US20060163104A1 - Assembly unit for transport, method for assembling the assembly unit, transporting method using the assembly unit - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an assembly unit for transport, a method for assembling the assembly unit and a transporting method using the assembling unit.
- the transporting assembly unit for supporting the long article has a structure used exclusively depending on the entire length of an elongated shape and an outer diameter size of the article, the assembly unit cannot be used commonly to articles of different entire lengths and outer diameter sizes, there is a problem that commoditizing of the assembly unit cannot be accomplished.
- an assembly unit for supporting a roller as an article to be held and transporting it has a structure in which a holder for supporting the roller and a base for fixing the holder are connected integrally by an adhesive or the like, the assembly unit must be disassembled, destroyed and scrapped every the time that the entire length or the outer diameter size of the roller is changed, therefore there is a problem on resource of material shortage or the like.
- the holder is made of a foam material, for example, a plastic material, there is a problem from viewpoints of industrial waste products.
- An object of the present invention is to provide an assembly unit for transport capable of holding commonly elongate articles of different sizes and suitable to accomplish reduction of industrial waste products, a method for assembling the assembly unit and a transporting method using the assembly unit.
- the assembly unit for transport includes a base having a rectangular shape and a plurality of mounting parts which are arranged with intervals each other along opposite sides of the base and provided to extend from the opposite sides and a plurality of holders detachably attached to the mounting parts and configured to hold opposite ends of an article to be held while spacing an intermediate part of the article from the base.
- a method for assembling an assembly unit comprises the steps of preparing a base having a rectangular shape, providing mounting parts to be disposed with intervals each other along opposite sides of the rectangular base and project from the opposite sides, and attaching detachably holders to hold opposite ends of each of elongate articles to be held while spacing an intermediate portion of each of the elongate articles from a surface of the rectangular base.
- a transporting method using an assembling unit according to yet another embodiment of the present invention stacks and transports a plurality of assembly units in a box.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a semi-assembled state of an assembly unit for transport according to the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view showing a rectangular base shown in FIG. 1 with one portion thereof enlarged.
- FIG. 3 is a plan view showing all shape of the rectangular base according to the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is an enlarged perspective view showing a shape of a holder shown in FIG. 1 .
- FIG. 5 is a side view showing a holder shown in FIG. 1 .
- FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a state in which charging rollers are supported on the assembly unit shown in FIG. 1 .
- FIG. 7 is a partial enlarged view showing a shape of a groove of the holder shown in FIG. 5 .
- FIG. 8 is a side view showing the assembly unit shown in FIG. 6 .
- FIG. 9 is a partially sectioned side view showing a state in which a plurality of assembly units shown in FIG. 5 are stacked in a box.
- FIG. 10 is a plan view showing another embodiment of the rectangular base shown in FIG. 3 .
- FIG. 11 is a side view showing another embodiment of the holder shown in FIG. 5 , in which some assembly units are stacked.
- FIG. 12 is a side view showing yet another embodiment of the holder shown in FIG. 5 .
- FIG. 1 illustrates the assembly unit for transport according to the present invention.
- the assembly unit comprises a base 1 having a rectangular shape, for example, and a plurality of holders 2 provided on opposite sides, for example, opposite long sides 6 of the base 1 .
- the base 1 includes a pair of rectangular thin plates 3 and 4 disposed to face with an interval each other upward and downward, and a plurality of reinforced ribs 5 which are disposed to extend in parallel with intervals each other between the pair of thin plates 3 and 4 .
- the reinforced ribs 5 are structured to extend in parallel along the opposite long sides of the base 1 , they may be structured to extend in parallel along opposite short sides of the base 1 .
- a cardboard made of a plastic material for example, polypropylene resin.
- polypropylene resin for example, available articles, for example, the name of article: Sunply HP 40070 (Sumitomo Plastic Co, Ltd) is preferably used.
