CN112623531B

CN112623531B - Container unit, interlocking structure thereof and connecting method thereof

Info

Publication number: CN112623531B
Application number: CN201910950120.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 刘浩光
Original assignee: Qishi Construction Co ltd
Current assignee: Qishi Construction Co ltd
Priority date: 2019-10-08
Filing date: 2019-10-08
Publication date: 2022-05-27
Anticipated expiration: 2039-10-08
Also published as: CN112623531A

Abstract

The invention discloses a container unit, which comprises a container body and interlocking devices, wherein the interlocking devices are at least one device which is attached to the container body and can be in plug-in fit with the interlocking devices at corresponding positions on vertically adjacent container units to form connection. Because the connection is realized through the insertion type matching between the interlocking devices on the container units, the stability and the effectiveness after the connection between the container units can be ensured, and meanwhile, the container units are convenient to remove. The invention also discloses a container interlocking structure and a connecting method thereof. Also, the container units have a strong footing after making a quick connection, and the container units can be installed individually, do not need to be installed on a concrete wall, but still be sufficient to withstand wind loads, while the structural bearing capacity is greater than self-bearing. Therefore, the interlocking structure of the container and the connecting method thereof can be safer and meet the economic consideration without being installed on a concrete wall and without the installation of skilled workers.

Description

Container unit, interlocking structure thereof and connecting method thereof

Technical Field

The invention relates to a container unit comprising a container body and interlocking means attached to the container body, wherein vertically adjacent container units can form a quick connection by means of a plug-in fit of the interlocking means. The invention also relates to a container interlocking structure and a container connecting method.

Background

Containers, also known as containers, are widely used in the transportation and storage of goods, even as building spaces. The packing cupboard is generally bulky, no matter be as goods storage use, still use as the building space, its is laid and all needs all through carrying out the stack in vertical space. The stacking of the existing containers is realized only by simple superposition in the vertical direction, and under the stacking mode, the containers lack stable connection relation with the containers, so that the stacking method has great potential safety hazards. In the prior art, a connecting pipe or a connecting plate is arranged at the top point of a container, and then the connection between vertically adjacent containers is realized through bolts and nuts, but the connection can be completed only by large workload, and large labor cost is also paid when the container is dismantled, so that the service performance is not high. Based on this, it is needed a novel container connection method, which can ensure that the containers can be connected quickly and the containers can be connected with each other with higher stability.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention thus provides a container unit which makes it possible to achieve rapid connection and disconnection between vertically adjacent containers and which ensures a high stability after connection. The invention also provides a container interlocking structure and a container unit connecting method, which can ensure that the connected container units have extremely high stability and can quickly finish the connection between adjacent containers.

The invention discloses a container unit, which comprises a container body and interlocking devices, wherein the interlocking devices are at least one device which is attached to the container body and can be in plug-in fit with the interlocking devices at corresponding positions on vertically adjacent container units to form connection.

Further, the interlocking means comprises a main body portion attached to the container body and at least one insertion body provided on the main body portion for insertion into the interlocking means of a vertically adjacent container unit; the interlocking means further comprises at least one insertion cavity provided on the body part and intended for insertion of an insertion body of the body part of a vertically adjacent container unit to achieve a plug-in fit.

Further, the insertion bodies are arranged on the same side of the main body portion in the vertical direction, and the insertion cavities are arranged on the opposite side of the main body portion in the vertical direction.

Furthermore, the main body part comprises two vertical plate bodies arranged in parallel and a cross beam body transversely connecting the two vertical plate bodies, and each vertical plate body at least forms a cavity at the upper side area and the lower side area;

an insertion body with a tail end capable of extending out of the cavity is fixedly arranged in the cavity on one side of the upper side area and the lower side area of each vertical plate body, and an insertion cavity is formed in the cavity on the other opposite side of each vertical plate body.

