JP3997830B2 - container - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a container for storing various tools, articles and the like for storage and transportation.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, as an example of this type of container, catalog 1 (“DIC PALLET / PLACON 2001 BROCHURE” April 2001: issued by Dainippon Ink Co., Ltd.) and catalog 2 (“'99 General Catalog Container / Pallet / Logistics Equipment” 1999) April issue: Gifu Plastic Industry Co., Ltd.). A container as a storage container disclosed in these catalogs has a box-like container body having a substantially rectangular shape in plan view, and a pair of substantially U-shaped fittings are attached to the upper opening as gripping portions. Yes.
The metal fitting is held in a state where both end bent portions are inserted into holes provided in the side wall of the container main body so as to be pivotably locked to the container main body. Alternatively, it has a structure in which bent portions at both ends are inserted into holes in the side walls to prevent them from coming off with split pins or the like.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the mounting structure of the metal fitting as described above, in the former case, it is necessary to insert both ends of the metal fitting into the hole portion in a state of being elastically deformed and widened or narrowed, and the work is complicated. There is. In the latter case, there is a drawback in that it is necessary to be elastically deformed with a large force when the metal fitting is attached, and the attached split pin is easily rusted. Furthermore, in both cases, since the fitting of the mounting portion is exposed, there is a disadvantage that it is not only in the way but also looks bad.
Especially in such a container, it is required that the structure is simple and inexpensive, so it is difficult to improve the appearance after mounting with low cost and easy mounting of metal fittings. Met.
In view of such a situation, an object of the present invention is to provide a container that can be easily attached to a gripping member and has a good appearance.
[0004]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In the container according to the present invention, a recessed portion is formed on each of opposite side walls of a container body for storage having a bottom surface and a side wall, and a shaft portion having both ends fixed to the side surface of the recessed portion is provided in the recessed portion. the Ri Na provided a gripping member for detachably mounting a hook, is within the recess by an elastic deformable locking member in the vicinity of the shaft portion, suppress the detachment of the hook portion attached to the shaft portion It was made to do. When attaching the gripping member to the container body, it can be attached simply by fitting the hook part to the shaft part, and the attachment part consisting of this hook part and shaft part is located in the recessed part and is difficult to see from the outside. It looks good without getting in the way.
[0005]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The container of the present invention may be provided with a locking member that can be elastically deformed in the vicinity of the shaft portion in the recessed portion to suppress detachment of the hook portion attached to the shaft portion. When inserting the hook part into the recessed part when the hook part is mounted, the locking member elastically deforms and escapes, so that the insertion is not hindered, and after the insertion, the movement in the direction in which the hook part is released is locked. It can be suppressed with a member.
In addition, since the container body is provided with an abutting portion that prevents the hook portion from moving in a direction away from the shaft portion when the grasping member is opened and overlapped with the container body, the grasping member is brought into contact with the abutting portion. The detachment of the gripping part in the state can be prevented.
[0006]
【Example】
Next, a container according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 is a perspective view of the container, FIG. 2 is a side view, FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a recessed portion of the container body, and FIGS. 4 to 6 are partially enlarged views showing a mounting process and a use state of the metal fittings. is there.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the container 1 according to the embodiment is attached to and detached from a pair of opposing side walls 3 among the container main body 2 having a substantially box shape with an upper opening and the four side walls 3 of the container main body 2. It consists of a pair of gripping metal fittings 4 attached in a possible manner. The container body 2 is made of, for example, plastic such as polypropylene having smoothness and capable of conducting a conductive treatment, and is preferably manufactured by integral molding.
The container body 2 is formed by, for example, a substantially rectangular bottom surface 5 and four side walls 3 provided on four sides, and reinforcing ribs 6 are provided on the outer surface of each side wall 3 in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction. It is preferable. In the example shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the pair of side walls 3 are positioned such that a pair of first side walls 3 a forming a long side portion and a pair of second side walls 3 b forming a short side portion face each other. For example, a substantially T-shaped partition wall 7 rising from the bottom surface 5 is detachably locked inside the container body 2 (see FIG. 3).