- the rectangular base 1 is made of a white semi-transparent material.
- the attachment of a white dust to the base can be recognized easily by using other semi-transparent material rather than the white semi-transparent material, preferably.
- a plurality of mounting parts 7 for mounting the holders 2 are provided on the long sides 6 of the rectangular body 1 to project from the long sides.
- the mounting parts 7 extend generally perpendicularly from the long sides 6 and disposed with predetermined intervals in a direction to which the long sides extend.
- Each of the mounting parts 7 holds each holder 2 , as mentioned hereinafter.
- the four mounting parts 7 are provided on one of the long sides of the base 1 , the similarly shaped-holders 2 mounted on the mounting parts 7 are arranged linearly along the long sides 6 , as shown in FIG. 1 .
- the mounting parts 7 are configured to project from the long sides 6 of the base 1 in a generally perpendicular direction to a direction where the reinforced ribs 5 extend. More specifically, each mounting part 7 has a projected base 8 and a pair of notches 9 . The pair of notches 9 are arranged with intervals each other along the long sides 6 .
- Each of the mounting parts 7 includes a retaining plated portion 10 extending from the projected base 8 in a projecting direction thereof.
- the retaining plated portion 10 has a vanishing shape which gently inclines from the projected base 8 to a leading end of the mounting part 7 .
- the holders 2 are preferably made of a waste material of a resinous molding, for example.
- Each of the holders 2 includes a pair of plated leg parts 11 extending in the same direction as the projecting direction of the mounting part 7 , and a raised plated part 12 standing from the pair of plated leg parts 11 in a generally perpendicular direction to the pair of plated leg parts 11 , as shown in FIG. 4 .
- the pair of plated leg parts 11 is positioned at opposite ends of the raised plated part 12 and a lower portion of the raised plated part 12 .
- the pair of plated leg parts of each holder is arranged with intervals each other along the long sides 6 , when the holders 2 are held on the mounting parts 7 , as mentioned hereinafter.
- a plurality of constituting walls 14 to form one or more U-character shaped grooves 13 extending upwardly and downwardly of each holder 2 are provided along each of the long sides 6 , as shown in FIG. 5 .
- the six constituting walls 14 for forming the five grooves 13 per each holder are provided (see FIGS. 1, 4 and 5 ).
- a supporting shaft 15 A of, for example, a charging roller 15 as a precision part which is an elongate member to be held and used in a copying machine, for example, as shown in FIG. 6 is inserted in each groove and supported on a bottom surface of the groove, as mentioned hereinafter more specifically.
- the bottom surface of the groove has a semi-circular shape similar to an outer shape of the supporting shaft 15 A.
- reference numeral 15 B in FIG. 6 denotes a cylindrical body of the charging roller 14 .
- the assembly unit is structured to support the charging roller 15 , however, it may be used to support a developing roller used in a copying machine, for example.
- the assembly unit may be used for supporting various elongate precision parts such as a developer regulating member, an optical part or the like by forming optionally the shape of each of the grooves 13 .
- each groove 13 Provided on the adjacent constituting walls 14 A of each groove 13 are a pair of opposite retaining protrusions 16 to prevent the supporting shaft 15 A of each charging roller 15 from removing out of the groove 13 (see FIGS. 4 and 5 ).
- An interval L 1 between the opposite protrusions 16 is set to be lesser slightly than an outer diameter L 2 of the supporting shaft 16 A, as shown in FIG. 7 .
- each of the charging rollers 15 is inserted in the corresponding groove 13 from above and supported on the semi-circular bottom surface of the groove 13 over the pair of protrusions 16 while the supporting shaft is guided downwardly in the groove.
- Each of the holders 2 has a mounting hole 17 provided in the raised plated part 12 so that the mounting part 7 of the base 1 is inserted, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 .
- the mounting hole 17 comprises a rectangular hole formed to extend along the long sides 6 between the pair of plated leg part 11 (see FIGS. 4 and 5 ).
