case.
Depending on the construction site, there may be cases where it is desired to identify contractors by colors determined at the construction site, or there may be multiple contractors performing the same type of work (for example, there may be two contractors performing electrical work). In such cases, it is not possible to deal with the situation by having the control unit 201 of the management server 200 refer to the color information DB 500 to identify the color corresponding to the contractor.
In this embodiment, a case will be described in which a color corresponding to a contractor is identified by referring to a site DB 600 in which color information associated with contractor information is stored for each piece of site information of a construction site.

FIG. 5B is a diagram showing an example of the site DB 600. As shown in FIG.
The site DB 600 stores a site ID 601, a contractor name 602, and color information 603. The site ID 601 is an example of site information corresponding to a construction site. The contractor name 602 and color information 603 are the same as the contractor name 501 and color information 502 shown in FIG. 5(a).
At the construction site with site ID "001" shown in Fig. 5(b), for example, there are two electrical contractors, Company A and Company B, and there are multiple contractors who perform the same type of work. For this reason, in the site DB 600, Company A is associated with yellow color information, and Company B is associated with red color information. The site DB 600 shown in Fig. 5(b) is generated by the administrator of the management server 200 at the rental company based on the information gathered from the construction site, and is stored in the database 206.

Next, a case will be described where a color corresponding to a contractor is specified by referring to the site DB 600. In S204 shown in Fig. 4, the control unit 201 of the management server 200 refers to the site DB 600 and determines whether or not there is a site ID 601 stored in the site DB 600 that is the same as the site ID received in S201. If there is no same site ID, the control unit 201 specifies a color corresponding to a contractor by referring to the color information DB 500 shown in Fig. 5(a), in the same manner as in S204 described above.
On the other hand, if the same site ID exists, the control unit 201 acquires color information associated with the contractor information received in S202 for the same site ID 601 in the site DB 600, thereby identifying a color corresponding to the contractor for each construction site. For example, in the site DB 600 of Fig. 5(b), if the site ID 601 is "001" and the contractor name is Company B, the control unit 201 identifies red as the color corresponding to Company B. Subsequent processing is the same as the processing from S204 onwards shown in Fig. 4 described above.

In this way, by referencing the site DB 600, in which color information associated with contractor information is stored for each site information, and identifying the color corresponding to the contractor, it is possible to easily identify the contractor who is renting even if it is desired to identify the contractor by the color decided at the construction site or if there are multiple contractors performing the same type of construction work.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above with reference to the drawings, the above-mentioned embodiments merely show specific examples of implementing the present invention. The technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the embodiments. The present invention can be modified in various ways and the embodiments can be combined without departing from the spirit of the invention, and these are also included in the technical scope of the present invention.

In the above-mentioned embodiments, the identification member for identifying the vendor is colored in one of the colors yellow, green, blue, etc., but this is not limited to the above. For example, in addition to yellow, green, and blue, red, white, orange, gray, pink, etc. may be added, or at least one of the colors yellow, green, and blue may be omitted.

In each of the above-described embodiments, a so-called online order has been described in which an order for rental of temporary equipment and materials is placed from the smartphone 100, but this is not limited to the above case. For example, a so-called offline order in which an order for rental of temporary equipment and materials is placed by telephone or fax may also be used. In this case, the management server 200 accepts the site information, vendor information, temporary equipment and materials information, and user information by the operator of the rental company inputting the information using the operation unit 204 or receiving the information from an external device. Thereafter, the control unit 201 of the management server 200 can perform the processes from S204 onwards shown in FIG. 4.

In each of the above-described embodiments, a case has been described in which the identification member is colored to identify the company renting the temporary equipment and materials, but this is not limited to this case. For example, the identification member may be marked with a different mark or pattern for each company, or the identification member itself may be made into a different shape for each company. In this case, information indicating the mark, pattern, or shape is stored instead of the color information stored in the color information DB 500 shown in FIG. 5(a) or the color information stored in the site DB 600 shown in FIG. 5(b). Therefore, the identification member may be marked with a different mark or pattern for each company, or formed into a different shape for each company.

In the third embodiment described above, the identification member 90 is cap-shaped, but this is not limited to this case. For example, the identification member 90 may be shaped only as a tube portion 91. Furthermore, the shape of the tube portion 91 is not limited to a circle in a plan view, and may be a polygon. Furthermore, the protective member 43 itself may be the identification portion. That is, the push member 40 may have a protective member 43 that is colored for each user. Furthermore, the push member 40 may omit the reinforcing member 50, and the lower end of the main body member 41 may be directly inserted into the insertion hole 23.

In the above embodiment, in S205, the control unit 201 of the management server 200 generates the identification member 60 based on the color specified in S204, and attaches the identification member 60 to a predetermined position of the temporary equipment. However, this is not limited to the above. For example, the identification member 60 for identifying the company that rents the temporary equipment may be attached to the temporary equipment in advance. The identification member 60 may be detachable from the temporary equipment, or may be fixed to the temporary equipment.
In this case, the process of generating the identification member 60 by the control unit 201 in S205 can be omitted. When the worker of the rental company extracts the temporary equipment and materials listed on the shipping slip from the warehouse, the worker extracts the temporary equipment and materials to which the identification member of the color listed on the shipping slip has been attached in advance. Therefore, the process of generating the identification member 60 by the control unit 201 of the management server 200 can be omitted.

In the fourth embodiment described above, in S205, the control unit 201 of the management server 200 generates the identification member 60 based on the color specified in S204, but this is not limited to the above. For example, the rental company may prepare identification members 60 of different colors in advance.
In this case, the process of generating the identification member 60 by the control unit 201 in S205 can be omitted. The worker of the rental company extracts the temporary equipment and materials listed on the shipping slip from the warehouse, and attaches, to a predetermined position on the temporary equipment and materials, an identification member 60 of the same color as the identification member listed on the shipping slip, among the identification members 60 prepared in advance. Therefore, the process of generating the identification member 60 by the control unit 201 of the management server 200 can be omitted.

1: Transport cart 20: Cart body 30: Running part 40: Hand-pushed member 60: Identification member 70: User identification member 80: Identification member 90: Identification member

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Temporary equipment for rental used at construction sites,
a first identification unit that is colored differently for each company renting the temporary equipment and materials in order to identify the company renting the temporary equipment and materials;
a second identification unit to which a name of a user who uses the temporary equipment is attached in order to identify the user who uses the temporary equipment;
The temporary equipment and materials, wherein the first identification portion and the second identification portion are detachable from the temporary equipment and materials and are made of different materials. The first identification unit is
The temporary equipment according to claim 1 , characterized in that it is arranged on an exterior surface of the temporary equipment. The second identification unit includes:
3. The temporary equipment according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the second identification unit is disposed on the first identification unit, and the second identification unit is removed from the temporary equipment by removing the first identification unit from the temporary equipment.

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