JP2022012249A - Transporter for stacked boxes - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a lightweight transporter having excellent operability when holding stacked boxes from the left and right and capable of facilitating work.SOLUTION: The transporter comprises: a frame body 1 serving as an upper holding material of a box and having a lateral length corresponding to the lateral width of the box; a pair of support members 1D and 1D erected inside in an anteroposterior direction; a support shaft 2 located in the middle of the anteroposterior width of the frame body 1 and laid horizontally between the support members 1D and 1D; a pair of left and right handles 3 rotatably erected on both ends of the support shaft 2; rotating supports 4 rotatably provided at both ends of the frame 1 in the width direction; a movable operating body 7 having a base end side pivotally supported by each rotating support 4 to allow the body to move in the vertical direction and rotate in the anteroposterior direction and having a finger hook 7C on the tip side and located medial to a handle 3 in the width direction; and a movable holding body 9 having an upper end supported by the rotating support 4 and a lower end provided as an engaging portion 11 extending downward and bending inward of the frame body 1.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

In the present invention, for example, a seedling raising box, a noodle box, or the like, which is stored in a stacked state, and when transporting, the boxes in a state of being stacked in a plurality of stages are held by hands and arms and transported efficiently and safely. Concerning a stacking box carrier suitable for.

For example, a nursery box for growing seedlings is transported in a plurality of stages of 3 to 4 in order to improve work efficiency when transplanting seedlings to the nursery. The nursery box is a box made of synthetic resin with an open upper part of a horizontally long rectangle, and a flange is formed on the upper edge to make it easy to hold. Then, in order to carry the box efficiently without damaging the fingertips, a pair of hooks are locked to each of the left and right flanges of the box and lifted to carry, but each hook is attached to the flange. On the contrary, since the wrist must be returned to remove it, there are problems such as poor workability, burden on the wrist, lack of stability and safety, and inefficiency due to transportation of each box.

Therefore, a tool for transporting seedling raising boxes in a stacked state has been proposed. In this transport tool, a pair of holding claws 15 that are locked to the flange portion 2 of the nursery box 1 are formed at the lower end portion of the main body 11 having the handle portion 14 at the upper part, and the uppermost stage of the laminated body is formed in the middle portion of the main body 11. It is configured by attaching a horizontal guide body 16 that abuts on the upper surface of the seedling raising box 1 (Patent Document 1).

However, the transport tool of Patent Document 1 engages the main bodies 11 and 11 with the left and right ends of the nursery box 1, and the worker must extend his arm to the width of the nursery box 1 when lifting the seedling box 1. The problem of not being able to exert a large force and the heavy burden on the arm, the preparation of the guide body 16 corresponding to the number of stages of the breeding box 1 is troublesome, and the transport tool is dissipated at the work site because it is composed of a pair of main bodies 11. There is a problem that there is a risk of doing so.

Therefore, the applicant first obtains a frame body 1 having a length corresponding to the width in the length direction of the box to be transported, a pair of left and right handles 3 and 3 erected inside the frame body 1, and a frame. A carrier composed of movable engaging bodies 4 and 4 rotatably provided at both ends in the length direction of the body 1 was devised, and a practical new proposal registration was obtained (Patent Document 2).

Utility Model Registration No. 3062740 Gazette Utility Model Registration No. 3215899

The prior art of Patent Document 2 described above has many effects that the stacked boxes can be safely and efficiently, the selected multiple-stage boxes can be accurately sandwiched and transported, and the burden on the operator is small. It plays.
However, there are unsolved problems such as the troublesome operation of holding the box, the burden on the wrist when stacking at a high position, and the desire for weight reduction.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned unsolved problems of the prior art, and is excellent in operability of sandwiching and transporting stacked boxes from both sides, and when stacking and loading at a high position. The purpose is to provide a stacking box carrier that solves the problems of not damaging the arms and wrists and reducing the burden on the body because it is lightweight.

