JP2005271958A - Packaging material for air conditioner, transportation method using the same, and packaging material for article - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an inexpensive packaging material for an air conditioner, which not only prevent the air conditioner from being damaged or broken, but also enable transportation by the human hands. <P>SOLUTION: The packaging material for the air conditioner comprises: a packaging material base that employs timber, arranges flat plates in a double cross, has a forklift insertion port at the end in a direction parallel to the longitudinal direction, and is formed with the placing face of an outdoor unit of the air conditioner on its upper surface; and shock absorbing materials that are fit to both ends of the packaging material base in the longitudinal direction, contact with the bottom face of the outdoor unit of the air conditioner at their upper surfaces, and have notches for transportation by the human hands. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a packaging material for an air conditioner, a transport method using the same, and a packaging material for an article, and particularly relates to a packaging material suitable for transporting an article such as an outdoor unit having a heavy mass.

  The packing material of the conventional air conditioner employs a packing material composed of wood, cardboard, resin cushioning material, or the like, or a combination thereof according to the mass. In particular, wood is generally used for outdoor units with heavy masses from the viewpoint of improving strength. For transporting heavy air conditioners, forklifts or other mechanical transport equipment is usually used.If transport equipment such as stairs or narrow alleys cannot be used, people must have handles and packing materials installed on the air conditioner. Are carrying.

  The packing material for the outdoor unit of the air conditioner is made of wood, and several thin plates are combined in a cross-beam shape and fixed with nails. And the installation leg of an outdoor unit is fixed to the upper surface of the packaging material with a screw etc. so that the outdoor unit does not move relative to the packaging material.

  And the claw of a forklift is inserted in the clearance gap between the thin plates assembled in the shape of a cross beam, and the outdoor unit is transported.

In addition, because transport equipment such as stairs and narrow alleys cannot be used, when a person transports an outdoor unit, it must have a transport handle installed in the main unit of the outdoor unit or lift the packing material at the bottom of the main unit. become. When lifting the packing material, the lower surface of the packing material is in contact with the ground.
JP-A-4-6062

  Since the conventional air conditioner packing material does not consider transporting by hand, there are no parts that the person can have in the packing material, and the thin plate assembled in the shape of a cross beam is only fixed with nails etc. Therefore, there is a problem that holding the thin plate itself is not strong enough to be transported manually. Moreover, in order to improve them, there existed problems, such as increase in cost.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems. In addition to preventing the air conditioner from being damaged and damaged, the air conditioner packaging material that can be transported manually and used therefor. It is an object of the present invention to provide a transport method and a packaging material for goods.

  The packing material of the air conditioner according to the present invention uses wood, combines thin plates in a cross beam shape, has a forklift insertion port at an end in a direction parallel to the longitudinal direction, and has an outdoor surface of the air conditioner on the upper surface. A packing material base that forms a mounting surface of the machine, and a notch portion that is fitted into both ends of the packing material base in the longitudinal direction, the upper surface is in contact with the bottom surface of the outdoor unit of the air conditioner, and is carried by a person And a cushioning material.

  The packaging material for an air conditioner according to the present invention not only prevents the air conditioner from being scratched or damaged, but also provides a packaging material that can be transported manually by the above configuration.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
1 to 9 are diagrams showing Embodiment 1, FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an example of an outdoor unit of an air conditioner, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a packaging material, FIG. 3 is a plan view of the packaging material, and FIG. Is a perspective view of the cushioning material, FIG. 5 is a partial side view of the cushioning material fitted into the packaging material base, FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the packaging material on which the outdoor unit is placed, and FIG. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a procedure when the outdoor unit is transported by the packing material, FIG. 8 is a diagram when the outdoor unit fixed to the packing material is unloaded from the truck, and FIG. 9 is a track of the outdoor unit fixed to the packing material. It is a figure which shows the procedure at the time of taking down and conveying.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the device that is the target of the packing material is an outdoor unit of an air conditioner. The outdoor unit 3 houses a compressor, an outdoor heat exchanger, and the like that constitute a part of a refrigeration cycle (not shown), a blower that blows air to the outdoor heat exchanger, and the like inside the casing. And the installation leg 3a is provided in a bottom face. The air conditioner which is the target of the present embodiment is a type in which an indoor unit and an outdoor unit having a capacity of 4 to 6 horsepower (11.2 to 16 kw) are separated. Although the indoor unit is lighter than the outdoor unit and is not a target of the present embodiment, for example, there are a ceiling cassette type, a wall hanging type, a floor-standing type, a ceiling type, and the like.

