JP3204894B2 - Transport container - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a transport container used for transporting, for example, shears such as earth and sand and rocks in a tunnel.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a transport container of this type, for example, there is one shown in FIGS. That is, the bottom wall 81 and the front wall
A box-shaped container body 85 having an open top surface is formed by the 82, the rear wall 83, and the left and right side walls 84, and the rear wall 83 is inclined rearward and upward. On both sides of the upper end portion of the container main body 85, wing bodies 86 which expand in the left-right direction to receive the shear inputted from above and guide it into the container main body 85 are integrally provided. The outer surface of the rear wall 83 has a container body
A stand body 87 for preventing the fall of the rear part 85 is provided integrally.

[0003]

However, in the above conventional type, as shown in FIG.
(Ie, the width between the pair of left and right wing bodies 86) is large, so that the width of the transport space required to transport the transport container 88 must be widened. When a plurality of transport containers 88 are transported in a vertically stacked state, the bottom wall 81 of the upper transport container 88 is supported by the upper ends of both side walls 84 of the lower transport container 88, so that the lowermost transport container 88 is transported. The total height B from the container 88 to the uppermost transport container 88 increases, and a plurality of transport containers 88
In this case, the height of the transport space required for transporting the paper must be ensured high.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to reduce the width and height of a transport space required for transporting a transport container.

[0005]

According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a transport container transported by a transport vehicle, comprising a bottom wall, a front wall, and a bottom wall. Forming a box-shaped container body whose upper surface is opened by the rear wall and the left and right side walls, the rear wall is inclined upward and rearward, and the space between the pair of left and right side walls is narrowed toward the lower side and tapered. ,
On both sides of the upper end of the container body, a wing body that expands in the left-right direction and receives a conveyed object loaded from above and guides the wing body into the container body is detachably attached via wing coupling means, and On the outer surface of the stand, a stand body for preventing the container body from falling to the rear side is detachably attached via stand connecting means, and the wing connecting means is
Connection provided on the container body and having a wedge hole at the tip
Plate, and the connecting plate formed in the wing body can be inserted
A connecting hole and a wing inserted from the connecting plate into the wedge hole.
And a wedge for preventing removal of the body .

According to this, when the transport container is transported, the width of the space required for transport can be reduced by removing both wings from the container body. further,
After removing the stand body from the container body, by stacking a plurality of container bodies up and down, the stand body does not contact the rear wall of the lower container body from above and obstructs the stacking, furthermore The space between the side walls is tapered so that the lower the lower side, the lower part of both side walls of the upper container body fits between the two side walls of the lower container body from above, and the height of the space required for transportation Can be reduced. Also, connect the connecting plate of the container body to the connecting hole of the wing body.
Insert the wing body into the wedge hole
It can be connected and fixed to the container body. Like this
Bolts and nuts by using wedges
When attaching / detaching the wing body, compared to connecting with
No special tools are required for quick installation and removal,
Detachment due to thread breakage, clogging of earth and sand, or rust
Don't worry about going away.

[0007]

[0008]

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a support portion for supporting a lower end of a wing body is provided on a container body, a bracket is provided at a position where a connection hole is formed in the wing body, and the connection hole is formed from an inner surface of the wing body to an outer surface of the bracket. The bracket is formed on the outer surface of the bracket with an upwardly inclined surface on which the wedge fitted in the wedge hole abuts.

According to this, the connecting plate is inserted into the connecting hole, the wing body is placed on the supporting portion, and the wedge is driven into the wedge hole, whereby the wing body is connected to the container body while being supported by the supporting portion. Fixed. At this time, since the wedge abuts on the inclined surface of the bracket, it is possible to prevent the wing body from rattling with respect to the container body.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the stand connecting means comprises a rear wall side pin hole formed in the rear wall, a stand side pin hole formed in the stand body and matching the rear wall side pin hole, A toggle pin is inserted into the rear wall side pin hole and the stand side pin hole to connect the stand body to the container body.

According to this, the stand body can be connected and fixed to the container main body by aligning the pin holes on the stand side with the pin holes on the rear wall and inserting the toggle pins into these pin holes. By using the toggle pin as the stand connecting means in this way, compared to the case of connecting using bolts and nuts, a special tool is not required when attaching and detaching the stand body, the attaching and detaching can be performed quickly, and the thread There is no need to worry about breakage, clogging of earth and sand, rusting, etc., preventing the product from coming off.

