JPH0728824U - Aluminum storage box - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] Firstly, the structure is simple, and secondly,
Easy to manufacture and excellent in cost, thirdly, light in weight, fourthly, reliable in waterproofness and airtightness, fifth, more excellent in strength, and sixthly, caught during handling. 7th, it is made of aluminum that can be stacked in a stable, reliable, easy, and high stack, and can withstand use in harsh environments such as outdoor stacking. Suggest a storage box. [Structure] This aluminum storage box 1 has a hinge 3 for one side panel 2 bent and welded on four sides.
The lid 4 is attached to the bottom edge 5, the bent edge 6 of the floor panel 7 is fitted to the lower edge 5, and the upper molding 1 is attached to the upper edge 14.
The lower molding 12 is attached to the lower end periphery 5 and the like by caulking. Further, a lid corner piece 15 having a standing portion 17 is attached to the lid 4, and a floor corner piece 16 having a concave step portion 18 having a shape corresponding to the standing portion 17 is provided below the floor panel 7. I will do it.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to an aluminum storage box. That is, it relates to an aluminum storage box in which various items are stored and stored and transported.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 Conventionally, such an aluminum storage box, for example, an aluminum storage box that is used even under a harsh environment such as being stored outdoors, has been configured as follows. That is, in the conventional aluminum storage box of this kind, four side panels made of aluminum flat plates are assembled by welding between four vertical corner frames each having a prismatic shape. One floor panel made of an aluminum flat plate was similarly assembled by welding under the side panel, and an aluminum flat plate lid was assembled on such a corner frame and side panel.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 By the way, in such a conventional example, the following problems have been pointed out. That is, in the conventional aluminum storage box of this type, as described above, the corner frames, the side panels, the floor panels, and the like are welded to each other. First, the structure is complicated. Secondly, it has been pointed out that the manufacturing is not easy and the cost is high. Thirdly, the weight is heavy, and fourthly, there is concern about waterproofness and airtightness. Fifth, in addition to this, it was pointed out that the strength was uneasy, and in particular, there was a problem in shape retention such that each side panel made of an aluminum flat plate was easily bent and deformed by external force. Sixth, since each vertical corner frame has a prismatic shape and protrudes outward, there is a problem in safety such that it is easily caught during handling. Seventh, if one tries to stack such conventional aluminum storage boxes higher, the upper and lower boxes may be displaced or slipped from each other, which is likely to cause instability and uncertainty, which is more likely to occur. It takes a lot of effort to correct such a positional relationship, and it has been conventionally difficult to stack a plurality of aluminum storage boxes of this type high. As a result, it was pointed out that the conventional aluminum storage box of this type cannot withstand use in harsh environments, especially in the open field.

In view of the above situation, the present invention has been made to solve the problems of the above-described conventional example, and a lid is attached to one side panel bent into four sides to attach a lid. A panel is fitted, the upper and lower moldings are each crimped and attached, and in addition, a lid corner piece with an upright portion and a floor corner piece with a recessed step portion matching the upright portion are attached. As a result, firstly, the structure is simple, and secondly, the manufacturing is easy and the cost is excellent, thirdly, the weight is light, and fourthly, the waterproof property and the airtightness are reliable, Fifth, it is further excellent in strength, sixth, safety is improved by eliminating hooking during handling, etc. Seventh, stacking is stable, reliable, and easy. The purpose is to propose a storage box made of aluminum.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 The technical means of the present invention for achieving this object are as follows. That is, this aluminum storage box is used for storing and transporting various items inside. Then, one side panel that is bent to form four sides and welded endlessly, a lid that is attached to one side of the side panel by a hinge and is openable and closable, and a side panel of the side panel. A lower panel in which a bent peripheral edge bent downward is fitted in the lower edge peripheral edge; an upper molding attached by caulking from above from the upper edge peripheral edge of the side panel while interposing an adhesive. And a lower molding attached from below from the lower side by crimping while sandwiching the lower peripheral edge of the side panel and the bent peripheral edge of the floor panel and interposing an adhesive, and further has the following configuration. . That is, a lid corner piece that is erected on each of the four corners of the lid and has erected portions having a substantially L-shaped flat cross section, and a part of each of the floor panel is attached below the four corners while interposing the lower molding. And a floor corner piece on the outside of which a stepped portion having a shape corresponding to the standing portion of the lid corner piece is formed. The recessed step portion of the floor corner piece can be engaged with the upright portion of the other lid corner piece of the aluminum storage box.