(1) The means of the present invention configured to solve the above-mentioned problems has a lateral length corresponding to the lateral width of the box to be transported, and is a square shape serving as an upper holding material of the box located at the uppermost stage. The frame body, the support shaft located in the middle of the front-rear width of the frame body and laid horizontally in the width direction of the frame body, and the frame body standing at both ends of the support shaft at positions commensurate with the shoulder width. A pair of left and right handles that can rotate in the front-rear direction, a pair of left and right rotation supports that are rotatably provided at both ends of the frame in the width direction, and a base end side is pivotally supported by each rotation support. The finger hook portion located inside in the width direction from the handle is provided with a movable operating body capable of rotating in the vertical direction and the front-back direction, and a support material is provided on the rotating support body so that the height can be adjusted in the vertical direction. It is composed of a movable holding body in which the lower end of the support member extending downward of the frame body is an inwardly engaging portion.
(2) Then, it is preferable that the pair of left and right handles and the movable operating body can be integrally rotated in the front-rear direction.
(3) Further, the arm material of the movable operating body may be configured to come into contact with the grip portion of the handle when the finger hook portion is lifted.
(4) Further, the movable holding body is movable so as to rotate laterally in conjunction with the vertical rotation of the movable operating body and not in conjunction with the forward / backward rotation of the movable operating body. It is good that it is connected to the operating body.
(5) Further, the movable operating body may be heavier than the movable holding body, and the movable holding body may be expanded outward in the standby state for use.
(6) Further, it is preferable to provide the movable holding body having a different length of the support member so as to be replaceably provided on the rotating support.

Since the present invention is configured as described above, it has the following effects.
(1) The upper part of the uppermost box is pressed by the frame, and the stacked lowermost box is engaged with the engaging part of the movable holding body whose height is adjusted, so that the stacked multiple-tiered boxes can be stacked. It can be easily and securely pinched and transported.
(2) Since the left and right handles and the movable operating body are configured to be integrally rotatable in the front-rear direction, the wrists are not burdened even when the boxes are stacked at a high position and unloaded.
(3) Since the movable holding body rotates laterally in conjunction with the vertical movement of the movable operating body and is coupled so as not to be linked in the back-and-forth movement, the movable holding body is integrally operated in a predetermined direction by the movable operating body. It is possible and has excellent operability because it enables different operations in the front-back direction.
(4) The movable operating body is heavier than the movable holding body, and the movable holding body is opened outward in the outward direction during standby for use, so that the operation of holding the stacked boxes can be performed quickly.
(5) Since the arm material of the movable operating body is brought into contact with the grip portion of the handle when it is lifted, it is possible to prevent the situation where the finger is pinched when the handle and the finger hook portion are pulled up integrally.
(6) Since the movable operating body is set to be heavier than the movable holding body and the movable holding body is in a state of expanding outward when waiting for use, the movable holding body is stacked by simply pulling up the movable holding body. Can be quickly engaged to the box.

It is a perspective view of the carrier of the stacking box which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is an exploded perspective view of the carrier of a stacking box. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing of the movable operation body and the movable holding body. It is explanatory drawing of the state in which the carrier is in contact with the uppermost box. It is explanatory drawing of the state which pulls up a movable operation body and lifts a stacking box sandwiched. It is explanatory drawing which shows the movement in the front-rear direction of a handle and a movable operation body. It is explanatory drawing of the state that the handle and the movable operation body rotate forward and forward.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the figure, 51, 51, ... Indicates a nursery box 1 made of synthetic resin (hereinafter referred to as a box 51), and each of the boxes 51 is a horizontally long rectangular box body 51A with an open upper part and the box body. It is formed of a flange 51B formed in a frame shape on the outer edge of the upper end of the 51A and a rib 51C formed on the outer surface of the bottom of the box body 51A.
Reference numeral 1 is a metal frame body constituting a carrier for transporting and stacking the box 51. The frame body 1 is formed in a horizontally long quadrangle from a horizontally long front and rear frame materials 1A and 1B and a pair of left and right horizontal frame materials 1C and 1C connected to both ends of the front and rear frame materials 1A and 1B, and is close to both ends in the longitudinal direction. A pair of left and right support members 1D and 1D are erected between the front and rear frame members 1A and 1B.

