JPH07115708B2 - Stacking container system - Google Patents

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Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001] The present invention relates to a system comprising one frame and a plurality of containers each containing food to be heat-treated and attached to the frame. If the food product is ham, the container also acts as a mold.

A stacking container system for containing food products for heat treatment is disclosed in EP-A-292 417.
The system consists of four gutters juxtaposed and joined by end plates. The front and rear legs are welded to the outer surface of the outer gutter. The legs are designed to allow stacking of container systems; one container system can be accurately positioned over another.

There is also a heat treatment method for compressing food products. In one pile, the bottom of the gutter body of the first system compresses the food in the gutter body of the system, either directly or via a suitable system, below the first system.

In some cases, it may be desirable to be able to handle each gutter individually rather than treating each gutter as a set of four gutters. In view of this, a system has been devised in which a plurality of gutters are individually attached to one frame and a plurality of frame / gutter systems are stacked. Each frame is provided with means to act as a lid for the gutter of the lower system when the frame / gutter system is stacked and to allow food in the gutter to pass through.

The present invention comprises a frame body and a container that can be accurately placed on the frame body. The frame body to which the container is attached is attached to another same frame body to which another same container is attached. It is an object of the present invention to provide a frame / container system that can be stacked on top of each other.

The present invention also comprises a container, a frame, a container positioning means, and a passage means, so that each container can be handled individually or a plurality of containers can be handled as a set. The purpose is to provide the designed system.
When handling each container individually, each container is placed at a predetermined position of the frame body, and when handling a plurality of containers as a set, a fixed number of containers and one frame body are used as a stacking means. It is fixed to one structure provided with.

The system of the present invention comprises one frame body and a plurality of containers attached to the frame body, and the frame body is composed of two parallel stringers, and each of the stringers. Ends of a plurality of lids are fixed to the lower surface perpendicularly to the stringer at equal intervals in the longitudinal direction of the stringer. The lid is composed of two vertical flanges and one web, and a stringer is fixed to the upper edge of the flange. Each container is one trough into which the lid of the frame can be fitted, and container positioning means is provided at each end of the trough. The width of the vertical facet of the container-positioning means is approximately equal to the distance between the inner surfaces of the two flanges of the lid, and the distance between the two vertical facets of the container-positioning means at both ends of the gutter is two longitudinal members. Equal to the distance between the facing sides of.

Therefore, the gutter body can be accurately positioned by setting it on the frame body. Lateral positioning of the gutter body is achieved by abutting each vertical edge of the vertical facets against the inner surface of the flange of the lid. Vertical positioning of the gutter body is performed by abutting each vertical facet of the gutter body on the vertical surface of the stringer.

Further, a horizontal support surface (first support surface) with which the lower surface of the mating longitudinal member abuts and a second support surface that abuts with the upper surface of the mating longitudinal member are provided at each end of each gutter. ing.

Therefore, it is possible to stack another same system on one system consisting of one frame and a plurality of gutters attached to the frame. A first support surface of the gutter of the first system supports a frame body of the second system that is stacked on the first system, and a second support surface of the gutter body is a frame to which the gutter body is attached. Contact the body.

Another feature of the invention is that each end of each trough is provided with a support surface and container positioning means; the stationary means is bent at least 90 degrees between two vertical facets. Has two vertical facets and at least one horizontal facet, the end of the gutter abuts the first vertical facet, and the upper edge of the first vertical facet becomes the first support surface. And the second vertical facet constitutes the stationary means, and the horizontal facet is the second.
It is a support surface and supports the bottom of the gutter.

This feature is characteristic of the system as one preferred embodiment of the present invention because each stationary means is a single piece. Vertical positioning and lateral positioning of the gutter body are performed by two stationary means of each gutter body. A gutter without a fixing means can be set accurately in the system.

According to the present invention, the ends of a plurality of juxtaposed gutters as containers are fixed to the front plate and the rear plate, and there are two inclined legs, the upper support surface and the stacking means. Is provided on the leg body, and the two side plate bodies, the front plate body and the rear plate body work together to form one outer peripheral body surrounding the gutter body. It is intended to provide a system.

Below the gutter of the system is the frame described above.

The lower edges of the two side plates of the system are located below the lower edges of the front plate and the rear plate,
An end of the stringer of the frame is fixed to a side plate portion located below the front plate and the rear plate.

Hereinafter, one representative embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a frame and a container immediately before being attached to the outer frame. Figure 2 shows one gutter and two
It is a partial perspective view of one frame. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a system including a plurality of containers and a frame.

Referring to FIG. 1, as a structure of the frame body 10, four lid bodies 11a, 11b, 11c and 11d are vertically fixed to two parallel stringers 12 and 13. The four lids are arranged at equal intervals in the longitudinal direction of the stringers 12, 13. Each lid 11 has a U-shaped cross section,
Two longitudinal vertical flanges 14, 15 and one web 1
6 and a vertical horizontal portion 17 (FIG. 2) in the central portion of the web 16, and downward curved portions 18 and 19 on both sides of the horizontal portion 17, the vertical edges of the horizontal portion 17. Are connected to the lower edges 20, 21 of the flanges 14, 15. The two stringers 12 and 13 are welded to the upper edges 22 and 23 of the flanges 14 and 15 of the lid 11, respectively.

