JP3231066B2 - Container for transporting long workpieces - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a long work transport container for storing and transporting a long work such as a drip molding of an automobile.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in order to transport a work such as a drip molding which is attached to an upper part of a door along a side shape of an automobile for a long distance, a cardboard which can be packed in a state where a plurality of drip moldings are arranged in parallel. Containers were used.

[0003]

By the way, the drip molding has a long and arcuately curved shape and has a portion (rubber lip) which is easily broken by bending, so that the inside of the cardboard box is not provided. Therefore, there is a problem that only about five drip moldings can be stored in a cardboard box having an extremely large package. In addition, the packing operation requires two workers, resulting in poor working efficiency and a problem that the cardboard box used once cannot be reused, so that the cost increases.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and it is possible to easily and surely pack a long work such as a drip molding, and to use a long work transfer which can be used repeatedly. It is intended to provide a container for use.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, a container for transporting a long work according to the present invention has an opening through which a long work is carried in and out, and the opening is opposed to the opening. A pair of left and right container halves that can be coupled to each other in a state, and at least one pair of front and rear pairs that are protruded toward the opening inside each container half, and one of them is disposed at a lower position than the other. A work support arm, a plurality of support grooves provided in each of the work support arms to support a front portion and a rear portion of the long work, and a lower end of the long work which abuts on the lower end of the long work. A first feature is that a work movement preventing member provided inside each container half to prevent the movement in the longitudinal direction is provided.

Further, the present invention provides, in addition to the first feature described above,
A second feature is that a plurality of pairs of the front and rear work support arms are provided in a vertical direction.

Further, the present invention provides, in addition to the first feature described above,
A third feature is that the pair of left and right container halves have the same shape and are interchangeable.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

The long work transport container C has a left container half C _L and a right container half C _R that can be divided into two parts left and right, and the left container half C _L and the right container half C _R have the same structure. And are interchangeable. Each container half _CL , C
_{The R} has four surfaces except the surface and the upper surface facing each other, that is, the bottom surface, the side surfaces, and the front and rear surfaces are formed by connecting a metal pipe material in a frame shape.

[0010] bottom of the container halves C _L, C _R is a five base member 1 extending in the left-right direction one of the lower longitudinal member 2
And four floor members 3. Also, the upper portions of the seven support members 4 erected on the two base members 1 and the lower vertical member 2 located at the front and rear ends are connected by one upper vertical member 5 and two upper horizontal members 6. by, each container half C _L, sides and front and rear surfaces of the C _R is formed.
The side surfaces and the front and rear surfaces are reinforced by six truss members 7 arranged diagonally.

In order to integrally connect the lower portions of the two container halves Ca and C _R , the base member 1 at the rear end of the right container half C _R
The base member 1 of the front end of the left container half C _L connecting piece 8 is protruded, the other party of the container halves C _L, respectively, C
It is connected to the base member 1 of _R by bolts (see FIG. 2).
Furthermore both container halves C _L, the upper portion of the C _R are coupled together by a bolt through the two first connecting member 9 and one second connecting member 10. That is, the first connecting member 9 includes a connecting piece 11 that connects the opposing ends of the two upper horizontal members 6 to each other, and includes two connecting pieces 12 that are connected to the two upper vertical members 5. The second connecting member 10 includes two connecting pieces 13 connected to the two upper vertical members 5.

[0012] Each container half C _L, C _R 2 to posts member 4 constituting the sides of their container halves C _L, C
_A first work support member 14 and a second work support member 15 each having a comb tooth shape extending toward the opening of the _R are provided.

As is apparent from FIG. 3, each of the work supporting members 14 and 15 has four work supporting arms 1 arranged in parallel and horizontally at a predetermined interval in the vertical direction.
6,17. The upper work support arm 16 of the first work support member 14 and the upper work support arm 17 of the second work support member 15 form a pair and form a drip molding W.
And each of the work supporting members 14, 15
The two work support arms 16 and 17 of the fourth to fourth stages support the drip molding W in pairs. Then, four pairs of work support members 16, 1 disposed in the vertical direction are provided.
7 are arranged such that the height of the work support arm 16 of the first work support member 14 is lower than the work support arm 17 of the second work support member 15.

As is apparent from FIG.
A rubber holder 18 for holding the drip molding W is provided on the upper surface of each of the work support arms 16 and 17. A plurality of (for example, seven) support grooves 18a are formed on the upper surface of each holder 18 along its longitudinal direction, and two claw pieces 18b are protruded from the inner surface of the support groove 18a.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, at the front of the left container half C _{L and at} the rear of the right container half C _R ,
A work movement inhibiting member 19 made of a cardboard board is vertically supported by three support members 20. The tip of the drip molding W supported by the front and rear work supporting members 14 and 15 contacts the surface of the work movement preventing member 19.

Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention having the above-described configuration will be described.

