JP2003072736A - Paper container for cooling drink and drink bottle storing box using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a paper container easily disposable as waste, which is capable of being packed with ice to be utilized for cooling purposes like a dedicated cooling box, being handled integrally with a bottle containing a drink, and putting a winebottle or the like thereinto after packed with ice so that the bottled drink can tastily be drunk. SOLUTION: The paper container 1 for cooling a drink is assembled from one paper blank and is composed of a body 2 consisting of side face sheets 5 and gussets 6, and a bottom 3 consisting of a bottom face sheet 4. The body 2 is formed so that a bottle containing a drink, such as a winebottle, can be inserted and disposed thereinto. The respective gussets 6 are folded inwardly of the body 2. Each side face sheet 5 has locking pieces 7 at an upper part thereof, and the locking pieces 7 of the adjacent side face sheets 5 are disengageably engaged with one another and restrict an upper face of the body in such a way that the upper face is capable of expanding in diameter. The body 2 is provided so as to be developable in an umbrella-opening state up to a predetermined range by the opening of the respective gussets 6 and by the engagement of the locking pieces 7, which is performed in the peripheral direction of the body.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a beverage cooling paper container used for cooling a beverage such as wine on a table and a beverage bottle storage box in which a wine bottle and the like are stored together with the beverage cooling paper container.

[0002]

Generally, when drinking wine, the taste of the wine can be improved by cooling it to a certain degree. Therefore, in a restaurant or the like, the wine bottle is provided in a wine cooler box filled with ice. Has been done. However, it is uneconomical to prepare a wine cooler box in case the purchased wine is to be drunk in a general household or the like, and it is usual that the wine is drunk without cooling in the general household or the like. For this reason, there is a demand for the wine to be cooled in a simple container and to be easily disposed of after use. There is also a demand for providing a container with a simple structure that can be used for cooling purposes together with a wine bottle without preparing a cooler box at the gift recipient when giving wine. Therefore, in view of the above circumstances, the present invention makes it possible to use a paper container that is easy to dispose of, such as a beverage such as wine, which is chilled by filling it with ice like a wine cooler box, together with a bottle containing the beverage. An object is to make it possible to handle a paper container integrally, and an object thereof is to put a wine bottle or the like in an ice-filled paper container so that the drink can be tasted well.

[0003]

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above-mentioned problems. A side plate that is continuous with each side of the bottom plate is arranged around a rectangular bottom plate, and a space between adjacent side plates is provided. Is assembled from a single blank in which the corners of the bottom face plate and the sides of the side face plate are arranged continuously, and is equipped with a body part composed of the side face plate and the gusset and a bottom part composed of the bottom face plate. A beverage cooling paper container having an open upper surface capable of inserting and arranging a beverage bottle such as a wine bottle, each of the gussets being folded inward of the body,
There is a locking piece on the upper part of the side plate, and the locking pieces of the adjacent side plates engage with each other in a disengageable manner to restrict the upper surface of the body part so that the upper surface of the body part can be expanded, and each of the gussets is opened. By the engagement of the locking piece in the circumferential direction of the body part, the body part is provided so that the body part can be deployed in an umbrella-like shape up to a predetermined range. It will be resolved.

In the above invention, the bottom plate is an even-numbered polygon having six or more sides, and the creases are provided between the side plate and the gusset and are opposed to each other with the bottom plate in between. It is preferable that the two are continuous in a straight line via auxiliary folding lines provided on the bottom plate. In addition, the bottom plate is an even polygonal shape having four or more sides, and the folding lines provided at the center of the gusset and facing each other with the bottom plate in between are provided on the bottom plate. It is preferable that they are continuous in a straight line through the auxiliary folding lines. Further, it is preferable that at least the inner surface of the body is waterproofed.

