JP2008189369A - Transporting and displaying method of paper product - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a transporting and displaying method of paper products, which eliminates the use of corrugated cardboard for transport, not requiring replacement of products at the time of display, while, still furthermore, maintaining loading efficiency during transportation, designed for the re-use of packaging materials. <P>SOLUTION: A plurality of packs of paper-made articles are placed on a pallet 2 as they are, being made into a loaded object 20, while angle bars 4 are made to cover the edge regions of the loaded objects and to rise perpendicular to the face of the pallet, whereas they are allocated so that their upper edges are positioned approximately at the upper face of the loaded objects, and the side faces of the angle bars and loaded objects are bound and fastened by a reusable band 6 for fixation to be made into one transferred article. Transferred articles are piled in two tiers so that the under-surface of the pallet for the upper side transferred article 32 is kept in contact with the upper edges of the angle bars for the lower side transferred article 30, while a plurality of transferred articles are placed on a heavy-duty truck for direct transportation to a final customer, with bands and angle bars being removed for the loaded objects to be directly displayed at a selling floor, with the pallets, bands, and angle bars being put to reuse. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a method for transporting and displaying paper products such as tissue paper boxes and toilet rolls.

  Paper products such as tissue paper boxes and toilet rolls are low in strength as they are, and are usually packed in cardboard and transported to intermediate wholesalers and sales destinations by trucks so that they do not dissipate during transport. In recent years, pack products of the above-mentioned paper products (for example, bundles of 5 individual paper tissue boxes) have been sold, and cardboard is also necessary for transporting these pack products.

  On the other hand, pallets for transport are widely used, and the above-mentioned cardboard and products themselves are loaded on the pallet and transported (see Patent Documents 1 and 2).

JP-A-3-289443 JP 2000-118533 A

However, when using a cardboard for conveyance, there is a problem that the work for unpacking and discarding the cardboard increases. In the case of the techniques described in Patent Documents 1 and 2 above, products are directly loaded on a transport pallet, but these products are large-size paperboards and printing plates, and the problem is that the products unwind and dissipate during transport. Relatively few.
On the other hand, since the pack product of paper products is light and relatively small, when it is directly loaded on the transport pallet, the load is easily broken and dissipated during the transport. Further, when paper products are directly loaded on a conveyance pallet and loaded on a truck, waste is generated by the thickness of the pallet, it is difficult to improve the loading efficiency, and the conveyance cost increases. Furthermore, since the strength of the paper product is weak, it is not possible to stack two or more transport pallets loaded with the product, and this also reduces the loading efficiency.
Furthermore, due to the recent demand for reducing the environmental load, it is also necessary to reduce the work load of packing and unpacking while suppressing the use of disposable packaging members (for example, shrink film) and reusing the packaging members.
That is, the present invention eliminates the need for transporting corrugated cardboard, eliminates the need for changing the product during display, maintains the loading efficiency during transport, and transports and displays the paper product in which the packaging members are reused. The purpose is to provide.

In order to solve the above problems, the paper product transport and display method according to the present invention comprises a plurality of packs of paper products loaded on a pallet as they are to form a load, and an L-shaped angle is formed at the corner of the load. And is arranged so that the upper end of the angle is positioned at least substantially on the upper surface of the load, and the angle and the side surface of the load are fastened and fixed with a reusable band. A plurality of transported objects are stacked in a state where the transported objects are stacked in two stages such that the lower surface of the pallet of the upper transported object is in contact with the upper end of the angle of the lower transported object. The paper product is directly transported from the manufacturer of the paper product to the final sales destination, the band and the angle are removed at the final sales destination, the load is directly displayed on the sales floor, the pallet, To reuse the band and angle, which removed.
With such a configuration, it is not necessary to reload goods or unpack the cardboard for transportation when displayed on the sales floor. In addition, since the load of the upper transported object is supported by the angle of the lower transported object and no load is applied to the load, even paper products with low strength are stacked directly on the pallet and stacked in two stages. And the truck loading efficiency can be maintained.

Preferably, the angle covers the side surface of the pallet, and the lower end of the angle is arranged so as to be substantially flush with the lower surface of the pallet.
With such a configuration, the lower end of the angle is brought into direct contact with the surface of the loading platform, and the load of the upper conveyed product is transmitted to the surface of the loading platform, so that the upper conveyed product can be reliably supported.

