CAPSULE BED MOUNTED CONTAINER

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION(S)

This application is based upon and claims the benefit of priority from prior Japanese patent application No. 2023-133995 filed on Aug. 21, 2023, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.

BACKGROUND
1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a capsule bed mounted container.

2. Description of the Related Art

In preparation for the occurrence of a disaster such as an earthquake, securing a place where a related person including a victim and a rescuer can take a nap or rest is an important issue, and various proposals have been made to address this issue. Although a temporary house is one solution, there is a problem that construction takes time. As a measure for more quickly providing a space for taking a nap or rest, a container that can be transported on a chassis of a truck, a trailer with wheels that can be moved by a towing vehicle, and the like have been proposed.

JP2021-165103A discloses an integrated upper trailer that can be used for various purposes. The integrated upper trailer includes an upper structure that is provided on the upper portion of a chassis including a fixed platform on a flat plate, wheels attached to the fixed platform, and a towing device for a driving vehicle. The upper structure is fixed to the chassis, and includes, as a living facility, a capsule bed facility, a toilet facility, a shower facility, or a smoking facility.

By providing a plurality of capsule beds in various movable housings such as a container and a trailer, it is possible to provide a place for a plurality of persons to take a nap or rest. The container and the trailer can be used as a warehouse, a temporary event space, or the like in a normal state, and can be used as a place for a nap or rest when a disaster occurs.

In recent years, an era is brought into being where preventing not only a disaster but also an infectious disease has become a social policy, and it has become an important issue not only to provide a space for taking a nap or rest but also to ensure ventilation in this space when a disaster occurs.

SUMMARY

The present invention relates to a capsule bed mounted container that can quickly provide a space for a plurality of persons to take a nap or rest when a disaster occurs, and that can also prevent the occurrence of an infectious disease.

According to a first aspect of the invention, there is provided a capsule bed mounted container including: a container housing; a plurality of capsule bed units that are provided in an internal space of the container housing; and an air circulation passage configured to take in air from an outside of the container housing and exhaust the air that has passed through all the capsule bed units to the outside of the container housing.

According to a second aspect of the invention, the capsule bed mounted container according to the first aspect further includes: a main exhaust duct constituting a part of the air circulation passage and configured to allow the air that has passed through all the capsule bed units to pass through the main exhaust duct.

According to a third aspect of the invention, the capsule bed mounted container according to the second aspect further includes: a ventilation device that constitutes a part of the air circulation passage and that is provided between the main exhaust duct and an air exhaust hole which is a rear end of the air circulation passage, in which the main exhaust duct has a cross-sectional area that increases in a direction toward the ventilation device.

According to a fourth aspect of the invention, in the capsule bed mounted container according to the third aspect, the cross-sectional area of the main exhaust duct increases corresponding to the capsule bed units in the direction toward the ventilation device.

According to a fifth aspect of the invention, the capsule bed mounted container according to the second aspect further includes: a sub exhaust duct that connects the capsule bed units and the main exhaust duct and that constitutes a part of the air circulation passage.

According to a sixth aspect of the invention, in the capsule bed mounted container according to the first aspect, the container housing includes a housing door configured to open and close the internal space, and a partition wall configured to partition the internal space into a first internal space and a second internal space, the first internal space is defined between the housing door and the partition wall, an air intake hole which is a front end of the air circulation passage and an air exhaust hole which is a rear end of the air circulation passage are exposed to the first internal space, the plurality of capsule bed units are provided in the second internal space, and the partition wall includes a first door that connects the first internal space and the second internal space.

According to a seventh aspect of the invention, the capsule bed mounted container according to the sixth aspect further includes: a ventilation device that constitutes a part of the air circulation passage and that is attached to the partition wall, in which the ventilation device is connected to the air intake hole and the air exhaust hole that are formed in the partition wall, and takes in air from the air intake hole and exhausts air through the air exhaust hole.

bed units and the main exhaust duct and that constitutes a part of the air circulation passage.

According to a sixth aspect of the invention, in the capsule bed mounted container according to the sixth aspect, the container housing includes, on a surface on which the housing door is not present, a second door configured to open the second internal space to the outside.