As shown in FIG. 1, the gripping portion 4a of the gripping metal fitting 4 is mounted on the upper end surface of the opposing second side wall 3b (and the first side wall 3a) of the container body 2 when the attached gripping metal fitting 4 is tilted outward. A substantially L-shaped abutting portion 8 for placement is formed. At the center of the abutting portion 8 of the second side wall 3b, a gripping concave portion 8a is formed that is recessed inward so that the user can easily grasp the gripped portion 4a. A space in which at least a finger can be inserted is formed between the grip portion 4a and the grip recess 8a.
[0007]
Also in the other second side wall 3b of the container body 2, a gripping recess 8b having substantially the same configuration as the gripping recess 8a is formed in the center of the contact portion 8. The gripping recesses 8a and 8b of the opposing second side walls 3b and 3b are formed to protrude inward and partially extend in the direction of the bottom surface 5. These holding recesses 8a and 8b have different widths and thicknesses.
And since the container main body 2 is the shape in which the 1st side wall 3a and the 2nd side wall 3b incline outward from the bottom face 5, it can be made to fit and laminate | stack. For this purpose, a fitting recess 9a and a fitting recess 9b are formed on the outer surfaces of the pair of second side walls 3b to fit the holding recess 8a and the holding recess 8b, respectively.
When the two container bodies 2 are stacked, the upper container body 2 can be moved to the lower container body 2 by fitting the gripping recess 8a of one container body 2 and the fitting recess 9a of another container body 2. If the gripping recess 8a of one container body 2 that is horizontally rotated by 180 ° and the fitting recess 9b of another container body 2 are to be fitted, the upper container body 2 is formed so that it cannot be inserted into the lower container body 2 and is stacked.
[0008]
At the upper ends of the pair of first side walls 3a, two recessed portions 11 shown in FIG. Side surfaces 11a and 11a are formed in each recessed portion 11 so as to face each other along the extending direction of the first side wall 3a, and a substantially cylindrical shaft portion 12 is connected substantially perpendicularly to the side surfaces 11a and 11a. It is integrally formed. A locking member 13 that can be elastically deformed is provided in the recessed portion 11 at a position close to the shaft portion 12. As shown in FIG. 4, the locking member 13 has a plate portion 13 a having one end connected to the vicinity of the upper end of the first side wall 3 a in the recessed portion 11, and is gradually lowered downward toward the other end. The other end forms a free end and a projection 13b is formed.
A pair of gripping metal fittings 4 are provided, exhibiting a substantially U-shaped shape, and substantially J-shaped hook portions 4b as shown in FIG. 4 are orthogonal to the plane including the U-shaped portion at both ends. Is formed in the direction. The holding metal fitting 4 is made rotatable by fitting each hook portion 4b to a shaft portion 12 in each recessed portion 11 formed to face each pair of first side walls 3a, 3a.
[0009]
The container 1 according to the present embodiment has the above-described configuration, and in order to attach the gripping metal fitting 4 to the container main body 2, as shown in FIG. The projection 13b of the locking member 13 is pushed and elastically deformed to be fitted to the shaft portion 12 and hooked (see FIG. 5). Similarly, the other holding fitting 4 can be attached to the container body 2 by fitting the hook portion 4 b to the shaft portion 12 in the other recessed portion 11.
In this state, the protrusion 13b of the locking member 13 is not in contact with the hook portion 4b but is in a very close position. Therefore, when the hook portion 4b moves slightly away from the shaft portion 12, the protrusion 13b comes into contact with the protrusion 13b. Inadvertent movement in the direction away from the shaft portion 12 of the hook 4b can be prevented.