[0006]

[Action]

 Since the present invention comprises such means, it operates as follows. This aluminum storage box is made by bending and welding one side panel with a lid attached to the floor panel, and by caulking the upper and lower moldings. Further, a lid corner piece having an upright portion is attached on the lid, and a floor corner piece having a recessed step portion having a shape corresponding to the upright portion is attached under the floor panel. Then, various items are stored, stored, and transported.

[0007] Therefore, the aluminum storage box is, firstly, bent on the side panel, mounted on the lid, fitted on the floor panel, attached by caulking the upper and lower moldings, the lid corner piece and the floor corner piece. The structure is simple and basically consists of a frameless semi-monocoque structure. Secondly, it is easy to manufacture and cost effective, thirdly, it is light in weight, and fourthly, it is made of one side panel and has few welding points, and it is waterproof by fitting, caulking, bonding, etc. It is also reliable and airtight.

Fifth, the side panel is solidified and reinforced by the attachment of the upper molding and the lower molding, and is excellent in strength such as excellent shape retention. Sixth, the corners of the side panels are bent, eliminating the catches during handling and improving safety. Seventh, when stacking, the upright portion of the lid corner piece and the recessed step portion of the floor corner piece are engaged with each other while being fitted vertically and stably, reliably, easily, and with high height. It is possible to stack.

[0009]

【Example】

 The present invention will be described in detail below based on the embodiments shown in the drawings. 1, FIG. 2, and FIG. 3 show an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1 is a front sectional view showing a lid partially opened and closed, FIG. 2 is a perspective view, and FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view in a stacked state. It is a figure.

The aluminum storage box accommodates various items inside and is stored and transported. That is, the aluminum storage box 1 is made of aluminum such as aluminum flat plate and has a box shape or a case shape. Inside, electronic devices, various other devices and equipment, medical supplies, valuables, etc. It is stored. In the illustrated aluminum storage box 1, the floor size width, depth and height are set to integral multiples of a fixed value. For example, the floor size is set to a multiple of 1 × 1, 1 × 2, 2 × 2, etc., and the height is also set to an integral multiple of a certain value. Therefore, as shown in FIG. Even in combinations of sizes and sizes, they are used in series so that they can be stacked easily.

In the aluminum storage box 1, first, one side panel 2 is bent and endlessly welded to form four sides, and a hinge 3 is attached to one side of the side panel 2. And a floor panel 7 in which a bent peripheral edge 6 which is bent downward is fitted into a lower peripheral edge 5 of the side panel 2 is attached.

To describe these in detail, the side panel 2 is made of an aluminum flat plate, and is bent at 90 degrees inward at each of the four corner portions, and is bent by pressing or the like. It is welded at the welded portion 8. The lid 4, which is also referred to as a lid, is made of the same aluminum flat plate, and in the illustrated example, a bent peripheral edge 9 is formed by bending downward by pressing or the like, and is formed between the lid 4 and the side panel 2, for example. The hinge 3 is mounted so as to be openable and closable up and down, and 10 is a rivet for fixing the hinge 3. The floor panel 7 is made of the same aluminum flat plate and has a bent peripheral edge 6 bent downward by press working or the like. The bent peripheral edge 6 is fitted into the lower end peripheral edge 5 of the side panel 2. Has been.

Next, the aluminum storage box 1 has an upper molding 11, a lower molding 12, a lid molding 13 and the like at the edge portion in addition to these. First, the upper molding 11 is attached to the upper peripheral edge 14 of the side panel 2 from above by caulking while the adhesive A is interposed. The upper molding 11 in the illustrated example has an opening at the lower part for being crimped from the upper edge 14 of the side panel 2 while being crimped from the upper side, and is bent and formed into a substantially bag-shaped cross section. It is filled in the upper molding 11 and sandwiched between the upper molding 11 and the upper end peripheral edge 14, and thus is also used as a sealer for improving the sealing property.

The lower molding 12 sandwiches the lower peripheral edge 5 of the side panel 2 and the bent peripheral edge 6 of the floor panel 7, and is attached from below by caulking while interposing the adhesive A. The lower molding 12 in the illustrated example has a configuration similar to that of the upper molding 11 described above, and is formed into a bag shape in cross section while having an opening in the upper portion, and the lower end peripheral edge 5 of the side panel 2 and the lower panel 7 are folded. The curved peripheral edge 6 is sandwiched from below, and the adhesive A that also serves as a sealer is filled inside. The lid molding 13 also has a structure similar to that of the upper molding 11 and the lower molding 12, and is caulked from the lower side to the bent peripheral edge 9 of the lid 4 while interposing the adhesive A.