According to the present invention, it is possible to quickly provide a space for a plurality of persons to take a nap or rest when a disaster occurs, and it is also possible to prevent the occurrence of an infectious disease by ensuring ventilation in this space.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The present disclosure will become more fully understood from the detailed description given hereinbelow and the accompanying drawing which is given by way of illustration only, and thus is not limitative of the present disclosure and wherein:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a capsule bed mounted container according to an embodiment and a perspective view in a state in which the inside is exposed;

FIG. 2 is a top view of the capsule bed mounted container in the state shown in FIG. 1 as viewed from above;

FIG. 3 is a side view of the capsule bed mounted container in the state shown in FIG. 1 as viewed from the side;

FIG. 4 is a front view as viewed from the right side of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a view taken along a line V-V in FIG. 3;

FIG. 6 is a view taken along a line VI-VI in FIG. 3;

FIG. 7 is a side view of a capsule bed unit;

FIG. 8 is a view taken along a line VIII-VIII in FIG. 3;

FIG. 9 is a view of the internal space of the capsule bed unit as viewed from above, and shows the flow of air; and

FIG. 10 is a view showing the structure and the arrangement of a sub exhaust duct.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Hereinafter, an embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the drawings as appropriate. However, more detailed description than necessary may be omitted. For example, the detailed description of already well-known matters and the redundant description of substantially the same configuration may be omitted. This is to avoid the following description from being unnecessarily redundant and to facilitate understanding by a person skilled in the art. The accompanying drawings and the following description are provided for a person skilled in the art to sufficiently understand the present disclosure, and are not intended to limit the subject matter described in the claims.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a capsule bed mounted container 1 according to an embodiment and a perspective view in a state in which the inside is exposed. FIG. 2 is a top view of the capsule bed mounted container 1 in the state shown in FIG. 1 as viewed from above. FIG. 3 is a side view of the capsule bed mounted container 1 in the state shown in FIG. 1 as viewed from the side.

The capsule bed mounted container 1 includes a container housing 10 and a plurality of capsule bed units 20 that are provided in an internal space S of the container housing 10. The capsule bed mounted container 1 can be transported by being loaded on the chassis of a truck, and can quickly provide a space for a plurality of persons to take a nap or rest by being transported by the truck and provided on the site when a disaster occurs.

The container housing 10 according to the present embodiment is a container that has a rectangular parallelepiped shape similar to a general container used for transporting goods and that can be transported by being loaded on the chassis of a truck, and is different from a wheeled trailer that can be moved by a towing vehicle. That is, since the capsule bed mounted container 1 according to the present embodiment is not a trailer, the capsule bed mounted container 1 is not restricted by the Road Transport Vehicle Act. The container housing 10 may be a housing that is manufactured by reusing a general container for transporting goods, or may be a housing that is exclusively designed for the capsule bed mounted container 1 again using a material for a building. In FIG. 1, the container housing 10 is shown by a broken line in order to show the inside, but in FIGS. 2 and 3, the container housing 10 is shown by a solid line.

The capsule bed unit 20 is a box-shaped unit that provides a space in which a person can sleep. The capsule bed unit 20 may be a unit that is used in a normal capsule hotel as it is, or may be a unit that is exclusively designed for the capsule bed mounted container 1 again. Further, the capsule bed mounted container 1 includes an air circulation passage 30 that takes in air from the outside of the container housing 10 and that discharges the air having passed through all the capsule bed units 20 to the outside of the container housing 10. The air circulation passage 30 can prevent the occurrence of an infectious disease by ensuring ventilation in a space for a nap or rest, including the space of the capsule bed unit 20. Details of the air circulation passage 30 will be described later.

FIG. 4 is a front view as viewed from the right side of FIG. 3. FIG. 5 is a view taken along a line V-V in FIG. 3. FIG. 6 is a view taken along a line VI-VI in FIG. 3. FIG. 7 is a side view of the capsule bed unit 20. FIG. 8 is a view taken along a line VIII-VIII in FIG. 3.

Similarly to a general container for transporting goods, the container housing 10 includes, at one end thereof, a housing door 11 that opens and closes the internal space S. The housing door 11 is closed as shown in FIGS. 2 to 4 during the transportation toward the site, but is basically opened as shown in FIG. 1 during the arrangement at the site. In the container housing 10, a heat insulating material such as polyurethane foam is attached to the inner surface of a steel plate that constitutes a floor surface, a ceiling, and a side wall.

Further, the container housing 10 includes therein a partition wall 12 that partitions the internal space S into a first internal space S1 and a second internal space S2. The first internal space S1 is a small space that is defined between the housing door 11 and the partition wall 12, in which an outdoor machine 41 for air conditioning is provided on the floor surface and an electrical panel 43 attached to the partition wall 12 is provided.

Further, an air intake hole 31 and an air exhaust hole 36 are exposed to the first internal space S1. The air intake hole 31 corresponds to the front end of the air circulation passage 30 in terms of the flow of air, and is a hole for taking in air from the outside of the container housing 10. The air exhaust hole 36 corresponds to the rear end of the air circulation passage 30 in terms of the flow of air, and is a hole for exhausting the air that has passed through the second internal space S2 from the air intake hole 31 to the outside of the container housing 10.