Another aspect of the invention is to provide a beverage bottle and the beverage cooling paper container in which the beverage bottle is placed in an outer box corresponding to the outer peripheral shape of the body of the beverage cooling paper container when the diameter of the body is reduced. Is a beverage bottle storage box, characterized in that the gusset that is folded toward the inside of the body elastically abuts the beverage bottle to hold the beverage bottle, and the beverage bottle storage box is provided. The above problems are solved. It is preferable that the body of the outer box is provided with an opening means extending around the body, and the body is cut by the opening means so that the body can be divided into upper and lower parts.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Next, the present invention will be described in detail based on the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 6. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a beverage cooling paper container, which is assembled from a single blank and has a body portion 2 and a bottom portion 3. The body portion 3 has a flowerpot shape.
The upper surface of is opened, and a beverage bottle such as a wine bottle is arranged inside the body portion 3. FIG. 2 shows a blank as a developed state of the beverage cooling paper container 1, and as shown in FIG. 2, the bottom portion 3 is composed of one bottom plate 4 having a regular hexagonal shape. In the body portion 2 located around the (bottom plate 4), the side plates 5 are connected to the side plates 5 adjacent to each other while the side 4a of the bottom plate 4 is used as a folding rule and each side 4a is continuous. The corner 4b of the bottom plate 4
And gussets 6 are continuous on both sides 5a of the side plate 5 which are folded lines, and six side plates 5 and six gussets 6 alternate around the bottom plate 4 It is arranged. Then, the side plates 5 are folded up from the blank state, and the gussets 6 are folded out so as to project inward of the body.

The beverage cooling paper container 1 is used for cooling iced beverages by putting ice and a beverage bottle (for example, a wine bottle), and as described above, the body portion 2 and the bottom portion 3 are continuous and the bottom portion. The portion from 3 to the upper side of the gusset 6 has a form as a vessel without holes, and at least the inner surface side of the body portion 2 is subjected to waterproofing such as laminating a resin film. Thus, when ice is placed inside the body 2, the water melted from the ice is prevented from penetrating.

As described above, the body portion 2 has the adjacent side plate 5
The gussets 6 are located between the gussets, and each of the gussets 6 is folded toward the inside of the body. In this way, multiple sheets (6
Since the gussets 6 are provided, the body portions 2 are provided so that the umbrella 2 can be opened around the bottom portion 3 by opening each gusset 6. Further, the central portion of the gusset 6 is provided as an outwardly folded region 6a so that the amount of protrusion to the inside of the body portion does not become large. On the other hand, on both upper sides of each side plate 5, locking pieces 7 are continuous in the width direction of the side plate 5, and slit portions 7a of the locking pieces 7 facing each other between adjacent side plates 5 are mutually provided. By engaging them, they are engaged with each other in a disengageable manner. Then, when the diameter of the opening on the upper surface of the body portion 2 is reduced so that the side surface plates 5 contact each other in a state where the locking pieces 7 are engaged with each other, each of the locking pieces 7 is also inward of the body portion 2. It has a crease so that it can be folded toward. The engagement position (position of the slit portion) of the locking piece 7 is not an intermediate position between the upper portions of the side plates when the blank is in the fully developed state, but is greatly deviated to the base end side of each locking piece 7. When the body portion 2 is opened with the locking pieces 7 opposed to each other set in the position,
When the upper surface of the body 2 is expanded to a certain extent, the body 2
The opening of the umbrella is regulated. That is, since the locking pieces 7 that face each other in the direction around the body portion 2 are engaged with each other, the umbrella opening of the body portion 2 is restricted, and the body portion 2 can be opened or closed within that state. It is provided so that you can.

In the embodiment, the bottom plate 4 of the bottom 3 is provided with a plurality of auxiliary folding lines 4c and 4d for facilitating the operation for folding the side plate 5 and the like from the blank state. belongs to. As shown in the drawing, the folds that are arranged to face each other with the hexagonal bottom plate 4 interposed therebetween and that are provided between the side plate 5 and the gusset 6, that is, the sides 5a are the bottoms. It is continuous in a straight line through the auxiliary folding lines 4c of the face plate 4. in this way,
The side 5a oppositely arranged with the bottom plate 4 in between is the auxiliary folding line 4
Since it is straight through c, the two sides 5a can be folded at once by one folding operation. The gusset 6 is provided with a crease 6b for folding inwardly of the body portion, and the crease 6b is also arranged so as to face the bottom plate 4. The creases 6b arranged to face each other are continuous in a straight line via the auxiliary creases 4d provided on the bottom plate, and in this case also, the two creases 6b can be folded at once. . In this way, the side 5a (folding rule) is aligned in a straight line via the auxiliary folding line 4c of the bottom plate 4 and the folding line 6b is aligned in a straight line via the auxiliary folding line 4d. The operation when folding up is simplified. Although the bottom plate has a hexagonal shape in the embodiment, when the bottom plate is a quadrangle (rectangle, regular quadrangle), the auxiliary folding line 4c overlaps the side 4a of the bottom plate 4.

