JP4792557B2 - container - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a container, and in particular, a rectangular bottom wall portion extending in a transfer direction, a front wall portion and a rear wall portion erected from a short side of the bottom wall portion, and a long side of the bottom wall portion It has two side walls and a ceiling, and has an overall rectangular parallelepiped shape. For example, it consists of cargo composed of dangerous materials such as poisonous substances, deleterious substances, radioactive materials, expensive arts, antiques, etc. The present invention relates to a container that can be used for storing and transporting special cargo that is fixed to a gantry in a line on the bottom wall. Hereinafter, these cargos will be described as dangerous goods cargoes.

There is a dangerous goods transport container as cargo, and such a container is large in size and heavy because it has protection, durability and impact resistance of a predetermined cargo. Such containers are stored in containers and transported by sea or land. Here, when such a container is transported by sea or land, as shown in FIG. 11, a dangerous material transport container is stored in a trailer truck 50 in the container 100, and this trailer is transported. In the case of land transportation, the container 100 is placed on the trailer 51 and pulled by the tractor 52 for transportation.

In the case of land transportation, the container 100 is placed on the trailer 51 in a state where the container is accommodated and travels on a general road, so that the container 100 is accommodated within predetermined width and height dimensions specified by laws and regulations. Also, the axle load must be below a predetermined value.

Further, when such a container is used as cargo, it is necessary to securely fix the container to the container in accordance with laws and regulations, and this fixed state is confirmed as necessary. Therefore, it is desirable that the inspector can easily enter and exit the container.

Furthermore, it is desirable that the container can be easily placed and removed from the container at an unloading / unloading point using an overhead crane or the like. A structure that can be easily removed from the container is not preferable.

Patent Document 1 describes a cask that is such a cargo. That is, Patent Document 1 describes a transport and storage cask for radioactive material that can ensure safety even during normal transport or normal storage.

Patent Document 2 describes a vehicle that carries such a cask. That is, Patent Document 2 discloses a vehicle having a driving device and a planar substantially U-shaped support base that opens to the rear, and columns that are parallel to each other on both the left and right sides of the support base. In addition, the upper part of each column is provided with a vertically movable part that can be moved up and down arbitrarily. Further, the opposing surfaces of the vertically movable parts protrude in the horizontal direction and can be stored, and the trunnion on the upper part of the cask. A cask transport vehicle formed with a protruding portion that engages with is described.

Further, Patent Document 3 describes a method for transporting a cylindrical heavy cargo. That is, in Patent Document 3, a pallet having a circular heavy object holding part on the upper surface and a fork insertion part on the lower surface is used, and when loading into a container, the pallet is placed in the container with a fork inserted into the fork insertion part. A method for transporting a cylindrical heavy object together with the container, transporting the container that has received the cylindrical heavy object by transport means, and pulling out the cylindrical heavy object from the container with a pulling means when unloading Is described.
JP-A-2005-024514 JP-A-9-2133 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2004-083101

However, conventionally, the above-mentioned conditions are satisfied when such cargo is transported by land or sea, that is, a heavy cargo can be easily loaded and unloaded at a predetermined location, but cannot be unloaded at other locations. There was no container that could be placed on a trailer and transported by land. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a container that can easily and reliably store a cargo with a large volume and weight, has excellent security, and can be transported by land using a trailer.

The invention of claim 1 is provided with a rectangular bottom wall portion extending in the transfer direction, two end wall portions erected from a short side of the bottom wall portion, and a long side of the bottom wall portion. A container having a rectangular parallelepiped shape having two side walls and a ceiling, and storing and transferring cargoes fixed to the gantry in a line on the bottom wall. The wall is provided with a cargo holding recess in which the frame is fitted and a shielding part that covers a fork insertion hole formed on a side surface of the frame is formed on a peripheral part, and the side wall is provided with human entry and exit. An inspection opening having a size that allows the cargo to be unloaded and an inspection door that opens and closes the inspection opening are provided, and the cargo placed on the gantry is disposed above the ceiling portion. an opening for possible loading and unloading cargo from comprises a cargo door for opening and closing the opening for the cargo, the cargo door The closing operation, disposed within said container, and a hydraulic mechanism for opening and closing the cargo door, a container which is characterized in that to perform an operation unit for opening and closing movement operation of the hydraulic mechanism, the.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the container according to the first aspect, the freight opening has the whole area of the ceiling portion as an opening portion, and the freight door has two wing door plates each centered on the upper portion of the long wall portion. It is characterized by having a double door opening and closing.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the container according to the first or second aspect, the operation portion is provided with a locking device that prohibits operation of the operation portion.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the container according to the first aspect, the inspection door includes a locking device that locks the inspection door, and the locking device is for inspection so that a member does not protrude outside the door. It is arranged in the door.