  The outdoor unit of the air conditioner that is the target of the present embodiment has a weight of 100 to 140 kg. For example, an outdoor unit of a 6 horsepower air conditioner has a weight of 120 to 130 kg. That is, the packaging material requires a relatively high strength material such as wood, and can be transported by two workers.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 to 5, the packaging material includes a packaging material base 1 and two cushioning materials 2. The packing material base 1 is made of wood, and a thin plate 1a assembled in a cross beam shape is fixed with nails 1b. A total of 34 nails 1b are used, with 19 on the top and 15 on the back. The packing material base 1 has a forklift insertion port at an end in a direction parallel to the longitudinal direction. The cushioning material 2 is fitted in the vicinity of both side portions in the longitudinal direction (left-right direction) of the packaging material base 1 to form a packaging material.

  The cushioning material 2 has a substantially quadrangular prism shape as a whole, and has a notch 2a for attaching a human hand at the lower two corners in the longitudinal direction, and a packing material base on one end face parallel to the longitudinal direction. 1 It has the hook part 2c for positioning of a longitudinal direction. Positioning in the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the packaging material base 1 is determined by being sandwiched between thin plates located at both ends in that direction.

  The upper surface portion 2b of the cushioning material 2 is higher than the upper surface of the packing material base 1 by the height of the installation foot 3a of the outdoor unit 3 (for example, 20 mm).

  The cushioning material 2 is usually formed of polystyrene foam, but may be ABS resin or polypropylene.

  If the hooks 2c of the two cushioning materials 2 are configured to engage diagonally with any one of the two upper surface portions of the thin plate perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the packing material base 1, The material 2 may be one type, and the number of parts can be reduced.

  As shown in the cross-sectional view of FIG. 6, the outdoor unit 3 of the air conditioner is placed on the packaging material composed of the packaging material base 1 and the cushioning material 2. The outdoor unit 3 is fixed with screws 4 to a thin plate 1a in which the installation feet 3a of the outdoor unit 3 are assembled in a cross beam shape so as not to deviate from the packing material. The upper surface portion 2b of the cushioning material 2 comes into contact with the lower surface of the outdoor unit 3 and supports and absorbs the load of the outdoor unit 3 when receiving an impact.

  As shown in FIG. 7, when the outdoor unit 3 is transported, the outdoor unit 3 is first placed on the packing material composed of the packing material base 1 and the buffer material 2 (step S1). Next, the installation foot 3a of the outdoor unit 3 is fixed to the thin plate with the screw 4 (step S2). At this time, the upper surface portion 2b of the cushioning material 2 is in contact with the lower surface of the outdoor unit 3 and supports the load of the outdoor unit 3 (step S3). A person's hand 5 is inserted through the gap 1c between the thin plates assembled in a cross beam shape, and the outdoor unit 3 is transported by lifting the notch 2a of the cushioning material 2 (step S4).

  The cushioning material 2 is in contact with the outdoor unit 3 at the upper surface portion 2b, and the load of the outdoor unit 3 is distributed to the contact area portion. Therefore, the cushioning material 2 does not require any special strength improvement, and the outdoor unit 3 Can be lifted.

8 illustrates the procedure for unloading and transporting the outdoor unit 3 wrapped in the packing material stacked on the truck bed with the help of the drawing of the packing material in FIG. 8 and the diagram illustrating the procedure in FIG. To do.
A plurality of outdoor units 3 wrapped in a packing material are stacked on the loading platform of the truck 8 (step S10). An operation of lowering the outdoor unit 3 by the worker A on the loading platform and the worker B under the loading platform is started (step S11). The worker A pushes the main body of the outdoor unit 3, the worker B puts his hand in the gap 1c between the thin plates of the packaging material base 1 and pulls it, and drags the outdoor unit 3 out of the loading platform (step S12).

