Tray

Abstract

This tray comprises a container-shaped main body ( 1 ) having a bottom face ( 2 ) and an outer peripheral face ( 3 ) that rises upward from the outer peripheral part of the bottom face ( 2 ), and one or more dividers ( 5 ) that divide the internal space of the main body ( 1 ) into a plurality of spaces. Guide grooves ( 6 ) are provided on the inside of the outer peripheral face ( 3 ) of the main body ( 1 ), for guiding the descending movement of the dividers. Rib portions ( 7 ) that rise from the bottom edge of the guide grooves ( 6 ) to the middle part are provided in the center of the guide grooves ( 6 ). Mating grooves ( 8 ) that mate with the rib portions ( 7 ) are provided from below to above to at least one end of the dividers ( 5 ).

1 - 17 . (canceled) 
     
     
         18 . A tray, comprising:
 a container-shaped main body having a bottom face and an outer peripheral face that rises from the outer peripheral part of the bottom face in a direction that intersects the bottom face, thereby forming an internal space;   one or more dividers that divide the internal space of the main body into a plurality of spaces;   guide grooves provided on the inside of the outer peripheral face of the main body in a direction that intersects the bottom face, for guiding the movement of the dividers toward the bottom face;   rib portions provided in the center of the guide grooves and rising from the bottom edge to the middle part of the guide grooves; and   mating grooves that mate with the rib portions and are provided to at least one end of the dividers from the lower part to the upper part in the orientation in which the dividers are inserted into the guide grooves.   
     
     
         19 . The tray according to  claim 18 ,
 wherein the mating grooves are formed so that the groove width is greater at the bottom than at the top in a state in which the dividers are inserted into the guide grooves from above.   
     
     
         20 . The tray according to  claim 18 ,
 wherein the main body has a substantially square shape,   further comprising recesses that are provided to the mutually opposing outer peripheral faces in the inside corners of the main body, and that allow the ends of the dividers to be inserted.   
     
     
         21 . The tray according to  claim 18 ,
 further comprising support portions that are provided on the outer peripheral side of concave upper faces formed in the four corners of the substantially square shape of the main body, and that support part of the bottom of a tray superposed from above.   
     
     
         22 . A tray, comprising:
 a container-shaped main body having a bottom face and an outer peripheral face that rises from the outer peripheral part of the bottom face in a direction that intersects the bottom face;   one or more dividers that divide the internal space of the main body into a plurality of spaces; and   support portions that are provided to the upper end faces of the dividers and that support a document placed in the tray.   
     
     
         23 . The tray according to  claim 22 ,
 wherein the holders are concave stepped portions formed at the upper end faces of the dividers, according to the size of the document.   
     
     
         24 . The tray according to  claim 22 ,
 wherein the holders have an insertion slot into which the document is inserted.   
     
     
         25 . The tray according to  claim 24 ,
 wherein the insertion slots each have:   a first inclined face that becomes a downward inclined face with respect to the direction in which the document is inserted, on the side where the document is inserted; and   a second inclined face that is provided on the side where the document comes out of the first inclined face, and becomes an upward inclined face with respect to the direction in which the document is inserted.   
     
     
         26 . The tray according to  claim 25 ,
 wherein the incident angle at which the document is inserted at the second inclined face is greater than the incident angle at which the document is inserted at the first inclined face.   
     
     
         27 . The tray according to  claim 22 ,
 wherein the holders are provided to at least one end of the dividers in the width direction.   
     
     
         28 . The tray according to  claim 22 ,
 wherein the holders are provided to both ends of the dividers in the width direction.   
     
     
         29 . A tray, comprising:
 a container-shaped main body having a bottom face and an outer peripheral face that rises from the outer peripheral part of the bottom face in a direction that intersects the bottom face, thereby forming an internal space;   one or more dividers that divide the internal space of the main body into a plurality of spaces;   substantially rectangular mating grooves that are provided on the inside of the outer peripheral face of the main body in a direction that intersects the bottom face, and that guide the descending movement of the dividers;   mating rib portions that are provided so as to protrude from at least one of the both side faces of a divider in the width direction, and that have a substantially rectangular shape that mates with the mating grooves from below to above;   protrusions that are provided so as to protrude in both directions that intersect the protrusion direction of the mating rib portions, at an inside portion of the divider close to the mating rib portion; and   recesses that are provided to the two mutually opposing outer peripheral faces at the ends of the internal space of the substantially square main body, and that allow the ends of the dividers to be inserted.   
     
     
         30 . A tray, comprising:
 a container-shaped main body having a bottom face and an outer peripheral face that rises from the outer peripheral part of the bottom face in a direction that intersects the bottom face;   one or more dividers that divide the internal space of the main body into a plurality of spaces;   substantially circular mating grooves that are provided on the inside of the outer peripheral face of the main body in a direction that intersects the bottom face, and that guide the movement of the dividers toward the bottom face;   substantially circular mating rib portions that are provided to at least one end of the dividers, and that mate with the mating grooves from below to above in the orientation in which the dividers are inserted into the mating grooves; and   recesses that are provided to the mutually opposing outer peripheral faces in the inside corners of the substantially square main body, and that allow the ends of the dividers to be inserted.