JP2005350105A - Carton and package - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To hold packaged items within a carton even in the event that a large impact is applied to a package and securely prevent the packaged items from falling out of the carton. <P>SOLUTION: The carton 4 has item hold means 26 by which item receiving holes 30 for receiving a part of cans 5 are defined in the carton 4 by folding a part of the carton 4 inside. The item hold means 26 include recess support tabs 28 each of which is connected to bottom plates 22a and 22b, folded inside the carton 4, and engaged with the recess 9 of the can 5, and peripheral wall support flaps 32 each of which is connected to a side wall 17, folded inside the carton 4, and engaged with the lower end of the can 5 which faces the item receiving hole 30. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a carton and a package in which an object to be packaged is accommodated in the carton, and more particularly to a carton and a package suitable for accommodating a plurality of objects to be packaged together.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in order to collectively store, transport, and sell items to be packaged such as cans, cartons made of cardboard or the like for collectively storing a plurality of items to be packaged have been used.

  The aforementioned carton is generally formed in a cylindrical shape by a pair of side walls connected to both side edges of the top wall and a bottom wall connected to side edges of the both side walls. It is an open end. And the said carton arrange | positions, for example, six canned beer as a to-be-packaged thing so that it may become 2 rows x 3 rows, and encloses the upper wall of each said can beer, a surrounding wall, and a lower wall with the said carton. Thus, a plurality of can beers are accommodated therein.

  Such a cylindrical carton is suitable for saving the material of the carton blank, but since both ends are open ends, it has a structure for holding the contained packaged object inside. There must be.

  Then, the carton in which the surrounding wall support piece which coat | covers the part which faces the opening end of the said carton among the surrounding walls of a to-be-packaged object was provided as said carton (for example, refer patent document 1).

  According to such a carton, the package object can be fixed inside the carton by supporting the peripheral wall of the package object with the peripheral wall support piece, thereby preventing the package object from falling off the carton. It was.

  In addition, for example, as a carton for storing an article to be packaged such as canned beer having a recess that is connected between the upper wall and the lower wall by a peripheral wall and recessed inwardly into the lower wall, There is known a carton provided with mating concave support tabs (for example, see Patent Document 2).

  According to such a carton, the object to be packaged can be fixed inside the carton by supporting the recess of the object to be packaged by the recess support tab, thereby preventing the object to be packaged from falling out of the carton. It was.

  However, in the carton provided with the above-mentioned peripheral wall support piece or the carton provided with the recess support tab, a large impact with multi-directional shaking was applied to the package body in which the package object was accommodated. In this case, there is a problem that the packaged item may fall out of the carton.

JP-A 61-47356 JP 2003-34354 A

  The present invention has been made in view of these points, and even when a large impact with multi-directional shaking is applied to the package, the package is held inside the carton, and the package is It is an object of the present invention to provide a carton and a package that can reliably prevent the carton from falling off.

  In order to achieve the above object, the carton according to the present invention is characterized in that a top wall, a pair of side walls connected to both side edges of the top wall and bent with respect to the top wall, It is formed in a cylindrical shape with a bottom wall that is connected to one side edge and is bent with respect to the both side walls, and a plurality of articles to be packaged are connected to each other by a peripheral wall between the upper wall and the lower wall. An article for receiving a part of the package by folding a part of the carton to the inside of the carton, wherein the carton contains a package having a recess recessed inside at least one of the wall and the lower wall. There is an article holding means for forming a receiving hole in the carton, the article holding means is connected to one of the top wall and the bottom wall, bent to the inside of the carton, and engaged with the concave portion of the package. With recessed support tabs At least coupled to said one of the side walls in that it comprises a peripheral wall support piece engaging on at least one side of the portion facing the article-receiving hole of the object to be packaged is folded inwardly of said carton.

  In addition, the packaging body according to the present invention is characterized by a top wall, a pair of side walls that are connected to both side edges of the top wall and bent with respect to the top wall, and one side edge of the side walls. A plurality of articles to be packaged and connected between a top wall and a bottom wall by a peripheral wall inside a carton formed by a bottom wall continuously provided and bent with respect to both side walls. And a package in which a packaged object having a recess recessed inwardly in at least one of the lower walls is accommodated, wherein the carton is formed by bending a part of the carton to the inside of the carton. Article holding means for forming an article receiving hole for receiving a part in the carton, wherein the article holding means is connected to one of the top wall and the bottom wall and is bent to the inside of the carton to be packaged A recess support that engages the recess A tab, and a peripheral wall support piece connected to at least one of the side walls and bent to the inside of the carton and engaged with at least one side of a portion of the package facing the article receiving hole. .