Further, the insertion body and the insertion cavity have another arrangement structure on the main body portion, the insertion body and the insertion cavity are distributed on each of two sides of the main body portion in the vertical direction, and the insertion body and the insertion cavity can also be arranged on the same side of the main body portion in the vertical direction.

Further, under the same-side arrangement structure, the main body part comprises two vertical plate bodies arranged in parallel and a cross beam body transversely connecting the two vertical plate bodies, and each vertical plate body at least forms a cavity at the upper side area and the lower side area; that is, under this arrangement, the insert bodies and the insert cavities may be arranged diagonally on the main body portion of the single interlock device, specifically, the insert bodies are inserted and fixed in the cavities at the upper side area and the lower side area of one of the riser bodies, and the insert cavities are formed in the cavities at the upper side area and the lower side area of the other riser body; or, the fixed inserting body is inserted into the cavity at the upper side area of one of the vertical plate bodies, and the cavity at the lower side area forms an inserting cavity; an insertion cavity is formed in the cavity at the upper side area of the other vertical plate body, and a fixed insertion body is inserted into the cavity at the lower side area.

Furthermore, each vertical plate body is a hollow cavity structure which is communicated up and down.

Furthermore, the insertion body and the cavity wall of the insertion cavity are correspondingly provided with connecting holes for the connecting piece to pass through.

Further, at least two of the connection holes inserted on the cavity wall can be mounting holes for inserting the lifting inserts.

Further, the main body portion can be a side wall of the container body.

The invention also discloses a container interlocking structure which comprises at least two vertically adjacent container units, wherein the two adjacent container units form interlocking connection through the insertion type matching of the interlocking device.

Further, the container unit located lowermost is fixed to the building foundation or the ground in advance.

The invention also discloses a method for connecting the container units, which comprises the following steps:

b, lifting the container unit positioned above to the container unit positioned below, and then inserting the insertion body of the interlocking device between the two container units into the corresponding insertion cavity to form insertion type matching;

step c, fastening each inserting body of each interlocking device in the corresponding inserting cavity through an external connecting piece;

and d, repeating the steps b-c.

Further, before the step b, the method also comprises the step a: the container unit located at the lowermost position is fixed to the building foundation or the ground in advance.

Has the advantages that: according to the container unit, the interlocking device which can be in plug-in fit with the corresponding position on the vertically adjacent container unit to form interlocking connection is arranged on the container body, so that the container unit can be quickly connected during stacking, and the container unit can be connected through the plug-in fit, so that the stability and effectiveness of the container unit after connection can be ensured, and meanwhile, the container unit is convenient to disassemble. The container interlocking structure and the connecting method thereof can also quickly realize the quick connection among the container units, so that the container units have firm footing points after being connected, and the container units can be independently installed without being installed on a concrete wall, but still can bear wind load (wind load), and the structural bearing capacity is larger than self-bearing capacity (self-bearing strength). Therefore, the interlocking structure of the container and the connecting method thereof can be safer and meet the economic consideration without being installed on a concrete wall and without the installation of skilled workers.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the overall structure of a container unit according to the invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the assembly process of the interlocking means of two container units in the invention;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of FIG. 2C;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the assembled interlocking device of two container units of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic plan view of the structure of two container units of the present invention connected by interlocking means;

FIG. 6 is a schematic sectional view taken along line A-A of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a schematic cross-sectional view taken along line B-B of FIG. 5;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of the interlocking structure of two vertically adjacent container units according to the invention.

