JP3241258B2 - 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 capable of accommodating, for example, dust and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 62-43923
As described in the publication, the garbage collection vehicle is provided with a garbage storage box that can be tilted, a garbage storage box is provided behind the garbage storage box, and the garbage collection box is conveyed below the garbage storage box input port. It is known to provide a reversing device capable of lifting and reversing a container, and the reversing device lifts and reverses the transport container so that dust or the like stored in the transport container is passed through an input port and a dust input box. And put it in a garbage storage box.

As shown in FIG. 7, a transport container reversible by the reversing device of the refuse storage vehicle has a cross section L at the surface of a pair of adjacent corner portions 11, 11 of a plastic container body 1 having an open upper surface. The metal reinforcing plate 2 is fixed, and the metal saddle 3 is attached to the reinforcing plate 2 on the surface of the side wall 12 straddling the pair of corners 11.
The saddle 3 attaches the vicinity of both ends of the pivot shaft 5. A central portion of the pivot shaft 5 is attached to the container body 1 by a saddle 4 at a central portion on the surface side of the one side wall 12.

[0004]

However, in such a transport container, the metal reinforcing plate 2 having an L-shaped cross section protrudes from the surfaces of a pair of adjacent corner portions 11 of the container body 1. In some cases, the clothes and the like of the worker are caught, which may hinder the transfer operation.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to solve the problems in the conventional transport container and to improve the clothes of the worker during the transport operation. An object of the present invention is to provide a transport container which does not cause any trouble such as being caught by the device.

[0006]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a metal reinforcing plate having an L-shaped cross section is attached to the surface of a pair of adjacent corners of a plastic container body having an upper opening. At the same time, a metal saddle is attached to a reinforcing plate on the surface of the side wall extending over the pair of corners, and the saddle is attached to the vicinity of both ends of the pivot shaft. A recess is provided in the recess, and a reinforcing plate is fitted and attached to the recess,
A raised portion protrudes at a position corresponding to the concave portion on the back surface of the container body, and a boundary between the raised portion and the back surface of the surrounding container body is formed by a gentle curved surface.

Further, the transport container according to the present invention according to claim 2 is
2. The transport container according to claim 1, wherein a concave portion is formed in a substantially central portion of the surface of the container main body, and a metal saddle is fitted and attached to the concave portion, and the metal saddle is used to form a substantially central portion of the pivot shaft. Is attached to the container body, and the pivot shaft is attached to the metal saddle by a vertical attachment.

In the present invention, the plastic used as the material of the container body is not particularly limited, and plastics conventionally used as the material of the container body can be used as they are. , ABS resin, polycarbonate, F
RP or the like can be used, and these plastics can be molded into the container body by injection molding, rotational molding, blow molding, or the like.

In the present invention, the means for attaching a metal reinforcing plate having an L-shaped cross section to the surfaces of a pair of adjacent corners of the plastic container main body and the means for attaching the metal saddle in the invention according to claim 2 are provided. May be used such as bolts and nuts, screw screws, rivets and the like, or by means of an adhesive.

[0010] In the second aspect of the present invention, the fixture that can be conventionally used as a fixture can be used as it is, and is not particularly limited. For example, bolts, nuts, screw screws, etc. , Rivets and the like can be used.

(Function) In the transport container according to the first aspect of the present invention, a concave portion is formed in the surface of the container body, and the reinforcing plate is fitted and attached to the concave portion. Buried from the surface of the container body by the depth of the part,
The amount by which the reinforcing plate protrudes from the surface of the container body is reduced, so that there is no trouble in carrying work.

In addition, since the raised portion is protruded at a position corresponding to the concave portion on the back surface of the container body, a decrease in strength due to the concave portion is prevented. Further, since the boundary between the raised portion and the back surface of the surrounding container body is formed by a gentle curved surface, there is no possibility that dust or the like may be caught on the boundary portion between the raised portion and the back surface of the surrounding container body.