  According to the carton and the package according to the present invention, the recessed portion supporting tab of the article holding means has its distal end facing each lower wall facing at least one of the top wall and the bottom wall toward the inside of the carton. By being arranged so as to protrude, it is engaged with each of the recesses and supports the object to be packaged in the height direction (vertical direction). For this reason, when rolling arises with respect to the package which accommodated the packaged object in the inside of a carton, each packaged object can be stably hold | maintained inside a carton.

  On the other hand, each peripheral wall support piece of the article holding means is provided with a side wall as a base end, and comes into contact with a portion of the peripheral wall of each packaged object that faces the opening end, whereby the packaged object is arranged in the width direction (lateral direction). It comes to support towards. For this reason, each can can be stably held inside the carton against the pitching caused by dropping on the package.

  In this way, the article holding means can stably hold the packaged item inside the carton with respect to multi-directional shaking of pitch and roll.

  Furthermore, each peripheral wall support piece is bent inside the carton, and engages with a portion facing the article receiving hole in the package inside the carton, between the package and the both side walls. It functions as a cushioning material.

  As described above, according to the carton and the package according to the present invention, the article to be packaged can be stably held in the carton by the article holding means against the multi-directional shaking of the pitch and roll. . In other words, even if the swaying in multiple directions occurs, the article to be packaged is reliably supported by a part of the peripheral wall by the article holding means and is stably held inside the carton. For this reason, even if it is a case where a big impact is given with respect to a package, a to-be-packaged item can be reliably hold | maintained inside a carton.

  Further, each peripheral wall support piece functions as a cushioning material between the article to be packaged and both side walls, and therefore has an effect that the article to be packaged can be protected from an impact caused by dropping of the package.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of a carton and a package according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3.

  FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a carton blank constituting a carton according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the carton blank 1 is formed in a substantially rectangular shape as a whole with cardboard or the like, and a cylindrical carton as shown in FIG. 2 is obtained by connecting both ends of the carton blank 1 to each other. 4 is formed. The carton blank 1 can also be formed of plastic or other material.

  The carton blank 1 has a substantially rectangular top wall 3 at a substantially central portion in the longitudinal direction, and the width and length of the top wall 3 are the same as those of the carton 4 constituted by the carton blank 1. It is formed in the inside corresponding to the dimension which can accommodate the some can 5 as a to-be-packaged object in parallel. Here, each can 5 is formed so that the overall shape becomes a cylindrical shape by connecting the circular upper wall 6 and the lower wall 7 by the peripheral wall 8. A dome-shaped recess 9 that is recessed inside 5 is formed.

  In the present embodiment, the width dimension of the top wall 3 is formed such that two cans 5 can be arranged in parallel, and the length dimension of the top wall 3 is equal to that of the three cans 5. When arranged in parallel, the upper wall 6 of each can 5 is formed in a size that can be covered.

  A part of the top wall 3 is connected to the top wall 3 via a fold line 11 and a pair of fold pieces 13 forming a transport opening 12 is formed. By inserting a finger into the carrying opening 12 while bending the inside of the carton 4, the package 14 containing a plurality of cans 5 can be easily carried inside the carton 4. Further, the top wall 3 is formed with a pair of break lines 15 extending from one end edge to the other end edge of the top wall 3 with both folded pieces 13 interposed therebetween. The package 14 can be easily opened by picking one end edge portion with a finger and pulling it toward the other end edge side to break the top wall 3.

  Side walls 17 are connected to both side edges of the top wall 3 via panel folding lines 18, and the height dimensions of these side walls 17 are provided to be substantially the same as the height dimension of the can 5. It has been.

  The other side edge portion of the both side walls 17 opposite to the one side edge connected to the top wall 3 is inclined through the folding line 19 so as to follow the shape of the lower end portion of the peripheral wall 8 of each can 5. Part 20.

