JPH0741922B2 - Storage 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 storage container for storing home electric appliances, copying machines, and other various objects to be packaged.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A storage container such as a so-called container in which a cardboard box or the like is fixed to a pallet has been proposed. For example, Japanese Patent Publication No. 3-35188 is known as this type. In this conventional example, the folded-back portion of the lower end of the body formed of corrugated cardboard is fixed to the upper surface of the pallet by nailing, and the lid is placed on the upper opening of the body formed into a rectangular tube shape.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional example, since the body is fixed to the pallet by nailing during assembly, the assembly work is troublesome.
Further, in the above-mentioned conventional example, since the lid is simply put on, when the object to be packed is put on and the lid is put on, the lid is fixed with a binding tool such as a string so that the lid does not come off.
These operations were troublesome because they were stuck with a large stapler. In addition, when unpacking, the lid is removed by cutting the tie or removing a large stapler, etc., but the body cannot be removed because it is fixed to the pallet and the upper end of the body If it is troublesome to take out the item to be packed from the opening, and if it is troublesome to take out the item to be packed from the upper end opening of the body, cut the body with a cutter etc. There is a problem that it is necessary to take out the package, and the storage container cannot be reused.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and its object is to easily assemble the pallet, the body and the lid. Another object of the present invention is to provide a storage container that can be easily taken out without cutting the body and can be reused.

[0005]

In the storage container of the present invention, a lower frame 2 is erected on the outer end of the upper surface of a pallet 1, an upper frame 4 is hung from the outer end of a lid 3, and a body 5 is provided. A storage container in which upper and lower ends are detachably attached to an upper frame 4 and a lower frame 2, respectively, and a lock tool 13 for a lower end of a body is slidably attached to the lower frame 2 and an upper end of the body is attached to the upper frame 4. Lock tool 1
7 is slidably attached, and L is attached to the lock tools 13 and 17.
An L-shaped lock piece 29 is provided to project, an L-shaped notch 30 is provided at the upper end and the lower end of the body 5, and the groove width on the inlet side of the L-shaped notch 30 is set to the lock tools 13, 17. The lock piece 29 has a size such that the lock piece 29 can be inserted, and the L-shaped lock piece 29 can be freely locked to the lock piece locking portion 31 at the inner edge of the groove of the L-shaped notch 30. By adopting such a configuration, the problems of the conventional example described above are solved and the object of the present invention is achieved.

[0006]

In assembly, the lower end of the body 5 is placed on the pallet 1 and the L-shaped lock 17 is slidably attached to the lower frame 2 standing on the outer end of the upper surface of the pallet 1. The lock piece 29 is inserted into the inside of the L-shaped cutout portion 30 at the lower end portion of the body 5, and in this state, the lock tool 17 is slid to move the lock piece 29 into the cutout portion 30.
The lock piece locking portion 31 at the inner edge of the groove of the
The L-shaped lock piece 29 of the lock 17 which is slidably mounted on the upper frame 4 while covering the upper end of the body 3 with the lid 3 is inserted from the inlet of the L-shaped notch 30 of the upper end of the body 5 into the inside. In this state, the lock piece 17 is slid to engage the lock piece 29 with the lock piece engagement portion 31 at the inner edge of the groove of the cutout portion 30 to assemble the pallet 1, the body 5, and the body 5.
And the lid 3 are joined together. Here, in order to store the object to be packed, the object to be packed may be placed on the pallet 1 before the body 5 is attached to the pallet 1, the body 5 may be covered thereafter, and the lid 3 may be finally attached. Alternatively, after the body 5 is attached to the pallet 1, the article to be packed may be put in and stored from the upper opening of the body 5, and finally the lid 3 may be attached.