The second internal space S2 is a large space in which the plurality of capsule bed units 20 are provided, and is a space for a person to take a nap or rest. The partition wall 12 includes a main door 13 which is a first door connecting the first internal space S1 and the second internal space S2, and a person H can open and close the main door 13 to enter and exit the second internal space S2. In the embodiment, the main door 13 is locked (for example, with a card key), and only a related person having the key can enter the second internal space S2. When the person H opens the main door 13 and enters the second internal space S2, the person H can advance through a corridor 15 in which no capsule bed units 20 are provided, and can access the capsule bed units 20. In the present embodiment, a total of ten capsule bed units 20 are arranged in a stacked arrangement of two upper and lower layers. The eight capsule bed units 20 that are close to the main door 13 are arranged in a straight line along the corridor 15, and the remaining two capsule bed units 20 are arranged at right angles to the other eight capsule bed units 20 in the top view so as to block the innermost part of the corridor 15. With such an arrangement, the floor area of the corridor 15 can be reduced and the size of the container housing 10 can be reduced, as compared with a case in which all ten capsule beds are arranged in a straight line. The number, the arrangement position, and the like of the capsule bed units 20 are not particularly limited.

As shown in FIG. 7, the person H can enter the internal space of the capsule bed unit 20 by sliding a sliding door 22 in the direction of the arrow, and can secure a private space by closing the sliding door 22. Further, the person H can easily access the upper capsule bed unit 20 using a ladder 21.

As shown in FIG. 8, an internal door 16 is provided in the vicinity of the main door 13, and when the internal door 16 is opened, a utility space 17 can be accessed in which a cleaning tool and the like can be stored. An air conditioner 42 is attached to the upper portion of the main door 13 of the partition wall 12 in the second internal space S2, and performs air conditioning of the second internal space S2 in cooperation with the outdoor machine 41.

Further, the container housing 10 includes a side door 14, which is a second door capable of opening the second internal space S2 to the outside, on the surface where the housing door 11 is not present. The capsule bed mounted container 1 can be smoothly transported in the same manner as a normal container because the capsule bed mounted container 1 has no significant difference in appearance from the normal container by closing the housing door 11 except for the side door 14. The side door 14 is not used in a normal state, but in an emergency, for example, the side door 14 can be used together with the main door 13 to secure an exit passage for a person.

An indirect illumination 44 and an illumination cover 45 are attached to the upper surface of the capsule bed unit 20 to ensure the brightness in the second internal space S2. The illumination cover 45 is made of metal so as to reflect the light of the indirect illumination 44, and has a substantially L-shaped cross section in which the upper end edge extends to the vicinity of the lower surface of the container housing 10. The illumination cover 45 also serves to cover the space between the upper capsule bed unit 20 and the lower surface of the container housing 10, in which a main exhaust duct 35 to be described later is provided.

Further, a weight 50 is attached to the lower surface of the container housing 10. The weight 50 is attached to the lower surface of the side (the corridor 15 side) where there is no capsule bed unit 20 to give weight to the side where there is no capsule bed unit 20 and ensure balance (see FIG. 6).

Next, the air circulation passage 30 will be described in detail. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a ventilation device 32 is provided above the utility space 17 in the second internal space S2 and at a position adjacent to the partition wall 12. The ventilation device 32 is connected to the air intake hole 31 and the air exhaust hole 36 via the partition wall 12. The ventilation device 32 has both an air intake (suction) function and an air exhaust function. By operating the ventilation device 32, the air intake hole 31 can take in air from the outside. By operating the ventilation device 32, the air that has passed through a sub exhaust duct 34 (see FIGS. 9 and 10) and the main exhaust duct 35 (see FIGS. 1, 2, and 10) in the second internal space S2 to be described later is exhausted to the outside of the container housing 10 through the air exhaust hole 36.

The air that is taken in from the outside passes through the air intake hole 31 and the ventilation device 32, and then reaches an outlet louver 33. The outlet louver 33 forms an outlet hole through which the air that has reached the outlet louver 33 is blown into the corridor 15 in the second internal space S2. The outlet louver 33 is adjacent to the air conditioner 42. Therefore, when the air conditioner 42 is operating, the wind blown out by the air conditioner 42 can push the air blown out from the outlet louver 33 such that the air flows along the corridor 15.

