Supporting structure, loading and packing device, supporting base plate, and packing method

Abstract

A supporting structure ( 2 ) that stacks and supports solar cell modules in the horizontal state includes a base portion ( 23 ) stacked in the up-and-down direction, a reception portion ( 28 ) that supports the corner portions of the solar cell module that are projectingly formed in the lateral direction from the inner side wall surface ( 23 c ) of the base portion ( 23 ), an engaging convex portion ( 25 ) formed on the upper end surface of the base portion ( 23 ) and engaged with one of supporting structures adjacently arranged up and down, and an engaging concave portion ( 26 ) formed on the lower end surface ( 23 b ) of the base portion ( 23 ) and engaged with the engaging convex portion of the other of supporting structures adjacently arranged up and down, and wherein the engaging concave portion ( 26 ) is opened on the external side wall surface ( 23 d ) of the base portion ( 23 ).

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         39 . A loading and packing device by which solar cell modules are stacked and packed in a horizontal state in an up-and-down direction, the loading and packing device comprising:
 a base plate portion;   supporting structures configured to be erected on an upper surface of the base plate portion and configured to support respective corner portions of the solar cell modules stacked in the horizontal state; and   shock absorber members configured to fit edge portions of the solar cell modules horizontally stacked, from a lateral direction and configured to hold the solar cell modules.   
     
     
         40 . The loading and packing device according to  claim 39 , wherein an opening groove portion fitted with the edge portion of the solar cell module is formed on an inner side surface of the shock absorber member facing the edge portion of the solar cell module. 
     
     
         41 . The loading and packing device according to  claim 40 , wherein the plurality of opening groove portions are provided at regular intervals apart in the up-and-down direction of the inner side surface of the shock absorber member. 
     
     
         42 . The loading and packing device according to  claim 40 , wherein a tapered surface configured to guide the edge portion of the solar cell module is formed at an opening tip end portion of the opening groove portion. 
     
     
         43 . The loading and packing device according to  claim 39 , wherein a concave groove portion configured to allow a binding member to pass through is formed on an external side surface of the shock absorber member. 
     
     
         44 . The loading and packing device according to  claim 39 , wherein the plurality of shock absorber members adjacently disposed up and down are stacked in the up-and-down direction in such a manner be adhered to each other. 
     
     
         45 . The loading and packing device according to  claim 39 , wherein the shock absorber member at a lowermost stage is abutted on the upper surface of the base plate portion. 
     
     
         46 . The loading and packing device according to  claim 39 , wherein a height ranging from the upper surface of the base plate portion to an upper surface of the shock absorber member at an uppermost stage is equal to a height ranging from the upper surface of the base plate portion to an upper surface of the supporting structure at the uppermost stage. 
     
     
         47 . The loading and packing device according to  claim 39 , further comprising:
 a top plate configured to be arranged on the solar cell module at the uppermost stage, stacked in the up-and-down direction; and   a binding member configured to wind from the base plate portion to the top plate in such a manner as to be integrally bound.   
     
     
         48 . A loading and packing method, comprising:
 stacking and packing the solar cell modules in multiple stages in the horizontal state by use of the loading and packing device according to any one of  claim 39 .   
     
     
         49 . A supporting base plate on which supporting structures configured to support corner portions of a solar cell module are placed, the supporting base plate configured to support the solar cell module in a horizontal state, comprising:
 a fitting convex portion configured to be formed on an upper surface of the supporting base plate, and configured to be fitted with a fitting concave portion formed on a lower surface of the supporting structure.   
     
     
         50 . The supporting base plate according to  claim 49 , wherein a rib piece configured to be abutted on an external circumferential portion of the supporting structure and configured to prevent slippage in a lateral direction is formed at a periphery of the fitting convex portion on the upper surface of the supporting base plate. 
     
     
         51 . The supporting base plate according to  claim 50 ,
 wherein the external circumferential portion of the supporting structure is formed in a rectangular shape in a plane view, and   wherein the rib piece is formed except for portions facing two sides of the corner portions of the supporting base plate, out of the periphery of the fitting convex portion.   
     
     
         52 . The supporting base plate according to  claim 49 ,
 wherein the supporting base plate has a rectangular frame structure and includes two sets of long side frame bodies facing an edge portion on a long-side side of the solar cell module, and two sets of short side frame bodies facing an edge portion on a short-side of the solar cell module, and   wherein a receiving member on which the fitting convex portion is formed is provided on bilateral end portions of the long side frame bodies.   
     
     
         53 . The supporting base plate according to  claim 52 ,
 wherein the receiving member includes a main body portion formed in a rectangular shape in a plane view, and   wherein the fitting convex portion is formed on a central portion on an upper surface of the main body portion.   
     
     
         54 . The supporting base plate according to  claim 53 , wherein the rib piece is formed at a peripheral edge portion on the upper surface of the main body portion. 
     
     
         55 . The supporting base plate according to  claim 53 ,
 wherein the main body portion includes an engaging portion that protrudes on an end portion side of the long side frame bodies, and   wherein the engaging portion is engaged with the end portion of the long side frame bodies.   
     
     
         56 . A loading and packing device by which solar cell modules are stacked and packed in a horizontal state, the loading and packing device comprising:
 a base plate portion;   supporting members configured to be arranged on an upper surface of the base plate portion and placed by corner portions of the solar cell modules and configured to support the solar cell modules in the horizontal state; and   spacer members configured to be arranged between the base plate portion and the supporting members, and   wherein a fitting convex portion is formed on an upper surface of the spacer members, and a fitting concave portion fitted with the fitting convex portion is formed on a lower surface of the supporting members.   
     
     
         57 . The loading and packing device according to  claim 56 , wherein the fitting convex portion is formed on the upper surface of the base plate portion, and the fitting concave portion fitted with the fitting convex portion is formed on a lower surface of the spacer members. 
     
     
         58 . The loading and packing device according to  claim 56 , wherein the spacer members are arranged on the upper surface of the base plate portion, and
 wherein the supporting member disposed at a lowermost stage and placed on the base plate portion is used as the spacer members.