Detailed Description

As shown in FIG. 1, the present invention discloses a container unit comprising a container body 2 and an interlocking device 1; the container body 2 is a square frame structure, and of course, the container body 2 can also be a closed square compartment structure; the interlocking device 1 is arranged on one of the outer sides of the circumferential direction of the container body 2, in other embodiments, for pursuing better stable connection effect, the interlocking device 1 can be arranged on two sides or more than two sides of the outer side of the circumferential direction of the container body 2, and more than two interlocking devices 1 can be arranged on one of the sides of the container body 2. The interlocking device 1 is used for plug-in cooperation with the interlocking device 1 at the corresponding position of the vertically adjacent container units to form the connection between the two adjacent container units, namely, at least one interlocking device 1 is arranged on each vertically adjacent container unit, and the interlocking devices 1 are arranged at the corresponding positions of the two adjacent container units, and when the interlocking devices 1 are connected, the quick connection is formed through the plug-in cooperation between the interlocking devices 1 of the two vertically adjacent container units. The interlocking device 1 comprises a main body part 1.1 attached to the container body 2. as shown in figure 1, in one embodiment the main body part 1.1 comprises two riser bodies 1.11 arranged side by side and a cross beam body 1.12 connecting the two riser bodies 1.11 transversely, preferably the cross beam body 1.12 is connected at an upper position of the two riser bodies 1.11; the interlocking device 1 further comprises at least one insert 1.2 and at least one insert cavity 1.3 arranged on the body part 1.1, wherein the insert 1.2 is intended for a plug-in fit with the insert cavity 1.3 of the interlocking device 1 on a vertically adjacent container unit, and the insert cavity 1.3 is intended for the insert 1.2 of the interlocking device 1 on a vertically adjacent container unit to be inserted to form said plug-in fit, i.e. in the vertical direction a quick connection is formed between adjacent container units by the plug-in fit of the insert 1.2 of the adjacent interlocking device 1 in the corresponding position with the insert cavity 1.3. Wherein, in a specific embodiment, the main body is integrally an integrally formed H-shaped frame structure made of galvanized steel sheets, the insertion body is an insertion plate or an insertion block and is also made of galvanized steel sheets, the length of the insertion body in the vertical direction is 800mm, and the length of the insertion body in the vertical plate body is 300 mm. In addition, as shown in fig. 1, a connecting hole 1.4 for a connecting piece to pass through is provided on the cavity wall of each of the insertion body 1.2 and the insertion cavity 1.3, that is, after the insertion body 1.2 is inserted into the corresponding insertion cavity 1.3, the connecting piece (such as a bolt, a screw rod or a pin) can pass through the corresponding connecting hole 1.4, and the end of the connecting piece is fastened to stably lock the insertion body 1.2 in the corresponding insertion cavity 1.3. The connecting holes 1.4 are all prefabricated standard holes with the aperture of 22mm, and a plurality of connecting holes, such as two, four, six, etc., are correspondingly arranged on the inserting body and the cavity wall of the corresponding inserting cavity, and in a particularly preferred embodiment, eight connecting holes are correspondingly arranged.

As shown in fig. 1, an arrangement of the insertion body 1.2 and the insertion cavity 1.3 on the main body 1.1 is shown: the insert 1.2 and the insert cavity 1.3 are respectively located on two opposite sides of the main body portion 1.1 in the vertical direction, that is, the insert 1.2 is respectively arranged at the bottom of the lower side of each vertical plate body 1.11 of the main body portion 1.1 in the vertical direction, the tail end of the insert 1.2 extends out of the bottom of each corresponding vertical plate body 1.11, and the insert cavity 1.3 is respectively formed at the top of the upper side of each vertical plate body 1.11 of the main body portion 1.1 in the vertical direction. That is, in this arrangement, the insert body and the insert cavity are each provided in two on a single interlocking device, although in other embodiments more than two insert bodies can be provided and more than two insert cavities can be provided correspondingly.

