JP2000185786A - Storing case for beverage bottle - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a storing case for storing a beverage bottle in which various kinds of bottles are prevented from being present in a mixed state at the channel of distribution or selling locations and further a playing trick against the beverage or bottles is prevented. SOLUTION: There are provided an outer box 1, a cardboard shielding plate 2 having a plurality of round holes 6 through which a neck part 21 of each of a plurality of beverage bottles 20 stored in the outer box can be inserted, and breaking portions 4, 8 formed around each of the round holes 6 of the shielding plate. The shielding plate 2 is fixed to the outer box 1 under a state in which their neck portions are being inserted through the round holes 6 after the beverage bottles are stored in the outer box 1. When the bottles are taken out of the storing case, the breaking portions 4, 8 are broken, resulting in that it can be easily acknowledged that the bottles are extracted out of the box even if the bottles are returned back to the storing case. Since the shielding plate 2 is made of cardboard, its cost is less expensive and the taking-out operation of the bottle from the storing case can be carried out approximately in the same manner as that of the prior art.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a storage case for accommodating beverage bottles such as PET (polyethylene terephthalate) bottles. The present invention relates to a storage case used for display.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Beverages are sold in cans or bottles. In order to transport and display the bottles efficiently, a storage case made of paperboard or synthetic resin for accommodating a plurality of bottles is used. When displaying beverages on merchandise shelves at a retail store such as a convenience store, apart from small bottles that are sold in units of a plurality of bottles, they are usually displayed in a state of being taken out of a storage case and sold. When the storage case is made of paperboard, the storage case is discarded after removing the bottle. When the storage case is made of synthetic resin, the storage case is generally returned to a bottling maker and reused.

[0003]

A beverage bottle displayed on a merchandise shelf of a store can be taken out and returned by anyone. Therefore, when many types of beverage bottles are displayed on the product shelf, bottles of different types of beverages may be mixed while the customer takes out or returns. In addition, when the clerk of the store does not reach, the type of beverage is changed due to mischief of some customers,
It is possible that old beverages whose expiration date have passed are placed. In the worst case, a very malicious mischief can occur in which the beverage in the bottle purchased and brought home is mixed with drugs and poisons and returned to the original display shelf again.

[0004] In the current beverage sales system at convenience stores and the like, it is extremely difficult to discover when the above-mentioned acts are intentionally performed. The malicious mischief of mixing drinks and poisons into beverages in bottles can be performed at any point during the current distribution of drink bottles in the distribution system, even if there is evidence that drugs or poisons have been mixed. Even if a bottle can be found, it is extremely difficult to identify at which point in the distribution and sale such an action has taken place.

Accordingly, the present invention prevents bottles containing various beverages from being mixed at the time of distribution and sale, and prevents the beverages in the bottles and the bottles themselves from being maliciously mischievous. It is an object of the present invention to obtain a simple and inexpensive technical means that can be quickly found when a serious situation occurs.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a beverage bottle storage case comprising: an outer box; and a circular hole through which neck portions of a plurality of beverage bottles housed in the outer box. A shielding board 2 made of paperboard provided with a plurality of pieces, and break portions 4 and 8 formed around each circular hole 6 of the shielding board, and the shielding board 2 contains a beverage bottle in the outer box 1. They are fixed to the outer box 1 with their necks inserted through the circular holes 6, and the breaking portions 4, 8 of the shielding plate are broken when the beverage bottle 20 is pulled out.

[0007]

[Functions] Bottles of different types of beverages are mixed, and drugs and poisons are mixed in the beverages in the bottles because each bottle can be taken out and returned to its original state. It is. However, if one bottle cannot be handled, sales at the final stage will be hindered. For example, if a plurality of bottles are put into a case and sold to an end consumer, it will not be possible to meet the customer's desire to purchase a small amount of beverage. If a lock device is provided in the storage case so that bottles cannot be taken out one by one, the cost of the storage case becomes high, and the work of taking out the bottle from the case becomes troublesome.

On the other hand, according to the storage case of the present invention, when the bottle is taken out of the storage case, the break portions 4, 8 provided around the shielding plate 2 are broken, and the bottle can be returned into the storage case. However, since the breaking portions 4 and 8 of the shielding plate 2 are broken, it can be easily recognized whether or not each of the stored bottles has once been removed.

By making the shielding plate 2 made of disposable paperboard, the cost can be kept low, and the removal of the bottle from the storage case is performed by almost the same operation as the removal of the bottle from the conventional storage case. be able to.

When the outer box is made of paperboard, the peripheral portion is adhered to the outer box. When the outer box is made of synthetic resin, it is fixed to the outer box by clips or pins. After the bottle is stored in the outer box, the work of attaching the shielding plate 2 to the outer box can be easily performed, and there is no problem in repeated use of the synthetic resin outer box.

Therefore, by using the storage case of the present invention, when the bottle once removed from the case is returned into the case during distribution or during display at a store,
This can be immediately discriminated, alerting the customer, and, for example, when it is extracted during distribution, the breaking state of the shielding plate can be seen at a glance,
The operator can easily find this.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to embodiments shown in the drawings. FIGS. 1 and 2 show a first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 1 shows an example of a structure in which a shielding plate is attached to an outer box made of aluminum by bonding.