- reference number 18 denotes a constituting wall for forming the rectangular hole 17 .
- Each holder 2 is attached to the mounting part 7 by inserting the mounting part 7 in the rectangular hole 17 . Because the leading portion of the mounting part 7 is formed thinly, the mounting part can be inserted easily in the rectangular hole 17 , therefore the attachment of the holder 2 to the mounting part 7 can be achieved easily.
- FIG. 1 illustrates a state that the four holders 2 are arranged on one of the long sides 6 of the base 1 .
- each mounting part 7 provided on opposite ends of each mounting part 7 are one or more engaging pawls 19 which are disposed adjacently to the notches 9 and engaged with the constituting wall 18 to prevent the remove of each holder 2 from each mounting part 7 , when the holders 2 are mounted on the mounting parts 7 , as shown in FIG. 3 .
- a raised piece 20 having resilience is provided in each mounting part 7 (see FIGS. 2 and 3 ).
- the raised piece 20 has a raised end which is moved downwardly so that the holder 2 goes over the raised end as the mounting part 7 is inserted in the rectangular hole 17 and is engaged with the constituting wall 18 of the holder 2 when the holder 2 is mounted on the mounting part 7 to prevent the holder 2 from removing out of the mounting part, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 .
- the raised piece 20 can be formed easily by providing a slit or the like in the mounting part 7 by use of a cutting mechanism such as a cutter or the like.
- the holders 2 are mounted on the mounting parts 7 disposed on the long sides 6 of the base 1 (see FIG. 6 ).
- Each of the charging rollers 15 is held on the holder 2 .
- the supporting shafts 15 A of each of the charging rollers 15 are inserted in the opposite grooves 13 of the holders 2 disposed on the long sides 6 of the base 1 and supported on the semi-circular bottom surfaces of the grooves 13 .
- the cylindrical body 15 B which is the intermediate portion of the charging roller 15 is disposed to space from the surface of the base 1 , as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9 .
- the rectangular base 1 is also supported on the holders 2 so that a lower surface of the base 1 is disposed with an interval from a floor and so on (not shown), as shown in FIG. 1 .
- a wall surface 12 A at one end of the raised plated part 12 of one holder 2 is disposed close to a wall surface 12 B at another end of the raised plated part 12 of the adjacent holder 2 to the one holder 2 , as shown in FIG. 8 , when each holder 2 is mounted on the mounting part 7 of the base 1 .
- FIG. 9 a projected length L 3 of each mounting part 7 of the base 1 is shorter than the entire length L 4 of the plated leg part 11 of each holder 2 . Thereby, the leading portion of each mounting part 7 is prevented from contacting with a wall surface 22 A of the box 22 directly, and hence the breakage of the base 1 due to the deformation thereof is prevented.
- the projected length of at least one of the mounting parts 7 disposed on each of the long sides 6 of the base 1 is set to be shorter than that of the other mounting parts, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3 .
- the assembly unit is disassembled into the rectangular base 1 and the holders 2 , and the disassembled base and the holders are recycled after the charging rollers 15 are transported.
- each mounting part 7 may be provided on the short sides of the rectangular base 1 so that the projecting direction of the mounting parts 7 generally coincides with the direction where the reinforced ribs 5 extend, in other words, in the direction parallel with the direction where the reinforced ribs 5 extend, as shown in FIG. 10 .
- one or more semi circular engaging projections 23 are provided on a bottom surface of each of the holders 2 of the assembly units and configured so that the projections 23 of an upper holder are inserted in the grooves 13 of a lower holder.
- the upper and lower assembly units are prevented from misaligning with each other by vibrations or the like during transporting to accomplish stable transportation of the assembly units.
