JP3968009B2 - Container system that can be mounted on different modes of transportation - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a container system for loading a load on a transportation means, and more particularly to a container system that can be mounted on two transportation means with different restrictions on the width of the container system.
[0002]
[Background Art and Problems to be Solved by the Invention]
As a form of transporting the luggage, there is a case where the luggage is stored in a container of a predetermined size and transported by mounting it on a railway means, that is, a freight car. In some cases, the container is transported by loading it onto a truck bed (or vice versa). Furthermore, there is a case where the container is carried into the ship (or carried into the railway or truck from the ship).
[0003]
In these modes of transportation, since the packages are stored in containers and transported together, the transportation efficiency is high. However, each form of transport has various restrictions and limitations when placing containers.
[0004]
For example, when a container is mounted on a truck bed as shown in Fig. 1 (A), there are various restrictions and restrictions on the lateral width of truck transportation, so the width exceeds this limit. Containers cannot be loaded on the loading platform.
[0005]
On the other hand, in the case of transportation using a railway that can carry a large number of containers at one time, the freight car shown in Fig. 1 (B) is used, but this freight car is usually very long and has many containers. However, even in the case of this rail transport, there is a restriction on the width W (to make it possible for the railways to pass each other safely and to pass through the tunnel safely).
[0006]
If there are different restrictions and restrictions on the width of the container depending on the means of transportation, the same container cannot be diverted.
[0007]
When using a container to transport a package, the container is transported to a predetermined location by rail, and the container is mounted on a truck and transported to another location (or vice versa). ) Is widely performed. There are also cases where trucks with different loading platforms are used, a large truck is used up to a certain point, and a small truck is transferred from there. In addition, ships may be used.
[0008]
As described above, when there are various restrictions on the width, only containers having the smallest width can be diverted or transported using different means of transportation.
[0009]
If a container dedicated to each means of transportation is used, it is necessary to transship loads from one container to the other, and the container cannot be used effectively.
[0010]
Furthermore, if the dimensions of the container are fixed, it may cause a wasteful space that is not used in the container when storing luggage having various dimensions in the container.
[0011]
Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a container system that can be mounted between transportation means having different widths.
[0012]
Furthermore, another object of the present invention is to provide the container system which can be easily changed from one transportation means to the other transportation means.
[0013]
Another object of the present invention is to provide the container system capable of storing packages in small portions.
[0014]
Furthermore, the other object of this invention is to provide the said container system which can convey the packaged goods stored in small parts separately from other packages.
[0015]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The container system of the present invention is a container system that can be mounted on both one transportation means having a lateral width w and the other transportation means having a lateral width W longer than the lateral width w. A base plate and a first container portion rotatably attached to the base plate on a longitudinal axis passing through the center of the base plate.
[0016]
Here, the first container portion is a rectangular parallelepiped composed of one side surface facing each other and the other side surface facing each other, and the width of one side surface of the first container portion is the same as the lateral width w. The width of the other side surface of the container portion is the same as the width W.
[0017]
When the container system is mounted on one means of transportation, the first container part is rotated so that the other side surface of the first container part is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the base plate, and the container system is moved to the other side. When the first container portion is mounted, the first container portion is rotated so that one side surface of the first container portion is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the base plate.
[0018]
In addition, the container system can include two second container parts of the same size mounted on the base plate in contact with the first container part.
[0019]
Here, each second container part is a rectangular parallelepiped composed of one side surface facing each other and the other side surface facing each other, and the width of one side surface of each second container part is a half of the lateral width w. Yes, the width of the other side surface of each second container part is half of the width W.
[0020]
In this container system, which also includes two second containers, when two second container parts are placed on the base plate of the container system mounted on one transportation means, the other of the second container parts Containers whose side surfaces are in contact with each other so that they are parallel to the longitudinal axis of the base plate, and that one side surface of each second container portion is in contact with one side surface of the second container portion, and is mounted on the other transportation means When placing two second container parts on the base plate of the system, one side of each second container part is in contact with each other so that it is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the base plate, and each second container part The other side surface of the part is brought into contact with the other side surface of the second container part.
[0021]
In place of the container system, the three container parts can be used without using a base plate.
[0022]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
The container system of the present invention is shown in FIG. 2, and the container system of the present invention including two container parts is shown in FIG.
[0023]
FIG. 2A shows a perspective view of the container system 1. The container system 1 includes a base plate 2 and a rectangular container A that is rotatably connected to the base plate. The width w of the base plate 2 is set to be equal to or smaller than the narrower width of the two means of transportation with limited width.
[0024]
The container A is rotatably attached to the base plate 2 via a rotating device 3 on a vertical axis (a direction perpendicular to the lateral width direction) passing through the center of the base plate 2.
[0025]
The base plate 2 may have an insertion part into which a fork part of a forklift can be inserted when the container system 1 is transshipped between a railway wagon and a truck bed, which will be described below.