[0013]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.
This will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 14,
Reference numeral 1 denotes a transport container that is transported by the transport vehicle 2. The transport container 1 receives the shear 4 (an example of an object to be transported, which is a mixture of rocks and earth and sand) which has been expanded from the left and right and fed into the container body 3 from the upper side, and is guided into the container body 3. It is composed of a pair of left and right wing bodies 5 and a stand body 6 for preventing the container body 3 from falling to the rear side. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the wing body 5 is detachably attached to the container body 3 via wing connecting means 7,
The stand body 6 is detachably attached to the container body 3 via stand connecting means 8.

The container body 3 includes a bottom wall 10, a front wall 11, and a rear wall.
It is formed in a box shape whose upper surface is opened by 12 and left and right side walls 13. The rear wall 12 is inclined rearward and upward,
As shown in FIG. 5, the interval between the pair of left and right side walls 13 is narrower toward the lower side and is arranged in a tapered shape. Above front wall
A plurality of ribs 14 are attached to the 11 and both side walls 13, respectively. Further, as shown in FIG. 4, on the outer surface of the rear wall 12, a plurality of vertical ribs 15 and horizontal ribs 16 intersect. Installed. As shown in FIG. 5, on the upper part of the front wall 11,
A pair of left and right quadrangular clamp pockets 17 opening forward are formed.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 6, upper frame members 18 are provided at the upper ends of the side walls 13 in the front-rear direction. These upper frame members 18 are
Inclined plate that extends diagonally upward from the upper edge of
19 and the inclined plate portion 19 attached to the upper end of the side wall 13 and
, And an L-shaped plate portion 21 attached between the tip of the inclined plate portion 19 and the tip of the horizontal plate portion 20.

[0016] As shown in FIG.
A concave hook pocket 23 which opens downward and outward is formed at the front of 18. In addition, a concave tail pocket 24 that opens forward is formed at the rear end of both side walls 13. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, each tail pocket 24 has a rear end portion of the side wall 13, a rear end portion of the horizontal plate portion 20, and A plate 25; a lower plate 26 extending forward from a lower end of the rear plate 25;
It is formed so as to be surrounded by side plates 27 attached to respective outer portions of the horizontal plate portion 26 and the rear end portion of the horizontal plate portion 20.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 7, the wing body 5 has a mounting frame plate 29 formed in an L shape in a front view.
And an inclined frame plate 30 extending outwardly obliquely upward from the upper end of the mounting frame plate 29; an upper end frame plate 31 extending upward from the upper end of the inclined frame plate 30; It comprises a front plate 32 connected to each front end of the frame plate 31 and a plurality of ribs 33 provided on the outer surface of the inclined frame plate 30.

The wing connecting means 7 is provided at a plurality of positions (four in FIG. 3) before and after the L-shaped plate portion 21 of the container body 3 and has a connecting plate 36 having a wedge hole 35 formed at a tip end thereof; The connecting plates 36 formed on the mounting frame plate 29 of the body 5
And a wedge 38 that is inserted into the wedge hole 35 to prevent the wing body 5 from being pulled out of the connection plate 36.

As shown in FIG. 6, the connecting plate 36 has a rectangular shape and is provided obliquely upward with respect to the horizontal direction. Further, the wedge hole 35 is formed in a horizontally long rectangle, and is inclined obliquely upward with respect to the horizontal direction together with the connection plate 36. As shown in FIG. 8, the wedge 38 is
One side is formed in an inclined trapezoidal shape. A pin hole 40 into which a clevis pin 39 for retaining is inserted is formed at the tip of the wedge 38. In addition, the clevis pin 39
Is retained by a split pin 41.