FIG. 9 is a view of the internal space of the capsule bed unit 20 as viewed from above, and shows the flow of air. The air that has reached the corridor 15 flows along the arrow in FIG. 9 through a bed-side louver 26 of the capsule bed unit 20 or the opening in a state in which the sliding door is opened, flows into the internal space, and is guided to the sub exhaust duct 34 that is provided in a partition space 23 separated from the internal space of each of the capsule bed units 20. FIG. 10 is a view showing the structure and the arrangement of the sub exhaust duct 34. The partition space 23 communicates with the internal space on the back side of a head board 24 that is provided in the internal space of the capsule bed unit 20, and the sub exhaust duct 34 opens into the partition space 23.

The sub exhaust duct 34 is a duct that is provided at one end of the capsule bed unit 20, the upper capsule bed unit 20 includes a sub exhaust duct 34A, and the lower capsule bed unit 20 includes a sub exhaust duct 34B. The sub exhaust ducts 34A and 34B are connected to the main exhaust duct 35 that is provided on the upper surface of the upper capsule bed unit 20.

The sub exhaust duct 34 is a duct that connects the capsule bed units 20 and the main exhaust duct 35, and can more reliably ensure the exhaust from the capsule bed units 20. On the other hand, the main exhaust duct 35 is a duct through which the air having passed through all the capsule bed units 20 passes and extends to the upper surface of the upper capsule bed unit 20 at the innermost part, and ventilation can be ensured in all the capsule bed units 20.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the ventilation device 32 is provided between the main exhaust duct 35 and the air exhaust hole 36. In the embodiment, the cross-sectional area of the main exhaust duct 35 increases in the direction toward the ventilation device 32, that is, in the direction along the flow of air. The cross section of the main exhaust duct 35 in the embodiment is rectangular. Alternatively, the cross section may be other shapes such as circular.

The closer to the ventilation device 32 in the main exhaust duct 35, the higher the air exhaust capacity of the ventilation device 32 is. By increasing the cross section of the main exhaust duct 35 in the direction toward the ventilation device 32, that is, as the main exhaust duct 35 approaches the ventilation device 32, the exhaust capacity per unit area of the cross section of the main exhaust duct 35 is adjusted to be approximately the same along the longitudinal direction (the air flow direction) of the main exhaust duct 35. Accordingly, the flow of air in the main exhaust duct 35 toward the ventilation device 32 can be appropriately controlled and stabilized.

In particular, the cross-sectional area of the main exhaust duct 35 increases corresponding to the capsule bed units 20 in the direction toward the ventilation device 32. Accordingly, the cross-sectional area of the main exhaust duct 35 is designed to increase toward the position corresponding to the capsule bed unit 20 that is closer to the ventilation device 32, and the flow of air can be appropriately adjusted at the positions of the main exhaust duct 35.

Since the main exhaust duct 35 is formed in a straight line and does not have a complicated shape, the main exhaust duct 35 can be easily manufactured. For example, in the present embodiment, the main exhaust duct 35 is implemented by connecting a plurality of rectangular pipes and a plurality of partially tapered pipes.

The air that has passed through the main exhaust duct 35 is exhausted to the outside of the capsule bed mounted container 1 through the ventilation device 32 and the air exhaust hole 36. Accordingly, it is possible to ensure ventilation of the second internal space S2, which is a space for taking a nap or rest, and to prevent the occurrence of an infectious disease.

The air circulation passage 30 is implemented by the following portions and order. That is, the ventilation device 32, the sub exhaust duct 34, and the main exhaust duct 35 are members that each constitute a part of the air circulation passage 30.

Order of Air Circulation Passage 30

- Air intake hole 31→ventilation device 32→outlet louver 33→corridor 15→spaces in capsule bed units 20→sub exhaust ducts 34 of capsule bed units 20→main exhaust duct 35→ventilation device 32→air exhaust hole 36

The air intake hole 31 and the air exhaust hole 36 are exposed to the first internal space S1, but are not directly exposed to the outside of the container housing 10. Therefore, the container housing 10 has no significant difference in appearance from a normal container, and the capsule bed mounted container 1 can be smoothly transported. It is possible to secure the air circulation passage in the second internal space S2 in which the plurality of capsule bed units are provided, and to ensure ventilation in the space for taking a nap or rest.

Further, the ventilation device 32 is connected to the air intake hole 31 and the air exhaust hole 36 that are formed in the partition wall 12, and has a function of both taking in air from the air intake hole 31 and exhausting air through the air exhaust hole 36. That is, since the ventilation device 32 having the air intake capacity and the air exhaust capability is directly connected to the air intake hole 31 and the air exhaust hole 36 of the partition wall 12, the air circulation passage 30 can be formed with a simple structure.

