JP5865982B1 - Gas cylinder carrier - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a lightweight and simple carrying device suitable for carrying a total of four gas cylinders with both hands at once. A carrier includes a frame, a pair of bottom support members, a pair of annular support members, and support legs. The frame 2 includes a pair of parallel vertical rods 6, a handle 7 connecting the upper ends thereof, and a support rod 8 that maintains the parallelism of the vertical rod 6 in cooperation therewith. The bottom support member 3 is supported by the lower end of the frame 2 and receives the bottom of the cylinder B. The annular support member 4 is supported by the middle part of the frame body 2 and surrounds the middle part of the cylinder B. The support legs 5 stably support the bottom support member 3 on the floor. When the two cylinders B are transported with one hand, since the two cylinders B are supported back and forth by the frame 2, the body side of the carrier enters between the two cylinders B, and extra force is applied. The four cylinders B can be transported at a time in an easy posture without the need. It can also be used as a storage stand for cylinder B except during transportation. [Selection] Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a gas cylinder carrier for suspending and transporting two gas cylinders used for medical use or the like with one hand.

  Conventionally, wheels are rotatably attached to both ends of an axle, and a mounting table on which an oxygen cylinder is mounted in an upright state and a pulling handle located on both sides of the mounting part are provided on the axle. Patent Document 1 proposes an oxygen cylinder transport cart in which an oxygen cylinder is attached in such a manner that the center line in the vertical direction of the oxygen cylinder intersects the axis of the axle.

JP 2008-87624 A

The conventional oxygen cylinder transport cart is for a patient who needs to constantly inhale oxygen, and is used as a work carrier for transporting as many cylinders as possible without causing an overload to the operator. Is unsuitable.
Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a lightweight and simple transporting device suitable for transporting a total of four gas cylinders with two hands at a time.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited thereto.
In order to solve the above problems, the gas cylinder carrier 1 of the present invention includes a frame 2 having a handle 7, a pair of bottom support members 3 supported on the lower end of the frame 2 and receiving the bottom of the cylinder B, A pair of annular support members 4 that are supported by an intermediate portion in the vertical direction of the frame 2 and surround the intermediate portion of the cylinder B, and a plurality of supports provided on the bottom support member 3 to stably support the bottom support member 3 on the floor. Leg 5 is provided. The frame 2 includes a pair of vertical rods 6 extending in parallel in the vertical direction at a predetermined interval, a handle 7 connecting the upper ends of the vertical rods 6, and a pair of vertical rods in cooperation with the handle. And a support rod 8 that maintains the parallelism of the rod 6. The pair of bottom support members 3 each have a circular or ring-shaped bottom plate portion 9 that receives the bottom portion of the cylinder B, and an annular peripheral wall portion that stands up from the periphery of the bottom plate portion 9 so as to surround the outer periphery in the vicinity of the bottom portion of the cylinder B. 10 and is fixed to the outer side of the lower end portion of each vertical rod 6 (on the opposite side to the facing direction of the pair of vertical rods 6) in the peripheral wall portion 10. The pair of annular support members 4 are arranged at predetermined intervals above the bottom support member 3 so as to surround the middle portion of the cylinder B in the vertical direction, and are fixed to the outside of the middle portion of each vertical rod 6. Is done. The plurality of support legs 5 are provided so as to extend downward from the bottom support member 3 so that the bottom support member 3 is stably supported on the floor surface and have their lower ends in contact with the floor surface.
Desirably, a rubber sheet 11 is stretched on the upper surface of the bottom plate portion 9 of the bottom support member 3, and the upper edge of the peripheral wall portion 10 and the upper edge of the annular support member 4 are covered with rubber packings 12 and 13. A rubber cap 14 is attached to the lower end of the support leg 5.

When transporting two cylinders B with one hand using the gas cylinder carrier 1 of the present invention, 2 outside the pair of vertical rods 6 of the frame body 2 , that is, on the opposite side to the opposing direction of the pair of vertical rods 6. Since the cylinder B of the book is supported back and forth, the body side of the transporter enters between the two cylinders B, and it does not require extra force to support the cylinder B away from the body side. In the posture, four cylinders B can be transported at a time as needed. It can also be used as a storage stand for cylinder B except during transportation.
When the rubber sheet 11 is stretched on the bottom plate portion 9 of the bottom support member 3 and the rubber packings 12 and 13 are attached to the upper edge of the peripheral wall portion 10 and the upper edge of the annular support member 4, No collision noise is generated between the cylinder B and the carrier 1 during loading / unloading or transportation, and noise and damage due to a direct collision between the cylinder B and an obstacle during transportation can be avoided. In addition, when the lower end of the support leg 5 is covered with the rubber cap 14, the cylinder B can be supported more stably on the floor.

It is a perspective view of the gas cylinder carrier which concerns on this invention. It is a front view of the gas cylinder carrier of FIG. It is a side view of the gas cylinder carrier of FIG. It is a top view of the gas cylinder carrier of FIG. It is a bottom view of the gas cylinder carrier of FIG.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
The gas cylinder carrier 1 includes a frame 2, a pair of bottom support members 3 that are supported by the lower end of the frame 2 and receive the bottom of the cylinder B, and are supported by an intermediate portion in the vertical direction of the frame 2. A pair of annular support members 4 surrounding the intermediate portion and a plurality of support legs 5 for stably supporting the bottom support member 3 on the floor are provided.