A fifth aspect of the present invention, in the container of claim 1 wherein, before described置凹portion, further comprising a fixing means for fixing the置凹portion mounting said pedestal and feature.

According to the container according to the present invention, when a plurality of cargos having a large weight or volume are arranged and stored in a row, the cargo door formed on the ceiling portion can be easily loaded and unloaded with an overhead crane or the like. In addition to being able to load and unload containers, it is possible to check the loading state of cargo from the inspection door. In addition, since cargo cannot be taken out from the inspection door, cargo cannot be dropped from a predetermined location where cargo loading / unloading facilities are provided from the cargo door, which is excellent in terms of security. Furthermore, since the fork insertion hole of the gantry is covered and concealed by the peripheral edge portion of the mounting recess, it is possible to prevent unloading at places other than a predetermined location.

The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a view of a container according to an embodiment, (a) is a view showing a plane and a bottom, (b) is a side view, (c) is a cross-sectional view, and FIG. 2 is an inspection of the container shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the opening-and-closing state of a door, (a) is a figure which shows a plane and a bottom face, (b) is a side view, (c) is sectional drawing, FIG. 3 shows the structure of the container shown in FIG. The perspective view shown with a hydraulic piping state, FIG. 4 is the skeleton figure which showed schematic structure of the container shown in FIG.

The configuration of the container 100 according to this example will be described. As shown in FIG. 4, the container 100 according to this example is a substantially hexahedron having a rectangular bottom wall portion 110, left and right side wall portions 120 and 130 facing each other, and two end wall portions 140 and 150 facing each other. Three pedestals 20 equipped with a cask 10 containing cargo composed of hazardous materials such as poisonous, deleterious substances, radioactive materials, and special cargo composed of expensive artworks and antiques, etc. can do.

In the container 100, four sides of the bottom wall portion 110 are formed by girders 111 and 112 and beam members 113 and 114 made of an H-shaped material, and four pillars 121 of a quadrangular pipe material are formed at corners of the bottom wall portion 110. , 122, 131, 132 are erected, and hexagonal bodies are arranged by placing beam members 161, 162 and beam members 141, 151 having U-shaped cross sections so as to connect the upper ends of the columns 121, 122, 131, 132. It consists of the sides.

In addition, the bottom wall portion 110 is composed of girders 111, 112, 113, and 114 made of an H-shaped material, and a frame 400 formed by a bottom plate 115 and crosspieces 116 and 117 made of a U-shaped material. (See FIG. 9).

The frame body 400 is provided with three frame installation portions 410 as mounting recesses into which the square bottom portion of the frame 20 is inserted. Around the frame installation portions 410, as shown in FIG. , 422, 423, 424 are erected.

Further, the side wall portion 120 is configured to include a wall plate material with the girders 111, the columns 121 and 122, and the girders 161 as four sides. Similarly, the side wall portion 130 is configured to include a wall plate material with the girder 112, the columns 131 and 132, and the girder 162 as four sides. In addition, the side wall part 120 and the side wall part 130 are provided with the middle pillar and wall board material which are not shown in figure. In this example, three inspection openings 125 and 135 are opened in the side wall portions 120 and 130, respectively, and inspection doors 170 are arranged in the inspection openings 125 and 135, respectively. In this example, the inspection openings 125 and 135 are sized so that an inspector can enter and exit, and are sized so that the mount 20 and the cask 10 cannot be taken out. In the inspection, for example, the lashing rod 30 that joins the cask 10 and the gantry 20 is hit with a test hammer and the tension of the tying rod 30 is judged by the tone, or the gantry 20 and the frame 400 are visually checked. This is done by checking the mounting state.

