JP2002211875A - Rack apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a rack apparatus capable of stably storing and conveying a work without damaging by using both a crane and a forklift. SOLUTION: This rack apparatus is provided with racks 1 having a rack main body 2 for placing and holding the work, and a hook member 3 for a crane provided on the upper part of the rack main body 2. The rack 1 is provided with a locking part for locking a claw 17 of the forklift in the work placing state, and a partition member 22 for protecting the work, which is adapted to regulate the contact with the work in the lowering state in inserting and removing the claw 17.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a rack device used for transporting and storing long objects such as steel pipes and steel bars.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When a long work such as a steel material or a block body is stored or transported, it is sometimes stored in a rack (pallet). As the rack, for example,
As shown in FIG. 10 and FIG. 11, there is one provided with a rack body 40 and a hook member 41 provided on the upper part of the rack body 40. The rack body 40 has a base material (base) 42 and a pair of vertical frames 44, 44 erected from the front and rear of the base 42. It is attached to the upper ends of the vertical frames 44,44. That is, a work (not shown) can be placed and held on the rack body 40, and the work can be stored in this state. Further, in a state where the work is placed and held on the rack main body 40, the hook member 41 is hung on the hooking tool 45 hung by a hanger such as a crane to hang the conveyance means such as a truck. The work of loading the work into the work becomes possible.

[0003]

When a work held by the above-mentioned rack is transported by a truck or the like, there is a case where there is no crane for suspending the rack at the destination. In the meantime, there is a possibility that the work of lowering the work from the truck or the like cannot be performed. In addition, when storing or transporting a work, the work may be placed on a pallet that can be transferred by a forklift. However, such a pallet is not provided with a hook portion for a crane, and the loading operation on a truck or the like by the crane cannot be performed.

[0004] That is, in the prior art, there are those that can use a crane and those that can use a forklift, but there is no one that can use both a crane and a forklift.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned conventional drawbacks, and has as its object to stably store or transport a workpiece by using both a crane and a forklift without damaging the work. And to provide a rack device capable of performing such operations.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A rack apparatus according to a first aspect of the present invention provides a rack apparatus having a rack body on which a work is placed and held, and a hook member for a crane provided on an upper portion of the rack body. A rack device comprising:
An engaging portion capable of engaging the claw 17 of the forklift when the work is mounted on the rack 1 and a work protection partition member 22 for restricting contact with the work when the claw 17 is lowered when the claw 17 is inserted and removed. Are provided.

In the rack apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention, since the rack body 1 is provided with the hook member 3 for the crane, the rack 1 on which the work is placed and held is moved by the crane via the hook member 3. The rack 1 can be suspended, thereby enabling movement (conveyance) of the rack 1 by a crane. Further, since the rack 1 is provided with a locking portion capable of locking the claw 17 of the forklift, if the claw 17 of the forklift is locked to this locking portion, the movement of the rack 1 by the forklift ( Transport) is possible. In addition, the work-protecting partitioning member 22 for restricting contact with the work when the forklift claw 17 is lowered when the claw 17 is inserted or removed.
Is provided so that the claw 1
7 does not come into contact with the work (product).

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the rack body 2 has a base portion 4 and vertical frames 5 and 5 formed of a pair of column members 10 and 10 erected before and after the base portion 4, respectively. The hook members 3, 3 are provided at the upper ends of the front and rear vertical frames 5, 5, respectively, and the lower surface of the hook member 3 is used as the locking portion 18, and each of the vertical frames 5 is located below the hook member 3. , 5 pillar members 10, 10 are connected to connecting member 21,
The connection member 21 is used as the work protection partition member 22.

In the rack device according to the second aspect, a gap is formed between the hook member 3 and the work protection partition member 22, and the forklift pawl 17 is inserted into the gap.
Thereafter, if the claws 17 are raised, the claws 17 are locked to the locking portions 18 on the lower surface of the hook member 3, and the rack 1 can be raised. Thereby, the rack 1 can be moved by the forklift. When pulling out the claw 17 of the forklift, the claw 17 is once lowered, but at the time of the lowering, the lowering member is in contact with the connecting member 21 which is the partition member 22 for protecting the work, and the lowering thereof is regulated. The nail 17 is prevented from coming into contact with the work piece. That is, the transfer (conveyance) operation of the rack device by the forklift can be reliably performed without the claws 17 coming into contact with the work. In addition, since the hook device 3 is provided, the rack device can be transported by a crane.

[0010] The rack apparatus according to claim 3 is characterized in that the racks 1 can be stacked.

In the rack device of the third aspect, by stacking a plurality of racks 1..., A large number of works can be compactly stored in a narrow storage place.

A rack device according to a fourth aspect is characterized in that the locking portion 18 of the rack 1 has a flat surface.