As shown in FIG. 6 to FIG.
A support portion 43 that supports the mounting frame plate 29 of the wing body 5 is formed below the L-shaped plate portion 21. As shown in FIGS. 2, 7 and 8, square brackets 44 are respectively attached to the positions where the connection holes 37 of the attachment frame plate 29 of the wing body 5 are formed. Each of the connection holes 37 is formed to penetrate from the inner surface of the mounting frame plate 29 to the outer surface of the bracket 44. These brackets 44
An outer inclined surface 45 is formed on the outer surface of the wedge to be in contact with the wedge 38 in the wedge hole 35 in the orthogonal direction.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 9, the stand body 6 has a structure in which a plurality of right-angled triangular frame bodies 47 arranged in parallel in the left-right direction are integrally connected. Is a tiltable member 48 that can freely contact and separate from each vertical rib 15 of the rear wall 12, a horizontal member 49 that can land, and a vertical member 50 that is connected between the rear ends of the tilted member 48 and the horizontal member 49. It is composed of

As shown in FIG. 2 to FIG. 4 and FIG. 9, the stand connecting means 8 includes a pair of front and rear rear wall side pin holes 52 formed in vertical ribs 15 located on both side ends of the rear wall 12. A pair of front and rear stand-side pin holes 54 formed on the connection bracket 53 of the stand body 6 and matching the rear wall-side pin holes 52, and the stand inserted into the rear wall-side pin holes 52 and the stand-side pin holes 54 And a toggle pin 55 for connecting the body 6 to the container body 3.

The connection bracket 53 is connected to the inclined member 48.
A pair of left and right longitudinal ribs 15 at both ends of the rear wall 12 are detachably fitted between the pair of left and right connecting brackets 53. In addition, the stand body 6 is attached to the rear wall 12 on the inclined member 48 of the stand body 6.
Abuts on the pair of left and right recesses 56 formed by being surrounded by the vertical ribs 15 and the horizontal ribs 16 of the rear wall 12 when contacting the rear wall 12.
Are provided as left and right pairs.

Note that, as shown in FIG.
Is a pin having a bendable structure, and is prevented from being pulled out by turning the tip and bending downward. These toggle pins 55 are connected to the stand body 6 via chains 58.

As shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, the transporting vehicle 2 includes a vehicle body 60 and a towing frame 61 formed in a U-shape in plan view and towed by the vehicle body 60. Have been. The vehicle main body 60 is provided with a driver's seat 62, a front wheel 63, and an engine (not shown). The traction frame 61 includes a rear wheel 64, a U-shaped vertically movable support frame 65 that supports the transport container 1, and a dump cylinder 66 that lifts the front portion of the support frame 65 to dump the transport container 1. A hinge link 68 connected to a hinge 67 provided at the rear end of the support frame 65, and a hinge lift cylinder 69 that lifts the hinge 67 are provided. As shown by the phantom line in FIG. 5, a pair of left and right support surfaces 70 that can freely contact and separate from the horizontal plate portion 20 of the upper frame body 18 of the transport container 1 from below.
Are formed. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 13, a hook member 71 is provided at the front of both support surfaces 70 so as to be able to be fitted into and removed from the hook pocket 23 of the upper frame body 18 from below. At the rear end of the support frame 65, a tail member 72 is provided which can be fitted into and removed from the tail pocket 24 of the transport container 1 from the front. Further, as shown in FIG. 12, a pair of right and left clamp cylinders 73 are provided at the front end of the support frame 65.
A rectangular plate-shaped clamp body 74 provided at the tip of the piston rod of the clamp cylinder 73 can be inserted into and removed from the clamp pocket 17 from the front as shown by the imaginary line in FIG.

The operation of the above configuration will be described below.
As shown in FIG. 10 and FIG.
When transporting to the destination at 75 or the like, as shown by the phantom line in FIG. 8, each wedge 38 is pulled out of the wedge hole 35 and both wings 5 are moved outward, so that the connection plate 36 is connected. As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG.
Can be removed from the container body 3. This allows
As shown in FIG. 10, the width A of the space required for transport is reduced.

Further, as shown in FIG.
From the stand side pin hole 54 and the rear wall side pin hole 52,
The stand body 6 is removed from the container body 3 as shown in FIG. Thereafter, as shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, the plurality of container bodies 3 are stacked one above the other, so that the stand body 6 comes into contact with the rear wall 12 of the lower container body 3 from above to obstruct the stacking. The lower part of the side walls 13 of the upper container body 3 is located between the two side walls 13 of the lower container body 3 because the space between the side walls 13 is arranged in a tapered shape in which the distance between the side walls 13 becomes smaller toward the lower side. Height of space required for transportation
Can be reduced. At this time, as shown in FIG. 11, the stand body 6 is left attached to the lowermost container body 3 to prevent the container body 3 from falling over. Further, as shown by the dotted line in FIG. 11, the detached stand body 6 may be stored inside the uppermost container body 3.

