JP2023179135A - Transportable water tank for fish and shellfish - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a transportable water tank which is more convenient than conventional transportable water tanks.SOLUTION: A transportable water tank for fish and shellfish comprises, at least: a body part 10 for accommodating fish and shellfish; an apparatus accommodation part 20 provided on a one side of the body part 10 and capable of accommodating an apparatus for controlling an environment in the body part 10; a lid part 30 which is attachable and detachable so as to block an opening in the body part 10; and a sheet part 40 which can be deployed to either side of the body part 10 and the apparatus accommodation part 20. When the sheet part 40 is deployed on the body part 10 side, the sheet part functions as a blocking cover for the opening, and when the sheet part 40 is deployed on the apparatus accommodation part 20 side, the sheet part functions as a protective cover for the apparatus.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

Application for application of Article 30, Paragraph 2 of the Patent Act (1) February 4, 2020 Daisui Co., Ltd. (3-13-6 Uomachi, Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture) (2) March 2, 2020 Stocks Daisui Company (3-13-6 Uomachi, Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture) (3) April 1, 2020 Daisui Co., Ltd. (3-13-6 Uomachi, Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture) (4) April 2020 April 13th Daito Fish Co., Ltd. (Toyosu Market, Tokyo Central Wholesale Market, 6-6-2 Toyosu, Koto-ku, Tokyo) (5) April 20, 2020 Daisui Co., Ltd. (3 Uomachi, Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture) Chome 13-6) (6) April 22, 2020 Uofuku Suisan Co., Ltd. (2533 Kuruma, Awaji City, Hyogo Prefecture) (7) April 26, 2020 Yamaguchi Prefecture Fisheries Cooperative Ezaki Branch ( 8765-11 Ezaki, Hagi City, Yamaguchi Prefecture) (8) April 29, 2020 Uofuku Suisan Co., Ltd. (2533 Kuruma, Awaji City, Hyogo Prefecture) (9) May 7, 2020 Uofuku Suisan Co., Ltd. (2533 Kuruma, Awaji City, Hyogo Prefecture) (10) May 17, 2020 Daisui Co., Ltd. (3-13-6 Uomachi, Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture) (11) May 27, 2020 Uofuku Suisan Co., Ltd. (2533 Kuruma, Awaji City, Hyogo Prefecture) (12) June 3, 2020 Uofuku Suisan Co., Ltd. (2533 Kuruma, Awaji City, Hyogo Prefecture)

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a transport tank that can be transported while housing seafood.

The applicant has developed a technology that enables the transport of live fish over long distances by loading overcrowded transport tanks filled with fish and shellfish that have been tranquilized by carbon dioxide onto a transport vehicle, and then awakening the fish and shellfish at the destination. is being developed. (Patent Documents 1 and 2)
This transport tank is equipped with equipment to control the environment inside the main body, such as an oxygen cylinder that supplies oxygen gas into the main body, an aeration device, a control panel, a battery, etc., and can be operated by itself. The structure is as follows.

Patent No. 6236575 Patent No. 6655734

In this live fish transportation technology, further improvement in convenience is expected by solving the problems described below, for example.
(1) To reduce the risk of failure due to water splashing on equipment installed in the transport water tank.
(2) To improve stability when moving the main body with a forklift or the like due to the downsizing of the transport tank.

Therefore, one of the objects of the present invention is to provide a transport tank that is more convenient than conventional transport tanks.

The present invention, which has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, is a transportation aquarium having a rectangular shape in a plan view and capable of being transported while housing seafood, comprising a main body part for storing seafood, and one side surface of the main body part. an equipment accommodating part provided on the side and capable of accommodating equipment for controlling the environment within the main body; a lid part detachable so as to close an opening of the main body; a seat part that can be deployed on either side of the equipment housing section, and the seat part is configured to open an opening of the main body part when the seat part is deployed toward the main body part. It is characterized in that it functions as a closing cover that closes, and functions as a curing cover that protects the equipment when the sheet part is unfolded toward the equipment housing part.
Further, in the present invention, the transportation water tank may be provided with an insertion port into which a fork of a forklift can be inserted.
Further, the present invention provides an outlet on at least one side of the four sides of the transport water tank in a plan view, and the other outlets are made of a fragile part that can be broken by inserting the fork. It can be kept closed.
Further, in the present invention, the lid part may be provided with an aggregation promoting part that promotes aggregation of bubbles generated on the water surface.
Further, in the present invention, the device housing section can be configured to have a plurality of housing spaces partitioned in at least one of the front-rear direction, the left-right direction, and the height direction.
Further, in the present invention, a weight section for adjusting the center of gravity position of the transport water tank can be accommodated in the equipment accommodating section.
Further, in the present invention, a battery that supplies power to the device may be used as the weight portion.