[0026]
As shown in FIG. 2 (B), the rotating device 3 may have the same structure as that used in a so-called rotating table, that is, a circular convex portion 4 fixed to the bottom of the container A and a bearing. The circular convex portion 4 is rotatably accommodated via 5 and includes a circular concave portion 6 fixed to the base plate 2. The rotating device is not limited to this, and any device that can rotate the container A relative to the base plate 2 may be used. The rotating device enables the container A to rotate with respect to the base plate, but is fixed by a fixing means (not shown) during transportation.
[0027]
The container A is a rectangular parallelepiped made up of one side s1 and s2 facing each other and the other side S1 and S2 facing each other. One side has a width of w and the other side has a width of W.
[0028]
FIG. 3 shows a vehicle with a lateral limit of W (eg, when the limit imposed on rail transport described below is W) and a vehicle with a lateral limit of w (eg, described below). 3 (A), 3 (B), and 3 (C), showing the rotation to enable the container system 1 to be mounted between the container and the vehicle. Respectively show a plan view, a side view and a perspective view of the container system.
[0029]
As shown in Fig. 3 (A), when the container system 1 is mounted on the other means of transportation which is wider than the means of one of the means of transportation, although the width is limited to W. Rotates one side s1 and s2 of the container A so as to be parallel to the longitudinal axis of the base plate 2. At this time, although container A protrudes from the base plate 2, the width of the container system matches the width limit W imposed on rail transport, so the container system can effectively use the limited width. (In FIG. 3, the base plate 2 protrudes in the direction of the vertical axis. However, as explained in FIG. 4, this is to allow a smaller container to be disposed. When the container is not arranged, the length of the base plate in the vertical axis direction may be a length that does not protrude from the container.
[0030]
When the present container system 1 is mounted on one of the transportation means having a width limit w narrower than W, the other side surfaces S1 and S2 of the container A are parallel to the vertical axis of the base plate 2. Rotate to At this time, the container A is aligned with the lateral width w of the base plate 2 and can be mounted on the truck bed (in this case, the base plate 2 protrudes in the vertical axis direction, but has a length that does not protrude from the container. Also good).
[0031]
Thus, a rectangular parallelepiped container in which the width of one side surface of the container is defined as a restricted width of one transportation means and the width of the other side surface of the container is defined as a restricted width of the other transportation means is defined as a base plate. It can be mounted on both transport means by passing through the center of the plate and rotating on the vertical axis (the width is the narrower one of the transport means).
[0032]
Further, the container system 1 may include two small containers B and B ′ in addition to the container A (see FIG. 4). The containers B and B ′ are rectangular parallelepipeds having the same shape, and have one side surface s1 ′ and s2 ′ facing each other and the other side surface S1 ′ and S2 ′ facing each other (see FIG. 6). One side of each of containers B and B 'has a width of w / 2 and the other side has a width of W / 2.
[0033]
The container system 1 shown in FIG. 4 has the above-described two small containers B and B ′ placed on the base plate 2, and its plan view, side view, and perspective view are shown in FIG. 4 (B) and 4 (C), respectively.
[0034]
The container A in FIG. 4 is rotated so that one side surface (s1 and s2) thereof is parallel to the longitudinal direction of the base plate 2, and the containers B and B ′ are moved to one side surface (s1 ′ and s2). ') So that they are parallel to the longitudinal direction of the base plate 2 and in contact with each other, and each of the other side surfaces (S2') is in contact with the other side surface (S1) of the container A. Then, three containers A, B and B ′ are arranged on the base plate 2, and at this time, the container system 1 has a width W and is mounted on a railway wagon by, for example, a forklift. (A) (The container system is shown in a reduced scale in this figure). As shown in the figure, the container system 1 can make maximum use of the width limitation W imposed on the freight car.
[0035]
Fig. 5 (B) shows a cross-sectional view of the container system 1 including three containers mounted on a freight car. As shown in the figure, different sized containers can be used. Luggage can be stored in each container as appropriate, and the space inside the container can be used without waste. In addition, by storing luggage in each container according to the purpose, it is possible to carry out distributed transportation for each container at the transportation destination.
[0036]
When the container system 1 having three containers shown in FIG. 4 is applied to a truck bed having a width of w and a restriction, first, as shown in FIG. And B ′ are removed from the base plate 2 and the container A is rotated by 90 degrees (FIG. 6B). At this time, the other side surface (S1 and S2) of the container A is parallel to the vertical axis of the base plate 2, and the horizontal width of the container A and the horizontal width of the base plate are aligned. Then, by rotating, the two side surfaces (S1 ′, S2 ′) are parallel to the longitudinal axis of the base plate, two containers B and B ′ are brought into contact with each other, and the other side surface (S1 ′) is in contact with each other. The three containers are arranged on the base plate 2 by bringing one side surface (s1 ′ and s2 ′) of B and B ′ into contact with one side surface (s1) of the rotated container A. At this time, the width of the two containers B and B ′ in contact with each other is also w. Three containers are fixed to the base plate.
[0037]
FIG. 7 (A) shows a state in which the container system 1 shown in FIG. 6 (C) having a width of w is mounted on a truck bed by, for example, a forklift. As shown in the figure, the container system 1 can also utilize the width limit w imposed on the truck bed as much as possible.