As described above, the width A of the space required for transportation
And the height B can be reduced, respectively, so that more transport containers 1 can be loaded and transported on the trailer 75 or the like in a state of being divided into the container body 3, the wing body 5, and the stand body 6. .

As described above, the plurality of transport containers 1 are divided into the container body 3, the wing body 5, and the stand body 6 and transported to the destination, and then the transport containers 1 are assembled. That is, as shown in FIG. 2, FIG. 3, and FIG. 9, the vertical ribs 15 of the rear wall 12 are fitted between the pair of left and right connection brackets 53 of the stand body 6, and the respective stand side pin holes 54 are inserted into the respective rear wall side After alignment with hole 52, toggle pins are inserted into both pin holes 52 and 54.
By inserting 55, the stand body 6 is connected and fixed to the container body 3. At this time, as shown by the dotted line in FIG. 2, the convex body 57 of the stand body 6 fits into the concave portion 56 of the rear wall 12, so that the stand body 6 is accurately positioned and the stand body 6 and the rear wall 12 And the connection strength increases. The toggle pin 55 is prevented from coming off by bending its tip. Further, since the toggle pin 55 is connected to the stand body 6 through the chain 58, the toggle pin 55 can be prevented from being lost.

Next, as shown in FIG. 6 and FIG.
Mounting frame plate for wing body 5 with connecting plate 36 inserted into 37
The wing body 5 is supported by the support portion 43 of the L-shaped plate portion 21 by placing the 29 on the L-shaped plate portion 21 of the container body 3. At this time, the wing body 5 is guided from the distal end portion to the proximal end portion of the connecting plate 36 while being supported on the upper surface 36a of each connecting plate 36, and is accurately placed on the L-shaped plate portion 21.

Thereafter, as shown by the solid line in FIG.
By driving a wedge 38 into 35, the wing body 5
It is connected and fixed to the container body 3 while being supported by 43. At this time, as shown in FIG. 7, one side surface of the wedge 38 abuts on the inclined surface 45 of the bracket 44 in an orthogonal direction, so that the wing body 5 can be prevented from rattling with respect to the container body 3. Then, as shown in FIG. 8, the clevis pin 39 is inserted into the pin hole 40 of each wedge 38, and further, each clevis pin 39 is inserted.
Each wedge 38 is stopped by the clevis pin 39 by attaching the split pin 41 to the clevis pin 39.

As described above, the wing connecting means 7 is attached to the wedge 38.
In addition, by using the toggle pin 55 for the stand connecting means 8, a special tool is not required for attaching and detaching the wing body 5 and the stand body 6 as compared with the case of connecting using bolts and nuts. It can be performed quickly, and there is no fear that the thread will not come off due to breakage of the thread, clogging of earth and sand, or rust. Furthermore, if the wedge 38 is loose, the wedge 38 can be immediately driven and fixed.

After assembling the transport container 1 in this manner, as shown in FIG.
The vehicle is lifted from the ground by the support frame 65 raised by the hinge lift cylinder 69 and the vehicle, and is carried to the work site by the traveling of the vehicle body 60. At this time, both support surfaces 70 of the support frame 65 are connected to the horizontal plate 20 of the upper frame body 18 of the transport container 1.
The hook member 71 fits into the hook pocket 23, and the tail member 72 fits into the tail pocket 24,
Furthermore, since the piston rods of both clamp cylinders 73 are extended and both clamp bodies 74 are inserted into the clamp pockets 17, the transport container 1 is securely fixed to the support frame 65.

Also, as shown in FIG.
By extending the piston rod of 66 and shortening the piston rod of the hinge lift cylinder 69, the transport container 1 is dumped, and the shears 4 loaded in the transport container 1 can be discharged backward.

[0035]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, when the transport container is transported, the width of the space required for transport is reduced by removing both wings from the container body. can do. Furthermore, after removing the stand body from the container body, by stacking a plurality of container bodies up and down, the stand body does not contact the rear wall of the lower container body from above to obstruct the stacking. Further, since the space between the side walls is arranged in a tapered shape in which the lower part is narrower, the lower part of the both side walls of the upper container body is fitted from above into the both side walls of the lower container body, and the space required for transportation is reduced. Height can be reduced.

