JP6712842B2 - Product display method and cardboard box - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a corrugated cardboard box, and more particularly to a corrugated cardboard box for accommodating bag-filled products such as bag confectionery or retort pouches, stand pouch products and the like.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, products that have a soft exterior and are easily changed in shape, such as packaged products such as confectionery bags or retort pouches, and stand pouch products, have a flap on the top, so-called A-type cardboard boxes (commonly known as mandarin oranges). The exhibition and sales method has been adopted in which the products are stored in a box shape and transported, and then cardboard boxes are unpacked and displayed on display shelves at stores.
In addition, to save labor costs and reduce waste, we cut out a part of the cardboard boxes used for transportation to form openings, and instead of rearranging the products from the cardboard boxes to the display shelves, There is also a sales form in which products are displayed on shelves and displayed and taken out.

Patent Document 1 discloses a corrugated cardboard box in which openings are provided on the front surface side and the back surface side of the box, and products can be stacked in an exposed state to be displayed in large quantities. However, since the cardboard box of Patent Document 1 has a narrow opening range, it is difficult to take out the products, and the bagged products are stacked and packed from the top side in the manufacturing process, so that the openings formed on the front side and the back side are opened. Only the side of the product could be seen through the department, and the displayability of the product was extremely poor.
Patent Documents 2 to 4 disclose cardboard boxes having a large opening from the front side to the top side. However, these cardboard boxes are intended to be displayed alone and cannot be stacked with the cardboard boxes open. For this reason, it was necessary to install a shelf that matched the height of the cardboard box.

Patent Document 5 discloses a cardboard box having a large opening from the side surface side to the top surface side. However, in this cardboard box, it is necessary to accurately manufacture the cardboard box by gluing in order to integrally separate the inner flap extending from the side surface and the outer flap extending from the front side and the back side, and it is also necessary to manufacture the inner flap and the outer flap. It required a great deal of power to separate them.
Patent Documents 6 to 7 disclose wrap round type cardboard boxes having a large opening from the top surface side to the front surface side. However, it is difficult to pack a soft product such as a bag-packed product in a wrap round type cardboard box due to the manufacturing process.

Utility model registration No. 3082540 Utility model registration No. 3170785 Utility model registration No. 3183575 Japanese Patent No. 4518840 JP, 2014-76851, A Utility model registration No. 3176475 JP, 2008-297003, A

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and it is possible to transport and store products whose shapes are easily changed, and at the same time, the products are displayed nicely at the time of sale and are stacked and displayed. The purpose is to provide a cardboard box that can.

The product display method according to the present invention includes a rectangular tube portion including a front wall portion and a rear wall portion facing each other, and a pair of side wall portions facing each other, and a first outer portion extending from a top surface side edge of the front wall portion. A first outer flap including a flap, a second outer flap extending from the top surface side edge of the rear wall portion, and a bottom wall portion that closes the bottom surface of the square tubular portion and flatly stacks a plurality of products. The top surface of the square tubular portion is closed by bending the second outer flap against the front wall portion and the back wall portion and abutting them against each other, and the second outer flap is passed through the first outer flap from a part of the front wall portion and the second outer flap portion is closed. A corrugated cardboard box having a breaking guide wire that is continuous with a part of the outer flap and is cut away from the top wall side edge of the rear wall portion so that a cut portion can be cut off. This is a method of cutting a cutout portion to form an opening, and displaying a plurality of products through the opening in a posture rotated by 90 degrees so that the front wall faces upward and the back wall faces downward.

It is preferable that the breaking guide wire is arranged such that the minimum value of the distance to each side wall portion is 7 to 25% with respect to the distance between the pair of side wall portions.
Also, including a pair of inner flaps extending from the top surface side edge of the pair of side wall portions, respectively, the inner flap length, the inner flap length is less than the minimum value of the distance from the breaking guide line to each side wall portion. Is also preferably short.

It is preferable that the first outer flap and the second outer flap are fixed by an adhesive tape extending along the abutting portion of each other and extending from the top surface of the rectangular tube portion to the pair of side wall portions.
Preferably, the adhesive tape has higher tear resistance in the direction along the abutting portion than in the direction orthogonal to the abutting portion.
Furthermore, it is preferable that the breaking guide wire arranged on the first outer flap and the breaking guide wire arranged on the second outer flap are displaced from each other at the abutting portions in the directions along the abutting portions.
Further, it is preferable that a push-in portion for starting cutting of the cut-out portion is formed in a part of the breaking guide wire. Alternatively, the breaking guide wire has a pair of ends that are separated from each other, and a cut portion is formed at each of the pair of end portions, and for cutting the cut portion on the corrugated paper between both cut portions to start cutting. It is preferable that a cut tape is attached.
The corrugated cardboard according to the present invention is the corrugated cardboard used in the above-described product display method.