The inspection door 170 is configured such that the two door plates 171 and 172 are manually opened outwardly in a double door. That is, the door plates 171 and 172 are attached to the side wall 120 by hinges 173 and 174 so as to be opened and closed. Further, the door plates 171 and 172 are provided with an opening / closing handle 176 and a lock device 175 disposed in the opening / closing handle 176. The door plates 171 and 172 are fixed in a closed state and are not shown. It can be locked and unlocked with a key. In this example, since the locking device 175 does not project a member to the outside of the container 100, it does not exceed the width of the limited range in land transportation defined by the Road Transportation Law or the like.

Further, in this example, the end wall portion 140 is provided with a plate-like member having the four columns 121 and 131, the beam member 113, and the beam member 141 as four sides to form a wall. Similarly, the end wall portion 150 has a plate-like member with the columns 122 and 132, the beam member 114, and the beam member 151 as four sides to form a wall.

The ceiling 160 has four sides of the beam member 161, the beam member 162, the beam member 141, and the beam member 151, and the entire surface serves as a cargo opening 165. In this example, the ceiling portion 160 is provided with a cargo door 180 that opens and closes the entire cargo opening. In this example, the cargo door 180 is composed of two wing doors 181 and 182 having a double door opening shape that opens upward. The wing door 181 is centered on the girders 161 and the wing door 182 is the girders 162. To open and close the cargo opening.

In this example, the wing door 181 is rotationally driven by a hydraulic cylinder 221 disposed on the beam member 141 and a hydraulic cylinder 222 disposed on the beam member 151. Similarly, the wing door 182 is rotationally driven by a hydraulic cylinder 223 disposed on the beam member 141 and a hydraulic cylinder 224 disposed on the beam member 151.

In this example, the four hydraulic cylinders 221, 222, 223, and 224 are driven by the hydraulic drive device 200 shown in FIG. In addition to the hydraulic cylinders 221, 222, 223, and 224, the hydraulic drive device 200 includes an oil tank 211 that stores hydraulic oil, a hydraulic pump 212 that is driven by a motor 213 and pumps the hydraulic oil, and hydraulic cylinders 221 and 222. , 223, 224 are provided with a hydraulic power unit 210 comprising solenoid valves 215, 216 for controlling the operation. In this example, the hydraulic power unit 210 is disposed inside the container 100 as shown in FIG. 3, and pressure oil pipes 230 and 240 to the hydraulic cylinders 221, 222, 223 and 224 are piped along the inside of the container 100. ing.

In this example, the hydraulic power unit 210 is driven and controlled by the control device 300 for the motor 213 and the solenoid valves 215 and 216. In this example, as shown in FIG. 5, the control device 300 includes a rechargeable battery 311 that is a power source, a battery relay 312 that controls on / off of the motor 213, a main switch 321 that operates a magnet switch 313, and the wing door 181, Two operation switches 322 and 323 for opening and closing 182 are provided.

In this example, the hydraulic drive device 200 and the control device 300 are disposed inside the container 100, and each switch of the control device 300 is disposed in the switch box, and the door of the switch box can be locked. . Therefore, in the container 100 according to this example, the cargo door 180 cannot be opened by operating various switches from the outside.

According to this example, in order to open the cargo door 180 in order to store or take out the gantry 20 on which the cask 10 is mounted in the container 100, the switch box is opened in the container 100, and the main switch 321 is opened. The operation switches 322 and 323 are opened while the hydraulic pump 212 is driven by the motor 213. Then, the solenoid valves 215 and 216 are operated, the hydraulic cylinders 221, 222, 223 and 224 are extended, and the wing doors 181 and 182 are opened.

Conversely, in order to close the wing doors 181 and 182, the main switch 321 is turned on, and the operation switches 322 and 323 are closed while the hydraulic pump 212 is driven by the motor 213. Then, the solenoid valves 215 and 216 are operated, the hydraulic cylinders 221, 222, 223 and 224 are contracted, and the wing doors 181 and 182 are closed.

Next, the gantry 20 on which the cask 10 that is the cargo stored in the container 100 is mounted will be described. FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a state in which a container is loaded on the container shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 8 is a schematic perspective view showing a state in which a frame is installed on the frame.