The outer box 1 is a cardboard box having a generally used structure. In the example of FIG.
0 is stored. The shielding plate 2 has a structure in which two sheets of cardboard board 3 and thin paper 4 are laminated and bonded. The cardboard board 3 is provided with an opening 5 through which the body of the bottle 20 can pass. A circular hole 6 is provided at a portion located at the center of the circle. This circular hole 6 is large enough to allow the neck 21 of the bottle to pass through. This shielding plate has an opening 5
The thin paper 4 is stuck on the cardboard board 3 provided with
It is manufactured by providing a circular hole 6 at the center of the. The four sides of the shielding plate 2 are bent upward by 90 degrees, and are attached to the inner surface of the outer box 1 at the bent portions 7.

The shielding plate 2 is manufactured separately from the outer box 1. After the bottles 20 are accommodated in the outer box 1, their necks 21 are inserted from above so as to be inserted into the circular holes 6, and an adhesive or an adhesive is applied. Affix the four sides to the inner surface of the outer box 1 with tape. Then outer box 1
Cover 18 is closed. The bottle 20 is circulated in this state, and is displayed on the product shelf of the final store with the outer box lid 18 cut off and stored in the outer box 1. A customer who wants to purchase a beverage in a bottle grasps the neck of the bottle protruding above the shielding plate 2 and pulls it out. By this pulling-out operation, the thin paper 4 in the opening 5 portion of the shielding plate is broken,
When the bottle is replaced, a later visitor can easily see that the bottle was once removed from the outer box.

FIGS. 3 and 4 show another example of the shielding plate. In this other example, the shielding plate 2 is made of one corrugated cardboard, and the neck of the bottle housed in the outer box is inserted. A circular hole 6 is provided. Several perforations 8 or cuts are provided radially around each circular hole 6. When the shield plate 2 having such a structure is attached to the outer box 1 with the neck 21 of the bottle inserted through the circular hole 6, when the bottle 20 is taken out of the outer box, the perforation 8 is cut open by the body of the bottle. Thus, it can be seen at a glance that the bottle was pulled out as in the first embodiment.

FIGS. 5 to 7 show a storage case according to a second embodiment of the present invention, in which the outer case is made of synthetic resin. The outer box 1 is a box made of a synthetic resin having a shape generally used in the past, and a flange 11 projecting inward is formed integrally at a portion slightly lower than an upper side thereof. A plurality of pin holes 12 are provided. The height of the flange 11 is the height of the base of the neck 21 of the bottle 20 housed in the outer box 1. The shielding plate 2 has the same structure as that shown in FIG. 1 or FIG. 3, but has four sides instead of the bent parts 7 of the first embodiment, in the positions of the pin holes of the flange 11 of the outer box. In addition, a pin insertion hole 13 is provided.

In the second embodiment, after the bottle 20 is accommodated in the outer box 1 made of synthetic resin, the neck 21 of the accommodated bottle is inserted into the circular hole 6 of the shielding plate, and the bottle 20 is placed inside the outer box 1. The locking projection 14 into which the shielding plate 2 is fitted and whose tip faces outward.
And a stop pin 16 provided with a slot 15 that allows the locking projection to be retracted is inserted through the pin insertion hole 13 and the pin hole 12. Head 17 of locking pin 16 and locking projection 14
Is the sum of the thickness of the protruding piece flange of the outer box and the thickness of the shielding plate 2. When the stop pin 16 is fully inserted, it is locked when the pin 16 passes through the pin hole 12. Protrusion 14
Open outward, and the locking pin 16 cannot be removed. The shielding plate 2 is fixed to the inside of the outer case 1 by a plurality of locking pins 16, and in this state, if necessary, a cover 18 is attached to the outer case 1 to circulate.

At the final store, the bottle is placed in the outer box 1
Displayed on the shelf with storage A customer who wants to purchase the beverage contained in the bottle 20 can place the bottle 20 in the outer box 1.
To buy from. At this time, since the broken portion of the shielding plate, that is, the thin paper 4 or the perforation 8 is broken, when the bottle once pulled out is returned to its original position, a customer coming later can easily visually recognize that.

When all the bottles of the outer box 1 are taken out, the shield plate 2 is broken and removed, and the locking pin 16 can be pulled out by pinching the tip with a finger to retract the locking projection.
If the outer box 1 is sent back to the bottling maker, the outer box 1 can be reused.

The shield plate 2 cannot be reused because the break around the neck corresponding to the bottle is broken each time the bottle is pulled out. However, since this shielding plate is made of a reusable and inexpensive material such as a cardboard plate, the cost burden is small. Further, since this shielding plate is provided with a break portion in advance, it does not become an obstacle when taking out bottles one by one from the outer box.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view of a main part of the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing another example of the shielding plate.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view showing a shielding plate when the bottle is taken out.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of the second embodiment with a part cut away.

6 is a sectional view of a part A in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view showing a fixing structure of the shielding plate.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 outer box 4 thin paper 5 circular hole 8 perforation 20 bottle 21 neck

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A paperboard provided with an outer box (1) and a plurality of circular holes (6) through which necks (21) of a plurality of beverage bottles (20) stored in the outer box can be inserted. It has a shielding plate (2) and breaks (4, 8) formed around each circular hole (6) of the shielding plate, and the shielding plate (2) accommodates a beverage bottle in the outer box (1). Are fixed to the outer box (1) with their necks inserted through the circular holes (6), and when the beverage bottle (20) is pulled out, the
A storage case for a beverage bottle, wherein (4, 8) is broken.