Each lid 11 has a downward semicircular concave shape,
There are two side flanges 14, 15.

The gutter body 30 attached to the frame body 10 has a substantially semicircular cross section, and has vertically inclined wall bodies 31, 32 at its upper edge.
Has been extended. The gutter body 30 may have a rectangular cross section. Single flat steel plate pieces 33a and 33b as stationary means are provided at both ends of the gutter body 30, respectively. The flat steel plate piece is bent 3 degrees 90 degrees to form two vertical facets 34, 3
5 (FIG. 2) and two horizontal facets 36, 37 are formed. The other end of the gutter 30 is fixed to the first vertical facet 34. The first horizontal facet 36 supports the bottom of the gutter 30 over a certain distance of the gutter 30.

With reference to FIG. 2, the end of the gutter 30 sits on the stringer 12 ₁ on the lid 11 ₁ . The surface 36 of the flat steel plate piece 33 as the fixing means serves as the support surface S and the longitudinal member 12 ₁
Abuts the upper surface 38 of the. Similarly, the vertical facet 35 abuts on the side surface of the stringer 12 ₁ facing the inside of the frame 10.
The facet 37 contacts the upper surface of the horizontal portion 17 of the lid 11 ₁ . Each of the flanges 14 and 15 of the lid 11 _{1 has} a surface 3
The vertical edges 40 and 41 of 5 contact.

As such, the dimensional conditions for member 33 are as follows: The width of facet 35 must be equal to the spacing between the inner surfaces of flanges 14, 15 of lid 11. The distance d between the two vertical facets 34, 35 is the length of the stringer 1.
Equal to the width of 2, 13. The height h of the vertical facet 35 is the same as the height of the stringers 12 and 13 and the flanges 14 and 15 of the lid body 11.
It is equal to a value obtained by adding the depth of the upper surface of the lid body 11 measured from the upper edges 22 and 23.

The distance between the side surfaces 39 of the stringers 12 and 13 is substantially equal to the distance between the outer surfaces of the vertical facets of two stationary flat steel plate pieces of the same trough.

If this dimensional condition is satisfied, the stationary flat steel strip 3
The vertical face 35 of 3 abuts on the side surfaces of the stringers 12 and 13, whereby the gutter 30 is positioned in the vertical direction.
The vertical edges 40 and 41 of 5 are the flanges 14 and 15 of the lid 11.
The gutter body 30 is laterally positioned by contacting the inner surface of the gutter body.

The second frame 10 can be stacked on the gutter. The lid body 11 of the second frame body 10 fits into the gutter body 30 attached to the first frame body 10. Referring to FIG.
A part of the lid body 11 ₃ (dotted line) fits into the gutter body 30. The distance between the outer surfaces of the lid flanges 14, 15 is approximately equal to the distance between the upper inner surfaces of the gutter body 30. The length of the lid 11 is the gutter 3
The upper frame is accurately positioned on the gutter 30 because it is approximately equal to zero length.

Referring to FIG. ₂ , the end portion 42 of the lid 11 ₂
Is located inside the outer side surface 43 of the stringer 12 ₂ by a distance substantially corresponding to the thickness of the stationary flat steel plate piece 33. Second
The upper edge 45 of the vertical facet 34 of the stacking them if stationary flat steel sheet 33 on the Toitai 30 the frame body between the outer surface 43 of the lid 11 and _second end portion 42 and the stringer 12 Fit in the gap. Therefore, the upper edge 45 functions as a supporting surface, and the lower surface of the stringer 12/13 abuts on the supporting surface.

When the two frame bodies in which the gutter bodies are set are stacked, the lid body 11 of the lower frame body contacts the ground and supports the total weight of the stack bodies. In order to reduce the load on the lid 11, four legs (not shown) that are placed on the ground and support the stringers 12 and 13 can be provided on the lower frame.

In the system shown in FIG. 3, the ends of four juxtaposed gutters 50a, 50b, 50c and 50d are fixed to a front plate 51 and a rear plate 52.

The gutter body 50 is not provided with the stationary flat steel plate piece 33 provided on the gutter body 30.

The bottom of the gutter body 50 slightly projects below the front plate body 51 and the rear plate body 52. Therefore, the cleaning water and the rinsing water can be circulated when cleaning the inside of the gutter body 50. In the case of the gutter body 30, it is not necessary to pass cleaning / rinsing water because it is easy to handle.

Side plates 53 and 54, which are taller than the plates 51 and 52, are provided at the ends of the front plate 51 and the rear plate 52, respectively. The lower edges 55 of the side plates 53 and 54 are the front plate 51 and the rear plate 5, respectively.
2 protrudes below the lower edge 56. The front plate body 51, the rear plate body 52, and the side plate bodies 53 and 54 have four gutter bodies 50a,
One outer peripheral body is formed to surround 50b, 50c and 50d.