In the rack apparatus according to the fourth aspect, the rack 1
Since the locking portion 18 is a flat surface, the pawl 17 of the forklift can be stably locked to the locking portion 18, and the moving operation by the forklift is stabilized.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a rack apparatus including at least two side-by-side racks.
1, the work is placed and held, and the two racks 1, 1 can be simultaneously suspended by a crane and simultaneously lifted by a forklift.

In the rack apparatus of the fifth aspect, since at least two racks 1 and 1 are provided side by side, even long workpieces can be stably mounted and held. In addition, since the two racks 1 and 1 can be simultaneously suspended by the crane and simultaneously lifted by the forklift, the work transfer work by the crane or the forklift is stabilized.

A rack device according to a sixth aspect is characterized in that two racks 1, 1 arranged in parallel are connected.

In the rack apparatus according to the sixth aspect, since the two racks 1, 1 arranged in parallel are connected, the holding of the work is further stabilized.

[0018]

Next, a specific embodiment of a rack according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. 1 to 4 show a rack apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. The rack device includes two interconnected racks 1, 1, and a work such as a long steel material or a block body (not shown) is placed and held on the racks 1, 1. The rack 1 includes a rack body 2 and hook members 3 provided on an upper portion of the rack body 2.

The rack body 2 has a base 4 and vertical frames 5 and 5 erected before and after the base 4. That is, the base 4 includes front and rear frames 6 and 7 and left and right frames 8 and 9, and the vertical frame 5 includes a pair of column members 10 and 10. in this case,
The left and right frames 8 and 9 and the column members 10 and 10 are each formed of a rectangular cylinder, but of course, various shapes such as a channel material, an angle material, and an H-shaped steel can be used.
The front and rear frames 6 and 7 are each formed of a flat plate that gradually expands inward downward as shown in FIG.

The hook member 3 has a generally triangular lower opening hook portion 12 and an arc-shaped guide portion 14 for guiding the hook 13 from below in the hook portion 12. The lower end is attached to a connecting member 15 formed of a flat plate and having a V-shaped cross section connecting the upper ends of the column members 6 of the vertical frame 5. In this case, as shown in FIG. 1, the width W of the hook member 3 is a slightly smaller than the dimension between the pillar member 10, 10 W ₁ are the same as or the dimension W _1, the upper and lower multiple racks 1 ... When they are stacked, the hook members 3 and 3 of the lower rack 1 are connected to the pillar members 10 and 10 of the upper rack 1.
It is set up so that it does not interfere with the stacking. The hook member 3 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, the inner surface is located outside the inner surface of the column member 10, and the outer surface is located inside the outer surface of the column member 10, thereby hindering the work for loading and unloading the work into and out of the rack device. And the rack device is set not to be bulky as a whole. By the way, the lower surface of the hook member 3 is a flat surface, and this flat surface is
It becomes 8. In addition, as shown in FIG. 1, the center line M of the hook portion 12 of the hook member 3 is
It is located on the middle line between the two. This takes into account the stability when suspended by a crane.

The outer surfaces of the base 4 are connected to the two racks 1 and 1 by front and rear connecting members 20 and 20 made of a flat plate. As a result, in each of the racks 1 and 1, gaps 19 and 19 are formed between the front frame 6 and the front connecting member 20 and between the rear frame 7 and the rear connecting member 20 respectively. When the stack members 1 are stacked, the hook members 3
Penetrates between the column members 10 and 10 through the gap 19. Further, the outer surfaces of the column members 10, 10 of the vertical frames 5, 5 are connected by front and rear connection members 21, 21 made of a flat plate at a position below the hook member 3. That is, the connecting member 20 and the connecting member 21 are each set to be substantially the same as the width dimension of the two racks 1, and these are connected and integrated with the two racks 1, 1 by welding or the like. Further, the corresponding left and right frames 8, 9 of the racks 1, 1 and the column members 10, 10, etc. are joined by welding or the like over part or all.

By the way, the connecting member 21 is disposed below the hook member 3, and the dimension H (see FIG. 1) between the hook member 3 and the connecting member 21 is such that the pawl 17 of the forklift can be inserted. In addition, when the claw 17 is pulled out, the claw 17 is made to have a minimum size that can be lowered to be separated from the locking portion 18. The dimension L (see FIG. 2) between the hook members 3 and 3 of each rack 1 and 1 is shorter than the length of the forklift pawl 17, and the pawl 17 is attached to the rack device from the front (or rear). When inserted, the hooks 3 on the front and rear hook members 3
7 is the size to be locked.

According to the rack apparatus configured as described above, the work can be placed and held on the two connected racks 1 and 1 and can be stored in a warehouse or the like in this state.
A hook 1 suspended from a crane (not shown)
If the rack device 3 is hooked on the hook portions 12 of the hook members 3 as shown by phantom lines in FIG. 1, the rack device can be hung by a crane, and can be transported (transported) or trucked. And so on.