In the transfer container according to the second aspect of the present invention, a concave portion is formed substantially at the center of the surface of the container body, and a metal saddle is fitted and attached to the concave portion. The amount of protrusion of the metal saddle from the surface of the container body is reduced, so that there is no trouble in carrying work.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the metal saddle allows the substantially central portion of the pivot shaft to be attached to the container body, and the vertical attachment tool allows the pivot shaft to be made of a metal saddle. , The pivot is firmly attached to the container body, so that the attachments do not catch the clothes and the like of the operator, so that there is no trouble in the transport operation.

[0015]

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

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an example of the transport container of the present invention. In FIG. 1, A is a transport container of the present invention, 1 is a plastic container body having an open upper surface of the transport container A of the present invention, and the container body 1 is formed by a rotational molding method. As shown in FIG. 2, the container body 1 has recesses 111 and 121 formed in the center of the adjacent corners 11 and 11 and the center of the surface of one side wall 12 extending over the corners 11 and 11.

A steel reinforcing plate 2 having an L-shaped cross section is fitted into a concave portion 111 of each of the corners 11 and 11 and attached to the corners 11 and 11 by rivets 21. , 11 almost coincide with each other. A steel saddle 3 is attached to the surface of the reinforcing plate 2 by welding.

The recess 121 of the side wall 12 has a steel saddle 4
Are fitted to the side wall 12 with the rivets 41, and the surface of the saddle 3 and the surface of the side wall 12 are substantially aligned.

Reference numeral 5 denotes a pivot shaft, and the vicinity of both ends of the pivot shaft 5 is attached by a saddle 3 welded to a reinforcing plate 2 attached to a corner portion 111, and the central portion of the pivot shaft 5 is a side wall 1
It is attached by a saddle 4 attached to the center of the two.

The concave portion 12 on the back surface of the side wall 12 of the container body 1
3, as shown in FIG.
A protrusion 123 is provided, and a boundary 123 between the raised portion 122 and the back surface of the surrounding side wall is formed by a gentle curved surface.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the recessed portion 121 provided on the side wall 12 has substantially the same size as that of the saddle 4, but instead has a leg of the saddle 4 as shown in FIG. A recess 121 large enough to fit only the portion 42
a are provided at two intervals, and the two concave portions 121 a
Alternatively, the leg portion 42 of the saddle 4 may be fitted and attached. In this case, the back surface of the side wall 12 has two raised portions 12 corresponding to the two concave portions 121a.
2 and 122 are protruded, and a boundary portion 123 between the raised portion 122 and the back surface of the surrounding side wall is formed by a gentle curved surface.

A concave portion 11 on the back surface of the side wall 12 of the container body 1
A raised portion (not shown) is also protruded at a location corresponding to 1, and the boundary between the raised portion and the rear surface of the surrounding side wall is formed by a gentle curved surface. Reference numeral 2 denotes a caster provided at the bottom of the container body 1.

In the transport container of the present invention shown in FIG. 1, the reinforcing plate 2 is provided in the concave portions 111 and 121 formed in the side wall 12.
Since the saddles 4 are fitted and the surfaces of the reinforcing plate 2 and the saddles 4 are substantially coincident with the surfaces of the side walls 12, there is no danger that the clothes of the worker may be caught on the reinforcing plates 2 and the saddles 4 and hinder the work. There is no.

The recesses 111 and 121 are positioned when the reinforcing plate 2 and the saddle 4 are mounted, and the mounting of the reinforcing plate 2 and the saddle 4 becomes easy. In addition, a concave portion 1 is provided on the rear surface of the side wall.
Since the protruding portions 122 are provided so as to correspond to the portions 11 and 121, the reduction in strength due to the concave portions 111 and 121 is reinforced, and the boundary between the protruding portions 122 and the surroundings is made gentle. No garbage is caught on the floor.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing another example of the transport container of the present invention. In the transport container B of the present invention shown in FIG.
As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the legs 42 of the saddle 4
A concave portion 121a into which the concave portion 121a is fitted is provided.
The leg 42 of the saddle 4 is fitted to 21 a and attached with a rivet 41. A vertical through hole is provided at the center of the saddle 4 and the pivot shaft 5, and a bolt 6 is inserted into the through hole from above, and a nut 62 is screwed from a tip of the bolt 6 via a washer 61, so that the saddle is screwed. 4 is provided with a pivot shaft 5.

