JP2012017125A - Packaging implement and package - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a packaging implement which is not split easily since a weight load concentration to anglular parts of an opening can be relaxed even if a container top peripheral edge comes in contact with the anglular parts of the opening when a holding part of a package in which two or more containers are arranged and packaged is raised.SOLUTION: The packaging implement to arrange and package a plurality of column containers has a top surface, a side surface and a bottom surface each of which is formed of a plate material and two cutting lines are formed from the top surface to each side surface to form the holding part and the openings to make the container top peripheral edge project when the holding part is raised are formed in boundary areas of the top surface and the side surfaces between each cutting line where a flap which comes in contact with the container top peripheral edge when the holding part is raised is provided in the area of the boundary of the top surface and each side surface of the opening including a folding line.

Description

  The present invention relates to a packaging device made of paperboard that covers a plurality of cylindrical containers such as canned beer arranged in a line, and a packaging body in which a plurality of containers are packaged using the packaging tool.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a paperboard packaging tool (also referred to as a binding tool for packaging or a multipack) that covers a plurality of cylindrical containers such as canned beer arranged in a line is provided.
As a conventional packaging tool that improves ease of handling in the product packaging state, a gripping part is provided and an opening is provided in the container contact part on the side, so that when the gripping part is lifted, the opening opens and the container width There is a type in which the lifting width of the grip portion can be increased and the ease of holding can be improved by the biting tool inside.
Conventionally, for example, techniques disclosed in Patent Documents 1 to 3 have been proposed for this type of packaging tool.

  In Patent Document 1 (Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 8-2551), in a paperboard wrapping binding tool that covers a plurality of products arranged on the left and right, two strips extending from the upper part of the front wall to the upper part of the rear wall. There is disclosed a binding tool for packaging, characterized in that a cut line is provided, and a cut line is provided at the ridge line portions at the front and rear ends of the top wall that are located between the two cut lines and contact the product.

  Patent Document 2 (Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2005-153913) discloses a paperboard multipack in which a pair of side plates and a bottom plate are sequentially connected to a top plate to wrap a packaged product such as a beverage container. There is disclosed a multipack characterized in that a handle is provided by cutting into the upper part of the plate, a central part of the handle is a gripping part, and a part near the side plate is formed into a bifurcated leg part.

  Patent Document 3 (Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2005-335804) is a packaging tool for packaging a plurality of cylindrical containers together, and includes a top surface portion, a side surface portion, and a bottom surface portion each made of a plate-like material, Two cutting lines are provided from the upper surface portion to each side surface portion to form a grip portion, and a predetermined width and height are set between the respective cutting lines and in a boundary region between the upper surface portion and each side surface portion. An opening having the opening, and when the grip is pulled up and the opening is close to the container upper end, the both ends in the width direction of the opening contact the upper end of the container. A packaging tool is disclosed in which the lower edge of the opening is formed in contact with the outer peripheral surface of the container.

JP-A-8-2551 JP 2005-153913 A JP 2005-335804 A

  However, in the conventional packaging tool, when lifting and transporting the gripping portion of the packaging body in which a plurality of containers are arranged and covered with the packaging tool, the upper edge of the container comes into contact with the corner portion of the opening, and the packaging body There is a problem in that weight is concentrated on the corner portion and the packaging tool is easily torn from the corner portion.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and when lifting a gripping portion of a package in which a plurality of containers are arranged and packaged, even if the upper edge of the container contacts the corner portion of the opening, the weight load concentration at the corner portion The purpose is to provide a packaging tool that can alleviate the risk of tearing.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is a packaging tool for packaging a plurality of cylindrical containers, each including a top surface portion, a side surface portion, and a bottom surface portion made of a plate-like material, and each side surface from the top surface portion. Two cutting lines are provided in the part to form a gripping part, and when the gripping part is pulled up to the boundary region between the top surface part and each side part between the cutting lines, the container upper edge part is In a packaging tool formed with an opening to be projected,
A packaging tool comprising a flap that comes into contact with an upper edge portion of a container when the grip portion is pulled up in a region including a folding line at a boundary between the top surface portion and each side surface portion of the opening. provide.

  In the packaging tool of the present invention, it is preferable that the flap is provided with a folding line that bends when the upper edge of the container comes into contact.

  In the packaging tool of the present invention, it is preferable that the flap is provided with the same folding curve as the top surface portion and the side surface portion.

  In the packaging device of the present invention, it is preferable that the cut line forming the flap is formed by cutting at least a terminal portion into a curved shape.

  The present invention also provides a package comprising a plurality of cylindrical containers arranged and packaged on the packaging tool.

In the packaging tool of the present invention, a flap that comes into contact with the upper edge of the container when the gripping part is pulled up is provided in a region including a folding line at the boundary between the top surface part and each side part of the opening. Thus, when the gripping portion of the packaging body in which a plurality of containers are arranged and packaged is lifted, the upper edge portion of the container protrudes from the opening portion and the upper edge portion hits the two portions of the flap and the corner portion of the opening portion. Thus, the strength can be increased and it can be made difficult to tear.
Further, by supporting the container upper edge portion while bending outwardly following the contact of the flap with the container upper edge portion, the weight load concentration of the package can be alleviated and can be made difficult to tear.
Also, by cutting at least the end of the cut line forming the flap in a curved shape, the gripping part is lifted, the container upper edge protrudes from the opening, and the container upper edge comes into contact with the flap. It can be prevented from breaking from the end of the.