According to this invention, there is a break guide wire that enables cutting of a cutout portion that continues from a part of the front wall portion to a part of the second outer flap through the first outer flap, and The cutout is cut off to form an opening, and multiple products are displayed through the opening in a posture rotated 90 degrees so that the front wall faces upward and the back wall faces downward, so the shape changes. The product can be easily transported and stored, and at the time of sale, the product can be displayed nicely and stacked and displayed.

It is the perspective view which looked at the cardboard box concerning Embodiment 1 of this invention from the front side. It is the perspective view which looked at the cardboard box concerning Embodiment 1 from the back side. FIG. 3 is a development view of the cardboard box according to the first embodiment. It is a figure which shows the cut part cut off from the cardboard box. It is a perspective view which shows the corrugated board box which concerns on Embodiment 1 which cut out the cutout part and formed the opening part. It is a perspective view which shows the goods accommodated in the inside of a cardboard box. It is a perspective view which shows the cardboard box which concerns on Embodiment 1 at the time of storing several goods. It is a perspective view which shows the corrugated cardboard box which concerns on Embodiment 1 at the time of displaying several goods. FIG. 7 is a partial plan view showing a main part of a cardboard box according to the second embodiment. It is a development view of a corrugated board box according to the third embodiment.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Embodiment 1
1 and 2 show a cardboard box 1 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
The corrugated cardboard box 1 has a rectangular parallelepiped shape, and has a rectangular tubular portion S including a front wall portion 2 and a rear wall portion 3 facing each other, and a pair of side wall portions 4 and 5 facing each other, and a rectangular tubular portion S. A top wall 6 for closing the top and a bottom wall 7 for closing the bottom of the rectangular tube S are provided.

The corrugated cardboard box 1 is a so-called A-shaped corrugated cardboard box, and is formed, for example, by bending a corrugated cardboard paper P as shown in FIG. 3 and joining or fixing the ends thereof. In the corrugated paperboard P, the back wall portion 3, the side wall portion 5, the front wall portion 2, the side wall portion 4, and the glue margin portion 8 are linearly connected via a fold line.
Here, for convenience, it is assumed that the corrugated paperboard P extends on the XY plane, and the back wall portion 3, the side wall portion 5, the front wall portion 2, the side wall portion 4, and the glue margin portion 8 are connected in the X direction.

An upper outer flap 2A (first outer flap) and an upper outer flap 3A (second outer flap) extending in the +Y direction are connected to the +Y direction side end edges of the front wall portion 2 and the rear wall portion 3, respectively. The lower outer flap 2B and the lower outer flap 3B extending in the -Y direction are connected to the end edges of the front wall portion 2 and the rear wall portion 3 on the -Y direction side, respectively. The upper inner flap 4A and the upper inner flap 5A extending in the +Y direction are connected to the +Y direction side end edges of the pair of side wall portions 4 and 5, respectively, and the pair of side wall portions 4 and 5 in the -Y direction. A lower inner flap 4B and a lower inner flap 5B extending in the -Y direction are connected to the side edges, respectively.

The back wall portion 3, the side wall portion 5, the front wall portion 2, the side wall portion 4 and the glue margin portion 8 which are connected in the X direction are bent at right angles at their respective boundaries, and the glue margin portion 8 is formed into the back wall portion 3. The rectangular tube portion S is formed by bonding the inside of the.
Further, after the upper inner flap 4A and the upper inner flap 5A are bent at right angles to the side wall 4 and the side wall 5, respectively, the upper outer flap 2A and the upper outer flap 3A are respectively bent to the front wall 2 and the rear wall. 3 is bent at a right angle and the ends of the upper outer flap 2A and the upper outer flap 3A are abutted against each other to close the top surface of the rectangular tube S as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. The top wall portion 6 is formed.
The upper outer flap 2A and the upper outer flap 3A are formed by attaching an adhesive tape T from one side wall 4 to the other side wall 5 along the abutting portion of the upper outer flap 2A and the upper outer flap 3A. , Fixed to the square tube portion S.

Similarly, the lower inner flap 4B and the lower inner flap 5B are bent at right angles to the side wall 4 and the side wall 5, respectively, and the lower outer flap 2B and the lower outer flap 3B are respectively bent to the front wall 2 and the front wall 2 respectively. By bending at a right angle to the back wall portion 3, a bottom wall portion 7 that closes the bottom surface of the square tubular portion S is formed.
The lower outer flap 2B and the lower outer flap 3B can be fixed by the adhesive tape T, similarly to the upper outer flap 2A and the upper outer flap 3A. Alternatively, the bottom surface of the square tube portion S can be closed by various methods used for so-called one-touch type, American lock type cardboard boxes and the like.

