JPH0510245U - Pallets for transporting containers - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] To enable transportation of a group of containers of different sizes on one pallet, and to prevent positional displacement and falling at that time. [Structure] Large bottle 4A, medium bottle 4 in box-shaped main body 81
When B and small bottle 4C are stored, the same number of 3
The partition plates 82, 83, 84 of the steps are fixed parallel to the height direction, and the upper, middle and lower partition plates 82, 83,
84, in order of the size of the cross section of the bottles 4A, 4B, and 4C, a large fitting hole 82a having a size corresponding to the cross section,
The intermediate fitting holes 83a and the small fitting holes 84a are formed in a plurality of planes.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a pallet for transporting a plurality of types of containers having different cross-sectional dimensions, and more particularly to a pallet for transporting photographic additive containers.

[0002]

[Prior Art]

 Pallets used for physical distribution are used for transporting or storing goods in pallet units either directly or by collecting containers that contain liquids. In this case, usually, the size of the pallet is set in accordance with the unit of the number of a certain article or container, and all articles or containers are put in without any gaps to prevent them from tipping or shifting. .. Also, except for special cases, the same items or containers are put in one pallet, and other sizes are put in another pallet for distribution.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, when articles or containers of different sizes are to be put in one pallet, it is extremely difficult to fit them in the pallet without any gaps, and some gaps are inevitably generated, which may cause misalignment of the containers during transportation. It may fall and cause damage depending on the material of the container.

On the other hand, there are a great variety of additives in photographic light-sensitive materials. In addition, there are various capacities to be put in a container, from several g to several hundred liters, and it is practically difficult to put them in one pallet for distribution. However, there was a demand to collectively carry a group of additive containers of different sizes on one pallet, and there was a limit as long as the idea of the conventional pallet was followed.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to make it possible to collectively convey a group of containers having different sizes on one pallet, and to ensure that the pallets do not shift in position or fall. To prevent.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In the pallet used for transporting multiple types of containers with different cross-sectional dimensions, the above-mentioned problem is fixed in parallel to the height direction with partition plates corresponding to at least the number of types of containers in the box-shaped body, and different in plan. This can be solved by forming fitting holes in a plurality of positions on each of the partition plates in order of the size of the cross section of the container from the upper side to the lower side and having a size corresponding to the cross section.

[0007]

[Action]

 In the present invention, partition plates corresponding to at least the number of types of containers are fixed in parallel to the height direction in the box-shaped body, and these partition plates are arranged in order of the size of the cross section of the container from the top to the bottom. A fitting hole having a size corresponding to the cross section was formed. Therefore, in the container, the body part is held by the fitting holes of any of the partition plates, and the container is prevented from tipping over and shifting. Moreover, since the fitting holes are formed at a plurality of different positions in plan view, the container can be placed at any position in the pallet, and thus the workability of loading into the pallet is excellent, or an automatic carry-in machine is used. It is convenient in cases.

[0008]

【Example】

 Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail by way of examples with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a longitudinal section of a carrying pallet 8 according to the present invention, and FIGS. 2 and 3 show an example of accommodating a bottle as a container according to the present invention.

The transport pallet 8 has a box-shaped main body 81 in which, for example, three types of bottles, for example, a large bottle 4A, a medium bottle 4B, and a small bottle 4C are accommodated. 83, 84 were fixed parallel to the height direction, and the upper, middle, and lower partition plates 82, 83, 84 were arranged in order of the size of the cross-sections of the bottles 4A, 4B, 4C and matched to the cross-sections. The large fitting hole 82a, the medium fitting hole 83a, and the small fitting hole 84a having a certain size are formed at a plurality of plane positions, that is, six positions in the illustrated example.

In the pallet 8, the bottles 4A, 4B, 4C are fitted in the fitting holes 82a, 83a, 84a and are supported on the partition plates 83, 84 and the bottom of the main body 81. As a result, the bottles 4A, 4B, 4C are held at any one of the inner peripheral edges of the fitting holes 82a, 83a, 84a regardless of the position of the bottles 4A, 4B, 4C, and are prevented from tipping over and shifting.