The vertical and horizontal dimensions of the pallet are equal to the dimensions when a plurality of the packed products are placed without gaps in a predetermined arrangement, and the loading platform when the transported object using the pallet is loaded on the loading platform of the large truck The loading efficiency with respect to the volume is preferably 75% or more.
With such a configuration, the vertical and horizontal dimensions of the pallet are made substantially equal to the size of the load, so that a useless gap between the pallet and the load is eliminated. The loading efficiency when loading on the carrier is not significantly inferior to the case where conventional cardboard is used. In particular, in the present invention, the loading efficiency tends to decrease by the thickness of the pallet, so it is effective to optimize the pallet dimensions.

It is preferable to accommodate the band and the angle removed from the transported object by using a collection box having one end opened and a section for individually accommodating the angle and the band from the opening.
Such a configuration prevents the angle and band from being lost when they are reused.

It is preferable to provide a display unit for displaying the product name of the packed product on the surface of the band.
With such a configuration, the band wound around the side surface of the transported object becomes relatively large corresponding to the relatively large transported object, so that the display portion on the surface of the band is conspicuous and the advertising effect is increased. .

  According to this invention, it is not necessary to use a cardboard for transport when transporting a pack of paper products, there is no need to change the product during display, and further, the loading efficiency during transport is maintained, and the packaging member is reused. Can be achieved.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described.
FIG. 1 shows a state in which a paper product pack (load) 20 is loaded on a (conveyance) pallet 2 in a paper product transport and display method according to an embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the paper product pack 20 is a bundle of five tissue paper individual boxes that are bundled together with a film (a set of five tissue boxes). Further, the packed products are stacked in a ratio of five in the left-right direction and three in the depth direction of the pallet 10.
At the four corners of the side surface of the load 20, L-shaped angles 4 are arranged so as to cover the corners, and the longitudinal direction of the angles 4 rises perpendicular to the surface of the pallet 2.
A reusable belt-like band 6 is wound around the angle 4 and the side surface of the load 20, and these are fastened and fixed to form one transported object.

In this state, the transported goods are loaded on a large truck (usually an 11-ton truck) by a forklift or the like from the pack product manufacturer, and directly transported to the final sales destination (for example, a supermarket or a home center) without going through wholesale. The distribution cost can be reduced.
At the final sales destination, the band 6 and the angle 4 are removed, and the load 20 is directly displayed on the sales floor while being loaded on the pallet 2 for sale. This eliminates the need for transshipment of goods at the time of display at the sales floor and unpacking of the cardboard for transportation.
The pallet 2, the band 6 and the angle 4 are appropriately collected and returned to the manufacturer, and are reused for transporting the next packed product.

As the pallet 2, in terms of weight reduction, a pallet 2 in which a paper tube is interposed between two cardboard flat plates and a gap for inserting a forklift claw can be used.
As the angle 4, a paper-made one can be used.

As the band 6, a synthetic resin sheet, cloth, or the like can be used, and the length of the band may be adjustable by a hook-and-loop fastener, for example. Alternatively, the band 6 may be configured to be stretchable by using a sheet woven with a rubber string. Further, the band 6 may be fixed by a hook-and-loop fastener or the like in order to facilitate the work of binding or releasing the band 6.
Further, the number of bands to be used per conveyed object is not particularly limited as long as it is one or more, but as shown in FIG. 1, one band is wound on each of the lower side and the upper side of the conveyed object. The effect of preventing the collapse of the load is increased, and it is possible to cope with the change in the height of the conveyed product. For example, a band having a width equivalent to the height of the conveyed product may be used, but when the size of the conveyed product changes, an extra length portion may occur in the width direction of the band.