  In addition, rectangular bottom plates 22a and 22b are connected to the other side edges of both side walls 17 via panel folding lines 23, respectively. Both bottom plates 22a and 22b are connected to one side edge of both side walls 17 side. When the opposite other side edge portions are bonded to each other, the bottom wall 24 is constituted by the pair of bottom plates 22a and 22b. The width and length of the bottom plates 22a and 22b are such that when the bottom plates 22a and 22b constitute the bottom wall 24, the width and length of the bottom wall 24 accommodate a plurality of cans 5 in parallel. It is formed to have the possible dimensions.

  And among each side wall 17 and each bottom plate 22a, 22b containing each inclination part 20, when the carton 4 is formed with this carton blank 1, in the position where the lower end part of each can 5 opposes, a part of carton 4 The product holding means 26 for forming the product receiving hole 30 for receiving the lower end portion of each can 5 is provided by bending the product into the inside of the carton 4. The article holding means 26 holds the lower end portion of each can 5 and prevents each can 5 from falling out from the inside of the carton 4 through the open end 10.

  These article holding means 26 are connected to one end edge on the side wall 17 side of both bottom plates 22a, 22b via a folding line 25, and are formed so as to protrude toward the side wall 17 by a "U" -shaped cutting line 27. And a recessed support tab 28 formed thereon. Inclined cut lines 29 are formed at both tip corners of each recess support tab 28 for bending the tip corners into a substantially triangular shape so as to follow the shape of the inner peripheral surface of the recess 9 of the can 5. Each is formed.

  These recessed portion support tabs 28 project toward the inside of the carton 4 with the bottom wall 24 as the base end by folding the folding line 25 into a mountain fold when the carton blank 1 is assembled. As shown in FIG. 3, the projecting tip of the recess support tab 28 is brought into contact with the lower wall 7 of the lower wall 7 of each can 5 to be engaged with each recess 9. Yes.

  Each article holding means 26 is formed in close contact with each recess support tab 28 via a cutting line 27 at a position facing the tip of each recess support tab 28, and a part of the side wall 17 includes the inclined portion 20. And a pair of peripheral wall support pieces 32 connected in series via a folding line 31. The pair of peripheral wall support pieces 32 in each article holding means 26 are formed so as to face each other in the direction orthogonal to the protruding direction of the recess support tab 28 via the cutting line 33 at the tip edge of the recess support tab 28. The peripheral wall support piece 32 is formed with a cut line 35 for making it possible to easily bend each peripheral wall support piece 32 on the same line as the folding line 19 that forms each inclined portion 20 on both side walls 17.

  Then, each peripheral wall support piece 32 is folded into the carton 4 with the folding line 31 folded in a mountain at the time of assembling the carton blank 1, and thus the carton with the side walls 17 including the inclined portions 20 as the base ends. 4 expands inside. In this manner, the article receiving hole 30 is formed by bending the recessed portion supporting tab 28 and the peripheral wall supporting piece 32 inside the carton 4.

  Then, by making the cut line 35 into a valley fold, the outer surface of each peripheral wall support piece 32 is brought into contact with a predetermined lower end portion including a portion facing the opening end 10 of the peripheral wall 8 of each can 5. A predetermined portion of the peripheral wall 8 is three-dimensionally abutted and engaged with a lower end portion of each can 5 facing the article receiving hole 30 inside the carton 4.

  In the present embodiment, each peripheral wall support piece 32 is formed by being connected only to the side wall 17 including the inclined portion 20, but is not limited thereto. One part may be connected to the side wall 17 and the other part may be connected to the bottom plates 22a and 22b.

  Four “mushroom” -shaped connection tabs 37 are formed by cutting lines 38 at intervals in the width direction at the other end edge portion of one bottom plate 22a of both the bottom plates 22a and 22b. An edge portion of the tab 37 on the side wall 17 side is connected to the bottom plate 22 a via a folding line 39. A rectangular tab fitting opening 40 is formed by a cutting line 41 at a position corresponding to each connecting tab 37 in the other bottom plate 22b, and an edge on the side wall 17 side of each tab fitting opening 40 is a bottom plate. 22b is continuously provided. Then, when the carton blank 1 is assembled, the connecting tabs 37 are fitted into the tab fitting openings 40 to connect the bottom plates 22a and 22b to form the bottom wall 24 of the carton 4. . In addition, about the connection means of both the baseplates 22a and 22b, it is not limited to this embodiment, For example, you may adhere the edge of each baseplate 22a, 22b mutually with an adhesive material.