- FIG. 12 there may be provided a boss 24 disposed on the wall surface 12 A of the one end of the raised plated part 12 of one holder 2 and projecting to the wall surface 12 B of the raised plated part 12 of the adjacent holder 2 , and a concave 25 in which the boss 24 fits and disposed at the wall surface 12 B of the adjacent holder 2 .
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- This application is based on Japanese Patent Application Nos. 2004-376356 filed on Dec. 27, 2004and 2005-9748 filed on Jan. 18, 2005, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
- 1. Field of the Invention
- The present invention relates to an assembly unit for transport, a method for assembling the assembly unit and a transporting method using the assembling unit.
- 2. Description of Related Art
- In assembly units used to transport long articles, a type in which each assembly unit is collapsed when it is not used (for reference, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. H11-29136), and a type in which the long article is wrapped by fold up of one sheet (for reference, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. H8-72860) have been known.
- However, because the transporting assembly unit for supporting the long article has a structure used exclusively depending on the entire length of an elongated shape and an outer diameter size of the article, the assembly unit cannot be used commonly to articles of different entire lengths and outer diameter sizes, there is a problem that commoditizing of the assembly unit cannot be accomplished.
- In particular, because an assembly unit for supporting a roller as an article to be held and transporting it has a structure in which a holder for supporting the roller and a base for fixing the holder are connected integrally by an adhesive or the like, the assembly unit must be disassembled, destroyed and scrapped every the time that the entire length or the outer diameter size of the roller is changed, therefore there is a problem on resource of material shortage or the like.
- Furthermore, because the holder is made of a foam material, for example, a plastic material, there is a problem from viewpoints of industrial waste products.
- An object of the present invention is to provide an assembly unit for transport capable of holding commonly elongate articles of different sizes and suitable to accomplish reduction of industrial waste products, a method for assembling the assembly unit and a transporting method using the assembly unit.
- To accomplish the above object, the assembly unit for transport according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a base having a rectangular shape and a plurality of mounting parts which are arranged with intervals each other along opposite sides of the base and provided to extend from the opposite sides and a plurality of holders detachably attached to the mounting parts and configured to hold opposite ends of an article to be held while spacing an intermediate part of the article from the base.
- A method for assembling an assembly unit according to another embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of preparing a base having a rectangular shape, providing mounting parts to be disposed with intervals each other along opposite sides of the rectangular base and project from the opposite sides, and attaching detachably holders to hold opposite ends of each of elongate articles to be held while spacing an intermediate portion of each of the elongate articles from a surface of the rectangular base.
- A transporting method using an assembling unit according to yet another embodiment of the present invention stacks and transports a plurality of assembly units in a box.
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FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a semi-assembled state of an assembly unit for transport according to the present invention. -
FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view showing a rectangular base shown in FIG.1 with one portion thereof enlarged. -
FIG. 3 is a plan view showing all shape of the rectangular base according to the present invention. -
FIG. 4 is an enlarged perspective view showing a shape of a holder shown inFIG. 1 . -
FIG. 5 is a side view showing a holder shown inFIG. 1 . -
FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a state in which charging rollers are supported on the assembly unit shown inFIG. 1 . -
FIG. 7 is a partial enlarged view showing a shape of a groove of the holder shown inFIG. 5 . -
FIG. 8 is a side view showing the assembly unit shown inFIG. 6 . -
FIG. 9 is a partially sectioned side view showing a state in which a plurality of assembly units shown inFIG. 5 are stacked in a box. -
FIG. 10 is a plan view showing another embodiment of the rectangular base shown inFIG. 3 . -
FIG. 11 is a side view showing another embodiment of the holder shown inFIG. 5 , in which some assembly units are stacked. -
FIG. 12 is a side view showing yet another embodiment of the holder shown inFIG. 5 . - Preferred embodiments of an assembly unit for transport, a method for assembling the assembly unit and a transporting method using the assembly unit according to the present invention will be explained with reference to the accompanying drawings hereinafter.
