KR100483695B1 - A panel shipping container - Google Patents

Abstract

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a panel transport container that can be compactly stacked with several panels, and is folded and compacted after loading and unloaded. To this end, a support 4 having a pivot support part is installed at both the rear and the backing plate 1, the upper portions of the supporting frames 7a and 7b are interconnected by upper hinges 8, and the middle rotates outward. This freely connected to the intermediate hinge 10, the bottom is pivotally connected to the support (4). And the circumference of the panel support member 6 is surrounded by the front plate 18, the back plate 19 and a pair of side plates 20, the upper portion is covered with a cover 22. By this configuration, the panel support member 6 can support and convey the panel P in an upright state, and can be returned or stored in a seated state.

Description

A panel shipping container

The present invention relates to a panel transport container for use in transporting large liquid crystal panels used in PDPs or LCDs.

In general, a special conveying container is used to protect a large liquid crystal panel or a glass plate from a large liquid crystal panel or a glass substrate of a large size by a truck or a freight train, or from vibrations and impacts during unloading.

For example, a conventional support type container is provided with a fitting groove for fitting a single panel to a corner pad made of an L-shaped synthetic resin foam installed at four corners of the panel, so that the panel does not come into contact with each other. Supported at intervals. By storing the panel and the corner pad in the transport box through the cushioning material, the panel has been protected by the double buffer structure of the corner pad and the cushioning material.

And another method of the prior art is a box type container. The box-type container is provided with an opening in the front part of the box body made of a cushioning material, and fitting grooves for fitting both side edges of the panel one by one are provided on the inner wall of the box body at predetermined intervals. The panels are inserted one by one from the opening of the box body, and the two sides of the panel are fitted into the alignment grooves so that the panels are supported at regular intervals without contact with each other.

However, such a conventional container is configured to hold the panels in a non-contact state by fitting one by one panel to a fitting groove provided in the cushioning material. Therefore, although it is effective in the case of small size panels, as the panel becomes larger and the thickness becomes thinner, the problem that the adjacent panels interfere with each other by the bending of the panel in the conventional container began to arise.

In addition, since the original form of the container itself does not change even when the panel is packaged and returned to the destination, and the container itself is basically unchanged, when the container is recovered and used repeatedly, an empty container occupies a large volume, and a lot of space for transport or storage. There was an uneconomical need.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, an object of the present invention, it is possible to compactly package by stacking a number of panels, and also to be transported and stored in a compact volume by folding the container after the panel unloading It is to provide a panel conveying container.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a panel transport container which can be easily unloaded by a forklift by forming a fork insertion portion at the bottom of the container, and stacking containers by installing corner guides for each container. will be.

An object of the present invention as described above, the support plate (1) having a fork insertion portion (3) of the forklift; A support 4 provided in an intermediate region of the support plate 1 and having a pair of pivot support holes 5 formed therein; The upper portion is composed of a pair of left and right support frames 7a and 7b freely connected to the up and down direction by the upper hinge 8, and the lower portion of each support frame 7a and 7b is the pivot support hole 5. A panel support member (6) provided with an intermediate hinge (10) rotatably freely supported by the rotary motion and freely rotatable outwardly in the middle portion of the height direction of each support frame (7a, 7b); It is installed on the supporting plate 1, and when the pair of supporting frames 7a and 7b are in an upright position, they are positioned on the extension line of the lower end of each of the supporting frames 7a and 7b and lean on the supporting frames 7a and 7b. A lower support member 14 supporting the lower end of the panel P; A panel pressing member 17 for pressing and fixing the outermost sides of the panels P, which are leaned on the respective support frames 7a and 7b, which are standing up; And a pair of elastic reinforcement rods, one end of which is connected to the intermediate hinge 10 and the other end of which is connected to the support 4, which supports a load applied to the panel support member 6.

As the pair of supporting frames 7a and 7b are rotated outward about the intermediate hinge 10, the supporting frames 7a and 7b can be folded or set up in the standing state on the supporting plate 1. It can be achieved by a panel carrying container characterized by.

In addition, a front plate 18, a back plate 19 and a pair of side plates 20 detachably installed on the support plate 1 so as to surround the panel support member 6 and the panel P supported thereto; And a cover 22 that opens and closes the upper opening 21 surrounded by the front plate 18, the back plate 19, and the pair of side plates 20, and the panel support member 6 is seated. In this case, the panel support member 6 can be accommodated in the inner space formed by the support plate 1 and the cover 22, and the front plate 18 and the back plate 19 are formed on the folded support frames 7a and 7b. And it is preferable that the accommodating space 27 that can be accommodated by stacking the pair of side plates 20 is formed.