Further, by inserting the connecting plate of the container body to the connecting hole of the wing body, by driving a wedge into the wedge hole, it can be connected and fixed wing member to the container body. By using a wedge as the wing connecting means in this way, a special tool is not required when attaching and detaching the wing body, and the attaching and detaching can be performed quickly, and the screw thread can be removed. There is no need to worry about breakage, clogging of earth and sand, rusting, etc., preventing the product from coming off.

Further, according to the second aspect of the present invention, the connecting plate is inserted into the connecting hole, and the wing is placed on the supporting portion.
By driving the wedge into the wedge hole, the wing body is connected and fixed to the container body while being supported by the support portion. On this occasion,
Since the wedge contacts the inclined surface of the bracket, it is possible to prevent the wing body from rattling with respect to the container body.

Further, according to the third aspect of the present invention, the stand body is connected and fixed to the container body by aligning the pin holes on the stand side with the pin holes on the rear wall and inserting toggle pins into both the pin holes. Can be. By using the toggle pin as the stand connecting means in this way, compared to the case of connecting using bolts and nuts, a special tool is not required when attaching and detaching the stand body, the attaching and detaching can be performed quickly, and the thread There is no need to worry about breakage, clogging of earth and sand, rusting, etc., preventing the product from coming off.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a transport container according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the transport container.

FIG. 3 is a side view of the container body.

FIG. 4 is a rear view of the transport container.

FIG. 5 is a front view of the transport container.

FIG. 6 is a detailed view of a connecting portion between the container body and the wing body.

FIG. 7 is a detailed view of a connecting portion between the container body and the wing body.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a connecting portion between the container body and the wing body.

FIG. 9 is a plan view of a stand body.

FIG. 10 is a rear view when a plurality of container bodies are vertically stacked and loaded on a trailer.

FIG. 11 is a side view when a plurality of container bodies are stacked vertically and stacked on a trailer.

FIG. 12 is a plan view of the transport vehicle.

FIG. 13 is a side view of the transport vehicle.

FIG. 14 is a side view when the transport container is transported by the transport vehicle.

FIG. 15 is a side view when the transport container is dumped by the transport vehicle.

FIG. 16 is a perspective view of a conventional transport container.

FIG. 17 is a front view when a plurality of conventional transport containers are vertically stacked.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Transport container 2 Transport vehicle 3 Container main body 4 Shelf (object to be transported) 5 Wing body 6 Stand body 7 Wing connecting means 8 Stand connecting means 10 Bottom wall 11 Front wall 12 Rear wall 13 Side wall 35 Wedge hole 36 Connection plate 37 Connection Hole 38 Wedge 43 Support 44 Bracket 45 Inclined surface 52 Pin hole on rear wall 54 Pin hole on stand 55 Toggle pin

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A transport container transported by a transport vehicle, comprising a box-shaped container body having an upper surface opened by a bottom wall, a front wall, a rear wall, and right and left side walls. It is inclined upward rearward, the distance between the pair of left and right side walls is narrowed down and arranged in a tapered shape, on both sides of the upper end of the container body,
A wing body that expands in the left-right direction and receives the conveyed object input from above and guides the inside of the container body is detachably attached via wing connecting means, and is attached to the outer surface of the rear wall to the rear side of the container body. The stand body for preventing the fall of the above is detachably attached via the stand connecting means ,
The wing connection means is provided on the container body and
A connecting plate with a wedge hole and an upper
A connecting hole into which the connecting plate can be inserted, and the wedge hole
And a wedge that prevents the wing body from coming off from the connecting plate.
Carrier container, characterized by being. 2. The container body supports the lower end of the wing body.
Provide a support section, and bracket the wing body at the connection hole formation position.
Bracket, and connect the connection hole with the bracket from the inner surface of the wing body.
To the outer surface of the bracket and to the wedge hole on the outer surface of this bracket.
Forming an upwardly inclined surface where the inserted wedge abuts
The transport container according to claim 1, wherein: 3. The stand connecting means is formed on a rear wall.
The rear wall side pin hole and the rear wall side pin
Stand side pin holes that match the
The stand body is inserted into the hole and the stand side pin hole
It consists of a toggle pin connected to the main body.
The transport container according to claim 1, wherein