FIGS. 2-4 show the process of the interlocking devices 1 on two vertically adjacent container units being mutually inserted into and fitted to form a connection. The arrow in fig. 2 represents the direction of movement of the interlock 1 located above in a plug-in engagement with the interlock 1 located below. As shown in figures 2 and 4, the insertion bodies 1.2 are each arranged on the bottom of the lower side of the riser body 1.11 of the interlocking device 1, and the insertion cavities 1.3 are each formed on the top of the upper side of the riser body 1.11 of the interlocking device 1, and when two vertically adjacent container units are connected, the insertion body 1.2 of the interlocking device 1 of the container unit located above is inserted into the insertion cavity 1.3 located at the corresponding position of the interlocking device 1 of the container unit located below, so that a quick connection is formed; of course, the insertion cavities 1.3 formed at the tops of the upper sides of the riser bodies 1.11 of the interlocking means 1 of a container unit located above in figures 2 and 4 can be used to receive the insertion bodies 1.2 of other adjacent container unit interlocking means 1 located at its upper level, while the insertion bodies 1.2 provided at the bottoms of the lower sides of the riser bodies 1.11 of the interlocking means 1 of a container unit located below in figures 2 and 4 can be inserted into the insertion cavities 1.3 of other adjacent container unit interlocking means 1 located at its lower level.

In another particular embodiment, in the interlock device 1, the insert 1.2 and the insert cavity 1.3 can also be arranged on the same side of the main body 1.1 (the specific arrangement is not shown in the figure) in the vertical direction, i.e. the insert 1.2 and the insert cavity 1.3 are arranged on the top and bottom of the upper side of the main body 1.1 in the vertical direction, respectively, and specifically, a specific structure of this arrangement is that the insert 1.2 is fixedly arranged on the top and bottom of one of the two vertical plates 1.11 of the main body 1.1 of the interlock device 1, and the insert cavity 1.3 is formed on the top and bottom of the upper side of the other vertical plate 1.11; another specific structure of this arrangement is that an insert 1.2 is provided on the top of the upper side of one of the two riser bodies 1.11, an insert cavity 1.3 being formed on the bottom of the lower side thereof, and an insert cavity 1.3 is formed on the top of the upper side of the other riser body 1.11, and an insert 1.2 being provided on the bottom of the lower side thereof. Under these two kinds of concrete structures, the inserted body 1.2 and the inserting cavity 1.3 of corresponding position department when carrying out vertical adjacent packing cupboard unit connection also can realize bayonet cooperation equally, and then can realize the quick connection between vertical adjacent packing cupboard unit equally.

FIG. 5 is a schematic plan view showing the structure of two container units connected by an interlocking device 1 according to the present invention, FIG. 6 is a schematic sectional view taken along the direction A-A in FIG. 5, and FIG. 7 is a schematic sectional view taken along the direction B-B in FIG. 5. As shown in fig. 6, both the vertical plate bodies 1.11 of the main body 1.1 of the interlocking device 1 are hollow cavity structures which are through up and down, the inserting body 1.2 is inserted into the cavity of the lower area of the vertical plate from the bottom of the lower side of the corresponding vertical plate body 1.11 and fixed in the cavity, preferably, the connection between the inserting body 1.2 and the vertical plate body 1.11 is realized by welding connection, so as to realize a stable connection relationship and facilitate prefabrication in a factory, of course, the connection between the inserting body 1.2 and the vertical plate body 1.11 can also be realized by bolt connection or other existing mechanical connection, as long as the purpose that the inserting body 1.2 is stably and firmly fixed in the cavity of the lower area of the corresponding vertical plate body 1.11 can be realized; while the cavity in the upper region of the riser body 1.11 is used to form the insertion space 1.3. As shown in fig. 6 and 7, each insertion body 1.2 is matched with the corresponding insertion cavity 1.3 in a shape fitting manner, so that the insertion bodies 1.2 are inserted into the corresponding insertion cavities 1.3 to form a stable connection relationship without shaking; and after the inserting body 1.2 is inserted into the corresponding inserting cavity 1.3, the end surfaces of the vertical plate bodies 1.11 at the corresponding positions of the two upper and lower adjacent interlocking devices 1 are abutted against each other to form stable limiting or positioning. As shown in fig. 6 and 7, after the insertion body 1.2 is inserted into the corresponding insertion cavity 1.3, a bolt or a pin is inserted through the insertion body 1.2 and the corresponding connection hole 1.4 of the insertion cavity 1.3 to form a lock.