In addition, the cover 22 is composed of a ceiling plate 23 and a skirt portion 24 extending vertically from an edge of the ceiling plate 23, and each corner region of the ceiling plate 23 has an angle of the support plate 1. It is more preferable that the corner guides 25 fitted with corners are further installed to enable stacking of containers.

In addition, when the panel support member 6 is in a seated state, it is most preferable that each support frame 7a, 7b has a length that is parallel to the base plate 1 and is equal to or smaller than the width of the base plate 1. .

In addition, when the panel support member 6 is in the standing state, each of the support frames 7a and 7b can be supported at an inclination angle in the range of α = 5 to 15 ° with respect to the vertical line S, respectively.

Each lower support member 14 is inclined with respect to the support plate 1, and at least two surfaces in contact with the panel P are at right angles to each other.

In addition, end plates 7c for preventing slippage of the panel P may be further provided on both sides of each of the support frames 7a and 7b.

In addition, each support frame (7a, 7b) is composed of the upper frame (9a) and the lower frame (9b), the upper frame (9a) and the lower frame (9b) is connected by the intermediate hinge (10), the upper It is possible to provide two pairs of end plates 7c on both sides of the frame 9a, and a pair of end plates 7c on both sides of the lower frame 9b.

The end plate 7c of the lower frame 9b is installed in an area connected with the intermediate hinge 10, so that the end plate 7c of the lower frame 9b does not interfere with the lower support member 14 in the seated state. Can be.

The reinforcing rod 16 is a gas cylinder, a hydraulic cylinder, a pneumatic cylinder or a gas shock absorber.

Therefore, according to the above structure, by stacking several panels together and supporting them in a state leaning against the support frame, even a thin panel does not bend, prevents damage during transportation, and can be unloaded compactly, and is supported after unloading. By folding the frame and stacking it into a compact bag, the space required for transportation and storage can be saved.

Other objects, specific advantages and novel features of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description and the preferred embodiments associated with the accompanying drawings.

Hereinafter, the configuration of the panel transport container according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a side view when the panel support member 6 of the panel transport container according to the present invention is in a standing state, and FIG. 2 is a front view of the right half of the panel transport container according to the present invention seated thereon, FIG. Is a side view when the panel supporting member 6 of the panel transport container according to the present invention is in a seating state, and FIG. 4 is an intermediate state of the standing state of FIG. 1 and the seating state of FIG. 3 according to the present invention. Fig. 5 is a plan view in the standing state as shown in Fig. 1.

As shown in Figures 1 to 5, the lower surface of the left and right sides and the middle portion of the substantially rectangular support plate 1 made of a light metal such as aluminum is provided with a lumber (2), the fork insertion portion 3 of the forklift ) Is formed. In addition, the support 4 is provided in a straight line on the upper surface of all, the rear part, and the middle part of the supporting plate 1 based on the direction shown in FIG. These supports 4 have a predetermined height from the support plate 1, and pivot support pin holes 5 are formed at both ends.

The support base 4 is provided with a panel support member 6 for supporting a large panel P such as a large liquid crystal panel or a glass plate, for example. The panel support member 6 has a size sufficient to support the large panel P in a state where it is supported, and has a pair of support frames 7a and 7b. The support frames 7a and 7b are rotatably connected to each other in the vertical direction by the upper hinges 8 provided at both ends. The support frame 7a, 7b is divided into two parts, the upper frame 9a and the lower frame 9b, respectively, and the upper frame 9a and the lower frame 9b are freely rotated by the intermediate hinge 10. Pivotally supported.

The intermediate hinge 10 has a pair of hinge pieces 11 protruding from the rear sides of the upper frame 9a and the lower frame 9b so that the rotational movement is freely connected to the outside by the hinge pins 12, and the upper frame The rotational movement inwardly of the 9a and the lower frame 9b is interfered by the contact between the hinge pieces 11. The lower frame 9b is pivotally supported freely by the pivot support pin 13 in the pivot support pin hole 5 of the support 4. Accordingly, the left and right pairs of support frames 7a and 7b stand up in an approximately mountain shape (or triangular shape) with respect to the support plate 1 at the time of assembly and in the standing state, and the support frames 7a and 7b are vertical lines S. Are supported at angles of inclination of α = 10 °, respectively. Such an angle α is suitable within a range of 5 ° to 15 °, and if it is too small, there is a fear of falling, and if too large, the width is increased to occupy a lot of space and compression deformation due to its own weight is likely to occur.