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FIG. 1 illustrates the assembly unit for transport according to the present invention. - The assembly unit comprises a
base 1 having a rectangular shape, for example, and a plurality ofholders 2 provided on opposite sides, for example, oppositelong sides 6 of thebase 1. - The
base 1 includes a pair of rectangularthin plates 3 and 4 disposed to face with an interval each other upward and downward, and a plurality of reinforcedribs 5 which are disposed to extend in parallel with intervals each other between the pair ofthin plates 3 and 4. - In this embodiment, although the reinforced
ribs 5 are structured to extend in parallel along the opposite long sides of thebase 1, they may be structured to extend in parallel along opposite short sides of thebase 1. - As the
rectangular base 1, a cardboard made of a plastic material, for example, polypropylene resin. As the polypropylene resin, for example, available articles, for example, the name of article: Sunply HP 40070 (Sumitomo Plastic Co, Ltd) is preferably used. - In this embodiment, the
rectangular base 1 is made of a white semi-transparent material. However, the attachment of a white dust to the base can be recognized easily by using other semi-transparent material rather than the white semi-transparent material, preferably. - As shown in
FIG. 3 , a plurality ofmounting parts 7 for mounting theholders 2 are provided on thelong sides 6 of therectangular body 1 to project from the long sides. Themounting parts 7 extend generally perpendicularly from thelong sides 6 and disposed with predetermined intervals in a direction to which the long sides extend. - Each of the
mounting parts 7 holds eachholder 2, as mentioned hereinafter. - In this embodiment, the four
mounting parts 7 are provided on one of the long sides of thebase 1, the similarly shaped-holders 2 mounted on themounting parts 7 are arranged linearly along thelong sides 6, as shown inFIG. 1 . - The
mounting parts 7 are configured to project from thelong sides 6 of thebase 1 in a generally perpendicular direction to a direction where the reinforcedribs 5 extend. More specifically, each mountingpart 7 has a projectedbase 8 and a pair ofnotches 9. The pair ofnotches 9 are arranged with intervals each other along thelong sides 6. - Each of the
mounting parts 7 includes a retaining platedportion 10 extending from the projectedbase 8 in a projecting direction thereof. The retaining platedportion 10 has a vanishing shape which gently inclines from the projectedbase 8 to a leading end of themounting part 7. - The
holders 2 are preferably made of a waste material of a resinous molding, for example. Each of theholders 2 includes a pair ofplated leg parts 11 extending in the same direction as the projecting direction of themounting part 7, and a raisedplated part 12 standing from the pair ofplated leg parts 11 in a generally perpendicular direction to the pair ofplated leg parts 11, as shown inFIG. 4 . - In other words, the pair of
plated leg parts 11 is positioned at opposite ends of the raisedplated part 12 and a lower portion of the raisedplated part 12. The pair of plated leg parts of each holder is arranged with intervals each other along thelong sides 6, when theholders 2 are held on themounting parts 7, as mentioned hereinafter. - At an upper portion of the raised
plated part 12 of eachholder 2, a plurality of constitutingwalls 14 to form one or more U-character shapedgrooves 13 extending upwardly and downwardly of eachholder 2 are provided along each of thelong sides 6, as shown inFIG. 5 . In this embodiment, the six constitutingwalls 14 for forming the fivegrooves 13 per each holder are provided (seeFIGS. 1, 4 and 5). - In each of the
grooves 13, an end of a supportingshaft 15A of, for example, acharging roller 15 as a precision part which is an elongate member to be held and used in a copying machine, for example, as shown inFIG. 6 is inserted in each groove and supported on a bottom surface of the groove, as mentioned hereinafter more specifically. In this embodiment, the bottom surface of the groove has a semi-circular shape similar to an outer shape of the supportingshaft 15A. - Meanwhile,
