JP2001322629A - Package of fragile article such as cake - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a package which can be applied to fragile foodstuffs such as Western-style confectionery in various forms and cakes with various decorations, wherein those fragile articles can be easily wrapped and fixed to protect them from a vibration or impact applied during distribution of the articles and further a manufacturing cost is low. SOLUTION: An outer box 10 is constituted of a shallow tray-like body 1 and a cover lid 2 to be used to cover the body 1 entirely from above, a support plate 3 in contact with an entire internal surface of the lid 2 or in local contact with the inside of the lid 2 is assembled, and also a circular notched hole 3a is formed at the center of the support plate 3. A cylindrical peripheral surface protective member 4 is fitted tightly inside the notched hole 3a, wherein a base plate 5 having a U-shaped cross section is mounted when necessary with such a relation that the base plate 5 is located below the protective member 4 and in tight contact with the inside of the tray-like body 1.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a package which can transport extremely fragile articles such as cakes and ready-to-eat ready-to-eat products such as cakes on a distribution route. The present invention relates to a package in which fragile Western confectionery such as cakes, the surface of which is decorated with cream, fruit, chocolate, etc., can be transported via distribution means such as postal / courier service without breaking the shape and decoration. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, it is impossible to mail or deliver home-made confectionery such as the above-mentioned decoration cake in a hall, that is, in a state of being decorated without being cut. Met. Generally, Western confectionery has a fragile and delicate shape, and in many cases, shape and powder are easily damaged by vibration and impact during transportation and handling. In addition, the vibration and shock when these are put on a distribution route such as mail or home delivery are even more severe.
The fact is that even if the package is stored in a packaging box or the like, the package cannot withstand the above-mentioned vibration and impact. More specifically, cakes decorated with cream, fruits, etc. are sold at stores such as retail stores and department stores so that consumers can buy them directly and take them home, or cut cakes cut at convenience stores and the like. It has not been sold or distributed in a state of being housed in a container molded of synthetic resin or the like.

As is well known, recently, with the development of distribution means such as transportation and mailing, chilled (low temperature) packaging which can transport food while keeping it in an optimum environment for a long time has been put to practical use. Thus, there is a demand that vulnerable confectionery such as the above-mentioned decoration cake can be diversifiedly sold not only through in-store sales but also through mail-order sales and home delivery. In such a sales form, easily damaged items such as decoration cakes are mixed in freight cars together with other luggage by the carrier, so they have the same strength as vibration and impact as other luggage during transportation. It is necessary, or otherwise it cannot be delivered to the consumer without breaking the shape and decoration of the cake.

[0004] In recent years, attempts have been made to provide a package which can be transported while maintaining the shape of the cake while maintaining the shape of the cake. One example is described in JP-A-11-208758.
This is the technique disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Publication No. HEI 10-26139. As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the tray (a) on which the cake (A) is placed and a cover member (b) that completely covers the cake (A) are provided. )
It is formed in a shallow dish shape having a recess (c) having an area slightly larger than the diameter of the cake (A) at substantially the center, and a fitting portion (d) formed at the lower peripheral edge of the cover member (b) is provided with the recess. The cover member (b) and the tray (a) are integrally fixed by friction-fitting the inner diameter of the portion (c).

[0005] In the above proposed example, a cover member molded using a thermoplastic plastic or the like (b)
Must be completely wrapped around the cake to be packaged from above. Therefore, as shown in the figure, a convex groove (e) is formed at the peripheral edge of the upper end of the cover member (b), and the cake (A) is formed inside the convex groove (e).
A coating (f) having a shape corresponding to the decoration (a) applied to the top surface of the cake is molded so that the coating (h) and the top surface of the cake fit together as closely as possible, and the impact The original shape of the cake is maintained even when vibration is applied.

That is, when the decoration cake (A) is transported without shape collapse using the conventional package (g), first, a relatively hard material such as a biscuit is placed on the peripheral side surface of the cake (A) body. Is provided, and the wall (b) is formed slightly higher than the top surface of the cake (A). The cake (A) thus prepared is placed on the concave portion (c) of the tray, a cover member (b) is put on the cake (A), and further, the wall (b) provided on the side surface of the cake is covered. The upper end is inserted into the convex groove (e) of the cover member, and the fitting portion (d) on the lower edge of the cover member is fitted into the inner periphery of the recess (c) of the tray.
The cake (A) does not shift even when vibration is applied, because the upper end of the wall (b) provided on the peripheral side face is inserted into the convex groove, and the cake (A) ) Is also protected for each individual shape by the covering portion (H).