The upper ends of the two legs 57 and 58 attached to the front plate 51 and the rear plate 52, respectively, are connected by a bar 59. Support pieces 60 and 61 are welded to the facing surfaces of two legs 57 and 58 attached to the front plate body 51 and the rear plate body 52, respectively.

See EP-A-292 417 for the structure, shape of legs 57, 58, function in relation to bar 59, and supports 60, 61. 4 gutters 5
By stacking the two systems set to 0, the lower surface of the support piece 60 of the first system is the upper surface of the legs 57, 58 (or bar material 59) of the second system located below the first system. Abut. The vertical distance between the two systems is 6
Distance e between the lower surface of 0, 61 and the upper surface of legs 57, 58
be equivalent to.

The legs 57 and 58 are the front plate 51 and the rear plate 5.
It is also possible to attach to the side plate bodies 53 and 54 instead of 2.

Four lids 11a, 11b, 11c, 11
The frame with d is fixed under the gutter 50. Both ends of the stringers 12 and 13 are welded to the inner surfaces of the side plate bodies 53 and 54, respectively, at portions projecting below the lower edge 56 of the front plate body 51 and the rear plate body 52.

A lid (a lid 11e shown by a dotted line in FIG. 3 as an example in FIG. 3) of the frame 10 of the first system in which the four gutters 50 are set is located below the first system.
To fit into the mating gutter 50 of the system to a depth x measured from the bottom, the horizontal portion 17 of the lid 11 is fitted to the gutter 5.
The frame 10 must be fixed so that it is located at a distance y from the bottom of 0 (y = e−x, where e is the distance between the two systems).

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a frame body and a container immediately before being attached to the frame body.

FIG. 2 is a partial perspective view of one gutter and two frames.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a system including a plurality of containers and a frame.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Frame Body 11 Lid Body 12, 13 Longitudinal Material 14, 15 Flange 16 Web 30 Gutter Body 33 Container Placement Means 36 First Supporting Surface 45 Second Supporting Surface

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A system comprising one frame and a plurality of containers, each containing a ham to be heat-treated and attached to the frame, wherein the frame (10) has two parallel longitudinal passages. The stringer (12, 13) is formed on the lower surface of each stringer, perpendicularly to the stringer (12, 13), and the stringer (1
2, 13) are fixed at equal intervals in the longitudinal direction of the plurality of lids (11a, 11b, 11c, 11d), and the lids (11) have two vertical flanges (1).
4, 15) and one web (16),
Longitudinal members (12, 13) are fixed to the upper edges (22, 23) of the flanges (14, 15), and each container has a frame (1
0) is a gutter body (30) into which the lid body (11) can be fitted, and container placement means (33) are provided at each end of the gutter body. The width of the vertical facet (35) is equal to the two flanges (1) of the lid (11).
4, 15) is approximately equal to the distance between the inner surfaces of the troughs, and the distance between the two vertical facets (35) of the container placement means (33) provided at both ends of the gutter is equal to that of the two longitudinal members (12, 13). ) Is equal to the spacing between the facing sides (39), so that the gutters (30) are positioned correctly when set on the frame and also at each end of each gutter (30). , The first horizontal support surface (3) with which the lower surface of the mating longitudinal member (12/13) abuts
6) and a second support surface (45) that abuts the upper surface (38) of the mating stringer (12/13) and is thus stackable. 2. The system according to claim 1, wherein a support surface (36, 45) and a fixing means (33) are provided at each end of the gutter body (50), and the fixing means (33) is provided. 33)
Are two vertical facets (34, 35) and the vertical facets (3
4, 35) and at least one horizontal facet (36) located between the first vertical facet (35).
The end of the gutter body (50) contacts the first vertical facet (35).
The upper edge is the second supporting surface (45), the second vertical facet (35) constitutes the stationary means (33), and the horizontal facet (36) is the second supporting face. A system characterized by supporting the bottom of a cage and a gutter (50). 3. A front plate body (51) and a rear plate body (52) having ends.
Fixed to the plurality of juxtaposed gutters (50) ", two supporting leg members (57, 58) having an upper support surface and supporting members (60, 61) as stacking means", and the front plate. Together with the body (51) and the back plate (52), one outer peripheral body that surrounds the gutter body (50) is formed to form two side plate bodies (53, 5).
4) ”and the frame (10) as described in claim 1.
A system comprising. It is intended to provide an incumbent system. 4. The system according to claim 3, wherein the lower edges (55) of the two side plates (53, 54) are the lower edges of the front plate (51) and the rear plate (52) ( 56), which is located below the longitudinal member (12, 1) of the frame body (10).
The system according to claim 3, wherein the end of (3) is fixed to the side plate portion located below the front plate (51) and the rear plate (52).