In addition, in a particular embodiment, at least two of the connection holes 1.4 on the walls of the insertion cavity 1.3 can be mounting holes for inserting the lifting inserts. Before the container unit is lifted, the connection hole provided at the position of the insertion cavity of its locking device can be used for inserting a lifting insert, and the lifting hook for lifting the container can be in hanging fit with the lifting insert for lifting the container unit by means of the mechanical lifting device. And after the container unit is lifted to the correct position and forms insertion fit with the insertion piece through the corresponding insertion body, the lifting insertion piece can be pulled out from the corresponding mounting hole, the mounting hole for inserting the lifting insertion piece is recovered to the connecting hole, the bolt is inserted into the corresponding connecting hole to connect the insertion body and the insertion cavity, and the adjacent container units are connected. And the number of mounting holes is at least two in order to pursue sufficient support force on the side walls of the insertion cavity when lifting the corresponding container unit; in another embodiment, the mounting hole for inserting the lifting insert may also be provided independently of the attachment hole, i.e. not sharing a hole with the attachment hole. At this time, the lifting plug-in can be fixed in the mounting hole, such as welding fixation or thread fixation, and the lifting plug-in does not need to be pulled out after the adjacent container units are mutually inserted and matched.

In another particular embodiment, the main body portion 1.1 of the interlocking device 1 can be a side wall of the container body 2. That is, in this embodiment, the main body part 1.1 of the interlocking device 1 is part of the container body 2, in particular a side wall of the container body 2, while the insert body 1.2 and the insert chamber 1.3 of the interlocking device 1 can be integrated directly on the side wall of the container body 2 as the main body part 1.1 of the interlocking device 1. The container unit of the present invention can be realized by modifying the existing container with side walls.

The invention also discloses a container interlocking structure which comprises at least two vertically adjacent container units, wherein the two adjacent container units form interlocking connection through the insertion type matching of the interlocking device 1.

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of the interlocking structure of two vertically adjacent container units of the present invention. As shown in fig. 8, the container comprises two vertically adjacent container units, each of the two container units is provided with an interlocking device 1, when the two container units are vertically connected, an insertion body 1.2 of the interlocking device 1 of the container unit located above is inserted into an insertion cavity 1.3 corresponding to the interlocking device 1 of the container unit located below, and then a connecting member (such as a bolt, a screw rod or a pin) passes through the insertion body 1.2 and a connecting hole 1.4 correspondingly arranged on the insertion cavity 1.3, and the tail end of the connecting member is fastened, so that the insertion body 1.2 is stably locked in the corresponding insertion cavity 1.3, and thus the two vertically adjacent container units are quickly and stably connected.

In the container interlocking structure, the container unit located at the lowermost position is fixed to a building foundation or the ground in advance. The connected container interlocking structure has a firm footing, each container unit can be independently installed without being installed on a concrete wall, and is still enough to bear wind load (wind load), and the structure has larger bearing force than self-bearing force (self-loading tension). Therefore, the interlocking structure of the container and the connecting method thereof can be safer and meet the economic consideration without being installed on a concrete wall and without the installation of skilled workers.

b, lifting the container unit positioned above to the container unit positioned below, and then inserting the inserting body 1.2 of the interlocking device 1 between the two container units into the corresponding inserting cavity 1.3 to form inserting type matching;

step c, each insert 1.2 of each interlock 1 is fastened in the corresponding insert cavity 1.3 by means of an external connection;

and d, repeating the steps b-c.

The connecting method can realize the quick connection and the removal of the container, and the stacked container can independently have higher structural stability without depending on a wall or other additional fixing devices.

Furthermore, it should be noted that the inventive features of the different exemplary embodiments of the present invention may be combined with each other in any way, as long as these features are not mutually exclusive, without leaving the scope of protection of the present invention.