  Thereafter, more than half of the outdoor unit 3 jumps out of the loading platform, and the outdoor unit 3 is supported by the loading platform and the operator B (step S13). The worker A who is in the loading platform gets out of the loading platform and assists the support of the outdoor unit 3 (step S14).

  Thereafter, the worker A puts his hand in the gap 1c between the thin plates of the packing material base 1 on the side opposite to the worker B, supports the cutout portion 2a of the cushioning material 2 with his hand, and lifts the outdoor unit 3 with both of them. Then, it is transported to an arbitrary position (step S15).

  According to the above-described embodiment, the cushioning material 2 is fitted into the packaging material base 1 as the packaging material of the outdoor unit 3 of the air conditioner, and the upper surface portion 2b of the cushioning material 2 protrudes above the packaging material base 1. In this manner, since the lower unit 3 is in contact with the lower surface of the outdoor unit 3, damage and damage due to the impact received by the outdoor unit 3 during transportation are suppressed.

  Moreover, since the notch part 2a was provided in the buffer material 2, the packing material which can be conveyed manually can be provided at low cost.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
10 to 12 are diagrams showing the second embodiment, FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a bottom plate of the outdoor unit, FIG. 11 is a perspective view of the packaging material, and FIG. 12 is a plan view of the packaging material.
As shown in FIG. 10, the bottom plate 3b of the outdoor unit is made of sheet metal and has a substantially rectangular shape as a whole. Two installation feet 3a are extended in the direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction at the lower part of the bottom plate 3b of the outdoor unit. Each installation foot 3a is provided with holes for screwing the packing material at both ends. One hole is a closed long hole, and the other hole is a long hole whose one end is open. The height of the installation foot 3a is, for example, about 20 mm.

  On the bottom plate 3b of the outdoor unit, a compressor (usually a hermetic compressor) that constitutes a part of the refrigeration cycle, sucks low-temperature and low-pressure refrigerant, and compresses it into high-temperature and high-pressure refrigerant is placed. It is done. Four compressor mounting holes 3c are formed in the bottom plate 3b of the outdoor unit, and the compressor is fixed by the mounting holes 3c of these compressors. The compressor is generally a heavy object, and the center of gravity of the outdoor unit 3 is not in the center but on the compressor side.

  As shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, in response to an impact during transportation by increasing the area of the upper surface of the cushioning material of the packing material on the side where the compressor is mounted in accordance with the center of gravity of the outdoor unit 3, the effect Thus, the load of the outdoor unit 3 can be supported and absorbed.

  The packing material includes a packing material base 1, a first buffer material 6, and a second buffer material 7. The packing material base 1 is made of wood, and a thin plate 1a assembled in a cross beam shape is fixed with nails 1b. A total of 34 nails 1b are used, with 19 on the top and 15 on the back. A first cushioning material 6 and a second cushioning material 7 are fitted in the vicinity of both side portions in the longitudinal direction (left-right direction) of the packaging material base 1 to form a packaging material.

  The first cushioning material 6 and the second cushioning material 7 have different widths in the longitudinal direction of the packing material, and the first cushioning material 6 is larger than the second cushioning material 7. The outdoor unit 3 is placed on the packing material such that the side on which the compressor is mounted is the first cushioning material 6 side.

  The first cushioning material 6 and the second cushioning material 7 are substantially in the shape of a quadrangular prism as in the first embodiment, and a notch for attaching a human hand to the lower two corners in the longitudinal direction ( The first cushioning material 6 has a notch 6a, and the second cushioning material 7 has no illustration. Further, the first cushioning material 6 and the second cushioning material 7 have a hooking portion for positioning in the longitudinal direction of the packing material base 1 on one end surface parallel to the longitudinal direction (the hooking portion 6c in the first cushioning material 6). The second cushioning material 7 has a hooking portion 7c).

  The upper surface portion 6b of the first buffer material 6 and the upper surface portion 7b of the second buffer material 7 are higher than the upper surface of the packaging material base 1 by the height of the installation foot 3a of the outdoor unit 3 (for example, 20 mm). .

  The first cushioning material 6 and the second cushioning material 7 are usually formed of foamed polystyrene, as in the first embodiment, but may be ABS resin or polypropylene.

