JPH037354Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed explanation of the idea] The present invention relates to a container for transporting automobiles.

Conventionally, most of the marine transportation of automobiles as a product has been carried out by car carriers, which take advantage of the automobile's self-propelled ability to handle cargo in a roll-on/off manner, and move between decks designed in advance according to the vehicle type. The cargo is stacked bare in a tall automobile hold and secured with a lashing device to prevent movement.

However, this transportation method has high volumetric efficiency;
Although it has advantages such as not requiring packaging containers or cargo handling machines other than car ladders, it requires the existence of a large and stable transportation lot, and if the lot is small or the transportation amount fluctuates greatly, It is not necessarily economical, and has the drawbacks of being unable to accommodate vehicles that are too tall for the designed height between decks, and unable to accommodate and transport vehicles with excessive axle loads relative to deck strength.

Therefore, for transportation routes where it would be uneconomical to operate a car carrier, a general cargo ship or a car/bulk carrier is usually used, and cargo handling is carried out using the ship's derrick or crane, which transports cars on pallets. Usually, cargo is handled one at a time, so there is a high probability that a vehicle will be damaged during cargo handling, and insurance premiums are relatively high.

Furthermore, transporting automobiles by sea in a Liftron lift-off type container ship by storing them in a container and loading them together with other general cargo is not carried out except in special cases for the following reasons. In other words, (1) It is rare that the dimensions of a standard marine container are compatible with the dimensions of various automobiles, and as a result, the volumetric efficiency is poor.
×For a standard passenger car with a height of 1.4 m ≒ 9.41 m ³ , a 20′ x 8′ x 8′ ISO container (≒ 36 m ³ ) can accommodate only one vehicle, so the volumetric efficiency is approximately 0.26, which means that a 40′ x 8′ A '×8'-6'' container (≒77 m ³ ) can accommodate only two units, so the volumetric efficiency is approximately 0.24, which is extremely low.

(2) Since standard containers are intended for miscellaneous goods, their strength is designed based on the distributed load specified by the standards, and they are expensive for use as packaging containers for automobiles, as they require outer shells and inner linings that are strong enough to meet the standards on all six sides. The design is too long.

(3) Standard containers do not have hardware suitable for securing vehicles.

Recently, quite a number of destination countries have restricted the import of completed vehicles, so we have developed a car/container carrier that has both a lift-on lift-off type container space and a roll-on roll-off type car hold for containers filled with knockdowns. Demand for car/container carriers is increasing, and the container space in these car/container carriers is often required to have the flexibility to be used as a car hold. Expensive equipment such as a folding car deck is required.

Therefore, if a volumetrically efficient and inexpensive container for automobiles were developed, the cost of transporting automobiles by container ship or car/container carrier would become dramatically advantageous.

The present invention was proposed in view of these circumstances, with the aim of providing an economical car transport container with high volumetric efficiency.It is constructed of a frame made of shaped steel, etc., and has multiple floors for loading cars inside. A rampway/side wall member is provided on one or both sides of each of the floor surfaces so as to be openable and closable, and a guide groove is provided on the side surface to be inserted into a cell guide provided in the hold. do.

An embodiment of the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.
Figure 1 is a side view, Figure 2 is a plan view of Figure 1,
Figures 3 and 4 are similar to Figures 1 and 2, respectively.
5 is a front view of the container shown in FIG. 3; FIGS. Figures A, B, and C are a partial enlarged view, a partial side view, a partial front view, and a partial front view of the part in Figure 8, respectively.
B and C are a partially enlarged view, a partially side view, and a partially front view of FIG. 4, respectively.

In the above figure, the outer frame of the automobile container 3 is formed by a vertical frame 5 and a horizontal frame 6, and the outer frames are connected by vertical reinforcing members 7, 7A and horizontal reinforcing members 11, and a floor material 8 is installed on the top surface of the outer frame. It is stretched over the entire surface to form a floor surface for mounting an automobile, and in this embodiment, in order to make the floor surface for mounting a vehicle into three stages, it is formed into a box shape by the support column 9 and the reinforcing columns 12, 12A.

A top plate 8A is stretched over the entire top surface of the container, and a lifting recess 10 for connection with a container crane 13 during cargo handling is provided.