In the example of FIGS. 2 and 3, the small bottle 4C is accommodated in the O position, the medium bottles 4B, 4B, 4B are accommodated in the P, Q and R positions, the large bottle 4A is accommodated in the S position, and the T bottle is accommodated in the T position. It shows the state that nothing is contained.

In this way, the transport pallet 8 containing the bottles is transported to the destination by a transport means such as a conveyor.

In this case, when the transport pallet of the present invention is used, it is possible to determine the size of the bottles 4A, 4B, and 4C depending on the stage in which the bottle is housed. It is convenient when sorting by an automatic sorting machine based on.

On the other hand, the transport pallet according to the present invention is suitable for carrying out physical distribution management of photographic additives because of its remarkably wide range of measuring range and variety as described above.

FIG. 4 shows this example. In this example, the photographic additive is dispensed into a small-volume bottle without being distributed in batch units in the adjusting pot, and each dispensed bottle group is put together to form a unit of additive for a single layer. Then, the items are arranged on the above-mentioned transportation pallet, and the ones that are arranged and the manufacturing stage of the layer can be corresponded one-to-one, and it is possible to reliably prevent logistics mistakes. The utilization rate has increased due to reasons such as the following adjustments.

Reference numeral 1 is a raw material shelf or a stock warehouse for stocking incoming raw materials. On the other hand, a group of adjusting shuttles 2A, 2B ... Is provided, and a group of dispensing and sorting lines 3A, 3B ... is arranged in parallel to the group of adjusting shuttles 2A, 2B. The dispensing and sorting lines 3A, 3B, ... Are provided with a bottle 4 supply conveyor 31, a dispensing machine 32, an automatic capping machine 33, a sorting conveyor 34, and a labeler 35 as main components.

Further, a pallet transfer conveyer 5 is provided orthogonally downstream of the dispensing and sorting lines 3 A, 3 B ... And is connected to a temporary storage 6. Reference numeral 7 is a supply conveyor for supplying the tray 8 to the downstream production line. Reference numeral 9 is a quality assurance room for sampling and analyzing the additives adjusted by the adjusting pots 2A, 2B ...

In such equipment, each raw material is put into the adjusting pots 2A, 2B ... Group from the raw material shelf 1. In this case, the input amount is measured by, for example, a load cell type measuring device 21 attached to the adjusting pots 2A, 2B ... And a predetermined amount is input. The charged raw materials are dissolved in a predetermined amount of solvent or the like by a means such as a stirrer 22. The additive whose dissolution is completed is sampled by the sampling machine 10 by automatic suction or the like. This sampling machine 10 has a sampling end 10A and a means 10B for moving it up and down, and when the sampling end 10A is raised, it is carried into the quality assurance room 9 along the monorail 11 for a predetermined measurement or The analysis is carried out, in the example the automatic measurement is carried out, and only when the standard is satisfied, the following dispensing is carried out.

After the quality is guaranteed, the total amount of the adjustment amount from the adjusting pots 2A, 2B ... Group is applied to the corresponding dispensing and sorting lines 3A, 3B. In the dispensing and sorting line, for example, line 3B, in the process of transporting four kinds of bottles 4 of different sizes from the supply conveyor 31 to the two common conveyors, they are dispensed by the group of dispensers 32 from above. It In this case, as shown in the figure, the dispenser 32 prepares the number of kinds of bottles 4, 4, ... Which should be sorted, and makes a one-to-one correspondence with each bottle 4, 4 ,. Although it is preferable in terms of accuracy and control, the dispenser 32 may be provided with a flow meter to dispense a corresponding amount into the different types of bottles 4 and 4.

When this dispensing is completed, caps are attached to the bottles 4, 4, ... By the automatic capping machine 33 to seal the bottles, and the sorting machines 34 sort the corresponding bottles. Then, in the course of transportation on the sorting conveyor 34, a label having a bar code, for example, for identifying the kind of the additive is attached to the surface of the bottle 4 by the automatic labeler 35. The bottle 4 that has completed this process stands by at the downstream end of the corresponding sorting conveyor 34. This operation is performed on each of the dispensing and sorting lines 3A, 3B, ....