reference numeral 15B inFIG. 6 denotes a cylindrical body of thecharging roller 14. - In addition, in this embodiment, the assembly unit is structured to support the
charging roller 15, however, it may be used to support a developing roller used in a copying machine, for example. - Furthermore, the assembly unit may be used for supporting various elongate precision parts such as a developer regulating member, an optical part or the like by forming optionally the shape of each of the
grooves 13. - Provided on the adjacent constituting walls 14A of each
groove 13 are a pair of opposite retainingprotrusions 16 to prevent the supportingshaft 15A of eachcharging roller 15 from removing out of the groove 13 (seeFIGS. 4 and 5 ). - An interval L1 between the
opposite protrusions 16 is set to be lesser slightly than an outer diameter L2 of the supporting shaft 16A, as shown inFIG. 7 . - The end of the supporting
shaft 15A of each of thecharging rollers 15 is inserted in thecorresponding groove 13 from above and supported on the semi-circular bottom surface of thegroove 13 over the pair ofprotrusions 16 while the supporting shaft is guided downwardly in the groove. - With such a structure, jumping of the charging
roller 15 due to vibrations can be effectively prevented when the charging roller is transported. - Each of the
holders 2 has a mountinghole 17 provided in the raised platedpart 12 so that the mountingpart 7 of thebase 1 is inserted, as shown inFIGS. 4 and 5 . In this embodiment, the mountinghole 17 comprises a rectangular hole formed to extend along thelong sides 6 between the pair of plated leg part 11 (seeFIGS. 4 and 5 ). - Meanwhile,
reference number 18 denotes a constituting wall for forming therectangular hole 17. - Each
holder 2 is attached to the mountingpart 7 by inserting the mountingpart 7 in therectangular hole 17. Because the leading portion of the mountingpart 7 is formed thinly, the mounting part can be inserted easily in therectangular hole 17, therefore the attachment of theholder 2 to the mountingpart 7 can be achieved easily. - In this way, when each
holder 2 is attached to each of the mountingparts 7 disposed on thelong sides 6 of thebase 1, the fourholders 2 are arranged on each of the oppositelong sides 6 of thebase 1. -
FIG. 1 illustrates a state that the fourholders 2 are arranged on one of thelong sides 6 of thebase 1. - In addition, provided on opposite ends of each mounting
part 7 are one or moreengaging pawls 19 which are disposed adjacently to thenotches 9 and engaged with the constitutingwall 18 to prevent the remove of eachholder 2 from each mountingpart 7, when theholders 2 are mounted on the mountingparts 7, as shown inFIG. 3 . - Furthermore, a raised
piece 20 having resilience is provided in each mounting part 7 (seeFIGS. 2 and 3 ). The raisedpiece 20 has a raised end which is moved downwardly so that theholder 2 goes over the raised end as the mountingpart 7 is inserted in therectangular hole 17 and is engaged with the constitutingwall 18 of theholder 2 when theholder 2 is mounted on the mountingpart 7 to prevent theholder 2 from removing out of the mounting part, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3. The raisedpiece 20 can be formed easily by providing a slit or the like in the mountingpart 7 by use of a cutting mechanism such as a cutter or the like. - As mentioned above, by the raised
piece 20, the remove of eachholder 2 from thebase 1 can be prevented securely. - The
holders 2 are mounted on the mountingparts 7 disposed on thelong sides 6 of the base 1 (seeFIG. 6 ). Each of the chargingrollers 15 is held on theholder 2. In this case, the supportingshafts 15A of each of the chargingrollers 15 are inserted in theopposite grooves 13 of theholders 2 disposed on thelong sides 6 of thebase 1 and supported on the semi-circular bottom surfaces of thegrooves 13. When the chargingroller 15 is supported on theholders 2, thecylindrical body 15B which is the intermediate portion of the chargingroller 15 is disposed to space from the surface of thebase 1, as shown inFIGS. 8 and 9 . - In addition, the
rectangular base 1 is also supported on theholders 2 so that a lower surface of thebase 1 is disposed with an interval from a floor and so on (not shown), as shown inFIG. 1 . - In this way, because the base is supported on the