Since the other points of the transport container of the present invention shown in FIG. 5 are the same as those of the transport container of the present invention shown in FIG. 1, the same parts as those of the transport container of the present invention shown in FIG. The description will be omitted by attaching.

In the transport container of the present invention shown in FIG. 5, the effects of the transport container of the present invention shown in FIG.
Since the pivot shaft 5 is attached to the saddle 4 by the bolt 6 and the nut 62, the pivot shaft 5 is firmly attached to the container body 1, and the bolt 6 is provided in the vertical direction and does not protrude to the side. Therefore, the work is not hindered by being caught on the clothes of the worker.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described with reference to the drawings, the specific configuration of the present invention is not limited to the illustrated embodiment, and design changes within a scope not departing from the gist of the present invention. Are included in the present invention. For example, instead of welding the saddle 3 to the corner reinforcing plate 2 as in the illustrated embodiment, the saddle 3 may be attached with bolts and nuts, or may be attached with rivets.

The transport container can be used not only for collecting dust, but also for collecting agricultural products such as fruits, vegetables and feed, marine products such as fish and shellfish, and industrial products such as raw materials and work-in-progress.

[0030]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a concave portion is formed on the surface of the container body, and the reinforcing plate is fitted and attached to the concave portion. Is buried from the surface of the container main body by the depth of the container body, so that the amount of protrusion of the reinforcing plate from the surface of the container main body is reduced, and no trouble occurs in the transport operation.

Further, since the raised portion protrudes at a position corresponding to the concave portion on the back surface of the container body, a decrease in strength due to the concave portion is prevented. Further, since the boundary between the raised portion and the back surface of the surrounding container body is formed by a gentle curved surface, there is no possibility that dust or the like may be caught on the boundary portion between the raised portion and the back surface of the surrounding container body.

In the transfer container according to the second aspect of the present invention, a concave portion is formed substantially at the center of the surface of the container body, and a metal saddle is fitted and attached to the concave portion. The amount of protrusion of the metal saddle from the surface of the container body is reduced, so that there is no trouble in carrying work.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the metal saddle allows the substantially central portion of the pivot shaft to be attached to the container main body, and the vertical attachment tool allows the pivot shaft to have the metal saddle. , The pivot is firmly attached to the container body, so that the attachments do not catch the clothes and the like of the operator, so that there is no trouble in the transport operation.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an example of a transport container of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a container main body of the transport container of the present invention shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line III-III in FIG.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged sectional view showing a main part of another example of the transport container of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing still another example of the transport container of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line IV-IV in FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a conventional transport container.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A, B Transport container of the present invention 1 Plastic container main body 11 Corner part 111, 121 Depressed part 12 Side wall 122 Ridge part 123 Boundary part 2 Reinforcement plate 21, 41 Rivet 3, 4 Saddle 42 Leg 16, 16A Saddle

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A metal reinforcing plate having an L-shaped cross section is fixed to the surfaces of a pair of adjacent corners of a plastic container main body whose upper part is opened, and a side wall straddling the pair of corners. On the front side, a metal saddle is attached to the reinforcing plate, and in the transport container in which the saddle is attached near both ends of the pivot shaft, a concave portion is formed on the surface of the side wall that straddles a pair of corners of the container body. The reinforcing plate is fitted and attached to the concave portion, and a protruding portion is protruded at a position corresponding to the concave portion on the back surface of the container body, and the boundary between the protruding portion and the back surface of the surrounding container body is gentle. A transport container characterized by having a curved surface. 2. A concave portion is formed substantially at the center of the surface of the container body, and a metal saddle is fitted and attached to the concave portion. The metal saddle allows the substantially central portion of the pivot shaft to be connected to the container body. 2. The transport container according to claim 1, wherein the pivot shaft is attached to the metal saddle by being attached and a vertical attachment.