Patent ID: 9714135
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: B65D,B65G,H01L,H02S,Y02E

Claim:
1. A container for solar string transportation for transporting solar strings assembled as integrated components by fixing a plurality of solar modules to a supporting frame, the container including a solar-string storing section formed by a bottom plate formed in a rectangular shape in plan view, a pair of long-side side plates planted and attached at longitudinal side both end edges of the bottom plate, and a pair of short-side side plates planted and attached at lateral side both end edges of the bottom plate, an upper opening formed by the pair of long-side side plates and the pair of short-side side plates being formed as an opened section for loading and unloading of the solar strings, wherein on an inside of the solar-string storing section, rows of pairs of solar-string lifting/lowering means set along inner walls of the pair of long-side side plates and arrayed at a predetermined interval are provided, the solar-string lifting/lowering means includes a driving gear section driven by a driving section set on the bottom plate side, an endless chain member laid over to revolve around a direction changing gear section set on the upper opening side irreversibly and in synchronization with the rows of the pair of solar-string lifting/lowering means, a plurality of solar-string placing means fixed to the endless chain member at a predetermined interval and including, on an outer side of a track of the revolution, a projecting section for placing a lower surface of an end edge of the solar string, and a shock absorbing member fixed to a back of the solar-string placing means, the shock absorbing member pressing and holding an end edge upper surface of the solar string placed under the solar-string placing means, and during the loading and the unloading, the solar-string placing means located at a top of the solar-string lifting/lowering means and emptied without the solar string placed thereon and the shock absorbing member are controlled to move to retract to between the solar-string lifting/lowering means and the long-side side plate by the revolving movement of the chain member.