In particular, since air intake and exhaust are performed for all the capsule bed units 20 by the single ventilation device 32, for example, it is not necessary to provide a ventilation device for each of the capsule bed units 20, and the air circulation passage 30 can be formed with a simple structure.

In addition, by using the ventilation device 32 and the air conditioner 42 together inside the container housing 10, it is possible to provide an optimum sleep environment in the capsule bed unit 20.

Based on the above, at least the following matters are described in the present disclosure. In parentheses, corresponding components and the like in the above-described embodiment are shown, but the present disclosure is not limited thereto.

(1) A capsule bed mounted container (a capsule bed mounted container 1) including:

- a container housing (a container housing 10);
- a plurality of capsule bed units (capsule bed units 20) that are provided in an internal space (an internal space S) of the container housing; and
- an air circulation passage (an air circulation passage 30) configured to take in air from an outside of the container housing and exhaust the air that has passed through all the capsule bed units to the outside of the container housing.

Accordingly, it is possible to quickly provide a space for a plurality of persons to take a nap or rest when a disaster occurs, and it is also possible to prevent the occurrence of an infectious disease by ensuring ventilation in the living space.

(2) The capsule bed mounted container according to (1), further including:

- a main exhaust duct (a main exhaust duct 35) constituting a part of the air circulation passage and configured to allow the air that has passed through all the capsule bed units to pass through the main exhaust duct.

Accordingly, ventilation can be ensured in all the capsule bed units.

(3) The capsule bed mounted container according to (2), further including:

- a ventilation device (a ventilation device 32) that constitutes a part of the air circulation passage and that is provided between the main exhaust duct and an air exhaust hole (an air exhaust hole 36) which is a rear end of the air circulation passage,
- in which the main exhaust duct has a cross-sectional area that increases in a direction toward the ventilation device.

Accordingly, by increasing the cross-sectional area of the main exhaust duct as the main exhaust duct approaches the ventilation device, the exhaust capacity per unit area of the cross section of the main exhaust duct is adjusted to be approximately the same along the longitudinal direction of the main exhaust duct. Accordingly, the flow of air in the main exhaust duct toward the ventilation device can be appropriately controlled and stabilized.

(4) The capsule bed mounted container according to (3),

- in which the cross-sectional area of the main exhaust duct increases corresponding to the capsule bed units in the direction toward the ventilation device.

Accordingly, the cross-sectional area of the main exhaust duct is designed to increase toward the position corresponding to the capsule bed unit that is closer to the ventilation device, and the flow of air can be appropriately adjusted at the positions of the main exhaust duct.

(5) The capsule bed mounted container according to (2), further including:

- a sub exhaust duct (a sub exhaust duct 34) that connects the capsule bed units and the main exhaust duct and that constitutes a part of the air circulation passage.

Accordingly, it is possible to more reliably ensure the exhaust from the capsule bed units.

(6) The capsule bed mounted container according to (1),

- in which the container housing includes a housing door (a housing door 11) configured to open and close the internal space, and a partition wall (a partition wall 12) configured to partition the internal space into a first internal space (a first internal space S1) and a second internal space (a second internal space S2),
- in which the first internal space is defined between the housing door and the partition wall,
- in which an air intake hole (an air intake hole 31) which is a front end of the air circulation passage and an air exhaust hole which is a rear end of the air circulation passage are exposed to the first internal space,
- in which the plurality of capsule bed units are provided in the second internal space, and
- in which the partition wall includes a first door (a main door 13) that connects the first internal space and the second internal space.

Accordingly, since the air intake hole and the air exhaust hole are not directly exposed to the outside of the container housing, the container housing has no significant difference in appearance from a normal container, the capsule bed mounted container can be smoothly transported, the air circulation passage can be secured in the second internal space in which the plurality of capsule bed units are provided, and ventilation in the space for taking a nap or rest can be ensured.

(7) The capsule bed mounted container according to (6), further including:

- a ventilation device that constitutes a part of the air circulation passage and that is attached to the partition wall,
- in which the ventilation device is connected to the air intake hole and the air exhaust hole that are formed in the partition wall, and takes in air from the air intake hole and exhausts air through the air exhaust hole.

Accordingly, since the ventilation device having the air intake capacity and the air exhaust capability is directly connected to the air intake hole and the air exhaust hole of the partition wall, the air circulation passage can be formed with a simple structure.

(8) The capsule bed mounted container according to (6),

- in which the container housing includes, on a surface on which the housing door is not present, a second door (a side door 14) configured to open the second internal space to the outside.

Accordingly, the container housing has no significant difference in appearance from a normal container, the capsule bed mounted container can be smoothly transported, and in an emergency, for example, the second door can be used together with the first door to secure an exit passage for a person.

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