Further, the aluminum storage box 1 has a lid corner piece 15 which is a die cast or a press part, and a floor corner piece 16. The lid corner pieces 15 are respectively erected on the four corners of the lid 4, and the erected portions 17 have a substantially L-shaped cross section, and the floor corner pieces 16 are below the four corners of the floor panel 7. Part of each is attached via the lower molding 12, and a concave step portion 18 having a shape corresponding to the standing portion 17 of the lid corner piece 15 is formed on the outer side.

To describe these in detail, the lower end of each of the lid corner pieces 15 is fixed to the four corners of the bent peripheral edge 9 of the lid 4 from the outside by the rivets 10, and the central portion of the upper corner of the upper edge of the lid 4 is fixed. It is extended and abutted on the four corners, and the upright portions 17 are bent and formed in a rectangular shape in a generally L-shaped cross section, and upright from the four corners of the lid 4. Further, the floor corner piece 16 has an upper surface of an inner portion partially projected so as to abut against the lower four corners of the floor panel 7, and an inner portion of the floor corner piece 16 with a bolt 19 (of course, the rivet 10 or the like may be used. ) Fixed below the four corners of the floor panel 7. Then, the upper surface of the outer side portion of the floor corner piece 16 as described above is abutted against the four corners of the bent peripheral edge 6 of the floor panel 7 and the lower end peripheral edge 5 of the side panel 2 via the lower molding 12, and the outer side portion A concave step portion 18 is formed on the lower surface of the lower step, and the concave step portion 18 is provided with a step portion space having a substantially L-shaped cross section corresponding to the standing portion 17 of the lid corner piece 15 described above. It is formed in a stepped shape that is open in a predetermined direction. Therefore, the recessed step portion 18 of the floor corner piece 16 of a certain aluminum storage box 1 and the standing portion 17 of the lid corner piece 15 of another aluminum storage box 1 can be engaged with each other. .

In addition, 20 is a seal rubber, and this seal rubber 20 is provided around the lower surface of the lid 4 while projecting, and when the lid 4 is closed, the upper rubber 11 of the side panel 2 is pressed from above. The contact is ensured and the sealing performance is ensured. Reference numeral 21 in FIG. 2 is a reinforcing bead, and each of the bent corners of the side panel 2 is formed with a plurality of vertical concave or convex shapes at the time of press working. The strength of the panel 2 is further improved. Reference numeral 22 denotes a fixture provided in correspondence with the bent peripheral edge 9 of the lid 4 and the front surface of the side panel 2, and holds the closed state of the lid 4 by a locking lock between them. Reference numeral 23 denotes a carrying handle provided on the side surface of the side panel 2.

The present invention is configured as described above. Then it becomes as follows. This aluminum storage box 1 has one side panel 2 that is bent and welded endlessly on four sides. A lid 4 is attached to one side of the side panel 2 with a hinge 3, and a bottom edge 5 is attached to the side panel 2. The bent peripheral edge 6 of the lower panel 7 is fitted, and the upper molding 11 is attached to the upper end peripheral edge 14 and the lower molding 12 is attached to the lower end peripheral edge 5 and the like by caulking. Further, a lid corner piece 15 having an upright portion 17 is placed on the lid 4, and a floor corner piece 16 having a concave step portion 18 having a shape corresponding to the upright portion 17 is placed under the floor panel 7. , Each one is attached. The aluminum storage box 1 is often used in a particularly harsh environment in which various items are stored and transported by being stored inside and stored, for example, outdoors. Now, according to this aluminum storage box 1, the following first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth are obtained.

First, the aluminum storage box 1 is formed by bending one side panel 2, attaching a lid 4 with a hinge 3, fitting a floor panel 7, and caulking the upper molding 11 and the lower molding 12. The structure is simple, with a frameless semi-monocoque structure basically consisting of attachments, lid corner pieces 15 and floor corner pieces 16. In other words, in comparison with the conventional example of the type described above, which uses four corner frames, four side panels, one floor panel, etc., and welds all of them together, However, it is composed of one side panel 2, a corner frame is unnecessary, there are few welding points, and fitting, caulking, bonding, etc. are frequently used, and the structure is simple and simple.