As described above, the conventional package (g) is
Since it was necessary to provide a wall (b) made of a relatively hard material on the side surface of the cake (A) to be conveyed, there was a problem that the design and taste of the cake that could be mailed and delivered were limited. Further, the height of the cake (A) is limited to a height substantially equal to the height of the cover member (B), and the versatility of applying the cake to various cake forms without any loss has been lost. In particular, since the decoration (a) on the top surface needs to match the shape of the covering portion (f) of the cover member (b), there has been a problem that decoration of a limited shape can be applied. On the other hand,
In the case where the decoration is applied freely, it is necessary to separately mold the cover portion of the cover member in accordance with the shape of the decoration, so that there is a problem that the manufacturing cost is high. As described above, the conventional package (g) has no versatility in the form of the cake, and the design, shape, and taste of the cake that can be conveyed are extremely limited, and various types of cakes are sold. It could not meet the market needs for distribution.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

Therefore, the present invention can be applied to extremely fragile foods such as pastries of various shapes and cakes with various decorations in order to solve the above-mentioned problems of the conventional products. Easily wrap these easily damaged items,
An object of the present invention is to provide a package that can be fixed to protect the product from vibration and impact applied during the distribution of the product, and that is inexpensive to manufacture.

[0009]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a package body comprising a box body composed of a body box alone or a body box and a lid, and an inner wall of the body box or the lid inside the box member. At least a part thereof is provided with a supporting plate that comes into contact, and a perforated hole having a shape corresponding to the cross section of the article to be packaged is formed near the center of the supporting plate, and is in contact with an inner peripheral edge of the notched hole, Further, a protection member formed in a cylindrical shape for surrounding the peripheral side surface of the article to be packaged is detachably interposed.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, one or more locking pillars are formed inside the body box or the lid so as to support the support plate from below or from above. The package according to claim 3, wherein the box member comprises a tray-shaped body box and a lid that covers the body box, and locking pillars are attached to four corners of the inner wall surface of the body box. A support plate at least partially inscribing the inner wall of the lid is sandwiched from above and below by the upper edge of the body box and the locking column to hold the support plate. Claim 4
In the package described above, the protective member is formed of a synthetic resin film such as a PET film.

[0011]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the drawings with reference to a few embodiments. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the package of the present invention includes an outer box 10 including a body box 1 and a cover 2, and a buffer frame 10 a including the following members to be mounted in the outer box 10. To make up the whole.
That is, as an example, the outer box 10 is constituted by a shallow tray-shaped body box 1 and a cover 2 used so as to completely cover the body box 1 from above. Is fixed to the outer surface by friction fitting. On the other hand, a support plate 3 that is inscribed locally on the entire inner surface of the cover 2 or the inside of the cover 2 is combined, and a circular cutout hole 3a is formed in the center of the support plate 3. The cylindrical peripheral surface protection member 4 is fitted into the inside of the notch hole 3a in a close state. At this time, the cylindrical peripheral surface protection member 4 is located below the protection member 4 and inside the tray-shaped body box 1 described above. Pedestal plate 5 having a U-shaped cross section
Is placed as required.

[0013] In the case shown in FIG. 3, a part of the inner wall surface 2 b of the cover 2, and at four corners of the rectangular parallelepiped cover, locking posts 2 a for holding down the support plate 3 from above are formed to protrude. In order to form the locking pillar 2a, as an example, after forming the side wall of the lid body 2 into a double structure, a part of the wall plate 2b located inside is cut out into a substantially rectangular shape, and the cut out portion is a cover. May be disposed so as to protrude obliquely at the inside corners of the. However, it is not always necessary to adopt such a configuration, and two side walls of the cover 2 are not overlapped, and a single-piece structure is separately provided inside the side wall 2b.
a may be attached.

In the meantime, as described above, a circular cutout hole 3a is formed in the center of the support plate 3 which comes into contact with the inner wall of the lid 2, for example. The packaged article, that is, the easily fragile product such as cakes, is stored through the peripheral surface protection member 4 having the shape, and therefore, as shown in FIG. At the same time as it is necessary to make a notch hole suitable, if the cross-sectional shape of the article to be packaged A is not circular but oval,
It is preferable that the cutout hole is also an elliptical shape corresponding to the shape of the article A.

As described above, in the notch 3a, the easily fragile items such as cakes are stored via the protective member 4. The protective member will be described as an example. It is possible to use a transparent synthetic resin plate. In addition, when forming a synthetic resin plate, it is of course possible to mold the synthetic resin plate into a cylindrical shape from the beginning, but it is possible to round the band-shaped synthetic resin plate into a cylindrical shape and then form the cutout hole 3a. It may be fitted inside. in short,
The above-mentioned protective member 4 is fitted into the notch 3a formed in the center of the support plate 3. At this time, the protective member 4 is wrapped around at least the peripheral surface of the article A to be packaged.
And then operate so that they are all stored in the notches.