On the other hand, empty pallets 8 are supplied to the upstream end (not shown) of the pallet transport conveyor 5 at appropriate intervals, and in each of the dispensing and sorting lines 3A, 3B ... Each of the sorting conveyors 34, 34 of each of the dispensing and sorting lines 3A, 3B has a corresponding bottle 4, 4 by a transfer machine 36, 36 provided at the downstream end, which is a unit of an additive for one layer of a photographic light-sensitive material. Relocated and served at.

The pallets 8, 8 ... Having been served are transported to the temporary storage 6, and at this temporary storage 6, the pallets 8, 8 ... Group are temporarily delivered in the order required for manufacturing. store. On the contrary, when there is a request from the downstream manufacturing process, each pallet 8, 8 ... Group is delivered through the supply conveyor 7 in the order required for manufacturing.

In the above example, adjustment is carried out in the adjusting pots 2A, 2B, ... Corresponding to each type of photographic additive, but in a certain adjusting pot, a plurality of types of additives are mixed and adjusted. You can Further, in the above example, all the additives are adjusted in the adjusting pot, but if adjustment is not necessary and the additive is already filled in a small volume bottle, it is left as it is. It can be guided to the corresponding sorting conveyor 34.

In any case, in this embodiment, the bottles 4, 4 ... Are arranged in units of the additive for one layer.

In the pallet of the above example, the number of partition plates can be set appropriately according to the size of the bottle. When the shape of the bottle is not circular in cross section, the shape of the fitting hole can be appropriately determined according to the shape. Further, the height direction interval of the partition plate can be determined according to the length of the body portion. If the shape of the body is not uniform in the height direction, the shape of the fitting hole shall be adjusted according to the shape of the body at the position to be supported, or the cross-sectional shape below it. Can be appropriately determined. The material of the pallet is appropriate, but a material having excellent buffering property is preferable.

(Example) In the distribution process shown in FIG. 4 (however, only three types of bottles were handled), when a simple box pallet with no partition was used, misalignment occurred. While there were 33 trips per 100 pieces and two trips, when the transfer pallet according to the present invention shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 was used, there was no displacement or tipping.

[0027]

[Effect of the device]

 As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to collectively transport a group of containers having different sizes on one pallet and to prevent positional displacement and overturning at that time. And other advantages are brought about.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a vertical sectional view of a transportation pallet according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of an example of arranging bottles on a transfer pallet.

FIG. 3 is a vertical cross section thereof.

FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view of a physical distribution example to which the pallet according to the present invention is applied.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Raw material shelf, 2A, 2B ... Adjusting pot, 3A, 3B ... Dispensing sorting line, 4, 4A, 4B, 4C ... Bottle, 5 ... Pallet transport conveyor, 6 ... Temporary storage, 7 ... Supply conveyor, 8 ... Transport pallet, 9 ... Quality assurance room, 31 ... Supply conveyor 31, 32 ... Dispenser, 33 ... Automatic cap machine,
34 ... Sorting conveyor, 35 ... Labeler, 36 ... Transfer machine, 81 ... Main body, 82, 83, 84 ... Partition plate, 82
a, 83a, 84a ... Fitting holes.

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Nakamasa Sato, Inventor, Sakura-cho, Hino-shi, Tokyo, Konica Stock Company (72) Inventor, Yukihiro Sakai, Sakura-cho, Hino-shi, Tokyo, Konica, Co. Ltd.

Claims (1)

[Claims for utility model registration] [Claim 1] In a pallet used for transporting a plurality of types of containers having different cross-sectional dimensions, partition plates corresponding to at least the number of types of containers are parallel to the box-shaped main body in the height direction. And a plurality of different positions in plan view, each partition plate is formed with a fitting hole having a size corresponding to the cross section in order from the size of the cross section of the container to the bottom. A pallet for transporting containers.