Further, the front wall portion 2 and the top wall portion 6 of the cardboard box 1 have a cutout portion which continues from a part of the front wall portion 2 through the upper outer flap 2A of the top wall portion 6 to a part of the upper outer flap 3A. A fracture guide line B surrounding C is formed. The breaking guide line B is designed to allow the operator to easily break the corrugated paper by hand without using a tool such as a cutter or a jig, and the breaking guide line B should be broken along the breaking guide line B. Then, the cutout portion C shown in FIG. 4 is cut off, and as a result, an opening D as shown in FIG. 5 is formed in the cardboard box 1.
The breaking guide line B may be a perforated line that penetrates from the front surface to the back surface of the corrugated paper, or may be a score line that cuts only the back surface of the corrugated paper and the corrugated material inside. As shown in FIG. 1, a push-in portion B1 is formed in a part of the breaking guide wire B arranged on the front wall portion 2, and after pushing the push-in portion B1 with a finger, the corrugated paper is broken. The opening D can be formed by pushing in or pulling the corrugated paper from the break point along the break guide line B.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the breaking guide wire B is formed over the front wall portion 2, the upper outer flap 2A, and the upper outer flap 3A, but from the breaking guide wire B to the side wall portions 4 and 5, respectively. Is arranged such that the minimum value L1 of the distance is within a range of 7 to 25% with respect to the distance L2 between the pair of side wall portions 4 and 5. That is, as shown in FIG. 5, when the cutout portion C is cut along the fracture guide line B to form the opening D, the remaining portion is left between the opening D and the respective side wall portions 4 and 5. The part Z is formed and the remaining part Z has a width of the value L1 of at least 7 to 25% with respect to the length L2 of the cardboard box 1 along the abutting portion of the upper outer flap 2A and the upper outer flap 3A. There is. Thereby, even if the opening D is formed, the strength of the cardboard box 1 can be ensured.

In addition, below the remaining portion Z of the upper outer flap 2A and the upper outer flap 3A, the upper inner flap 4A and the top surface side end of the side wall portion 5 which are bent at a right angle from the top surface side edge of the side wall portion 4. Although the upper inner flap 5A bent at a right angle from the edge is located, as shown in FIG. 3, inside the upper inner flaps 4A and 5A extending from the top end edges of the side wall portions 4 and 5, respectively. The flap length L3 is set to be equal to or shorter than the minimum value L1 of the distance from the breaking guide line B to the side wall portions 4 and 5, respectively. Therefore, the upper inner flaps 4A and 5A are prevented from protruding into the opening D.

In addition, since the abutting portions of the upper outer flap 2A and the upper outer flap 3A are joined by the adhesive tape T, the cutout portion C when forming the opening D is integrated with the adhesive tape T, which is simple and easy. The cut-out portion C can be cut off to form the opening D, and the generation of a surplus such as a scrap is small.
It is preferable that the adhesive tape T has higher tear resistance in the direction along the abutting portions than in the direction orthogonal to the abutting portions of the upper outer flap 2A and the upper outer flap 3A. With such an adhesive tape T, the adhesive tape T is easily cut along the breaking guide line B when the cutout portion C is cut while maintaining the sealing force of the upper outer flap 2A and the upper outer flap 3A, The formation of the opening D becomes easier.

The upper outer flap 2A and the upper outer flap 3A can be glued to the upper inner flaps 4A and 5A, respectively, without using the adhesive tape T, but since the upper outer flap 2A and the upper outer flap 3A are not joined to each other, When the cut-out portion C is cut off, the breaking operation is divided by the upper outer flap 2A and the upper outer flap 3A, and the formation of the opening D becomes complicated.

Here, the product 10 stored in the cardboard box 1 is shown in FIG. This product 10 is a packaged product such as a confectionery bag or a retort pouch, which has a top portion 10A and a bottom portion 10B, and has a front face 10C on which a display representing the product 10 is drawn or a sticker or the like is attached. And
Such a product 10 has a soft exterior and its shape is likely to change. Therefore, if the product 10 is stored and stored in a cardboard box in an upright state, the product 10 may be displaced and the posture thereof may collapse. Is big.