  The frame 2 includes a pair of vertical rods 6 extending in parallel in the vertical direction at a predetermined interval, a handle 7 connecting the upper ends of the vertical rods 6, and a pair of vertical rods in cooperation with the handle. And a support rod 8 that maintains the parallelism of the rod 6. In the illustrated embodiment, the vertical rod 6, the handle 7 and the support rod 8 are made of a metal tube, and are joined to each other at the ends by bolts and nuts to form a rectangular frame. A flexible rubber cover is wound around the handle 7. The handle 7 is provided at a height position where the bottom support member 3 is lifted to a predetermined height on the floor when the average adult grasps the arm with the arm extended. The height at which the bottom support member 3 floats to a predetermined height on the floor is desirably a height at which the bottom support member 3 does not collide with the kick surface of the staircase when the staircase is raised or lowered.

The pair of bottom support members 3 each have a ring-shaped bottom plate portion 9 for receiving the bottom portion of the cylinder B, and an annular peripheral wall portion 10 standing from the periphery of the bottom plate portion 9 so as to surround the outer periphery in the vicinity of the bottom portion of the cylinder B. In the peripheral wall part 10, it fixes with the volt | bolt and a nut on the outer side of the lower end part of each vertical rod 6, ie, the opposite side to the opposing direction of a pair of vertical rod 6. FIG. The bottom plate portion 9 may have a disk shape without holes. A rubber sheet 11 is stretched on the upper surface of the bottom plate portion 9. A rubber packing 12 having a substantially U-shaped cross section is attached to the upper edge of the peripheral wall 10.

The pair of annular support members 4 are disposed at predetermined intervals above the bottom support member 3 so as to surround the intermediate portion in the vertical direction of the cylinder B, and are located outside the intermediate portion of each vertical rod 6 , that is, The bolt 6 is fixed to the opposite side of the pair of vertical rods 6 by bolts and nuts. A rubber packing 13 having a U-shaped cross section is attached to the upper edge of the annular support member 4.

  A plurality of support legs 5 are provided so as to stably support the bottom support member 3 on the floor surface. The support legs 5 are provided so as to extend downward from the lower surface of the bottom plate portion 9 and have their lower ends in contact with the floor surface. A rubber cap 14 is attached to the lower end of the support leg 5.

  When transporting the two cylinders B with one hand using the gas cylinder transporter 1, the two cylinders are supported by the frame 2 so as to be separated from each other. For this reason, the body side of the carrier enters between the two gas cylinders B, and the extra force to support the cylinder B away from the body side is not required, and it can be transported in an easy posture. If necessary, four cylinders can be transported at one time with both hands. It can also be used as a storage stand for cylinder B except during transportation.

  When the rubber sheet 11 is stretched on the bottom plate portion 9 of the bottom support member 3 and the rubber packings 12 and 13 are attached to the upper edge of the peripheral wall portion 10 and the upper edge of the annular support member 4, There is no collision noise between the cylinder B and the carrier 1 during loading and unloading, and noise and damage due to a direct collision between the cylinder B and an obstacle such as a staircase or a wall can be avoided during conveyance. Further, when the lower end of the support leg is covered with the rubber cap 14, the cylinder can be erected and supported on the floor more stably.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Carrying tool 2 Frame 3 Bottom support member 4 Annular support member 5 Support leg 6 Vertical rod 7 Handle 8 Support rod 9 Bottom plate portion 10 Perimeter wall portion 11 Rubber sheet 12 Rubber packing 13 Rubber packing 14 Rubber cap 1
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Claims (2)

A gas cylinder transporter for holding and transporting two generally elongated cylindrical gas cylinders with one hand,
A pair of vertical eaves extending in the vertical direction parallel to each other at a predetermined interval, a handle connecting the upper ends of the vertical eaves, and a support eaves that maintain the parallelism of the pair of vertical eaves in cooperation with the handle A frame including
Each of which includes a circular or ring-shaped bottom plate portion that receives the bottom portion of the cylinder, and an annular peripheral wall portion that stands up from the periphery of the bottom plate portion so as to surround the outer periphery in the vicinity of the bottom portion of the cylinder . A pair of bottom support members respectively fixed to the lower end of the outer side opposite to the facing direction of the vertical hook ;
A pair of annular support members disposed at predetermined intervals above the bottom support member so as to surround the intermediate portion in the vertical direction of the cylinder, and fixed to the outside of the intermediate portion of each vertical shaft;
A plurality of support legs extending downward from the bottom support member so that the bottom support member is stably supported on the floor surface in a state of being erected on the floor, and the lower ends thereof are in contact with the floor surface. Gas cylinder carrier characterized by. The upper surface of the bottom plate portion of the bottom support member and the upper edge of the peripheral wall portion, and the upper edge of the annular support member are covered with rubber packing,
The gas cylinder carrier according to claim 1, wherein a lower end of the support leg is covered with a rubber cap.

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