Also, the pair of gripping brackets 4 can be tilted outward and rotated onto the upper surface of the second side wall 3b of the container body 2 so that each gripping part 4a can be placed on the contact part 8 of the second side wall 3b. In this state, the curved portion of the hook portion 4b is located on the side of the locking member 13 as shown in FIG. 5 and can be easily detached from the shaft portion 12. However, the grip portion 4a of the grip metal fitting 4 is an L-shaped contact portion. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the hook portion 4b from moving in the direction away from the shaft portion 12.
In order to lift the container 1 from this state, a finger is put into the gap between the gripping portion 4a on the contact portion 8 and the gripping recesses 8a and 8b, and the gripping portions 4a of the pair of gripping metal fittings 4 are lifted. As a result, as shown in FIG. 6, the gripping metal fitting 4 rotates around the shaft portion 12 and the gripping portions 4a and 4a come into contact with each other, so that the container body 2 can be lifted.
In order to remove the gripping bracket 4 from the container body 2, the gripping portion 4a of the gripping bracket 4 may be pushed while being lifted from the contact portion 8, and the hook portion 4b is elastically deformed by pushing the locking member 13. It can be removed from the shaft portion 12.
[0010]
As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is easy to attach and detach the holding metal fitting 4 to the container body 2. In addition, the latch member 13 can prevent the hook portion 4b from being inadvertently detached when holding the gripping metal 4 and rotating the hook portion 4b. Further, since most of the mounting portion between the hook portion 4b and the shaft portion 12 cannot be viewed from the outside by the recessed portion 11, it does not get in the way and the appearance is good. Since the shaft portion 12 that supports the gripping metal fitting 4 is connected to both side surfaces 11a of the recessed portion 11, the container body 2 and the gripping metal fitting 4 are not deformed or damaged even if the weight of the stored item is large.
[0011]
Although the gripping metal fitting 4 constitutes a gripping member, the gripping member is not limited to a metal member but can be made of various materials.
Moreover, the shape of the container main body 2 is not necessarily limited to a rectangular box shape, and may have an appropriate storage container shape.
[0012]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, the container according to the present invention can be easily attached to and detached from the container main body, and the mounting portion including the hook portion and the shaft portion is located in the recessed portion and is difficult to see from the outside. It looks good.
Moreover, since the latching member which can be elastically deformed was provided in the shaft part vicinity in the recessed part, the insertion of a hook part is not prevented, and the movement of the direction which a hook part remove | releases can be suppressed after insertion.
In addition, since the container body is provided with a contact portion that prevents the hook portion from moving in the direction of separating from the shaft portion at the position where the grip member is superimposed on the container body, the grip member is in contact with the contact portion. The gripping part can be prevented from being detached.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a container according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a side view of the container shown in FIG.
FIG. 3 is a partial perspective view showing a recessed portion of the container.
FIG. 4 is a partially cutaway side view showing a stage before a hook portion of a holding fitting is attached to a shaft portion of a recessed portion.
FIG. 5 is a partially broken side view showing a stage in which a hook portion of a gripping metal fitting is attached to a shaft portion of a recessed portion.
FIG. 6 is a partially cutaway side view showing a state in which a gripping fitting with a hook portion attached to a shaft portion of a recessed portion is lifted.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Container 2 Container main body 3a 1st side wall 4 Grip metal fitting (gripping member)
4a Hook part 8 Contact part 11 Recessed part 12 Shaft part 13 Locking member

Claims (2)

A holding member for forming a recessed portion on each of opposite side walls of the container body for storage, providing a shaft portion with both ends fixed to the side surface of the recessed portion in the recessed portion, and removably attaching the hook portion to the shaft portion. Ri Na provided, is in the recess by an elastic deformable locking member in the vicinity of the shaft portion, and so as to suppress the detachment of the hook portion attached to the shaft portion container. Container according to claim 1, wherein the abutment portion provided on the container body to prevent the hook portion at a position overlapping the gripping member to the container body is moved in a direction of disengagement from the shaft portion.

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