In addition, the lower support member 14 is provided in the lower end part on the extension line of the support frame 7a, 7b among the upper surfaces of the support plate 1. This is to mount the lower end of the large panel P supported by the support frame 7a, 7b. The lower support member 14 is supported by a supporter 15 protruding from the support plate 1 so as to be perpendicular to the inclined support frames 7a and 7b.

The plurality of end plates 7c are protruding on both sides of the support frames 7a and 7b in order to prevent the large panel P leaned on the support frames 7a and 7b from deviating in the lateral direction. . The number of installation of the end plate 7c may be at least one to four, five, six, or more.

In addition, both ends of the reinforcing rod 16 freely stretchable in the axial direction are connected between the hinge pin 12 and the upper portion of the support 4 of the intermediate hinge 10 in a freely rotatable manner. These reinforcement rods 16 support a part of the load by the support 4 through the reinforcement rods 16 when the large support P is supported by the panel support member 6. One specific example of such a reinforcing rod 16 may be a gas cylinder (or gas spring).

The panel pressing member 17 is a member which presses and fixes the outermost side of the large-size panel P of several sheets supported by the support frame 7a, 7b. The panel pressing member 17 has a separate configuration separated from the support frames 7a and 7b, and is manufactured to be substantially the same size as the support frames 7a and 7b.

At the edge of the upper surface of the support plate 1, the front plate 18, the back plate 19, and a pair of side plates 20 are enclosed to surround the whole including the large panel P supported by the panel support member 6. It is detachably installed. The cover 22 for opening and closing the upper opening 21 formed by being surrounded by the front plate 18, the back plate 19 and the pair of side plates 20 is provided.

The cover 22 extends from the edge of the ceiling plate 23 and the ceiling plate 23 to the lower end to cover the outside of the upper end of the front plate 18, the back plate 19 and the pair of side plates 20. It consists of a part 24. The length of the skirt portion 24 of the cover 22 is approximately 1/2 of the height of the front plate 18, the back plate 19 and the pair of side plates 20, and the panel support member 6 is seated. It is formed larger than the height when folded. In addition, corner guides 25 are provided at each corner of the ceiling plate 23 so that four corners of the lower container support plate 1 are fitted when the containers are stacked.

Hereinafter, the above configuration according to the present invention will be described in detail with respect to the operation of the same panel transport container. First, the process of forming the standing state of FIG. 1 will be described. As a preparation step for this, the front plate 18, the back plate 19 and the pair of side plates 20 installed on the cover 22 and the support plate 1 are in a detached state, and a pair of left and right support frames 7a The upper frame 9a and the lower frame 9b of 7b are arranged in a straight line, and the support frames 7a and 7b are standing up substantially in the shape of a hill (or a triangle) with respect to the support plate 1.

The large panel P has a protective film attached to one surface thereof, and the lower end thereof is placed on the lower support member 14 in a state where the plurality of large panels P are overlapped, and the front surface thereof is leaned on the support frames 7a and 7b. Supported. Therefore, a large number of large panels (P) is leaned up at an inclination angle of about 10 ° in the state of overlapping through the protective film. After supporting the large panel P of a predetermined number of times, the panel pressing member 17 is superimposed on the outermost side of the large panel P.

Then, the large panel P and the panel pressing member 17 of several sheets are bound to the support frames 7a and 7b by several binding bands (not shown), and the vibration of the large panel P Prevent deviations.

Next, the front plate 18, the back plate 19 and the pair of side plates 20 surround the whole including the large panel P supported by the panel support member 6 at the edge of the support plate 1. Insert each lower part. Then, the upper opening 21, which is surrounded by the front plate 18, the back plate 19 and the pair of side plates 20, is covered with the cover 22, and finally the support plate 1 and the front plate 18 are covered. ), The back plate 19, the pair of side plates 20, and the cover 22 are fastened by the fastening band 26 to complete the standing state as shown in FIG.