The gantry 20 is configured with a sufficient strength to mount the cask 10 so as to form a rectangular parallelepiped shape with a square pipe material made of stainless steel or the like. In this example, as shown in FIG. 7, the gantry 20 is disposed at a square base 21, four struts 22 erected at the four corners of the 21, and tips of the four struts 22. The upper frame body 23 having a substantially square shape and a reinforcing body 24 that obliquely connects the base 21 and the upper frame body 23 are configured. Further, fork insertion holes 25 into which the forks of the forklift are inserted are provided on two opposite side surfaces of the gantry 20. Further, in this example, metal fittings 32 for attaching the lashing rod 30 are attached to the four corners of the base 21.

On the other hand, a metal fitting 31 for attaching the lashing rod 30 is also attached to the cask 10, and the cask 10 is firmly attached to the gantry 20 by arranging the lashing rod 30 between the metal fitting 31 and the metal fitting 32.

Next, installation of the gantry 20 to which the cask 10 is fixed with the lashing rod 30 on the container 100 will be described. In this example, the gantry 20 on which the cask 10 is mounted is fixed to the bottom wall 110 of the container 100 with bolts 28 and nuts 29. That is, in this example, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the gantry 20 is disposed inside the peripheral edge portions 421, 422, 423, and 424 around the gantry installation unit 410. In this example, as shown in FIG. 8, when the gantry 20 is fitted into the gantry installation portion 410, the fork insertion hole 25 of the gantry 20 covers and covers the peripheral edge portion 421 and the peripheral edge portion 423.

Further, four bolt insertion holes 27 are formed at the bottom of the gantry 20, and four bolt insertion holes 411 are opened in the gantry installation portion 410. That is, as shown in FIG. 9, a bolt insertion hole 27 is formed in the base 21 of the gantry 20, and among the crosspieces 116 and 117 constituting the frame body 400, the crosspiece 116 has a bolt. An insertion hole 411 is opened, and a bolt 28 is inserted through the bolt insertion hole 411 and the bolt insertion hole 27 and screwed into a nut 29 disposed below the crosspiece 116. Thereby, the gantry 20 is securely fixed to the gantry installation unit 410 in the container 100.

Therefore, according to the container 100 according to the present example, when a plurality of casks having a large weight and volume are arranged and stored in a row, the cargo door formed on the ceiling portion can be loaded and unloaded with an overhead crane or the like. In addition to being able to easily load and unload the container, the loading state of the cask can be confirmed from the inspection door. In addition, since cargo cannot be taken out from the inspection door, cargo cannot be dropped from a predetermined location where cargo loading / unloading facilities are provided from the cargo door, which is excellent in terms of security. Furthermore, since the fork insertion hole of the gantry is covered and concealed by the peripheral edge portion of the mounting recess, it is possible to prevent unloading at places other than a predetermined location.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing a loading state of containers in a container according to another example. In this example, the method of fixing the gantry 20 to the gantry installation unit 410 is different from the above example. In this example, the gantry 20 and the gantry installation unit 410 are fixed with a single touch by a securing metal fitting 430 inserted from the outside of the frame body 400. Here, in this example, a female screw hole 431 is formed on the side surface of the securing metal fitting 430.

In this example, the insertion holes 25 of the lashing bracket 430 are formed at four locations in the lower part of the gantry 20, and the through holes of the four lashing brackets 430 for each gantry installation portion 410 are formed in the frame 400. In addition to the opening 440, bolt insertion holes 441 are formed at various locations where the female screw holes 431 are located when the 430 is inserted into the insertion holes 440.

In this example, in order to fix the gantry 20 to the gantry installation unit 410, after the gantry 20 is installed in the gantry installation unit 410, a predetermined number of securing metal fittings 430 are inserted into the insertion holes of the gantry 20 through the insertion holes 440. 25, and a bolt (not shown) is screwed into the female screw hole 431 from the bolt insertion hole 441. Thereby, the gantry 20 is securely fixed to the gantry installation unit 410. In this example, the gantry 20 is fixed to the frame body 400 by the securing metal fitting 430, but other types of fixing means may be used.

