Article moving device and display rack

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10064500-B2
Application number	US-201515515331-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 30, 2015
Priority date	Sep 30, 2014
Publication date	Sep 4, 2018
Grant date	Sep 4, 2018

Abstract

An article moving device includes a plurality of roller members, a base member which has a bottom plate section and a peripheral wall section and accommodates the plurality of roller members, and a plate-shaped cover member which is detachably attached to the peripheral wall section so as to cover an opening section surrounded by the peripheral wall section, wherein the base member is formed of a material having a flexural modulus of 2500 MPa to 4000 MPa, a first parameter of 7.00 to 18.00, as calculated by the formula: flexural modulus (MPa)×yield stress in tension (MPa)×thickness (mm)/density (g/cm 3 )/100000, and a second parameter of 2.00 to 10.00, as calculated by the formula: first parameter×nominal tensile strain at break (%)/100.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An article moving device comprising:
a plurality of roller members,
a base member which has a bottom plate section and a peripheral wall section rising from a peripheral section of the bottom plate section and which rotatably accommodates the plurality of roller members, and
a plate-shaped cover member which is detachably attached to the peripheral wall section so as to cover an opening section surrounded by the peripheral wall section such that a part of a roller surface of each roller member protrudes through the plate-shaped cover member,
wherein:
the base member comprises a material having a flexural modulus of 2500 MPa to 4000 MPa, a first parameter of 7.00 to 18.00, as calculated by formula: flexural modulus (MPa)×yield stress in tension (MPa)×thickness (mm)/density (g/cm 3 )/100000, and a second parameter of 2.00 to 10.00, as calculated by formula: first parameter×nominal tensile strain at break (%)/100.

2. The article moving device according to claim 1 , wherein the cover member is formed of the same material as the base member.

3. The article moving device according to claim 2 , wherein:
the peripheral wall section has a wall-side engaging protrusion extending on its side facing or on its side opposite to the opening section;
the cover member has a cover-side engaging protrusion which is engaged with the wall-side engaging protrusion when the cover member is disposed over the opening section such that movement of the cover member in a direction away from the bottom plate section of the cover member is suppressed;
the wall-side engaging protrusion has a wall-side hook section which protrudes toward the cover-side engaging protrusion when the cover member is disposed over the opening section; and
the cover-side engaging protrusion has a cover-side hook section which protrudes toward the wall-side engaging protrusion and is engaged with the wall-side hook section such that movement of an end surface of the cover member facing the peripheral wall section in a direction away from the peripheral wall section is suppressed.

4. The article moving device according to claim 3 , wherein a protruding length of the cover-side hook section is 0.3 mm to 1.3 mm.

5. The article moving device according to claim 2 , wherein at least part of the peripheral wall section that extends in a direction orthogonal to an axial direction of the roller members accommodated in the base member has a function of a beam member, the at least one part of the peripheral wall section being positioned adjacent to the opening section without being covered by the cover member when the cover member is disposed over the opening section.

6. The article moving device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the peripheral wall section has a wall-side engaging protrusion extending on its side facing or on its side opposite to the opening section;
the cover member has a cover-side engaging protrusion which is engaged with the wall-side engaging protrusion when the cover member is disposed over the opening section such that movement of the cover member in a direction away from the bottom plate section of the cover member is suppressed;
the wall-side engaging protrusion has a wall-side hook section which protrudes toward the cover-side engaging protrusion when the cover member is disposed over the opening section; and
the cover-side engaging protrusion has a cover-side hook section which protrudes toward the wall-side engaging protrusion and is engaged with the wall-side hook section such that movement of an end surface of the cover member facing the peripheral wall section in a direction away from the peripheral wall section is suppressed.

7. The article moving device according to claim 6 , wherein a protruding length of the cover-side hook section is 0.3 mm to 1.3 mm.

8. The article moving device according to claim 7 , wherein at least part of the peripheral wall section that extends in a direction orthogonal to an axial direction of the roller members accommodated in the base member has a function of a beam member the at least one part of the peripheral wall section being positioned adjacent to the opening section without being covered by the cover member when the cover member is disposed over the opening section.

9. The article moving device according to claim 6 , wherein at least part of the peripheral wall section that extends in a direction orthogonal to an axial direction of the roller members accommodated in the base member has a function of a beam member, the at least one part of the peripheral wall section being positioned adjacent to the opening section without being covered by the cover member when the cover member is disposed over the opening section.

10. A display rack comprising at least one article moving device according to claim 9 .

11. The article moving device according to claim 1 , wherein at least part of the peripheral wall section that extends in a direction orthogonal to an axial direction of the roller members accommodated has a function of a beam member, the at least one part of the peripheral wall section being positioned adjacent to the opening section without being covered by the cover member when the cover member is disposed over the opening section.

12. A display rack comprising at least one article moving device according to claim 1 .

13. The article moving device according to claim 1 , wherein the plate-shaped cover member has roller member penetrating sections from which roller surfaces of roller members protrude respectively when the cover member is disposed over the opening section.

14. An article moving device comprising:
a plurality of roller members,
a base member which has a bottom plate section and a peripheral wall section rising from a peripheral section of the bottom plate section and which rotatably accommodates the plurality of roller members, and
a plate-shaped cover member which is detachably attached to the peripheral wall section so as to cover an opening section surrounded by the peripheral wall section such that a part of a roller surface of each roller member protrudes through the plate-shaped cover member,
wherein:
the peripheral wall section has a wall-side engaging protrusion protruding on its side facing or on its side opposite to the opening section;
the cover member has a cover-side engaging protrusion which is engaged with the wall-side engaging protrusion when the cover member is disposed over the opening section such that movement of the cover member in a direction away from the bottom plate section of the cover member is suppressed;
the wall-side engaging protrusion has an wall-side hook section which protrudes toward the cover-side engaging protrusion when the cover member is disposed over the opening section; and
the cover-side engaging protrusion has an cover-side hook section which protrudes toward the wall-side engaging protrusion and is engaged with the wall-side hook section such that movement of an end surface of the cover member facing the peripheral wall section in a direction away from the peripheral wall section is suppressed.

15. The article moving device of claim 14 , wherein a protruding length of the cover-side hook section is 0.3 mm to 1.3 mm.

16. A display rack comprising at least one article moving device according to claim 14 .

Assignees

• Sekisui Plastics
• Sekisui Plastics

Inventors

• FURUI Takanori
• Kushima Nobuhiko
• SODA Yuichiro

Classifications

• A47F1/12 Primary

  dispensing from the side of an approximately horizontal stack {(A47F1/087 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• B65G13/11

  Roller frames · CPC title

• A47F5/005

  Partitions therefore (horizontally adjustable A47B57/58; constructional details of drawers A47B88/90) · CPC title

• B65G2201/0252

  Cans · CPC title

• B65G1/08

  the articles being fed by gravity {(braking arrangements for roller-ways B65G13/075; separating or stopping elements B65G47/88)} · CPC title