Trough fixing support structure, trough line including the same, trough structure and method for supporting and fixing the same, and trough fixing support member for use therein

A method for supporting and fixing a trough structure using a trough fixing support structure including a support structure, wherein:

• the support structure is assembled by using hollow fiber reinforced resin members having a substantially rectangular cross sections as horizontal support columns, oblique support columns, and vertical support columns, and fixing the horizontal or oblique support columns to one or both sides of the vertical support columns, which are buried in the ground or supported and fixed with concrete at predetermined intervals in one or more tiers with fixing bolts so that the horizontal support columns or oblique support columns are substantially perpendicular or oblique to the vertical support columns;
• the trough fixing support structure further comprises a plurality of S-shaped trough fixing support members;
• and
• each of the plurality of trough fixing support members is configured such that an inverted U-shaped first fixing portion and a normal U-shaped second fixing portion are integrally connected to each other, and the inverted U-shaped first fixing portions are hooked and fixed onto the horizontal support columns or the oblique support columns, and a trough structure in which a plurality of troughs are continuously disposed is placed on the normal U-shaped second fixing portions of the plurality of trough fixing support members so that the trough structure is supported by the trough fixing support structure.

A trough fixing support member having an S shape, the trough fixing support member comprising:

• an inverted-U-shaped first fixing portion;
• a normal U-shaped second fixing portion, wherein:
• the first fixing portion has two holes provided at mutually opposing and symmetrical positions at parts extending to a lower side below a horizontal support column or oblique support column when the inverted U-shaped first fixing portion is mounted on the horizontal support column or the oblique support column, such that a bolt can be inserted into the two holes and tightened with a nut;
• and
• the second fixing portion, which is a U-shaped opening further beyond the first fixing portion, has a structure on which a metal-made or resin-made trough structure can be placed.

A trough fixing support structure comprising:

• a support column structure that stands on a fixed surface and is formed by combining a plurality of horizontal and/or oblique support columns that are made of fiber-reinforced resin members;
• and
• a trough fixing support member that is detachably fixed to the horizontal and/or oblique support columns of the support column structure,
• wherein resin-made troughs can be placed on the trough fixing support member.