When the beverage cooling paper container 1 having the above structure is used, ice is packed around the wine bottle while expanding the inside of the body portion 2, for example, the body portion 2 in which the wine bottle A is inserted. do it. This allows the wine to be cooled. After use, the bottle and ice can be removed and then disposal such as incineration can be easily performed.

FIG. 4 shows the beverage bottle storage box 8. The beverage bottle storage box 8 includes the beverage cooling paper container 1 and the wine bottle A.
And an outer box 9 made of paper.
Is composed of a tubular body portion 10, a bottom portion closing portion 11, and an upper portion closing portion 13 having an opening / closing lid 12. In the outer box 9, the body portion 10 is formed in a columnar shape having a hexagonal cross section, and corresponds to the outer shape of the body portion when the beverage cooling paper container 1 is reduced in diameter to the minimum. The wine bottle A is inserted and arranged in the state of being stored. Figure 5 shows the outer box 9
In the expanded state, the body portion 10 is formed by connecting six side surface plates 14 to each other, and the bottom portion closing portion 11 is formed on the lower end side of each side surface plate 14 forming the body portion 10. The flap 15 is connected. The upper closing portion 13 facing the bottom closing portion 11 has an opening / closing lid 16 continuous with the upper ends of one side plate 14 and a flap 17 for receiving the opening / closing lid 16 continuously with the upper ends of the three side plates 14. And the opening / closing lid 16 is opened to open the wine bottle A.
The beverage cooling paper container 1 is inserted from the upper closing portion 13 side. In addition, in the bottom closing part 11,
A known construction is employed in which the bottom closure 11 is automatically formed when the outer box 9 is assembled from the flat sleeve configuration.

As described above, in the beverage bottle storage box 8, the beverage cooling paper container 1 is inserted in a reduced diameter state, and the wine bottle A arranged inside the body portion 2 of the beverage cooling paper container 1 is inserted.
Is provided with the gusset 6 so as to elastically abut, and holds the wine bottle A as a buffer. Since each gusset 6 of the beverage cooling paper container 1 thus plays a role as a buffer, it is not necessary to prepare a separate cushioning material, and the wine bottle A can be safely placed in the outer case 9. You can Further, it is possible to dispose a reinforcing member corresponding to the cross-sectional shape of the outer box 9 above the inside of the outer box 9 of the beverage bottle storage box 8, and a bottom closing portion inside the outer box 9. The bottom portion of the beverage cooling paper container 1 matching the shape of the bottom closing portion 11 is located on the 11 side, and the reinforcing member is located on the upper closing portion 13 side, thereby enhancing the strength of the entire outer box 9. You can

The body portion 10 of the outer box 9 has the body portion 10
There is an unsealing means 18 consisting of a fastener having two continuous cuts extending in the direction around the circumference of the body, and one end of the unsealing means 18 is grasped and cut so as to circulate around the body 10. The body 2 is divided into upper and lower parts by pulling out the piece 18a. Then, by removing the portion on the upper closing portion 13 side from the cut position, the beverage cooling paper container 1
And the wine bottle A contained in it will appear,
By removing the portion on the side of the bottom closing portion 11 as well, the one in which the wine bottle A is housed in the beverage cooling paper container 1 can be obtained. That is, by removing the outer box 9, the wine bottle A and the beverage cooling paper container 1 are obtained as a set,
It is possible to save the trouble of assembling the both, and it is possible to cool the wine by filling the inside of the beverage cooling paper container 1 with ice as described above. Therefore, if only ice is prepared, the wine can be cooled immediately after removing the outer box 9.

In the beverage cooling paper container 1, the body portion 2 expands because ice is placed around the wine bottle A.
As described above, due to the engagement of the locking pieces 7, the opening of the body portion 2 is limited, and it becomes a flower pot shape to support the ice and the wine bottle A. In addition, the side plate 5 and the gusset 6 of the body portion 2
Is not rigid and can be deformed. When the wine bottle A is inserted, the pressure that pushes the ice outward is absorbed by the deformation of the side plate 5 and the gusset 6, and the ice is moved to allow the wine bottle A to move. I am able to insert it without resistance. On the other hand, since the beverage cooling paper container 1 itself is made of paper, the outer surface can be decorated by printing. That is, it is easy to set printing colors and patterns, and the degree of freedom in design is extremely high.
Beverage cooling paper containers with different appearances can be manufactured inexpensively by printing.

