1. Field of Invention
This invention relates to a steel coil positioning structure, more particularly to a steel coil positioning structure which can be manufactured very conveniently and quickly, and which consumes fewer time and cost in loading into container.
2. Brief Description of the Prior Art
A steel coil is formed by winding sheet or strip steel onto a reel so that steel coil thus formed itself is formed like a cylinder. Just because steel coil is cylindrical in shape, it should be fixed securely in place so as not to influence driving security during transportation or to endanger operator's life during loading into container. In conventional method of positioning steel coil, a lot of lumber cut into specific shapes and dimensions are used to provide support on the circumference of steel coil. However, this method results in several disadvantages:
1. As the shapes and the dimensions of lumbers for supporting steel coil should be changed according to different dimensions of steel coil, manufacturer of steel coil should prepare lumbers of various dimension specifications in advance. This would increase labor hours and hence cause cost rise.
2. As the lumber is easy to hide insects, hence dosing of pesticide or fumigation for insects should be conducted before loading into container so as not to allow any surviving of insects. However, this operation means to increase cost of loading into container.
Therefore, the primary object of the inventor to propose this invention lies in that loading of steel coils into container becomes more convenient, labor saving, without insect pests problem, and the cost can be reduced.
In order to achieve above objects, this invention provides a steel coil positioning structure which at least comprises a positioning seat made of plastic material, the positioning seat having at least one base body and two side seat bodies, the base body having a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other, two side seat bodies each having a ramp thereon being fixed on the first surface, ramps of the two side seat bodies being disposed oppositely and directed to center so as to form a bearing surface for placing steel coils thereon, the second surface of the base body being a flat surface. In this manner, steel coils can be positioned stably on the positioning seat. As plastic material is used, manufacturing becomes convenient and quick, and it consumes fewer time and cost in loading into container without conducting procedures of pesticide application and fumigation.
Furthermore, the second surface of the base body of the positioning seat is formed as a rough surface so that the friction resistance between the positioning seat and the loading surface for pre-disposing the positioning seat is enhanced.
Further, the second surface of the base body of the positioning seat is provided with a lot of elevating parts so that a distance equal to the height of the elevating parts is maintained between the second surface and the loading surface for pre-disposing the positioning seat so as to facilitate the insertion of front forks of fork lift into the space for lifting the positioning seat.
The objects, the technical contents and the expected effect of the present invention will become more apparent from the detailed description of the preferred embodiment in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
Referring to
The material of the base body (11) and the side seat bodies (12) of the positioning seat (1) can be anyone selected from EVA (ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer), rubber shap or styrofoam. The hardness of the side seat bodies (12) is made to be higher than that of the base body (11), i.e., the hardness of the side seat bodies (12) is 70˜90, preferably 80, while the hardness of the base body (11) is 60˜80, preferably 70.
According to the present invention, the second surface (112) of the base body (11) of the positioning seat (1) is further formed as a rough surface so that the friction resistance between the positioning seat (1) and the loading surface for pre-disposing the positioning seat (1) is enhanced, and further stability of the positioning seat (1) placed on the loading surface can be achieved.
As the positioning seat (1) itself is molded by plastic material, some standard modules can be designed and manufactured according to specific dimensions requirement so as to cope with various demands. Alternatively, the positioning seat (1) can be cut into shorter size after molding, as shown in
Further according to the present invention, a lot of elevating parts (13) are provided on the second surface (112) of the base body (11) of the positioning seat (1), referring to
Again referring to
While the present invention has been described by the above embodiments in conjunction with accompanying drawings, it is noted that the above embodiments are not intended to restrict the present invention. Various modifications and variations conducted without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention are still considered to be within the scope of the present invention, which is defined in the appended claims.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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099206338 | Apr 2010 | TW | national |