Secondly, since the structure is simple as described above, the manufacturing is easy and the cost is excellent. Thirdly, the structure is also simple and the characteristics of aluminum are utilized, and the overall weight is also light. Fourthly, similarly, the structure is simple, in particular, it is composed of one side panel 2 and there are few welding points, and the waterproofness and the airtightness are ensured by the fitting, caulking and adhesion.

Fifth, an upper molding 11 is attached to the upper edge 14 of the side panel 2, and a lower molding 12 is attached to the lower edge 5 and the like, so that they are solidified and reinforced. Therefore, although the side panel 2 is made of an aluminum flat plate, it is excellent in strength such as being excellent in shape retention without being flexibly deformed by an external force. Further, in the illustrated example, the reinforcing beads 21 further improve the strength. Sixth, since the corner portions of the side panel 2 are bent, the corner frame having a prismatic shape does not project outward unlike the conventional example of this kind described above, and the corners are easy to handle. Safety is improved by eliminating trapping.

Seventh, at the time of stacking, the standing portion 17 of the lid corner piece 15 and the recessed step portion 18 of the floor corner piece 16 are engaged with each other while fitting each other between the upper and lower sides. Stable, reliable, and easy stacking is possible. That is, like the above-mentioned conventional example of this kind, when stacking, there is no destabilization or uncertainties due to slippage or slippage between the top and bottom, and the lid corner piece 15 and floor corner piece 16 Since each aluminum storage box 1 is guided and fixedly stacked, danger is avoided and no effort is spent to correct the positional relationship. Eighth, since it is made of aluminum, it is excellent in corrosion resistance, weather resistance, chemical resistance, etc. due to its characteristics.

[0023]

[Effect of device]

 As described above, in the aluminum storage box according to the present invention, the lid is attached to the one side panel that is bent on four sides, the floor panel is fitted, and the upper and lower molds are respectively caulked. Further, by additionally providing a lid corner piece having a standing portion and a floor corner piece having a recessed step portion corresponding to the standing portion, the following effects are exhibited.

Firstly, the structure is simple, and secondly, the manufacturing is easy and the cost is excellent. Thirdly, the weight is light as a whole, and fourthly, the waterproof property and the airtightness are reliable. Is. Fifth, it is excellent in strength such as excellent shape retention of each side panel. Sixth, safety is improved by eliminating catching during handling. Seventh and stable. It is also possible to stack high, objectively, reliably, and easily. As a result, this makes the aluminum storage box sufficiently durable for use in particularly harsh environments, for example, when it is loaded outdoors. In this way, all the problems existing in this type of conventional example are eliminated at once, and the effects of the present invention are remarkable and significant.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front sectional view of an embodiment of an aluminum storage box according to the present invention, in which a lid is partially opened and closed.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the same embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view showing a state in which a plurality of aluminum storage boxes having different sizes are stacked.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Aluminum Storage Box 2 Side Panel 3 Hinge 4 Lid 5 Lower Edge Perimeter 6 Bending Edge 7 Floor Panel 8 Welding 9 Bending Edge 10 Rivet 11 Upper Mall 12 Lower Mall 13 Lid Mall 14 Upper Edge Perimeter 15 Lid Corner Piece 16 Floor Corner Piece 17 Standing portion 18 Recessed step portion 19 Bolt 20 Seal rubber 21 Reinforcing bead 22 Fixture 23 Handle A Adhesive

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. An aluminum storage box in which various items are stored, stored and transported, wherein one side panel is bent to form four sides and welded endlessly. A lid that is attached to one surface of the side panel by a hinge and that opens and closes; a floor panel in which a bent edge that is bent downward into the lower end edge of the side panel is fitted; The upper molding attached to the upper edge of the side panel while crimping while adhering to the upper panel and the lower edge of the side panel and the bent edge of the floor panel are clamped while interposing the adhesive. A lower molding attached from the side, a lid corner piece that is erected on each of the four corners of the lid and has a standing portion having a substantially L-shaped flat cross section, and a portion of the floor molding that is partially below the four corners of the floor panel Each is attached via the A floor corner piece having a concave step portion formed in a shape corresponding to the standing portion of the lid corner piece, and the concave step portion of the floor corner piece is a lid corner of another aluminum storage box. An aluminum storage box characterized in that it can be engaged with the standing portion of the piece.