FIG. 2 shows a mode in which two conveyed items 30 and 32 are stacked in two stages on the loading platform of the large truck for conveyance. In this figure, the upper end of the angle is substantially flush with the upper surface S1 of the load 20, and the lower surface of the pallet of the upper transfer object 32 is in contact with the load 20 of the lower transfer object 30 and the upper end of the angle. The transported items are stacked.
As a result, the load of the upper transport object 32 is supported at an angle with the load of the lower transport object 30, and no load is applied only to the load 20, so even a paper product with low strength is placed on the pallet. Direct loading and two-stage loading are possible, and the loading efficiency of the truck can be maintained.
If the upper end of the angle is slightly lower than the upper surface of the load 20 (about several millimeters), when the upper transfer object 32 is stacked, the load 20 that is a paper product is slightly deformed and contracted, and the upper transfer object Deformation of the load 20 stops when 32 contacts the upper end of the angle. Therefore, there is no problem because the load 20 is not broken even if the angle is arranged in this way.
Further, when the upper end of the angle protrudes from the upper surface S2 of the load 20 by about several millimeters, the lower surface of the pallet of the upper transported object 32 comes into contact with the upper end of the angle of the lower transported object 30 and is supported only by the angle. In this case, no load is applied to the load 20, which is preferable in terms of product protection, but the stability during two-stage stacking is slightly inferior. Therefore, it is most preferable that the upper end of the angle is substantially flush with the upper surface of the load 20 in terms of product protection and stability.
Preferably, the angle 4 covers the side surface of the pallet 2 and the lower end of the angle 4 is arranged so as to be substantially flush with the lower surface of the pallet 2. If it does in this way, the lower end of the angle 4 will contact | abut directly on the surface of a loading platform, and since the load of the upper conveyed product 32 is transmitted to the surface of a loading platform, the upper conveyed product 32 can be supported reliably.

3 to 5 show the results of obtaining the loading efficiency of the 11-ton truck on the loading platform when the vertical and horizontal dimensions of the pallet are variously changed. In addition, the number of each figure shows mm.
FIG. 3 shows a conventional example in which a conventional general-purpose pallet is used, and the load is covered with a shrink film to prevent the collapse of the load. In the case of this general-purpose pallet, the vertical and horizontal dimensions are not optimized. In FIG. 3, when a 5-pack tissue box is used as the pack product 20 and the individual packaging boxes are stacked in a ratio of 10 in the horizontal direction, 4 in the vertical direction, and 4 in the upper direction without a gap (FIG. 3B). The dimensions of the pallet are 1200 mm wide and 1000 mm long. At this time, FIG. 3A shows a top plan view of a state in which each pallet is loaded on a truck bed (length 9600 mm, width 2350 mm). Each pallet is stacked in two stages in a direction perpendicular to the paper surface of FIG.
In the case of the arrangement shown in FIG. 3A, a gap of 350 mm is generated in the width direction of the loading platform, and the absolute value of the loading efficiency with respect to the loading platform volume (= (total volume of packed products loaded) / (loading platform volume)) is 68 %. Become.
It should be noted that the loading efficiency with respect to the cargo bed volume when a conventional cardboard for conveyance is used without using a pallet is about 90%.

4 and 5 are examples of the present invention using a pallet with optimized vertical and horizontal dimensions.
In the case where 4 tissue boxes are stacked horizontally, 4 vertically, and 10 layers are stacked on top (FIG. 4B), the dimensions of the pallet are set to 1020 mm horizontally and 980 mm vertically. At this time, FIG. 4A shows a top plan view of the pallet on the truck bed, and the gap generated in the width direction of the bed is reduced to 310 mm, and the loading efficiency with respect to the bed volume is improved to 76%.
In addition, when 5 individual tissue boxes are stacked horizontally, 4 vertically, and 10 vertically stacked (FIG. 5B), the dimensions of the pallet are set to 1240 mm horizontally and 1040 mm vertically. At this time, the top layout of the pallet on the truck bed is shown in FIG. 5A. The gap generated in the width direction of the bed is reduced to 70 mm, and the loading efficiency with respect to the bed volume is improved to 85%.

As described above, when the size of the loaded product is changed, the loading efficiency on the truck bed changes greatly. Therefore, after deciding how to load the load, it is preferable to 1) make the vertical and horizontal dimensions of the pallet substantially equal to the size of the load to eliminate a useless gap between the pallet and the load. Furthermore, 2) If the loading efficiency with respect to the loading platform volume when loading a conveyed product using a pallet of this size on the loading platform of the truck is 75% or more, the transportation cost is greatly inferior compared to the case of using conventional cardboard. There is no.
Here, in order to obtain the pallet dimensions (= size of the load) for improving the loading efficiency, the number of packed items to be stacked as the loading item is adjusted by trial and error, and the calculation is performed so that the loading efficiency is increased. repeat. This calculation may be obtained by setting a predetermined calculation formula, for example.