According to the present invention, at least one of the effects described below is achieved.
(1) Depending on the unfolding direction of the seat section, the seat section can be used as a closing cover for closing the opening of the main body, or as a curing cover for protecting the mounted equipment. For example, when loading or unloading seafood with the lid removed, using it as a protective cover to protect the equipment installed can prevent malfunctions caused by water splashing onto the equipment. . Further, during transportation, by closing the opening of the main body above the lid, a double lid is formed together with the lid to prevent water from scattering and to suppress misalignment of the lid.
(2) By providing an outlet in the transport water tank, the transport water tank can be carried out with a forklift.
(3) Of the outlets provided in the transport water tank, only the outlets in the desired direction from the viewpoint of weight balance during transportation are left open, and the other outlets are closed to improve stability. The transport tank can be carried out in this state.
(4) By using a fragile part that can be broken by inserting a fork as a means of blocking the insertion port, which is undesirable from the viewpoint of weight balance during transportation, even if the fork is accidentally inserted into the fragile part, , the transport tank itself will not be moved by being pushed by the fork.
(5) By the feel and sound of the fragile part breaking, it is possible to know that the fork was inserted from a direction that will reduce the stability of the transport tank during transport, and it is possible to prompt the worker to carry out the work of transporting the transport tank again.
(6) By providing the aggregation promoting part in the lid part, the collection efficiency of bubbles generated on the water surface can be increased.
(7) By providing multiple divided storage spaces in the equipment storage section, it is possible to adjust the storage location of equipment for controlling the environment inside the main body, adjust the center of gravity of the transport tank, and transport the transport tank. This can improve the stability of the process.
(8) By accommodating the weight part in an arbitrary space within the equipment accommodating part, it becomes easy to adjust the center of gravity position of the transport water tank.
(9) By using the battery, which is one of the heaviest among devices for controlling the environment inside the main body, as the weight part, there is no need to prepare a new weight part.

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a transport water tank according to the present invention. FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing the positional relationship between the main body, the lid, and the seat. FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing the structure and function of the aggregation promoting section provided in the lid. The schematic perspective view when a seat part functions as a curing cover.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

<1> Overall configuration (Figure 1)
The transport aquarium according to the present invention is a device for transporting live fish by loading the tank containing fish and shellfish onto a transport vehicle.
As shown in FIG. 1, the transport water tank according to the present invention includes at least a main body part 10, an equipment housing part 20, a lid part 30, and a seat part 40.
The transport water tank shown in FIG. 1 has a size of 1.1 m x 1.1 m in plan view, which conforms to the so-called pallet size standard, and allows mixed loading by market delivery.
The details of each component will be explained below.

<2> Main body (Figure 1, Figure 2)
The main body portion 10 is a portion corresponding to an aquarium portion that accommodates seafood.
The main body part 10 has a tank filled with seawater or fresh water depending on the type of seafood to be stored, and the tank is filled with oxygen gas sent from each device stored in the equipment storage part 20, which will be described later. A discharge mechanism, a discharge mechanism of an aeration pump, a water temperature adjustment mechanism, etc. can be provided.

<2.1> Inlet (Figure 1)
The main body portion 10 may be provided with an insertion port 50 that is opened from the side.
By inserting a fork provided in a cargo handling machine such as a forklift into this insertion port 50, the transport water tank can be carried out.
In this embodiment, steel members are joined to the bottom of the main body portion 10 at intervals, and the gaps between the steel members are used as insertion ports 50.

<2.1.1> About the surface where the insertion port is installed (Figure 1)
In the present invention, the number of surfaces on which the insertion ports 50 are provided is not particularly limited, but it is more preferable to take into account the position of the center of gravity of the entire transport water tank so that the transport water tank can be supported in a stable state when lifted by a forklift. It is preferable to provide the insertion port 50 on a surface, that is, on a surface where the center of gravity of the transport water tank when viewed from above is close to the forklift side.
In FIG. 1, since it is assumed that the center of gravity of the transport water tank is close to the surface on the equipment accommodating part 20 side when viewed from above, the insertion port 50 is provided on the surface on the equipment accommodating part 20 side. ing.
This configuration improves stability when transporting the water tank with a forklift.

Further, in FIG. 1, the insertion ports 50 are also provided on the surface opposite to the surface on the side of the device accommodating portion 20, and the respective insertion ports 50 are in communication with each other.
With this configuration, the transport water tank can be carried out regardless of the length of the fork of the forklift.