As shown in FIG. 2, each container half C _L , C
In a state of being separated _R to the right and left, carries the drip molding W to be mounted for example on the left side of the vehicle body from the opening of the left container half C _L, holder 18 provided on the workpiece support arm 16 of the first workpiece support member 14 And the support groove 18a of the holder 18 provided on the work support arm 17 of the second work support member 15 is fitted from above, and is supported in a stable posture such that the central portion thereof is convex upward. . In this manner, the upper and lower pair of work support arms 1
Support 6 drip moldings W on 6, 17
A pair of front and rear work support arms 16 and 17 of the first to fourth stages
, Each supporting seven drip moldings W. At this time, the drip molding W has two claw pieces 1 of the holder 18.
8b is fitted into the support groove 18a while being elastically deformed, and is slidably supported only in the longitudinal direction. The drip molding W once fitted in the support groove 18a is prevented from dropping out of the support groove 18a by being pressed by the two claw pieces 18b, even if the drip molding W is vibrated during conveyance.

[0018] In the same manner, it carries the drip molding W to be mounted on the right side of the vehicle body from the opening of the right container half C _R,
The work support arm 16 of the first work support member 14 and the second
It is supported by the work support arm 17 of the work support member 15.

When a predetermined number of drip moldings W are supported on the left container half C _L and the right container half C _R in this manner, the openings of both container halves C _R , C _L abut each other.
The connecting piece 8 and the first and second connecting members 9 and 10 are integrally connected. Thus, the assembled long work transport container C is stored and transported in a box-type large container used for shipping service or the like.

A pair of front and rear work support arms 16,
Due to the different heights of the 17, the drip molding W is directed toward the lower work support arm 16 by the vibration received during the conveyance, that is, the tip of the drip molding W comes into contact with the work movement inhibiting member 19. Therefore, the tip of the drip molding W and the work movement inhibiting member 19 abut against each other to generate a frictional force, and the frictional force can prevent the drip molding W from dancing due to the vibration. .

The two container halves C _L , C _R of the long work transport container C arriving at the destination are again separated to the left and right, and the drip molding W housed inside is divided into the container halves C _L , C _R. Taken out of the opening. At this time, since the claw pieces 18b formed in the support grooves 18a of the holder 18 are easily elastically deformed, the claw pieces 18b can be easily removed from the support grooves 18a only by lifting the drip molding W upward.

The above-mentioned long work transport container C can be repeatedly used to provide sufficient durability, and the left container half _CL and the right container half C _R
Are very economical because they have the same shape and are interchangeable.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail above, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various small design changes can be made.

For example, the long work transport container C of the present invention is not limited to a drip molding of an automobile, and can be applied to transfer any other long work.

[0025]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a pair of left and right container halves are connected to each other with their openings facing each other to form a long work transport container. Since the long work is supported in the support grooves of the pair of front and rear work support arms provided inside each container half, the long work can be easily loaded, unloaded, and attached and detached through the opening. In addition, since the long work is supported in an inclined state by making the height of the pair of front and rear work support arms different, the long work is urged in one direction by vibration and gravity during conveyance, and the tip moves the work. It can be transported in a stable posture by contacting the blocking member.

According to the second feature of the present invention, by providing a plurality of pairs of front and rear work supporting arms in the vertical direction, the internal space of the container is more effectively used to accommodate a large number of long works. It is possible to do.

According to the third feature of the present invention, since the pair of left and right container halves have the same shape and are interchangeable, the manufacturing cost can be reduced and the operation rate can be improved. It is economical.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an assembled state of a long work transport container.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an exploded state of a long work transport container.

FIG. 3 is a view in the direction of arrows in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line 4-4 in FIG. 3;

[Explanation of symbols]

16, 17 work supporting arm 18a supporting groove 19 work movement hampering member C _L, C _R the container halves W drip molding (long work)

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-60-13672 (JP, A) JP-A-4-62695 (JP, U) JP-A-60-131577 (JP, U) JP-A-62-1 108289 (JP, U) (58) Field surveyed (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) B65D 88/00-90/08

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A pair of left and right container halves (C _L , C _R ) having an opening through which a long work (W) is loaded and unloaded, and which can be connected to each other with the openings facing each other. And at least a pair of front and rear work support arms (16, 16) projecting toward the opening inside the container halves ( _CL , _CR ), one of which is disposed at a lower position than the other. 1
7), a plurality of support grooves (18a) provided in each of the work support arms (16, 17) to support the front and rear portions of the long work (W), and a low length of the long work (W). each container half in order to prevent movement of the contact with the tip portion of the side in the longitudinal direction of the long long workpiece _{(W) (C L, C} R) work movement hampering member provided inside the (19) A long work transport container characterized by comprising: 2. A pair of front and rear work supporting arms (1).
The long work transport container according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of pairs of (6, 17) are provided in a vertical direction. 3. A pair of left and right container halves ( _CL , CL).
_{2. The} container according to claim 1, wherein _R ) has the same shape and is interchangeable.