In this manner, the forks of the forklift are inserted into the pallet 1 to lift or lower the product or move the product while the items to be packed are stored. on the other hand,
In order to take out the article to be packed, the lock tools 17 and 13 are slid to release the lock between the lock piece 29 and the lock piece locking portion 31, and the lid body 3 and the body 5 are removed. The item to be packed can be removed.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings. The pallet 1 is made of synthetic resin, and as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a fork insertion hole 7 is formed on each side surface. As shown in FIG.
As shown in FIGS. 5, 11, and 12, a dustproof sheet 35 such as paper is attached, and a lower frame 2 is erected on the outer end of the upper surface of the pallet 1. Here, in the embodiment shown in the accompanying drawings, the lower frame 2 is composed of four corner lower frames 2a, and the corner lower frames 2a are erected on the four corner portions of the upper surface of the pallet 1 each having a square shape in plan view. There is. The corner lower frame 2a is made of synthetic resin, and is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 16, a lower fitting recess 9 that opens upward is formed at the lower end of the vertical plate portion 8 having an L shape in plan view on the inner corner side, and the vertical direction on the projected corner side of the vertical plate portion 8 is formed. A lower receiving piece 10 is projectingly provided at a substantially central portion. In the lower receiving piece 10, the vicinity of the L-shaped corner portion is located at the upper part of the substantially central portion in the vertical direction on the protruding corner side of the vertical plate portion 8, and the portion apart from the corner portion is the protruding corner portion of the vertical plate portion 8. It is located at the lower part of the substantially central part in the vertical direction on the side, and the intermediate part between them is an inclined surface 11. A locking recess 12 is provided at the end of the vertical plate 8 away from the corner. Further, the vertical plate portion 8 is provided with a lock 13 for the lower end of the body which is slidable in the horizontal direction. The detailed configuration of the lock tool 13 for the lower end of the body will be described later. A locking claw 15 is hung on the lower surface of the corner lower frame 2a. The corner lower frame 2a is placed on the corner of the upper surface of the pallet 1 and the locking claw 15 is provided in the pallet 1. The corner lower frame 2a is attached to the pallet 1 by locking it (not shown).

The lid 3 is made of synthetic resin, and an upper frame 4 hangs downward from the entire circumference of the outer end of the lid 3. In the upper frame 4, the corner portion has a short hanging length, and the central portion in the width direction of each piece has a long hanging length.
An upper receiving piece 16 is provided on the. A lock tool 14 for a lower frame, which will be described later, is slidable in the lateral direction is provided at a side end portion of a portion where the hanging length of the central portion of the upper frame 4 is long. A lock 17 for the upper end of the body, which is slidable in the lateral direction, is provided at the portion where the length is shortened. Furthermore, inside the upper frame 4, there is provided an upper fitting recess 31 that opens downward.

As shown in FIG. 1, the body 5 is made of corrugated board or a material obtained by impregnating corrugated board with resin, and is in the shape of a rectangular cylinder. Of a pair of side pieces facing each other, a pair of side pieces has a polygonal line 19 at a substantially central portion in the width direction.
As shown in FIG. 5, the folding lines 18 and 19 can be folded. When the body 5 is folded, the size of the body 5 is such that it can fit inside the lower frame 2 of the pallet 1. The upper and lower portions near the corners of each surface of the body 5 are each cut into an L-shape, and the inner edge of the groove of the L-shaped cutout 30 locks a lock piece 29, which will be described later, with a lock piece locking portion 31. Has become.

The above-mentioned lock 13 for the lower end of the body, lock 14 for the lower frame, and lock 17 for the upper end of the body have the same basic structure. Nozawa, the above lock 1
3, 14, and 17 have the following configurations. As shown in FIG. 6, FIG. 7, FIG. 13, FIG. 14, etc., the vertical plate portion 8 of the lower frame 2 or the upper frame 4 has a long hole 20 and a long hole 20 which are long in the lateral direction.
Release side locking hole 21a and lock side locking hole 21b on both sides of
And a front operation plate 22 is arranged on the front side of the vertical plate portion 8 of the lower frame 2 or the upper frame 4 and a rear plate 23 is arranged on the rear side thereof, and a slide provided at the center of the rear surface of the front operation plate 22. Axis 24
Is slidably inserted into the long hole 20, the front end of the slide shaft 24 is fitted into the hole 25 of the rear plate 23 to integrate the front operation plate 22 and the rear plate 23, and one end of the rear plate 23 has a substantially L-shape. A locking piece 29 having a shape is provided, an operation protrusion 26 is provided on the front surface of the front operation plate 22, and a release side locking protrusion 27 and a lock side engagement member are provided on both sides of the back surface of the front operation plate 22, respectively. A stop protrusion 28 is provided, and the front operation plate 22 is slid by grasping the operation protrusion 26 with a finger, so that the release side locking protrusion 27
Is locked in the release side locking hole 21a, or the lock side locking projection 28 is locked in the lock side locking hole 21b.