In addition, when the insertion port 50 is provided on the surface on the side of the equipment storage section 20, even if the fixation of each device mounted on the equipment storage section 20 by the forklift comes off due to an unexpected factor, This is advantageous in that the forklift main body and mast also function as a wall to prevent each piece of equipment from falling.

<2.1.2> Regarding blockage of the insertion port (Figure 1)
In the present invention, the insertion port 50 may not be provided in advance on a surface where insertion of a fork using a forklift is not recommended, or the insertion port 50 may be closed with a separate member.
With this configuration, it is possible to make the forklift operator aware of limiting the surface into which the fork is inserted. In FIG. Two sides other than the facing sides are occluded.

<2.1.3> Regarding the number of outlets (Figure 1)
When closing the insertion port 50 with a separate member, it is preferable that this member be configured to be breakable by insertion of a fork of a forklift (occlusion by the fragile portion 60).
In this embodiment, a plate made of FRP is used as the fragile portion 60.
With this configuration, even if the fork is accidentally inserted into the fragile part 60, the fork will break through the fragile part 60, so the transport water tank itself will not be pushed by the fork and move, and the transport water tank will be There is no risk of collision due to unexpected movement.

<2.2> Internal shape of main body (Figure 2)
FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing the positional relationship between the main body part 10, the lid part 30, and the seat part 40.
A stepped surface 11 is formed on the inner surface of the main body portion 10, and the lid portion 30 is placed on this stepped surface 11.
With this configuration, it is possible to prevent the lid part 30 installed on the main body part 10 from shifting, and it is possible to prevent the lid part 30 from shifting or coming off from the main body part 10 due to vibrations during transportation. .

<3> Equipment housing section (Figure 1)
The device storage section 20 is a part for accommodating devices for controlling the environment within the main body section 10 .
In the configuration shown in FIG. 1, the device housing section 20 is provided on one side of the main body section 10, and each device is installed in a concentrated manner.

<3.1> An example of the equipment to be accommodated (Figure 1)
For example, the following devices can be considered as devices to be accommodated in the device housing section 20.
(1) Oxygen supply device This is a device for supplying oxygen gas from an oxygen cylinder into an aquarium to adjust the oxygen concentration of water in the aquarium.
(2) Circulation pump This is a device for circulating water in the aquarium.
(3) Air blower This is a device for aerating the aquarium.
(4) Protein skimmer This is a physical filtration device that can remove harmful substances (ammonia, etc.) from the aquarium.
(5) Control panel/switches A device for controlling the operation of various devices. (6) Battery A device for supplying power to various devices.
(7) Battery charger This is a device for charging the battery from an external power source using a 100V outlet.

<3.2> Formation of accommodation space (Figure 1)
In the present invention, the device accommodating section 20 can be divided in at least one of the front-rear direction, the left-right direction, and the height direction to form a plurality of accommodating spaces.
In this example, there are three storage spaces partitioned in the width direction, and the central storage space is further partitioned in the height direction, with the protein skimmer, control panel, etc. placed in the storage space on the left. The central storage space houses batteries and switches in each stage, and the right storage space houses an oxygen supply device.

<3.3> Accommodation of weight part (Figure 1)
In the present invention, the device housing section 20 may be provided with a weight section for adjusting the center of gravity position of the transport water tank.
The weight portion can be constructed by using a part of the above-mentioned equipment or by using a new heavy member separate from the above-mentioned equipment.
In addition, when a part of the above-mentioned equipment is used also as a weight part, it is preferable to use a battery that is considered to be relatively heavy among the equipment.
In this embodiment, when the device housing section 20 is divided into three parts in the left-right direction, the batteries housed in each stage of the central housing space are also used as a weight section.
With this configuration, even when the fork is inserted from the device housing section 20 side to lift the transport water tank, the heavy battery will be located between the forks, so the stability of the transport water tank during transport is improved. Contribute to the improvement of

<4> Lid (Figure 1, Figure 3)
The lid portion 30 is a member for closing the opening of the main body portion 10.
By closing the opening with the lid 30, water in the tank can be prevented from leaking outside.

<4.1> Aggregation promotion department (Figure 3)
In the present invention, the lid part 30 can be provided with an aggregation promoting part 32 for concentrating bubbles generated on the water surface by an air blower in one place.
In this embodiment, the aggregation promoting section 32 has a collection hole 321 for the bubbles B in the center, and is tapered to form a trough 322 from the collection hole 321 to the periphery (Fig. 3 (a)).
Further, one end of a hose 33 is connected to the side surface of the aggregation promoting section 32, and the other end of this hose 33 is connected to a receiving section of a protein skimmer provided in the equipment housing section 20.
Further, in the aggregation promotion part 32 according to this embodiment, a drainage hole 323 penetrating downward is provided around the hem of the trough 322 provided on the side opposite to the surface to which the hose 33 is connected.