Further, one of the claws 17 of the forklift (because the forklift has a pair of claws 17) is inserted between the hook member 3 of one rack 1 and the connecting member 21, and the other claw 17 is connected to the other. Is inserted between the hook member 3 of the rack 1 and the connecting member 21, and the claws 17, 17 are raised, the claws 17, 17 are locked by the locking portions 18,.
This rack device rises. At this time, as described above, the dimension L between the hook members 3 and 3 of the racks 1 and 1 is smaller than the length dimension of the pawl 17 of the forklift. Since the rack device is locked to the portions 18, 18, the rack device can be stably raised. After being transferred (conveyed) to a desired position by the forklift, the pawls 17, 17 are lowered, and the pawls 17, 17 are separated from the locking portions 18, 18, and the rack device is moved to the desired position. In this state, if the claws 17, 17 are pulled out of the rack device, the transfer (transport) operation by the forklift is completed.

When the claws 17, 17 are pulled out, the lowering of the claws 17, 17 is restricted by the connecting member 21, and the pawl 17 does not come into contact with the work located below the connecting member 21 and is moved by the forklift. Work can be done. That is, the connecting member 21 serves as a work-protecting partitioning member 22 for restricting contact with the work when the claw 17 is lowered when the claw 17 is pulled out and inserted. Work load collapse or the like due to contact can be effectively prevented.

Further, it is also possible to stack rack devices vertically. In other words, one rack device can be stacked with another rack device by a crane or a forklift. At this time, as shown in FIG. As a part, each hook member 3 can reliably enter between the column members 10 and 10 via the gap 19, and the rack devices can be stacked.

FIGS. 5 and 6 show another embodiment. In this case, two racks 1 and 1 are connected to each other. A sub-frame member 24 protruding outward is provided, and a sub-frame member 25 protruding outwardly is provided on the base 4 of the rack 1 of FIG. The sub-frame member 24 includes front and rear frames 24a and 24b and front and rear frames 24a and 24.
b has a connection frame 24c for connecting the outer ends thereof, and the lower surface thereof is set at substantially the same height position as the lower surfaces of the racks 1 and 1. Also,
The sub-frame member 25 includes front and rear frames 25a and 25b and front and rear frames 25.
a, 25b, which has a connection frame 25c for connecting the outer ends of the racks 1, 25b, and the lower surface of which is set at substantially the same height as the lower surfaces of the racks 1, 1. Similar to the rack body 2, the sub-frame members 24 and 25 can use various shaped steels such as a rectangular cylinder, a channel material, an angle material, and an H-shaped steel. The other configuration is the same as that of the rack device shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, and the description thereof is omitted.

For this reason, the rack apparatus shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 can be suspended by a crane and lifted by a forklift, as in the rack apparatus shown in FIGS. , 1
7 can be effectively prevented from being damaged. Moreover, the length of the rack apparatus as a whole in the left-right direction (length in the width direction) is increased by the sub-frame members 24 and 25, so that a longer work can be stably mounted and held. .

FIGS. 7 and 8 show another embodiment. In this case, the rack devices shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 are provided with reinforcing frame members 26 and 27 for reinforcing the sub-frame members 24 and 25. Is attached. The reinforcing frame member 26 includes a connection frame 26a that connects the outer end of the front frame 24a, the upper end of the front outer column member 10, the outer end of the rear frame 24b, and the rear outer column member 10 And a connection frame 26b for connecting the outer end of the front frame 25a and the upper end of the front outer column member 10 to each other.
And a connection frame 27b for connecting the outer end of the rear frame 25b and the upper end of the rear outer column member 10.

Therefore, the rack device shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 has the same operation and effect as those of the rack device shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, and furthermore, the sub-frame member 24,
Since 25 is reinforced by the reinforcing frame members 26 and 27, the rack device is excellent in strength. Moreover,
In a plan view, the reinforcing frame members 26 and 27 have the connecting frames 26a and 27a arranged on the front frames 24a and 25a, and the connecting frames 26b and 27b are arranged on the rear frames 24b and 25b. Does not interfere with

By the way, in each of the above rack devices, a pair of racks 1 and 1 are connected, but the racks 1 and 1 may be separated as shown in FIG. In this case, the connecting member 20 and the connecting member 21 may be provided for each of the racks 1 and 1. With such separation, the dimensions (distance) between the racks 1 and 1 can be arbitrarily set within a range where simultaneous suspension by a crane and simultaneous lift by a forklift are possible. Therefore, the dimensions between the racks 1 and 1 can be changed according to the type of the work, and the storage and transfer of the work are stabilized.