Before assembly, the body 5 is folded and placed on a portion surrounded by the lower frame 2 on the upper surface of the pallet 1 as shown in FIG. 9, and the lid 3 is placed on the pallet 1. By fitting the upper frame 4 to the lower frame 2, the body 5 is stored in the body storage chamber 6 which is a space surrounded by the pallet 1, the lower frame 2, the lid 3, and the upper frame 4. Here, as shown in FIG. 10, the lower receiving piece 10 of the lower frame 2 is replaced by the upper receiving piece 1 of the upper frame 4.
6 is abutted and fitted perfectly. In the above-described folding operation, first, as shown in FIG. 14, before the upper frame 4 is fitted to the lower frame 2, the release-side locking projection 27 of the lower frame lock tool 14 provided on the upper frame 3 is provided. 1 is brought into a state of being locked in the release side locking hole 21a, and the lower frame 2 is aligned with the upper frame 4, and then the lower frame lock tool 14 is slid.
As shown in FIG. 3, the lock side locking projection 28 is locked in the lock side locking hole 21b. This lock side locking projection 2
In the state where 8 is locked in the lock side locking hole 21b, the lock piece 29 is locked in the locking recess 12 of the vertical plate portion 8 of the lower frame 2 so that the upper frame 4 does not come off from the lower frame 2. There is. Therefore, by locking the lower frame lock tool 14 before assembling, the pallet 1, the body 5, and the lid 3 can be compactly assembled in one set with the body 5 folded and stored inside as shown in FIG. It is something that can be kept. In this state, each one set is compactly stacked and stocked in multiple stages, transported to the place of use, or stacked at the place of use. Is for inserting the forks of the forklift into the fork insertion holes 7 provided in the lower pallet 1 and stacking them once.

In use, the object 5 to be packed is placed on the pallet 1 and then the body 5 in the shape of a rectangular tube is put on the object to be packed and placed on the pallet 1 so that the lower end of the body 5 is placed on the lower frame 2. It is detachably attached, or a rectangular tube-shaped body 5 is placed on the pallet 1 and the lower end of the body 5 is attached to the lower frame 2.
It is removably attached to and then the item to be packed is put inside from the upper opening of the body 5. After that, the lid 3 is put on the upper end of the rectangular tubular body 5, and the upper end of the body 5 is detachably attached to the upper frame 4 provided on the lid 3.
Before the lower end of the body 5 is detachably attached to the lower frame 2 and before the upper end of the body 5 is detachably attached to the upper frame 4, as shown in FIG. The lower end of the body 5 is fitted into the lower fitting recess 9 of the lower frame 2 or the body 5 with the lock tool 17 for the upper end of the body locked with the release side locking projection 27 in the release side locking hole 21a. Fit the upper end into the upper fitting recess 31 of the upper frame 4, and then
As shown in FIG. 6, the lock tool 13 for the lower end of the body or the lock tool 17 for the upper end of the body is slid to lock the lock-side locking projection 28 in the lock-side locking hole 21b. The lock side locking projection 28 is provided with a lock side locking hole 21b.
L-shaped notch 3 at the lower end of the body 5 when locked to
The lock piece 29 of the lock tool 13 for the lower end of the body is locked to the lock piece locking portion 31 at the deep end of the groove 0, and the groove deep edge of the L-shaped notch 30 at the upper end of the body 5 is provided. Lock piece locking part 31
The lock piece 29 of the lock tool 17 for the upper end of the body is locked to the. By locking in this manner, the body 5 is attached to the lower frame 2 and the body 5 is attached to the upper frame 4. In this way, the pawls of the forklift are inserted into the pallet 1 in a state in which the objects to be packed are stored, and the products are lifted and lowered or moved.

On the other hand, the lid 3 is used to take out the article to be packed.
The object to be packed inside can be easily removed by removing and then removing the body 5. Here, when removing the lid 3 or the body 5, in reverse to the above, the locking tool 13 for the lower end of the body and the locking tool 17 for the upper end of the body are slid to lock-side locking projections. 28 is unlocked in the lock side locking hole 21b.