Reference numeral 2 denotes a metal support shaft laid horizontally between the pair of left and right support members 1D and 1D, and the support shaft 2 is arranged so as to be positioned substantially in the middle of the front-rear width of the frame body 1. Reference numerals 3 and 3 indicate a pair of left and right handles provided rotatably in the front-rear direction on both ends of the support shaft 2 at intervals commensurate with the average shoulder width of the operator. Each of the handles 3 is formed in a square U shape, and is composed of a receiving material 3A whose lower end is fitted to the support shaft 2 and a grip portion 3B erected on the upper end of the receiving material 3A. FIG. It is provided so as to be rotatable in the front-rear direction in the directions (a) and (b) shown in (1) until it hits the front-rear frame members 1A and 1B of the frame body 1.

Reference numerals 4 and 4 indicate rotation supports rotatably fitted to each of the horizontal frame members 1C and 1C of the frame body 1. Reference numeral 5 is a movable cylinder that constitutes the rotating support 4 and is fitted onto the horizontal frame members 1C and 1C. A substantially quadrangular substrate 6 is fixed to the outer surface of the movable cylinder 5 in a tangential direction in a substantially vertical state. The substrate 6 is provided with shaft holes 6A and 6B at the top and bottom, respectively.

Reference numeral 7 indicates a movable operating body provided so as to be rotatable in the front-rear direction by a mounting screw 8 inserted into the shaft hole 6B of the substrate 6. The movable operating body 7 extends in parallel with the boss 7A having a shaft hole, extending in a substantially Y shape from the boss 7A and extending in parallel from the bent portion 7B ₁ substantially in the middle, and the tip side 7B ₂ from the bent portion 7B ₁ . From the arm material 7B fitted between the receiving material 3A and the grip portion 3B of the handle 3, and the finger hook portion 7C located laterally inward from the handle 3 and erected at the tips of the arm materials 7B and 7B. It is configured.
Then, as shown in FIG. 3, the movable operating body 7 can be moved up and down in the vertical direction in two directions, centered on the rotating support 4, and the mounting screw 8 is on the same axis as the support shaft 2. As shown in FIG. 6, the movable operating body 7 can be rotated in the front-rear direction in the direction of arrow-viewing (a) and (b) integrally with the handle 3.

Reference numerals 9 and 9 indicate a pair of left and right movable holding bodies connected to the movable support 4 and arranged at both ends in the lateral width direction of the frame body 1. Each movable holding body 9 has an inverted U-shaped support member 10, a strip-shaped engaging portion 11 fixed inward horizontally to the lower end of the support member 10, and both ends in the width direction are bent inward. It is made of a plate material having a substantially horizontal view, and is composed of a pressing plate 13 that abuts on the support material 10 from the outside and is screwed to the substrate 6 with a tightening screw 12.
Since the length of the reinforcing rib formed on the back of the flange 51B of the box 51 differs depending on the manufacturer, a V-shaped notch is formed in the engaging portion 11.

In the movable holding body 9 having the above configuration, the tightening screw 12 is loosened to adjust the height position of the engaging portion 11 in the vertical direction, and the tightening screw 12 is tightened to carry the stacked boxes 51. The engaging portion 11 can be set at a position corresponding to the number of stages.
Further, since the movable operating body 7 is heavier than the movable holding body 9, the movable holding body 9 is in a state of being expanded in the outward direction shown by the solid line in FIG. 3 during standby for use, so that the movable operating body 7 is pulled. The stacked boxes 51 can be quickly sandwiched just by raising them.

There are various types of boxes 51 having different sizes, but since the height dimensions of the various boxes 51 are fixed, they can be engaged by forming a scale on the support member 10 of the movable holding body 9. The position of the unit 11 can be set easily and quickly.
Further, by preparing a plurality of types of the support member 10 and the engaging portion 11 constituting the movable holding body 9 having different sizes, it is possible to easily correspond to various boxes 51.