Therefore, according to this example, the same effect as that of the container shown in the first example can be obtained, and the gantry can be easily fixed to the frame body using the securing metal fittings.

It is a figure of the container which concerns on embodiment, (a) is a figure which shows a plane and a bottom face, (b) is a side view, (c) is sectional drawing. It is a figure which shows the opening-and-closing state of the inspection door of the container shown in FIG. 1, (a) is a figure which shows a plane and a bottom face, (b) is a side view, (c) is sectional drawing. It is a perspective view which shows the structure of the container shown in FIG. 1 with the hydraulic piping state of a container. It is the skeleton figure which showed schematic structure of the container shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the hydraulic circuit of the container shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the electric circuit of the container shown in FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the loading state of the container to the container shown in FIG. It is a model perspective view which shows the state which installed the mount frame in the frame of the container shown in FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the coupling | bonding state of the container and container shown in FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the loading state of the container to the container which concerns on another example. It is a figure which shows the loading state to the trailer of the container which concerns on this invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Cask 20 ... Base 21 ... Base 22 ... Post 23 ... Upper frame 24 ... Reinforcement body 25 ... Insertion hole 27 ... Bolt insertion hole 28 ... · Bolt 29 ··· Nuts 30 ··· Fastening rod 31 ··· Metal fittings 32 ··· Metal fittings 50 ··· Trailer truck 51 ··· Trailer 52 · · · Wall part 111,112,113,114 ... Girder 115 ... Bottom plate 116, 117 ... Crosspiece 120, 130 ... Side wall part 121, 122, 131, 132 ... Post 130 ... Side wall part 131,132 ... post 140 ... end wall part 141 ... beam member 150 ... end wall part 151 ... beam member 160 ... ceiling part 165 ... cargo opening 161, 162: Girder 170 ... Inspection doors 171, 172 ... Door plates 173, 174 ... hinge 175 ... locking device 176 ... opening / closing handle 180 ... cargo doors 181, 182 ... wing door 200 ... hydraulic drive device 210 ... hydraulic power unit 211 ... Oil tank 212 ... Hydraulic pump 213 ... Motors 215, 216 ... Solenoid valves 221, 222, 223, 224 ... Hydraulic cylinder 300 ... Control device 311 ... Rechargeable battery 312 ... Battery relay 313 ... Magnet switch 321 ... Main switches 322 and 323 ... Operation switch 400 ... Frame body 410 ... Stand installation part 411 ... Bolt insertion holes 421, 422 and 424 ... Peripheral part 423 ... Peripheral part (shielding part)
430: Fastening fitting 431 ... Female screw hole 440 ... Through hole 441 ... Bolt insertion hole

Claims (5)

A rectangular bottom wall extending in the transport direction, two end walls standing from the short side of the bottom wall, and two side walls standing from the long side of the bottom wall, A container comprising a ceiling and having a rectangular parallelepiped shape, storing cargo arranged and arranged in a row on the bottom wall, and transported;
The bottom wall portion includes a cargo holding recess in which the frame is fitted, and a shielding portion that covers a fork insertion hole formed on a side surface of the frame is formed at a peripheral portion.
The side wall is provided with an inspection opening that allows humans to enter and exit, and that the cargo cannot be carried out, and an inspection door that opens and closes the inspection opening.
The ceiling includes a cargo opening capable of loading and unloading the cargo placed on the gantry from above, and a cargo door that opens and closes the cargo opening,
The opening and closing operation of the cargo door is performed by a hydraulic mechanism that is disposed in the container and drives the cargo door to open and close, and an operation unit that performs an opening and closing operation of the hydraulic mechanism. Container. The cargo opening is configured so that the entire area of the ceiling portion is an opening portion, and the cargo door is configured as a double door opening and closing each of two wing door plates with the upper portion of the long wall portion as an axis. claim 1 container to the description. Wherein the operating unit, the container according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the locking device is provided to prohibit the operation of the operation unit. 2. The inspection door is provided with a locking device for locking the inspection door, and the locking device is disposed in the inspection door so that no member protrudes outside the door. Container. The container according to claim 1, wherein the placement recess includes a fixing unit that fixes the mount to the placement recess.