When the use is finished, the body 5 is folded, placed on the upper surface of the pallet 1 surrounded by the lower frame 2, and the upper frame 4 is fitted to the lower frame 2 so that the pallet 1, the lower frame 2 and the lid 3 are attached. ,
The body 5 is placed in the body storage chamber 6 which is a space surrounded by the upper frame 4.
In this state, the lock tool 14 for the lower frame is slid to lock the lock-side locking projection 28 in the lock-side locking hole 21b. Then, in this state,
It is stocked and can be reused.

In the above embodiment, the body 5 has a thickness of 15 m.
A corrugated cardboard of about m is formed into a rectangular tube shape with a resin-like material, and each corner portion is formed as a polygonal line 18, and a pair of side pieces of the pair of side pieces facing each other has a substantially central portion in the width direction. The embodiment has been described in which the polygonal line 19 is formed and the folding lines 18 and 19 can be folded.
The rectangular tubular body 5 may be formed by using two sets of U-shaped corrugated cardboard of approximately mm or U-shaped corrugated cardboard impregnated with resin in opposite directions, or a corrugated cardboard consisting of four sheets. The side pieces made of cardboard impregnated with resin may be combined to form the body 5 in the shape of a rectangular tube, or a single sheet of cardboard, resin-impregnated cardboard, or a synthetic resin plate into a rectangular tube shape. It may be configured to form the body 5. The abutting portions of these side end portions are formed, for example, as shown in FIG. 17 with mutual irregularities or dovetail grooves or dovetail protrusions so that a temporary coupling effect can be obtained during assembly. 5, the assembling work becomes easy.

[0017]

According to the present invention, as described above, the lower frame is erected on the outer end of the upper surface of the pallet, the upper frame is hung from the outer end of the lid, and the upper and lower ends of the body are Is a storage container that is detachably attached to the upper frame and the lower frame, respectively.A lock tool for the lower end of the body is slidably attached to the lower frame and a lock tool for the upper end of the body is slidably attached to the upper frame. , An L-shaped locking piece is projectingly provided on the locking tool, L-shaped notches are provided at the upper end and the lower end of the body, and the groove width on the inlet side of the L-shaped notch is set to the width of the locking tool. The lock piece is of a size that can be inserted, and the L-shaped lock piece can be freely locked in the lock piece locking portion at the inner edge of the groove of the L-shaped notch. , The body and the lid can be detachably locked, and as a result, the assembly work is easy and the pallet Fuselage, it can be reliably bonded to the lid,
In addition, there is an advantage that the object to be packed inside can be easily taken out without cutting the body and can be reused.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the above-mentioned assembled state.

FIG. 3 is a partially omitted front view of the above.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.

5 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG.

6 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line CC of FIG. 3 in a locked state.

7 is a sectional view of the CC line of FIG. 3 in an unlocked state.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the same folding state.

FIG. 9 is an exploded perspective view of the above.

FIG. 10 is a partially omitted front view of the above.

11 is a sectional view taken along line DD of FIG.

12 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line EE of FIG.

13 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line FF of FIG. 10 in a locked state.

14 is a cross-sectional view of the F-F line of FIG. 10 in an unlocked state.

FIG. 15 is a plan view of a lower frame used in the above.

FIG. 16 is a side view of a lower frame used in the above.

17 (a) and 17 (b) are perspective views of another embodiment of the assembling example of the body.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Pallet 2 Lower Frame 3 Lid 4 Upper Frame 5 Body 13 Lock Tool 17 Lock Tool 29 Lock Piece 30 Cutout 31 Lock Piece Locking Section

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A lower frame is erected on the outer edge of the upper surface of the pallet,
A storage container in which an upper frame is hung from the outer end of the lid and the upper and lower ends of the body are detachably attached to the upper frame and the lower frame, respectively, and a locking tool for the lower end of the body is slid on the lower frame. It is freely attached and a lock tool for the upper end of the body is slidably attached to the upper frame, and an L-shaped lock piece is projectingly provided on the lock tool, and an L-shaped notch is formed at the upper end and the lower end of the body. Is provided
The groove width on the inlet side of the L-shaped cutout is set to a size that allows the lock piece of the lock tool to be inserted, and the L-shaped lock piece is locked to the lock piece locking portion at the inner edge of the groove of the L-shaped cutout. A storage container characterized by being freely configured.