Therefore, with the top surface side of the cardboard box 1 open, as shown in FIG. 7, a plurality of products 10 are stacked flat on the bottom wall portion 7 of the cardboard box 1. At this time, the top 10A of each product 10 is close to the front wall 2, the bottom 10B is close to the back wall 3, and the front 10C faces the top surface, that is, the upper outer flap 2A and the upper outer flap 3A. A plurality of products 10 are stored in the cardboard box 1 in such an orientation. Then, after the upper inner flap 4A and the upper inner flap 5A are folded inside the corrugated board box 1, the top surface of the corrugated cardboard box 1 is closed by the upper outer flap 2A and the upper outer flap 3A, and fixed with the adhesive tape T. At this time, it is assumed that the cutout portion C has not yet been cut and the opening D has not been formed.

In this way, a plurality of products 10 are stacked flat from the top surface side of the cardboard box 1, the upper outer flap 2A and the upper outer flap 3A are closed and fixed with the adhesive tape T. It can be packaged in a package and the packing can be easily mechanized and automated.
The cardboard box 1 in which a plurality of products 10 are stored is stored and transported while the upper outer flap 2A and the upper outer flap 3A on the top face upward and the bottom wall 7 faces downward. .. Therefore, even if a plurality of corrugated cardboard boxes 1 are stacked, it is difficult to be crushed, and the product 10 whose shape is likely to change can be safely and easily stored and transported.
Further, since the cardboard box 1 is a so-called A-type cardboard box, it is excellent in versatility and ease of manufacture.

When the product 10 is sold at the store, the cutout portion C is cut off by the breaking guide line B to form the opening D, and the front wall portion 2 faces upward and the rear wall portion as shown in FIG. The cardboard box 1 is rotated 90 degrees so that the product 3 faces downward, and the plurality of products 10 are displayed through the opening D with the plurality of products 10 stored in the cardboard box 1.
Each of the products 10 has a cardboard box with the top 10A close to the front wall 2 and the bottom 10B close to the back wall 3, and the front 10C faces the upper outer flap 2A and the upper outer flap 3A. As shown in FIG. 8, when the cardboard box 1 is rotated 90 degrees, the top 10A of the product 10 faces upward, and the front 10C is exposed through the opening D. Therefore, a good-looking display can be performed and the product 10 can be easily taken out from the cardboard box 1 without opening the cardboard box 1 and rearranging the product 10 on the display shelf. Becomes

As shown in FIG. 7, with the cardboard box 1 placed so that the top surface faces upward, the corrugated cardboard paper is placed on the top surface side along the breaking guide line B from the pushing portion B1 of the front wall portion 2. The corrugated cardboard box 1 may be rotated 90 degrees after being pulled to form the opening D, or the corrugated cardboard box 1 may be rotated 90 degrees and the front wall portion 2 may be turned upward and then opened along the breaking guide line B. The part D may be formed.
At this time, if the adhesive tape T has a higher tear resistance in the direction along the abutting portions than in the direction orthogonal to the abutting portions of the upper outer flap 2A and the upper outer flap 3A, the adhesive tape T is a breaking guide wire. It is easy to cut along B, and the cutout portion C can be easily cut off to form the opening D.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the length L2 of the cardboard box 1 along the abutting portion of the upper outer flap 2A and the upper outer flap 3A is provided between the opening D and the side wall portions 4 and 5, respectively. On the other hand, the remaining portion Z having the width L1 within the range of 7 to 25% is formed, and the upper inner flaps 4A and 5A are further bent under the remaining portion Z. Therefore, the strength of the corrugated board box 1 is ensured even in the state in which the opening D is formed, and it becomes possible to stack and display a plurality of corrugated board boxes 1 rotated 90 degrees as shown in FIG.

Similarly, when a self-standing stand-pouch product is used as the product 10, a plurality of products 10 are stacked flat on the bottom wall 7 and stored and transported with the top surface of the cardboard box 1 facing upward. At the time of sale, the product 10 in the cardboard box 1 can be displayed through the opening D while the opening D is formed and the cardboard box 1 is rotated 90 degrees.
Therefore, it is not necessary to use a dedicated cardboard box for storing the product in a self-supporting state, and it is not necessary to install a partition plate in the cardboard box, and the stand pouch product can be safely and easily stored and transported. In addition to being able to do so, it will be possible to hold a good-looking exhibition.

Embodiment 2
The breaking guide line B is formed continuously from the upper outer flap 2A to the upper outer flap 3A, but as shown in FIG. 9, the breaking guide line B and the upper outer flap 3A are arranged on the upper outer flap 2A. The arranged break guide lines B can be displaced at the abutting portions of the upper outer flap 2A and the upper outer flap 3A, for example, by a shift amount ΔL in the direction along the abutting portions.
With this configuration, when the corrugated paperboard is broken along the breaking guide line B, the shearing force acting on the adhesive tape T attached on the butted portion is twisted due to the deviation amount ΔL. As a result, the adhesive tape T can be cut more easily to form the opening D.
The value of the deviation amount ΔL may be set based on the strength and tearability of the adhesive tape T, and can be set within a range of ±10 mm, for example.