In order to further improve the loading efficiency, the pallet thickness (t in FIG. 2) is preferably set to 100 mm or less in order to eliminate a useless space due to the thickness of the pallet.
Further, in the present invention, the conveyed product is directly conveyed from the manufacturer of the paper product to the sales destination without going through the wholesale. For this reason, it is preferable to use a large truck (11 ton truck) in order to reduce the transportation cost, and it is preferable to optimize the size of the pallet corresponding to the loading platform of the 11 ton truck.

When reusing the pallet, the band and the angle, it is preferable to use a collection box since these can be prevented from being lost.
FIG. 6 shows an example of the configuration of the collection box. In this figure, the collection box 30 is open at one end, provided with compartments for individually accommodating the angle 4 and the band 6 from the opening 34, and has a lid 32 that covers the opening 34. Examples of the partition include a lattice shape and a plate provided with a plurality of holes through which an angle is passed. Further, when the band 6 is accommodated in the compartment, the band 6 may be wound into a long and narrow cylinder.
Then, after the angle and the band are accommodated in the collection box at the final sales destination, it can be returned to the manufacturer by a truck together with the pallet and reused.

  In addition, in this invention, as shown in FIGS. 3-5, the vertical, horizontal, and height dimensions of a conveyed product are each as large as about 1000 mm. Accordingly, since the band around the side of the conveyed product is relatively large, providing a display unit for displaying the product name of the packed product on the surface of the band increases the advertising effect. For example, in the case of FIG. 1, the product name (kleenex (registered trademark)) of the pack product is displayed large on the band surface.

It is a figure which shows the state which loaded the pack goods of the paper product on the pallet. It is a figure which shows the aspect which piles up the two conveyed products 30 and 32 in two steps. It is a figure which shows the loading efficiency to the loading platform of a truck when the conventional pallet is used. It is a figure which shows the loading efficiency to the loading platform of a truck when the vertical and horizontal dimension of a pallet is changed variously. It is another figure which shows the loading efficiency to the loading platform of a truck when the vertical and horizontal dimension of a pallet is changed variously. It is a figure which shows an example of a structure of a collection box.

Explanation of symbols

2 Pallet 4 Angle 6 Band 20 Paper product pack (load)
30 Lower object 32 Upper object

Claims (5)

A plurality of packs of paper products are stacked as they are on a pallet to form a load, an L-shaped angle covers a corner of the load and rises perpendicular to the pallet surface, and at least the upper end of the angle is at least the load Is arranged so as to be located almost on the upper surface, and the angle and the side surface portion of the load are tightly fixed with a reusable band to form one transported object,
In a state where the conveyed products are stacked in two stages so that the lower surface of the pallet of the conveyed product on the upper side is in contact with the upper end of the angle of the conveyed product on the lower side, a plurality of the conveyed products are stacked on a large truck. Transport directly from the product manufacturer to the final sales destination,
At the final sales destination, remove the band and the angle, display the load directly on the sales floor,
A method of transporting and displaying a paper product that reuses the pallet and the removed band and angle. 2. The paper product transporting and displaying method according to claim 1, wherein the angle covers the side surface of the pallet, and the lower end of the angle is arranged so as to be substantially flush with the lower surface of the pallet. The vertical and horizontal dimensions of the pallet are equal to the dimensions when a plurality of the packed products are placed without gaps in a predetermined arrangement, and the loading platform when the transported object using the pallet is loaded on the loading platform of the large truck The method for conveying and displaying paper products according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the loading efficiency with respect to the volume is 75% or more. 4. The band and the angle removed from the transported object are accommodated using a collection box having an opening at one end and a section for individually accommodating the angle and the band from the opening. A method for conveying and displaying a paper product according to any one of the above. The method for conveying and displaying a paper product according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein a display unit for displaying a product name of the packed product is provided on a surface of the band.