holders 2 with spacing from the floor and so on, even if the assembly unit is placed on a dirty table and so on, dust or the like on the table can be prevented from attaching to a lower surface of the thin plate 3 of thebase 1 securely. - A
wall surface 12A at one end of the raised platedpart 12 of oneholder 2 is disposed close to awall surface 12B at another end of the raised platedpart 12 of theadjacent holder 2 to the oneholder 2, as shown inFIG. 8 , when eachholder 2 is mounted on the mountingpart 7 of thebase 1. - With such a structure, when the
rectangular base 1 is lifted in a direction shown by arrow A inFIG. 8 with grippingshort sides base 1 by hands, even if an intermediate portion of the base in a direction where the long sides extend is bent to project downwardly in a direction shown by arrow B by a weight of the chargingrollers 15, theadjacent holders 2 contact together by sloping in an approaching direction each other, as shown by arrow C inFIG. 8 to block flexure of therectangular base 1, whereby preventing flexure and breakage of the assembly unit. - Some assembly units are stacked in a
box 22 and transported in a state in which the chargingrollers 15 are supported on theholders 2, as shown inFIG. 9 . InFIG. 9 , a projected length L3 of each mountingpart 7 of thebase 1 is shorter than the entire length L4 of the platedleg part 11 of eachholder 2. Thereby, the leading portion of each mountingpart 7 is prevented from contacting with awall surface 22A of thebox 22 directly, and hence the breakage of thebase 1 due to the deformation thereof is prevented. - To remove out easily the assembly units which are stacked in a plurality of steps, from the
box 22, as shown inFIG. 9 , in this embodiment, the projected length of at least one of the mountingparts 7 disposed on each of thelong sides 6 of thebase 1 is set to be shorter than that of the other mounting parts, as shown inFIGS. 1 and 3 . - The assembly unit is disassembled into the
rectangular base 1 and theholders 2, and the disassembled base and the holders are recycled after the chargingrollers 15 are transported. - In this way, because it is possible to disassemble the assembly unit and recycle the base and holders and reassemble the base and the holders, use the reassembled assembly unit, high recycle efficiency can be accomplished.
- In the embodiments of the present invention, although the projecting direction of each mounting
part 7 is formed to extend in the direction perpendicular to the direction where each reinforcedrib 5 extends, as shown inFIG. 3 , the mountingparts 7 may be provided on the short sides of therectangular base 1 so that the projecting direction of the mountingparts 7 generally coincides with the direction where the reinforcedribs 5 extend, in other words, in the direction parallel with the direction where the reinforcedribs 5 extend, as shown inFIG. 10 . - Thereby, a sufficient strength of the mounting
parts 7 can be accomplished. - Moreover, as shown in
FIG. 11 , when the plurality of assembly units are stacked upwardly and downwardly in thebox 22, it is preferable that one or more semicircular engaging projections 23 are provided on a bottom surface of each of theholders 2 of the assembly units and configured so that theprojections 23 of an upper holder are inserted in thegrooves 13 of a lower holder. Thereby, the upper and lower assembly units are prevented from misaligning with each other by vibrations or the like during transporting to accomplish stable transportation of the assembly units. - Although the some embodiments have been explained, as shown in
FIG. 12 , there may be provided aboss 24 disposed on thewall surface 12A of the one end of the raised platedpart 12 of oneholder 2 and projecting to thewall surface 12B of the raised platedpart 12 of theadjacent holder 2, and a concave 25 in which theboss 24 fits and disposed at thewall surface 12B of theadjacent holder 2. - With such a structure, when the holders are mounted on the mounting
parts 7, the holders are connected with each other along thelong sides 6 of thebase 1, therefore a high holding strength of theholders 2 can be accomplished. - The present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, various modifications and changes are made to the above embodiments.
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