The fork of the forklift is inserted into the fork inserting portion 3 of the large-panel conveyance container prepared in this way, and can be lifted and loaded into a loading box such as a truck, and transported to a destination by a truck or the like. At this time, the vibration and shock during conveyance are applied to the large panel P. The large panel P is supported by the support frames 7a and 7b at an inclination angle of about 10 ° in a state where several sheets are stacked together. Even if the panel P is a thin panel, it does not bend and the damage during conveyance can be prevented.

When the containers are stacked on the corner guides 25 provided at the four corners of the ceiling plate 23, the four corners of the support plate 1 of the upper container are fitted to the corner guides 25 of the lower container. It is possible to prevent the lateral deviation during conveyance.

Hereinafter, the process of unloading the container returned to the destination will be described in detail. First, the fastening band 26 is peeled off and the cover 22 is removed. Then, the front plate 18, the back plate 19 and the pair of side plates 20 are removed from the support plate 1. And by removing the binding band (not shown) and the panel pressing member 17, one or several large panels P can be taken out. Through this process, all panels (P) can be unloaded.

Hereinafter, a process of assembling the seating state of FIG. 3 through the intermediate state of FIG. 4 from the standing state of FIG. 1 in which the unloading of the panel P is completed will be described.

First, when all the large panels P are taken out, when the containers are folded and overlapped, the upper frame 9a of the support frames 7a and 7b in the standing state with the intermediate hinge 10 as the point as shown in FIG. When the lower frame 9b is folded outward and overlaps, the lower frame 9b rotates outward with the pivot support pin 13 as a point with respect to the support 4. At this time, since the lower end of the reinforcing rod 16 is pivotally supported by the support 4 and the upper end is pivotally supported by the intermediate hinge 10, the reinforcing rod 16 extends outwardly about the lower end thereof. Rotating while)

And when the upper frame 9a and the lower frame 9b of each support frame 7a, 7b overlap vertically, the support frame 7a, 7b is placed flat on the base plate 1 (see FIG. 3). The support frames 7a and 7b become substantially the same width as the support plate 1. At this time, the storage space 27 is formed by the plurality of end plates 7c provided in the upper frame 9a, and the front plate 18, the back plate 19, and the pair of side plates (removed from the supporting plate 1) 20) can be stacked and stored.

Finally, the cover 22 is attached to the support plate 1 so as to embrace the support members 7a and 7b and the front plate 18, the back plate 19 and the pair of side plates 20 seated with respect to the support plate 1. When placed and bound by the binding band 26, it can be folded compactly as shown in FIG. Therefore, when conveying for distribution (recovery), the space which is occupied even when it is stored can be reduced and it is economical.

In addition, when assembling the support frame 7a, 7b from the seating state of FIG. 3 to the standing state of FIG. 1, it can be easily assembled by performing the above-mentioned procedure in reverse order. At this time, it may be standing in the standing state by the manpower, or may be set in the standing state by using a separate crane.

Although a large liquid crystal panel has been illustrated and described in the present embodiment, the present invention can be applied to a large glass plate, an LCD panel, various panels requiring careful attention, and a small panel without necessarily being limited thereto.

As another embodiment of the present invention, the reinforcing rod 16 may be replaced by a hydraulic cylinder or pneumatic cylinder (starting means). In this case, hydraulic systems (pumps and valves, limit switches, etc.) or pneumatic systems (pumps, valves, limit switches, etc.), which are well known to those skilled in the art, may be installed in the container (for example, inside or top of the support plate 1). Alternatively, it may be assembled into a separate external module, and then the standing / seating operation may be performed by connecting only a hydraulic or pneumatic line to transmit pressure.

As described above, according to the panel transport container according to the present invention, several panels can be overlapped and compactly transported, and after loading and unloading, they can be folded into a compact bag shape to save space required for transportation and storage. have. In addition, by conveying a plurality of panels by stacking them, even if vibrations or shocks are applied during transport, the panels are not bent or damaged, and it is also possible to easily cope with conveyance of liquid crystal panels in which enlargement and thinning are performed.

Although the present invention has been described in connection with the above-mentioned preferred embodiments, it is possible to make various modifications or variations without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, the appended claims will cover such modifications and variations as fall within the spirit of the invention.

1 is a side view when the panel support member 6 of the panel transport container according to the present invention is in a standing state,

Figure 2 is a front view of a state seated on the right half of the panel transport container according to the present invention,

3 is a side view when the panel support member 6 of the panel transport container according to the present invention is in a seated state;

4 is a side view when the panel transport container according to the present invention is in an intermediate state between the standing state of FIG. 1 and the seating state of FIG.