Incidentally, the height L of the protection member 4 mounted on the inner periphery of the cutout hole 3a is maintained at a level exceeding the height of easily damaged articles such as cakes to be stored as shown in the figure. In other words, it is preferable that the height be at least equal to or higher than the height of the easily damaged product. Further, since the protective member 4 is intended to prevent damage, a material suitable for the purpose, that is, a metal plate such as aluminum in addition to the synthetic resin plate described above,
Paperboard such as white balls can be used. In short, any material having a certain degree of rigidity may be used. However, when it comes into contact with foods such as cakes, it is necessary to use one that does not impair the taste and does not harm the human body in terms of hygiene. Further, in addition to damage prevention, it is desirable to use a material that preferably has humidity control, mold prevention, oil resistance, water resistance, and the like. It does not matter whether the material is transparent or not, but it is recommended that it be beautiful in appearance, so practically, PET film, polyethylene, polypropylene, polyester, polyvinylidene chloride film, etc. with a thickness of about 3 microns It is better to use transparent packaging materials as much as possible.

Referring to the pedestal plate 5 placed in the body box 1, as shown in FIG. 1, the pedestal plate 5 is composed of a bottom plate 5b and side plates 5a connected to four sides of the bottom plate 5b. For example, the height H of the side plate 5a is preferably formed slightly higher than the height h of the side wall of the body box 1 (H>
h). The pedestal plate 5 is connected to the upper surface of the body box 1 and the protective member 4.
It is not always necessary to intervene between them. This base plate 5
Is more convenient in terms of ease of use than without it, but this will be described later. In addition, a through hole 5c for inserting a pin 5d for inserting the pin into the bottom dough of the cake and fixing the cake can be carved in substantially the center of the bottom plate 5b of the base plate 5, but it is indispensable. Absent.

Next, a method of using the package 10 will be described with reference to FIGS. The pedestal plate 5 is fitted into the body box 1, the pins 5 d are projected from the through holes 5 c, and the cake (A) is placed on the pedestal plate 5. By doing so, the pins 5d protruding above the pedestal plate 5 are pierced into the bottom material of the cake, thereby preventing the cake from skidding to some extent. Next, after the cylindrical protection member 4 is fitted into the storage notch 3a provided in the support plate 3, the cake (A) as the article to be packaged is stored or the cake (A) is stored. ), The cake and the protection member are integrally formed, and the cutout hole 3 for storage is formed.
The cake may be stored in the container a, or the cake may be placed on the upper surface of the body box by any method. This way,
The support plate 3 fitted on the outer periphery of the cake (A) is supported by the upper end edge of the pedestal plate 5 and is held at a middle height of the cake, and the support plate 3 is covered by a lid from above. By the locking pillars 2a formed at the four corners of No. 2, it is suppressed from the top to the bottom and does not move sly even when encountering vibration or impact.

When the cover 2 is put on the body box 1 containing the cake (A) as described above and the lid 2 is put on from above, the locking column 2a
(See FIG. 2). Thus, the support plate 3 covers the cover 2
And between the upper edge of the side plate 5a of the pedestal plate 5 and the locking portion 2a, and is securely held at a middle position of the cake height. This ensures that the stored cake can be stably and stably placed in the box without being displaced and, at the same time, held in a fixed position. Further, a notch 3 for storage formed in the support plate 3.
Since a has a shape corresponding to the outer periphery of the stored cake, that is, a shape corresponding to the cake, it exhibits an effect of stably holding the cake in the box together with the protective member 4 disposed on the peripheral portion of the cake. I do. In particular, since the support plate 3 for holding the cake from the peripheral edge is stably and reliably fixed inside the outer box, vibration and impact during transportation are alleviated and the effect of preventing breakage is exhibited.

Further, since the notch 3a is gripped from the surroundings without bias through the peripheral side surface of the cake, there is no danger that the support plate 3 will cut into the side surface of the cake due to vibration or the like and break the cake. Furthermore, since the protection member 4 is arranged higher than the bulk of the decoration, even if a pressure is applied from the top surface, the protection member 4 is stopped at the upper end of the protection member 4 and does not damage the decoration. If the side plate 5a of the pedestal plate 5 is formed higher than the body box 1, the side plate 5a of the pedestal plate 5 may be used when taking out the cake.
It is possible to take out the cake together with the pedestal plate by pinching the upper edge of the で with a finger, thus exhibiting further convenience.