On the front and back sides, as shown in Figure 6, there is a rampway/side wall member (hereinafter referred to as rampway) 1.
4 is pivotally connected to the vertical frame 5 via a hinge 14B so as to be freely openable and closable, and locking brackets 14A are provided at both ends of the rampway 14 when the rampway 14 is stored, and locking brackets 9A provided on the support column 9 and ,
It has a structure that is held together with bolts or the like, and an eye plate 15 that is held together with a hanging tool to open and close the rampway 14 is protruded from its tip edge.

In such a structure, first, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the container 3 is placed on the car loading ramp 1.
9, the crane or chain block installed on the car loading ramp 19 and the eye plate 15 installed on the rampway 14 of the container 3 are connected with a hanging device, and the rampway 14 is opened using the crane or chain block. This is connected to the car loading lamp 19.

Then drive car 4 to car loading ramp 1.
9. Container floor material 8 through rampway 14
Place the vehicle on the floor material 8, hook one end of the conventional lashing fitting 17 through the hole 16 provided in the floor material 8, and hook the other end to a hook attached to the chassis of the vehicle to secure the vehicle to the floor material 8. bind

When the three cars have been loaded by repeating these steps, the rampway 14 is closed using a crane or the like, and the locking brackets 9A, 14 are closed.
A is tightened with bolts and nuts to fix the rampway 14 to the support 9, and the automobile is then loaded onto the second and third floor materials 8 of the container 3 in the same manner.

After loading the nine cars in this way, the container lifting recess 10 and the container crane 13 are docked together, and the container is loaded into the hold by the container crane 13, as shown in Figure 4. Inside, the container is loaded into the guide groove 20 at a predetermined position using the cell guide 2 as a guide.

Unloading a vehicle is carried out in the reverse order of loading.

In the above embodiment, the dimensions of the container of the present invention are 40′l x 16′b x
17′h, that is, the width b is 2 of the width of the ISO20′ container.
times, the length l is the same, and the height h has a degree of freedom, so it is 1
7', and could carry nine cars.

As a result, the volumetric efficiency is as follows: Volumetric efficiency = Volume of 9 cars / Volume of container = 9 x 9.4 m ³ / 6.1 x 4.88 x 5.18 m ³ = 0.55, which is high, and ISO2
0′ container; approx. 2 each for ISO40′ container
It will be doubled.

According to such a structure, the following effects can be achieved.

(1) By making the dimensions of this container twice that of a standard container in the width direction and the same in the length direction, mixed loading in the hold becomes possible, improving loading efficiency in the hold.

(2) Compared to loading a car into a standard container, when loading a car into this container, the volumetric efficiency is approximately twice, dramatically improving the volumetric efficiency.

(3) Cargo handling time will be drastically shortened, loading efficiency will be improved, and vehicle transportation costs will be significantly reduced.

In short, according to the present invention, the frame is made of shaped steel, etc., a plurality of floors for loading automobiles are provided inside, and a rampway/side wall member is provided on one or both sides of each of the floors so as to be openable and closable. By providing a guide groove on the side that fits into the cell guide provided in the hold, an economical container for transporting automobiles can be obtained.
The present invention is extremely useful industrially.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a side view showing one embodiment of the present invention;
The figure is a plan view of Fig. 1, Figs. 3 and 4 are enlarged views showing the containers of Figs. 1 and 2, respectively, Fig. 5 is a front view of Fig. 3, and Figs. 6 A, B, C
are a partially enlarged view, a partial side view, and a partial front view showing the part in FIG. 4, respectively; FIGS. 7A, B, and C are a partially enlarged view, a partial side view, respectively showing the part in FIG. 4,
A partial front view, and FIGS. 8A, B, and C are a partial enlarged view, a partial side view, and a partial front view showing the portion shown in FIG. 4, respectively. 1...Hold, 2...Cell guide, 3...Container, 4...Car, 5...Vertical frame, 6...Horizontal frame,
7, 7'... Vertical reinforcement material, 8... Floor material, 8a...
Top plate, 9... Support, 9A... Locking bracket, 10... Lifting recess, 11... Horizontal reinforcement, 12, 12A... Reinforcement column, 13... Container crane, 14... Ramp way and side wall Member, 14A... Locking bracket, 14B... Hinge, 15... Eye plate, 16... Hole, 17...
...Lashing fittings, 19...Car loading lamp.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] It is framed with shaped steel, etc., and has multiple floors for loading cars inside, and a rampway/side wall member that can be opened and closed on one or both sides of each floor, and a cell guide installed in the hold. A car transport container characterized by having a guide groove on the side surface that is inserted into the container.