Claims

1. A container unit, characterised by comprising a container body (2) and interlocking means (1), the interlocking means (1) being at least one arranged attached to the container body (2) and being capable of plug-in cooperation with the interlocking means (1) at a corresponding position on a vertically adjacent container unit to form a connection;

the interlocking device (1) comprises a main body part (1.1) attached to the container body (2) and at least one insertion body (1.2) provided on the main body part (1.1) and intended for insertion into the interlocking device (1) of a vertically adjacent container unit;

the interlocking device (1) further comprises at least one insertion cavity (1.3) provided on the body part (1.1) for insertion of an insertion body (1.2) of the body part (1.1) of a vertically adjacent container unit to achieve the plug-in fit;

at least two of the connection holes (1.4) on the wall of the insertion cavity (1.3) can be mounting holes for inserting a lifting insert.

2. The container unit according to claim 1, characterised in that the insert bodies (1.2) are arranged on the same side of the main body part (1.1) in the vertical direction, and the insert cavity (1.3) is arranged on the opposite side of the main body part (1.1) in the vertical direction.

3. Container unit according to claim 2, in which the main part (1.1) comprises two riser bodies (1.11) arranged side by side and a transom body (1.12) connecting the two riser bodies (1.11) transversely, each of the riser bodies (1.11) being formed as a cavity at least at an upper side region and a lower side region;

the insert body (1.2) with the end capable of extending out of the cavity is fixedly arranged in the cavity on one side of the upper side area and the lower side area of each vertical plate body (1.11), and the insert cavity (1.3) is formed in the cavity on the other opposite side of the vertical plate body (1.11).

4. The container unit according to claim 1, characterised in that the insertion body (1.2) and the insertion cavity (1.3) are distributed simultaneously on each of the two sides of the main body part (1.1) in the vertical direction.

5. Container unit according to claim 4, characterised in that the main part (1.1) comprises two riser bodies (1.11) arranged side by side and a crossbeam body (1.12) connecting the two riser bodies transversely, each of the riser bodies (1.11) being formed as a cavity at least at the upper and lower side areas;

the insert body (1.2) is inserted and fixed into the cavity at the upper side area and the lower side area of one vertical plate body (1.11), and the insert cavity (1.3) is formed in the cavity at the upper side area and the lower side area of the other vertical plate body (1.11);

or, the insert body (1.2) is inserted and fixed in the cavity at the upper side area of one of the vertical plate bodies (1.11), and the cavity at the lower side area forms the insertion cavity (1.3); the insertion cavity (1.3) is formed in the cavity at the upper area of the other vertical plate body (1.11), and the insertion body (1.2) is inserted and fixed in the cavity at the lower area.

6. Container unit according to claim 3 or 5, characterised in that each of the vertical plate bodies (1.11) is of a hollow cavity structure running through it.

7. Container unit according to any of claims 1-5, characterised in that the insert body (1.2) and the wall of the insert chamber (1.3) are provided with a connection hole (1.4) for a connection piece to pass through in correspondence.

8. A container unit according to any one of claims 1-5, characterised in that the body part (1.1) can be a side wall of the container body.

9. A container interlocking arrangement, characterized in that it comprises at least two vertically adjacent container units according to any of the claims 1-8, the two adjacent container units forming an interlocking connection by means of a plug-in fit of the interlocking means (1).

10. The container interlocking structure according to claim 9, wherein the container unit located at the lowermost position is fixed to a building foundation or the ground in advance.

11. A method of connecting the container unit of any one of claims 1-8, comprising the steps of:

b, lifting the container unit positioned above to the container unit positioned below, and then inserting the inserting body (1.2) of the interlocking device (1) between the two container units into the corresponding inserting cavity (1.3) to form inserting type matching;

c, fastening each insert (1.2) of each interlock (1) in the corresponding insert cavity (1.3) by means of an external connection;

and d, repeating the steps b-c.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising, before said step b, the step a of: the container unit located at the lowermost position is fixed to the building foundation or the ground in advance.