The present embodiment has the above-mentioned configuration, and the operation thereof will be described next.
First, the frame body 1 is placed on the uppermost box 51 to be transported, and the support member 10 is vertically oriented so as to be locked to the flange 5B of the lowermost box 51 on which the left and right engaging portions 11 are stacked. The height position of the engaging portion 11 is determined by setting the height of the pressing plate 13 with the holding plate 13 sandwiching the support material 10 between the substrates 6 and tightening and fixing the pressing plate 13 with the tightening screws 12. ..
Since the movable holding body 9 is in the expanded state shown in FIG. 3 in the use standby state, when the movable holding body 7 is pulled up with the frame body 1 in contact with the uppermost box 51, the movable holding body 9 is pulled up. 9 rotates in the direction indicated by the arrow, and the engaging portion 11 engages with the flange 51B of the lowermost box 51.

By lifting one handle 3 and the movable operating body 7 integrally and engaging with the box 51 in which the movable holding bodies 9 are stacked, the other movable holding body 9 also moves the engaging portion 11 to the lowermost stage by the same operation. Can be easily engaged with the flange 51B of the box 51. Since the weight of the box 51 is applied downward to the engaging portion 11 of the movable holding body 9 and does not expand laterally, the box 51 is lifted and transported only while holding the handle 3. can do.
Further, even when the carrier is removed from the box 51 after transportation, the movable holding body 9 can be opened by simply releasing the finger from the movable operating body 7, and the engaging portion 11 can be rotated outward to be easily removed from the flange 51B. can.

Moreover, since the handle 3 and the movable operating body 7 can rotate integrally in the front-rear direction, even when the operator raises the arms high and stacks them, the hands and arms are pulled toward the front as shown in FIG. It can be lifted to a high position. At this time, the burden on the arm and wrist can be reduced, so that the wrist is not damaged.
Further, by retracting the handle 3 and the movable operating body 7 toward the front, the box 51 can be lifted without bending the upper body forward, so that the burden on the waist can be reduced.

By setting the handle 3 to be long in the height direction and the movable operating body 7 to have the arm material 7A long, the hand can be moved at a low position such as the floor surface or even when immersed in a liquid such as water. You can work without getting wet.

1 Frame body 2 Support shaft 3 Handle 3B Grip part 5 Rotating support body 7 Movable operating body 7B Arm material 7C Finger hook part 9 Movable holding body 10 Support material 11 Engaging part

Claims (6)

A square frame that has a lateral length corresponding to the width of the box to be transported and is used as an upper holding material for the box located at the uppermost stage, and a frame that is located between the front and rear widths of the frame. A support shaft laid horizontally in the width direction of the frame, a pair of left and right handles that are erected at positions corresponding to the shoulder width on both ends of the support shaft and can rotate in the front-rear direction of the frame body, and the frame body. A pair of left and right rotation supports rotatably provided at both ends in the width direction, and a finger hook portion whose base end side is pivotally supported by each rotation support and located inside in the width direction from the handle are in the vertical direction and A movable operating body that can rotate in the front-rear direction and a support material are provided on the rotating support body so that the height can be adjusted in the vertical direction, and the lower end of the support material that extends downward of the frame body faces inward. A stacking box carrier consisting of a movable holding body that has become an engaging part. The carrier for stacking boxes according to claim 1, wherein the pair of left and right handles and the movable operating body can be integrally rotated in the front-rear direction. The carrier for stacking boxes according to claim 1, wherein the arm material constituting the movable operating body is configured to come into contact with the grip portion of the handle when the finger hook portion is lifted. The movable holding body rotates laterally in conjunction with the vertical rotation of the movable operating body, and is coupled to the movable operating body so as not to be interlocked with the rotating in the front-back direction of the movable operating body. The carrier for stacking boxes according to claim 1. The transportation of stacked boxes according to claim 1, wherein the movable operating body is heavier than the movable holding body, so that the movable holding body is in an outwardly expanded state during standby for use. Ingredients. The carrier for stacking boxes according to claim 1, wherein the movable holding bodies having different lengths of the support members are provided in a replaceable manner on the rotating support.

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