Although the specific embodiment of the rack according to the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various changes can be made within the scope of the present invention. It is possible. For example, one rack 1 may constitute a rack device. In this case, when lifting with a forklift, the two claws 17, 1
7 will be inserted into this one rack 1. Also,
As shown in FIG. 1 and the like, a pair of rack devices in which two racks 1 and 1 are connected may be provided, and the work may be placed and held by these rack devices. Further, the locking portion 18 of the rack 1 is not limited to a flat surface, and may be formed in a shape corresponding to the claw 17 or in an arc shape. The connection between the members of each rack 1 and the connection between the racks 1 and 1 may be performed by bolts and nuts instead of welding, and the material of the rack 1 may be synthetic resin other than metal or wooden. And so on. Further, in the case where two racks 1 and 1 are connected as shown in FIG.
Alternatively, the connecting member 21 may be provided for each rack 1, 1 without straddling the two racks 1, 1. Also, as the hook member 3, the hook portion 12 may be formed of a through hole. When the sub-frame members 24 and 25 are provided, the length in the left-right direction of the sub-frame members 24 and 25 can be changed according to the size and shape of the work to be placed.

[0033]

According to the rack apparatus of the first aspect, the rack on which the work is placed and held can be hung via the hook member, whereby the rack can be moved by the crane. Further, if the forklift pawl is engaged with the engaging portion, the rack can be moved by the forklift. In addition, since the work protecting partition member is provided, the pawl does not come into contact with the work (product) during operation of the forklift, so that damage to the work and the like can be prevented, and the pawl catches the work. It is possible to prevent the collapse of the load caused by this. In this way, it is possible to perform a hanging operation with a crane and a lifting operation with a forklift, and even in a place without a crane or a place without a forklift, either the crane or the forklift can be used. By using the rack device, the rack device on which the work is placed and held can be transported. For example, even if a crane is used to load and transport a truck or other transport means and transported to another location without a crane (for example, a wholesaler, etc.), the rack device can be transferred from the truck or the like using a forklift. There is an advantage that the work can be performed by lowering and storing in a predetermined place (a warehouse or the like).

According to the rack device of the second aspect, the transfer (conveyance) operation of the rack device by the forklift is easy, and the workability is excellent. In addition, it can be transported by a crane, is easy to use as a rack device, and does not have a complicated structure as a whole, contributing to cost reduction.

According to the rack apparatus of the third aspect, by stacking a plurality of racks, a large number of works can be compactly stored in a narrow storage place.

According to the rack device of the fourth aspect, the pawl of the forklift can be stably locked to the locking portion,
Movement work by a forklift is stabilized. Thereby, the transport operation can be performed safely and reliably.

According to the rack device of the fifth aspect, even a long workpiece can be stably placed and held.
Since two racks can be simultaneously suspended by a crane and simultaneously lifted by a forklift,
The work transfer work by the crane or forklift is stable, and the load does not collapse.

According to the rack apparatus of the sixth aspect, the holding of the work is further stabilized, and the collapse of the load during the movement can be reliably prevented.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an embodiment of a rack device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the rack device.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the rack device.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the rack device.

FIG. 5 is a front view showing another embodiment of the rack device of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of the rack device.

FIG. 7 is a front view showing another embodiment of the rack device of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a plan view of the rack device.

FIG. 9 is a front view showing still another embodiment of the rack device of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a front view of a conventional rack device.

FIG. 11 is a side view of a conventional rack device.

[Description of Reference Numerals] 1 rack 2 rack body 3 hook member 4 base 5 vertical frame 10 pillar member 17 claw 18 locking portion 21 transfer member 22 partition member for work protection

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A rack apparatus comprising a rack (1) having a rack body (2) on which a work is placed and held, and a hook member (3) for a crane provided on an upper part of the rack body (2). A locking portion capable of locking a claw (17) of a forklift on the rack (1) in a state where a work is placed; A rack device provided with a work protection partition member (22) for restricting contact. 2. The rack body (2) includes a base (4).
And a vertical frame (5) (5) composed of a pair of pillar members (10) (10) erected before and after the base (4), respectively. The hook members (3) and (3) are provided at the upper ends of the hook members (3), and the lower surface of the hook members (3) is used as the locking portions (18). (5) (5)
Connecting the column members (10) and (10) to the connecting members (21) and (21)
2. The rack device according to claim 1, wherein said connecting member is used as said work protecting partition member. 3. The rack apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the racks (1) can be stacked. 4. The rack apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the locking portion (18) of the rack (1) has a flat surface. 5. At least two racks (1) and (1) are provided side by side, and a work is placed and held on these racks (1) and (1). 5) The rack apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein simultaneous suspension by a crane and simultaneous lifting by a forklift are possible. 6. The rack apparatus according to claim 5, wherein two racks arranged in parallel are connected.