  Moreover, the recessed part 43 is each formed in the both-ends edge of the top wall 3, the both-sides wall 17, and both bottom board 22a, 22b, and, thereby, it positions between each recessed part 43 along the both long sides of the carton blank 1. And the convex part 44 is each formed so that it may be located in the both-ends part of each panel folding-line 18 and 23 of the top wall 3, the both-sides wall 17, and both bottom plates 22a and 22b, and each concave part 43 and each convex part 44, Are connected in series so as to share a side edge.

  The contour shapes and dimensions of the concave portions 43 located between the pair of adjacent convex portions 44 are formed to match the contour shapes and dimensions of the convex portions 44.

  According to such a configuration, when the plurality of carton blanks 1 are formed, the prototypes of the plurality of carton blanks 1 are adjacent to each other so that the respective concave portions 43 and the respective convex portions 44 are fitted to each other by being shifted from each other. By positioning, the side edges of each carton blank 1 can be brought into close contact with each other, and the material of the carton blank 1 can be saved.

  Of the convex portions 44, the convex portions 44 formed across the top wall 3 and both side walls 17 are article covering means 46 for holding each can 5 accommodated in the carton 4 inside the carton 4. Is configured. The side wall 17 side of each article covering means 46 is a folded piece 48 provided on the side wall 17 via a first folding line 47, and a web connected to each folded piece 48 via a second folding line 49. And a piece 50. Further, on the top wall 3 side of each article covering means 46, a covering piece 52 is provided on the top wall 3 via a third folding line 51, and each covering piece 52 is provided on each web piece 50 with a fourth folding line. 53 are continuously provided. And the article covering means 46 makes the second fold curve 49 into a valley fold and folds the first fold curve 47, the third fold curve 51, and the fourth fold curve 53 into a mountain fold when assembling the carton blank 1. The upper end portion of the peripheral wall 8 of the can 5 accommodated in the carton 4 can be brought into three-dimensional contact, whereby each can 5 can be held inside the carton 4.

  Next, the procedure for assembling the carton blank 1 into the carton 4 will be described.

  First, the cans 5 are aligned on the top wall 3 of the carton blank 1, and the first folding curve 47, the third folding curve 51, and the fourth folding curve 53 of the carton blank 1 are fold-folded, and the second folding The curve 49 is valley-folded so that the inner surfaces of the covering pieces 52 and the web pieces 50 are three-dimensionally aligned with the upper ends of the peripheral walls 8 of the cans 5. In addition, the panel folding line 18 is folded in a mountain so that the inner surface of each folded piece 48 is brought into contact with the inner surfaces of the side walls 17 and the inner surfaces of the side walls 17 are along the peripheral walls 8 of the cans 5.

  Subsequently, each folding line 31 is folded in a mountain, each peripheral wall support piece 32 is folded inside the carton 4 to form each article receiving hole 30, and the folding line 19 and the panel folding line 23 are folded in a mountain. The outer surface of each peripheral wall support piece 32 is brought into contact with the lower end portion of the peripheral wall 8 of each can 5. Then, the lower end portion of each can 5 is fitted into each article receiving hole 30, and each peripheral wall support piece 32 is engaged with the lower end portion of each can 5 facing the article receiving hole 30 inside the carton 4. Further, after maintaining the state in which the lower end portion of each can 5 is fitted in each article receiving hole 30, the folding line 35 is folded in a mountain shape so that each concave support tab 28 faces the inside of the carton 4. Are brought into contact with the recess 9 of each can 5.

  Furthermore, the bottom plates 22a and 22b are overlapped, the connecting tabs 37 are fitted into the tab fitting openings 40, and the bottom plates 22a and 22b are connected to form the bottom wall 24. The lower wall 7 of the can 5 is covered.

  In this way, the top wall 3, the side walls 17 and the bottom wall 24 of the carton blank 1 are aligned with the upper wall 6, the lower wall 7 and the peripheral wall 8 of each can 5, and the recess 9 of each can 5 is connected to each recess support tab 28. In addition, each can 5 can be held inside the carton 4 by three-dimensionally abutting the lower end portion of the peripheral wall 8 of each can 5 with each peripheral wall support piece 32.

  Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

  According to the present embodiment, the recessed portion supporting tab 28 of the article holding means 26 protrudes from the bottom wall 24 toward the inside of the carton 4 and contacts each lower wall 7 so as to be along the inner peripheral surface of the recessed portion 9. By being in contact with each other, each recess 9 is engaged, and each can 5 is supported in the height direction (vertical direction). For this reason, each can 5 can be stably held inside the carton 4 against the roll to the package 14.

  On the other hand, each peripheral wall support piece 32 of the article holding means 26 faces the inner side of the carton 4 with the side wall 17 including the inclined portion 20 as a base end, and the outer surface of each peripheral wall support piece 32 is the open end of the peripheral wall 8 of each can 5. The predetermined portion of the peripheral wall 8 of each can 5 is brought into three-dimensional contact by abutting against a predetermined lower end portion including a portion facing the portion 10, and each can 5 is directed in the width direction (lateral direction). To support. For this reason, each can 5 can be stably held inside the carton 4 against a pitching caused by dropping on the package 14 or the like.

  Further, each peripheral wall support piece 32 is bent inside the carton 4 and is engaged with the lower end portion of each can 5 facing the article receiving hole 30 inside the carton 4. It functions as a cushioning material between the side walls 17 and the both inclined portions 20.

  Therefore, the cans 5 can be stably held inside the carton 4 by the article holding means 26 with respect to multi-directional vibrations of pitch and roll. That is, even if the shaking in multiple directions occurs, each can 5 is stably held inside the carton 4 at a part of the lower end by the article holding means 26. For this reason, even if a large impact is applied to the package 14, each can 5 can be reliably held inside the carton 4.

  Moreover, since each surrounding wall support piece 32 functions as a buffer between each can 5, and both the side walls 17 and both inclination parts 20, it can be said that each can 5 can be protected from the impact by the fall of the package 14. Has an effect.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment, A various change is possible as needed.

The top view which shows one Embodiment of the carton blank which comprises the carton which concerns on this invention The perspective view which shows the package which accommodated the to-be-packaged item in the inside of the carton formed of the carton blank of FIG. Sectional drawing in the AA line of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Carton blank 3 Top wall 4 Carton 5 Can 6 Upper wall 7 Lower wall 8 Perimeter wall 9 Recess 10 Open end 17 Side wall 22 Bottom plate 24 Bottom wall 26 Article holding means 28 Recess support tab 32 Perimeter wall support piece 40 Tab fitting opening

Claims (2)

A top wall, a pair of side walls connected to both side edges of the top wall and bent with respect to the top wall; and a side wall connected to one side edge of the side walls and bent with respect to the side walls. A bottom wall that is formed into a cylindrical shape, and includes a plurality of articles to be packaged, wherein the upper wall and the lower wall are connected by a peripheral wall, and at least one of the upper wall and the lower wall is recessed inwardly. In the carton that contains the packaged goods that have
There is an article holding means for forming an article receiving hole in the carton for receiving a part of the package by folding a part of the carton inside the carton, and the article holding means includes the top wall and the A recess support tab connected to one of the bottom walls and bent to the inside of the carton to engage with the recess of the package; and at least one of the side walls connected to one of the side walls and bent to the inside of the carton. A carton comprising a peripheral wall support piece that engages with at least one side of a portion of the package that faces the article receiving hole. A top wall, a pair of side walls connected to both side edges of the top wall and bent with respect to the top wall; and a side wall connected to one side edge of the side walls and bent with respect to the side walls. A plurality of articles to be packaged are connected to each other by a peripheral wall inside a carton formed in a cylindrical shape by a bottom wall, and at least one of the upper wall and the lower wall is recessed inside. In a package in which an article to be packaged having a concave portion is accommodated,
The carton has article holding means for forming an article receiving hole in the carton for receiving a part of the package by folding a part of the carton to the inside of the carton, A recess supporting tab connected to one of the top wall and the bottom wall and bent to the inside of the carton to engage with the recess of the package; and at least one of the both side walls to be bent to the inside of the carton And a peripheral wall support piece that engages with at least one side of a portion of the article to be packaged facing the article receiving hole.