  According to the above-described embodiment, the first cushioning material 6 and the second cushioning material 7 are fitted into the packaging material base 1 as the packaging material of the outdoor unit 3 of the air conditioner, and the upper surface of the first cushioning material 6 The upper surface portion 7b of the portion 6b and the second cushioning material 7 protrudes above the packaging material base 1, and the first cushioning material 6 and the second cushioning material 7 have different widths in the longitudinal direction of the packaging material. The first cushioning material 6 is larger than the second cushioning material 7, and the outdoor unit 3 is used as a packing material so that the side on which the compressor is mounted is on the first cushioning material 6 side. Since it is made to contact the lower surface of the outdoor unit 3 to be placed, it is possible to effectively suppress damage and damage due to the impact received by the outdoor unit 3 during transport.

  In addition, since the first cushioning material 6 and the second cushioning material 7 are each provided with a notch, a packaging material that can be transported manually can be provided at low cost.

  In the above-described embodiment, the packing material for the outdoor unit of the air conditioner has been described. However, the packing material is not limited to the air conditioner, and is approximately the same weight and size (floor area, high height) as the described outdoor unit. It is applicable to the article of (a).

It is a figure which shows Embodiment 1, and is a perspective view which shows an example of the outdoor unit of an air conditioner. It is a figure which shows Embodiment 1 and is a perspective view of a packing material. It is a figure which shows Embodiment 1 and is a top view of a packing material. It is a figure which shows Embodiment 1, and is a perspective view of a shock absorbing material. It is a figure which shows Embodiment 1, and is a partial side view of the state which inserted the shock absorbing material in the packing material base. It is a figure which shows Embodiment 1, and is sectional drawing of the direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the packing material in which the outdoor unit was set | placed. It is a figure which shows Embodiment 1 and is a figure which shows the procedure in the case of conveying an outdoor unit with a packing material. It is a figure which shows Embodiment 1, and is a figure at the time of taking down the outdoor unit fixed to the packing material from a truck, and conveying. It is a figure which shows Embodiment 1, and is a figure which shows the procedure at the time of taking down and conveying the outdoor unit fixed to the packing material from a truck. It is a figure which shows Embodiment 2, and is a figure which shows the baseplate of an outdoor unit. It is a figure which shows Embodiment 2, and is a perspective view of a packing material. It is a figure which shows Embodiment 2, and is a top view of a packing material.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Packing material base, 1a Thin plate assembled in a cross-beam shape, 1b Nail, 1c Clearance between thin plates, 2 Buffer material, 2a Notch part, 2b Upper surface part, 2c Hook part, 3 Outdoor unit, 3a Installation foot, 3b Outdoor unit Bottom plate, 3c compressor mounting hole, 4 screws, 5 hands, 6 first cushioning material, 6a notch, 6b top surface, 6c hook, 7 second cushioning material, 7a notch, 7b top surface Part, 7c hook part, 8 trucks, A, B workers.

Claims (3)

A packing material base that uses wood, combines thin plates in a cross-beam shape, has a forklift insertion port at the end in the direction parallel to the longitudinal direction, and has a mounting surface for the outdoor unit of the air conditioner on the upper surface. ,
A cushioning material that is fitted into both longitudinal ends of this packing material base, has an upper surface in contact with the bottom surface of the outdoor unit of the air conditioner, and has a notch for carrying by a person,
An air conditioner packaging material characterized by comprising: An air conditioner having a packing material base using wood and combining thin plates in a cross-beam shape, and a cushioning material having a top surface in contact with the bottom surface of the outdoor unit of the air conditioner and having a notch for carrying by a person In the transport method using packing materials,
Placing the outdoor unit on a packaging material composed of the packaging material base and the cushioning material;
Fixing the mounting feet of the outdoor unit to the thin plate with screws;
Inserting a hand from a gap between thin plates assembled in a cross-beam shape, lifting the notch portion of the cushioning material and transporting the outdoor unit; and
A transport method using a packaging material for an air conditioner, characterized in that Using wood, combining thin plates in a cross-beam shape, having a forklift insertion port at the end in the direction parallel to the longitudinal direction, and a packaging material base on which an article placement surface is formed, and
A cushioning material fitted into both longitudinal ends of this packaging material base, the upper surface is in contact with the bottom surface of the article, and has a notch for carrying by a person,
A packaging material for goods, comprising:

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