[0038]
As shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 7, the container system of the present invention uses a container having the same volume as a container mounted on a freight car with a lateral width limit of W, and a truck bed with a lateral width limit of w. Therefore, it is possible to mount the container from one side to the other or from the other side to the other without reloading the same volume of cargo, and to make the maximum use of each limit width.
[0039]
Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described in relation to rail transportation and truck transportation with a width limitation, the present invention is not limited to this embodiment, and truck transportation and ship transportation and rail transportation and truck transportation are not limited to this embodiment. Is also applicable.
[0040]
Further, in the above embodiment, the container A attached to the base plate is rotated by the rotating device, and the two containers B are arranged so as to be aligned with the transportation means by the forklift or the like, but without using the base plate, The container A and the two containers B having the above predetermined dimensions are directly mounted on the freight car so as to have the container arrangement shown in FIG. 5 by means of a forklift or the like, or the container arrangement shown in FIG. It may be mounted on the truck bed so that
[0041]
In order to describe the present invention, the term width is used. However, this does not mean that the width is limited only in the horizontal direction, but should be understood as a width in one direction with limitations.
[0042]
【effect】
As described above, the container system according to the present invention allows the container itself to be mounted between transport means having different widths. Therefore, the container can be changed for each transport means having different widths, and Efficient transportation can be performed without the need for transshipment.
[0043]
In addition, the container system of the present invention can arrange two other small containers. Therefore, by storing various sizes of packages in containers of different sizes, the space in the container is not wasted. Can be used.
[0044]
Furthermore, since the container system of the present invention can store packages in each container in accordance with the purpose, it is possible to carry out distributed transportation for each container at a transportation destination.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 (A) shows the side and back of a truck with a conventional container mounted on the loading platform, and FIG. 1 (B) shows the side and back of a railway freight car with a conventional container mounted. Show.
FIG. 2 (A) is a perspective view of the container system of the present invention, and FIG. 1 (B) is a partially enlarged sectional view of the container system of the present invention to show a rotating device.
FIG. 3 (A) shows the rotation of the container in the container system of the present invention, FIG. 3 (B) is a side view of the container system of the present invention, and FIG. 3 (C) is a state in which the container is rotated. It is a perspective view of the container system of the present invention showing this.
4 (A), 1 (B), and 1 (C) are a front view, a rear view, and a perspective view of a container system according to the present invention in which a smaller container is arranged, respectively. .
FIG. 5 (A) shows a side surface and a rear surface of a container system of the present invention in which the width is W in a railway freight car which is a means of transportation with a large width limit, and FIG. It is a cross-sectional view of the container system of this invention of 5 (A).
6 (A) is a plan view of the container system of the present invention with two small containers removed, and FIG. 6 (B) is a book having a width w smaller than the width limit W. FIG. FIG. 6C shows a state in which two small containers are rotated and arranged so that the width is w in the container system of the invention. FIG. 6C shows a book in which two small containers are also arranged and the width is w. It is a top view of the container system of invention.
FIG. 7 (A) shows the side and back of the container system of the present invention having a lateral width w on a truck bed, which is a transportation means with a small lateral width restriction, and FIG. It is a cross-sectional view of the container system of the present invention of (A).
[Explanation of symbols]
A container
B container
One side of the s1, s2 container
The other side of the S1, S2 container
1 container system
2 Base plate
3 Rotating device
4 Circular convex
5 Bearing
6 Circular recess

Claims (2)

A container system that can be mounted on both one transportation means having a lateral width w and the other transportation means having a lateral width W longer than the lateral width w,
A base plate having a lateral width that maximizes the lateral width w;
A first container portion rotatably attached to the base plate on a longitudinal axis passing through the center of the base plate;
Two second container parts having the same size mounted on the base plate in contact with the first container part;
Including
The first container part is a rectangular parallelepiped composed of one side surface facing each other and the other side surface facing each other,
The width of one side surface of the first container portion is the same as the lateral width w;
The width of the other side surface of the first container portion is the same as the width W;
Each of the second container parts is a rectangular parallelepiped composed of one side surface facing each other and the other side surface facing each other,
The width of one side surface of each of the second container parts is a half of the lateral width w ,
The width of the other side surface of each of the second container parts is a half of the width W ,
When the container system is mounted on the one transportation means and the two second container parts are placed on the base plate, the other side surface of the first container part is set to the vertical axis of the base plate. The first container part is rotated so as to be parallel, the other side surfaces of the second container parts are brought into contact with each other so as to be parallel to the longitudinal axis of the base plate, and further The one side surface of the container portion of the first container portion is in contact with the one side surface of the first container portion,
When the container system is mounted on the other transportation means and the two second container parts are placed on the base plate, the one side surface of the first container part is placed on the longitudinal axis of the base plate. The first container part is rotated so as to be parallel, the one side surface of each second container part is brought into contact with each other so as to be parallel to the longitudinal axis of the base plate, and further The other side surface of the container portion is in contact with the other side surface of the first container portion ,
However, the container system. 2. The container system according to claim 1, wherein the one transportation means is a truck bed and the other transportation means is a railroad freight car.

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