Embodiment 3
In the first embodiment described above, the push-in portion B1 for starting the breaking of the corrugated paper is formed in a part of the breaking guide wire B arranged in the front wall portion 2, but the top of the rear wall portion 3 is formed. The pushing portion B1 may be formed in a part of the breaking guide wire B arranged in the upper outer flap 3A extending from the surface side edge.
Further, as shown in FIG. 10, the breaking guide wire B has a pair of end portions spaced apart from each other on the front wall portion 2, and each of these end portions has a cut portion B2 and both cut portions. It is also possible to attach the cut tape CT to the corrugated paper between B2, and grasp and pull the corrugated paper from one cut B2 to break the corrugated paper to the other cut B2 by the cut tape CT. The opening D can be formed by pulling the corrugated paper from the break point along the break guide line B.
You may arrange|position such a notch part B2 and the cut tape CT in the upper side outer flap 3A extended from the top surface side edge of the back surface wall part 3.

The size of the cardboard box of the present invention is not particularly limited, and can be appropriately determined based on the size, the number, the weight of the products to be stored, the distribution form, the size of the product shelf, and the like. For example, as viewed from the front wall portion 2, a cardboard box having a width of 10 to 80 cm, a height of 8 to 60 cm, and a depth of 10 to 80 cm can be used.

1 Cardboard box, 2 Front wall part, 2A, 3A Upper outer flap, 2B, 3B Lower outer flap, 3 Rear wall part, 4, 5 Side wall part, 4A, 5A Upper inner flap, 4B, 5B Lower inner flap , 6 top wall part, 7 bottom wall part, 8 glue part, 10 product, 10A top part, 10B bottom part, 10C front part, S square tube part, P corrugated paper, T adhesive tape, B breaking guide wire, B1 pushing part , B2 cut portion, C cut portion, D opening portion, Z remaining portion, L1 remaining portion width, L2 distance between a pair of side wall portions, L3 inner flap length, ΔL shift amount, CT cut tape.

Claims (9)

A square tubular portion formed of a pair of side wall portions facing each other and a front wall portion and a rear wall portion facing each other;
A first outer flap extending from the top surface side edge of the front wall portion;
A second outer flap extending from the top surface side edge of the back wall portion;
A bottom wall portion for closing a bottom surface of the rectangular tubular portion and flatly stacking a plurality of products, and the first outer flap and the second outer flap with respect to the front wall portion and the back wall portion, respectively. By folding and abutting each other, the top surface of the square tube portion is closed,
Arranged so as to continue from a part of the front wall portion to a part of the second outer flap through the first outer flap, and to be spaced apart from the top surface side edge of the back wall portion. A cardboard box with a breakage guide line that makes it possible to cut off the cut out part,
The cutout portion is cut off by the breaking guide line to form an opening, and the plurality of the plurality of openings are passed through the opening in a posture rotated by 90 degrees so that the front wall faces upward and the back wall faces downward. The product display method, which is characterized by displaying the product. The product display according to claim 1, wherein the breaking guide line is arranged such that a minimum value of a distance to each of the side wall portions is 7 to 25% with respect to an interval between the pair of side wall portions. Method. Including a pair of inner flaps extending from the top surface side edges of the pair of side wall portions respectively by an inner flap length,
The product display method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the inner flap length is equal to or shorter than the minimum value of the distance from the breaking guide line to each of the side wall portions. The said 1st outer flap and said 2nd outer flap are being fixed by the adhesive tape extended along the mutual abutting part and extending from the top surface of the said square cylinder part to the said pair of side wall parts. The product display method described in any one of 1. The product display method according to claim 4, wherein the adhesive tape has higher tear resistance in a direction along the abutting portion than in a direction orthogonal to the abutting portion. The breaking guide wire arranged on the first outer flap and the breaking guide wire arranged on the second outer flap are displaced from each other in the direction along the butting portion at the butting portion. The product display method described in. The product display method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein a push-in portion for starting cutting of the cutout portion is formed in a part of the breaking guide wire. The breaking guide wire has a pair of end portions separated from each other, and cut portions are formed at the pair of end portions, respectively, and the cutting of the cut portion is started on the corrugated paper between the both cut portions. The product display method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising a cut tape attached thereto. A cardboard box used in the product display method according to any one of claims 1 to 8.

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