The package 10 of the present invention is not limited to the one comprising the body box 1 and the cover 2 as shown in the above-mentioned embodiment, but is provided with an insertion flap 13 as shown in FIG. The body box 11 may be used. In this case, the upper surface of the body box 11 is closed by the top plate 12 extended from the body box 11, and at the same time, when the insertion flap 13 connected to the top plate 12 is inserted into the body box, the flap 13 is closed. In this case, the support plate 3 is sandwiched and gripped from above and below at the time of packing. Also has the effect of reliably protecting easily damaged items stored in the box.

As another embodiment of the support plate 3, FIG.
As shown in the figure, a case where a plurality of cutout holes 3a for storage can be provided is shown. This case is a package that can deliver a total of four petit cakes (A ') for one person. As clarified in this case, the number and shape of the cutout holes 3a for storing cakes are not limited, and any number of cakes of any shape can be wrapped and mailed or delivered to home. In addition, the support plate 3 does not need to be a square shape as shown in the figure, and is not limited to a planar shape such as a hexagonal shape as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. When the easily damaged article is stored, it may be in any configuration as long as it can be protected from vibration and impact by contacting either the body box or the lid.

The support plate 3 and the protective member 4 may be made of any material such as a paperboard, a cardboard, a plastic plate, an aluminum plate or the like, as long as it can absorb vibration and impact.
What is necessary is just to exhibit the function of mitigating vibration and impact during cargo transportation. In addition, the package of the present invention is not limited to a cylindrical cake, but can be applied to an inverted cone cake as shown in FIG. In that case,
The protection member 4 will be comprised in the shape which follows the side surface of an inverted conical cake. Note that this example illustrates that it does not matter whether the lid is covered or not.After packaging in the form shown in the figure, the whole is put into a bag-shaped aluminum refrigerated container and transported. But it doesn't matter.

[0023]

According to the present invention, there is provided a structure in which a support plate having a shape inscribed in a wall surface is provided inside a body unit or a lid body, and the support plate is entirely stored and gripped in an outer box to protect it from vibration and impact. Therefore, it has a special effect that it can be put on a route of mass transportation such as relatively extreme transportation and home delivery.

That is, according to the present invention, even an easily fragile product such as a very fragile cake or the like is surrounded by a band-like or endless protective member around the fragile product in the outer box. Since it is supported by a support plate having a notch so that the side part is grasped from the periphery, the stored cake etc. does not move up, down, left and right in the box, and does not damage the shape and decoration of the cake. The goods can be transported by mail or courier service.

As described above, when the package of the present invention is used, the easily fragile product (commodity) such as a cake acts as if it were stored in the box in a suspended state, and the vibration and shock applied to the box are greatly reduced. To be relaxed. As a result, various transportation means generally used for logistics such as freight transportation and freight car transportation can be used as they are, so that the effect of expanding sales can be exhibited, and a great effect is exhibited in practical use.

Furthermore, the support plate of the easily damaged article mounted inside the box is vertically sandwiched by a locking portion and / or a locking pillar member for protruding and formed inside the body box or the lid. In the case where the support plate is gripped, there is an effect that the support plate is more resistant to impact than when the support plate is simply supported from below.

[0027]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing a package according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing the package body partially cut away.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the lid of the package with a part cut away.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the box of the package of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of another support member of the package of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the package of the present invention is applied to an inverted conical article to be packaged.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing a conventional package.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing the conventional packaging body with a part cut away.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1, 11 Body box 2 Cover 2a Locking pillar 2b Inner wall surface 3 Support plate 3a Notch hole 4 Protective member 5 Pedestal plate 5a Side plate 5b Bottom plate 5c Through hole 5d Pin 10 Outer case 10a Buffer frame 12 Top plate 13 Insert flap A Cake (packaged article) I tray ro Cover member C Depressed part D Fitting part E To convex groove Covering part G Package

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A box member comprising a body box alone or a body box and a lid, and a support plate provided on the inside of the box member, at least a part of which contacts the inner wall surface of the body box or the lid, A notch having a shape corresponding to the cross section of the article to be packaged is formed near the center of the support plate, and a tube for contacting the inner peripheral edge of the notch and surrounding the peripheral side surface of the article to be packaged. A package for easily damaged products such as cakes, wherein a protective member formed in a shape is detachably interposed. 2. The cake according to claim 1, wherein one or more locking pillars are formed inside the body box or the lid to support the support plate from below or from above. Packaging for easily damaged products. 3. The box member is composed of a tray-shaped body box and a lid to cover the body box, and locking pillars are attached to four corners of an inner wall surface of the body box. 2. A package body for cakes or the like according to claim 1, wherein a supporting plate at least partially inscribing the inner wall is sandwiched from above and below by an upper edge of a body box and the locking post to hold the supporting plate. . 4. The protection member according to claim 1, wherein the protection member is formed of a synthetic resin film such as a PET film.
4. A package such as a cake according to any one of claims 3 to 3.