5 is a plan view in the standing state as shown in FIG.

<Description of the code | symbol about the principal part of drawing>

1: support plate, 2: horizontal wood, 3: fork insertion part,

4: support, 6 panel support member, 7a, 7b: support frame,

7c: single plate, 8: upper hinge, 9a: upper frame,

9b: lower frame, 10: intermediate hinge, 13: pivot support pin,

14: lower support member, 16: reinforcing rod, 17: panel pressing member,

18: front plate, 19: back plate, 20: side plate,

21: upper opening, 22: cover, 23: ceiling plate,

24: skirt portion, 25: corner guide, 26: fastening band,

27: storage space, P: panel, S: vertical line.

Claims (10)

A support plate 1 having a fork insertion portion 3 of the forklift; A support (4) installed in an intermediate region of the support plate (1) and having a pair of pivot support holes (5) formed thereon; The upper portion is composed of a pair of left and right support frames 7a and 7b freely connected to the upper and lower directions by the upper hinge 8, and the lower portion of each of the support frames 7a and 7b is the pivot support hole 5. A panel support member (6) provided with an intermediate hinge (10) rotatably freely supported by the rotating motion and freely rotating outwardly in the middle portion of the height direction of each of the supporting frames (7a, 7b); Is installed on the support plate 1, when the pair of support frame (7a, 7b) is in an upright position, is located on the extension line of the lower end of each of the support frame (7a, 7b), the support frame (7a, 7b) A lower support member 14 supporting a lower end of the panel P, which is leaned on A panel pressing member (17) for pressing and fixing the outermost sides of the panels (P) leaned on the respective support frames (7a, 7b) in an upright state; And One end is connected to the intermediate hinge 10, the other end is connected to the support 4, a pair of elastic reinforcement rod 16 for supporting the load applied to the panel support member 6; As the pair of support frames 7a and 7b are rotated outwardly about the intermediate hinge 10, the support frames 7a and 7b may be folded or set up in the standing state on the support plate 1. Panel transport container, characterized in that the can. The method of claim 1, A front plate 18, a back plate 19, and a pair of side plates 20 detachably installed on the support plate 1 so as to surround the panel support member 6 and the panel P supported thereto; And Further comprising a cover 22 for opening and closing the upper opening portion 21 surrounded by the front plate 18, back plate 19 and a pair of side plates 20, When the panel support member 6 is in a seated state, the panel support member 6 may be accommodated in an inner space formed by the support plate 1 and the cover 22, and the support frames 7a and 7b may be folded. Panel transport container, characterized in that the front plate (18), the back plate (19) and a pair of side plates (20) are stacked to accommodate an accommodating space (27). 3. The cover (22) according to claim 2, wherein the cover (22) consists of a ceiling plate (23) and a skirt portion (24) extending vertically from an edge of the ceiling plate (23), Each corner region of the ceiling plate 23 is a panel transport container, characterized in that the corner guide 25 is fitted to each corner of the support plate (1) is further installed to stack the container. 2. The support frame (7a, 7b) of claim 1, wherein when the panel support member (6) is in a seated state, the support frames (7a, 7b) are parallel to the support plate (1) and are equal to or smaller than the width of the support plate (1). A panel transport container, characterized in that it has a length. 5. The support frame (7a, 7b) according to any one of claims 1 to 4, when the panel support member (6) is in an upright position, is supported at an inclination angle of alpha = 10 degrees with respect to the vertical line S, respectively. Panel transport container, characterized in that the. The lower support member 14 is inclined with respect to the support plate 1, and at least two surfaces in contact with the panel P are perpendicular to each other. Panel carrying container. The end plate 7c for preventing slippage of the panel P is further provided on both sides of each of the support frames 7a and 7b. Panel transport container. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, Each support frame 7a, 7b is composed of an upper frame 9a and a lower frame 9b, The upper frame 9a and the lower frame 9b are connected to the intermediate hinge 10, Two pairs of end plates 7c are provided on both sides of the upper frame 9a, Panel transport container, characterized in that a pair of end plates (7c) is installed on both sides of the lower frame (9b). The lower plate (9c) of the lower frame (9b) is installed in the area connected to the intermediate hinge 10, the end plate (7c) of the lower frame (9b) in the seating state is the lower support member A panel transport container, characterized in that it does not interfere with (14). The panel transport container according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein said reinforcing rod (16) is a gas cylinder.