[0015]

As described above, according to the beverage cooling paper container of the present invention, the side plates that are continuous with the sides of the bottom plate are arranged around the rectangular bottom plate, and the side plates are adjacent to each other. It is assembled from one blank in which gussets are arranged at the corners of the bottom plate and the sides of the side plate, and is equipped with a body part composed of the side plate and the gusset and a bottom part composed of the bottom plate. A top open bottle capable of inserting and placing a beverage bottle such as a bottle, each of the gussets being folded inward of the body, and having a locking piece on the upper portion of the side plate, adjacent side plates The engaging pieces are engaged with each other so that they can be engaged and disengaged, and the upper surface of the body is regulated so that the diameter can be expanded
By opening each of the gussets and engaging the locking pieces in the circumferential direction of the body, the body is provided so as to be developed in an umbrella-like shape up to a predetermined range. , A container for cooling the beverage can be formed by using a paper container that can be easily disposed of in place of the dedicated cooler box, and the container is economical and easy to handle.

Further, according to the beverage bottle storage box of another invention, the beverage bottle and this beverage bottle are arranged in an outer box corresponding to the outer peripheral shape of the body of the beverage cooling paper container when the diameter of the body is reduced. The beverage cooling paper container is housed, and the gusset folded toward the inside of the body elastically abuts the beverage bottle to hold the beverage bottle, thereby providing an outer box. By removing the wine bottle and the beverage cooling paper container are obtained in a set, save the labor of assembling the beverage bottle and the beverage cooling paper container, if you prepare only ice,
The beverage can be cooled immediately after the outer box is removed, which is highly practical.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing an example of a beverage cooling paper container according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing an example of a beverage cooling paper container in a developed state.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a usage state of an example of a beverage cooling paper container.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a beverage bottle storage box.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a beverage bottle storage box in a developed state.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which an outer box, which is an example of a beverage bottle storage box, is separated.

[Explanation of symbols]

1. Beverage cooling paper container 2 ... Body 3 ... bottom 4 ... Bottom plate 5 ... Side plate 6 ... gusset 7 ... Locking piece 8 ... Beverage bottle storage box 9 ... Outer box 10 ... Body 18 ... Opening means

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A rectangular base plate is provided with side plates continuous with each side of the bottom plate, and adjacent side plates are provided with a gusset continuous with each corner of the bottom plate and each side of the side plate. A beverage cooling sheet that is assembled from a single blank and has a body consisting of a side plate and a gusset and a bottom consisting of a bottom plate so that a beverage bottle such as a wine bottle can be inserted and arranged in the body. In the container, each of the gussets is folded inwardly of the body, and has a locking piece on an upper portion of the side plate, and the locking pieces of the adjacent side plates are engaged with each other in a disengageable manner. The upper surface of the body is regulated so that the diameter can be expanded, and the body can be opened in a umbrella-like manner up to a predetermined range by opening the respective gussets and engaging the locking pieces in the body circumferential direction. A beverage cooling paper container characterized in that. 2. The bottom plate is an even-numbered polygon having six or more sides, and the folding lines provided between the side plate and the gusset are opposed to each other with the bottom plate in between. The beverage cooling paper container according to claim 1, which is continuous in a straight line through auxiliary folding lines provided on the bottom plate. 3. The bottom plate is an even-numbered polygon having four or more sides, and the folding lines provided at the center of the gusset and facing each other with the bottom plate in between are bottom plates. The beverage cooling paper container according to claim 1, wherein the beverage cooling paper container is continuous in a straight line via auxiliary folding lines provided on the. 4. The beverage cooling paper container according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein at least the inner surface of the body is waterproofed. 5. A beverage bottle and this beverage bottle are placed in an outer box corresponding to the outer peripheral shape of the body of the beverage cooling paper container according to any one of claims 1 to 4 when the diameter of the body is reduced. A beverage bottle storage box for storing the beverage cooling paper container, wherein the gusset folded inward of the body elastically contacts the beverage bottle to hold the beverage bottle. 6. The container according to claim 5, wherein the body of the outer box is provided with an opening means extending around the body, and the body is cut by the opening means so that the body can be divided into upper and lower parts. Beverage bottle storage box.