The aggregation promotion part 32 and the hose 33 are provided on the lower surface 31 of the lid part 30 (the surface facing the water surface when the opening is closed), and the opening of the main body part 10 is closed by the lid part 30, and the main body The airtightness inside the container 10 is increased (FIG. 3(b)).
From this state, when the inside of the main body 10 is aerated using an air blower, the air inside the main body 10 is directed from the recovery hole 321 to the receiving part of the protein skimmer connected to the hose 33 due to the change in the air pressure inside the main body. After the bubbles B on the water surface are collected in the collection hole 321, they further flow into the trough 322, and then via the hose 33 to the receiving part of the protein skimmer provided in the equipment storage part 20. will be sent.

Furthermore, if water in the main body 10 flows in together with the bubbles B from the recovery hole 321 due to shaking during transportation or transportation, this water can be drained from the drainage hole 323 and returned to the main body. Therefore, a decrease in the water level within the main body portion 10 can be suppressed as much as possible.
Note that since the foam B itself has some stickiness and is small in weight, it hardly returns into the main body part 10 through the drainage hole 323.

<5> Seat part (Figure 1)
The seat section 40 is a member that can be attached to the transport water tank and deployed to either the main body section 10 side or the equipment storage section 20 side.
In the present invention, the shape of the seat portion 40 and the manner in which the seat portion 40 is attached are not particularly limited.
In this embodiment, the seat section 40 is made of a substantially rectangular vinyl sheet, and is attached so that the outer periphery of the seat section 40 surrounds the inner periphery of the main body section 10.
Further, the seat portion 40 is cut into a U-shape at a portion slightly displaced inward from the outer periphery of the sheet portion 40 so as to include three sides excluding the surface on the equipment housing portion 20 side. It is composed of an outer peripheral part 41 and an expanded part 42 provided with fasteners such as fasteners.

<5.1> Function of the seat part (occlusion function/curing function) (Fig. 4)
With the above configuration, the sheet part 40 in a state in which the outer circumferential part 41 and the deployable part 42 are coupled with the fastener functions as a closing cover that is deployed toward the main body part 10 and closes the opening (not shown).
In addition, the sheet part 40 is in a state in which the unfolded part 42, which has been uncoupled from the outer peripheral part 41 by removing the fasteners, is folded back from the point where both ends of the cut part are virtually connected and unfolded toward the equipment storage part 20 side. It functions as a protective cover that protects the device accommodating portion 20 from water splashing from the main body portion 10, other dirt, external impact, etc. (FIG. 4).

10 Main body part 11 Step surface 20 Equipment storage part 30 Lid part 31 Lower surface 32 Aggregation promotion part 321 Collection hole 322 Valley part 323 Drain hole 33 Hose 40 Seat part 41 Peripheral part 42 Deployment part 50 Insertion port 60 Weak part A Seafood B foam

Claims (7)

A transportation aquarium having a rectangular shape in plan view and capable of being transported while housing seafood,
A main body portion that accommodates seafood;
an equipment accommodating part provided on one side of the main body and capable of accommodating equipment for controlling the environment within the main body;
a lid that is detachable so as to close the opening of the main body;
a seat portion that can be deployed on either side of the main body portion side or the equipment storage portion side;
comprising at least
The seat portion is
Functions as a closing cover that closes the opening of the main body when the sheet part is expanded toward the main body,
When the sheet part is unfolded toward the equipment storage part, it functions as a protection cover that protects the equipment.
Transport tank for seafood. The transportation water tank is provided with an insertion port into which a fork of a forklift can be inserted.
The transportation tank for seafood according to claim 1. An outlet on at least one of the four sides of the transport water tank in plan view is left open;
The other outlet is closed with a fragile part that can be broken by inserting the fork,
The transportation tank for seafood according to claim 2. characterized in that the lid part is provided with an aggregation promoting part that promotes aggregation of bubbles generated on the water surface;
The transportation tank for seafood according to claim 1. The device storage section is characterized in that it has a plurality of storage spaces partitioned in at least one of the front-rear direction, the left-right direction, and the height direction.
The transportation tank for seafood according to claim 1. A weight part for adjusting the center of gravity position of the transport water tank is housed in the equipment housing part,
The transportation tank for seafood according to claim 1. A battery that supplies power to the device is used as the weight portion,
The transportation tank for seafood according to claim 6.

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