It is a top view which shows embodiment of the packaging tool of this invention. It is a principal part enlarged view in FIG. It is a perspective view which shows embodiment of the package body of this invention using the packaging tool of FIG. It is a front view which shows embodiment of the package body of this invention using the packaging tool of FIG.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
(Packaging tool)
FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an embodiment of the packaging tool of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a portion indicated by reference numeral A in FIG.
The packaging tool 1 according to the present embodiment is a packaging tool for packaging a plurality of cylindrical containers such as canned beer and canned juice, and includes a top surface portion 2, a side surface portion 3, and a plate-shaped material such as water-resistant paper. 4 and bottom surface portions 5 and 6, two cutting lines 7 and 8 are provided from the top surface portion 2 to the side surface portions 3 and 4 to form a grip portion 9, and the ceiling between the cutting lines 7 and 8 is formed. Openings 10 and 11 are formed in the boundary region between the surface portion 2 and the side surface portions 3 and 4 to project the container upper edge when the grip portion 9 is pulled up.

  The packaging tool 1 of this embodiment is a container when the holding | grip part 9 is pulled up to the area | region containing the folding lines 12 and 13 of the boundary of the top | upper surface part 2 and each side part 3 and 4 of each opening part 10 and 11. It is characterized by providing flaps 14a, 14b, 15a, 15b that contact the upper edge.

  The grip 9 is formed by two cutting lines 7 and 8 extending from the top surface 2 to the side surfaces 3 and 4. In this example, the cutting lines 7 and 8 having a circular arc shape in which the central portions 16 and 16 are recessed are provided. The central portion 16 of the cutting lines 7 and 8 is bent downward when the gripping portion 9 is lifted to form a gap when the gripping portion 9 is lifted, and the bent central portion 16 reinforces the gripping portion 9. It has become. When the end portions of these cutting lines 7 and 8 are cut in a curved shape and the direction of the cutting lines 7 and 8 is changed, the grip 9 is lifted and a load is applied to the end portions of the cutting lines 7 and 8. In addition, it is preferable that the packaging tool 1 is not easily broken in the direction along the cutting lines 7 and 8. In addition, the cut shape of these cutting lines 7 and 8 is not limited to this illustration.

  The top surface portion 2 is provided with a perforation 17 for opening a package in which a plurality of containers are packaged by the packaging tool 1. In addition, the formation position of the perforation for opening a package, the shape and size of the portion to be removed at the time of opening, and the like are not limited to this example. For example, perforations capable of cutting out strip-shaped removal portions may be provided on the side surface portions 3 and 4.

  In the present embodiment, the openings 10 and 11 are formed between the cutting lines 7 and 8, and the boundary region between the top surface portion 2 and the side surface portions 3 and 4 is notched so as to form a thick arc shape. The opening portions 10 and 11 are provided with flaps 14a, 14b, 15a, and 15b that form ears at both ends. The shapes of the openings 10 and 11 are not limited to this example, and may be, for example, a substantially crescent shape or a substantially semicircular shape.

  The flaps 14a, 14b, 15a, 15b are formed by cut lines 18 extending from cutting lines for forming the openings 10, 11. Between the terminal ends of the paired cut lines 18 and 18 forming the flaps 14a, 14b, 15a and 15b, there is a folding line 19 for smoothly folding the flaps 14a, 14b, 15a and 15b. ing. The dimensions of the flaps 14a, 14b, 15a, 15b are preferably set as appropriate according to the size of the packaging tool 1, the shape of the container, the weight, the number of packages, and the like. For example, when a can container of 350 to 500 mL such as can beer is packaged in 2 × 3 6 cans, it is preferable that the length is in the range of 5 to 30 mm and the width is in the range of 3 to 10 mm. If it is smaller than this range, there is a risk that the gripping portion 9 is lifted and the flaps 14a, 14b, 15a, 15b come into contact with the upper edge of the container, so that sufficient strength increase and load relaxation effect cannot be obtained. If it is larger than this range, when the flaps 14a, 14b, 15a, 15b are bent, the portion protruding to the outside of the package body is too large, and it may be caught by the clothes of the carrier during transportation or inconvenient during storage.

  Cut lines 18 forming the flaps 14a, 14b, 15a, 15b have their end portions cut in a curved shape to change the direction of the cutting lines for forming the openings 10, 11. When the end of the cut line 18 is cut into a curved shape, the grip 9 is lifted, the upper part of the container protrudes from the openings 10 and 11, and the upper edge of the container comes into contact with the flaps 14a, 14b, 15a and 15b In addition, it is possible to prevent the cut line 18 from being broken from the end.

  One bottom surface portion 5 is provided with a plurality of first locking portions 20... For locking the other bottom surface portion 6 by inserting the first locking portion 20. A plurality of second locking portions 21 are provided. These locking portions 20 and 21 are formed by bending the folding lines 12 and 13 of the packaging tool 1 and the folding lines 22 and 23 at the boundaries between the side surface parts 3 and 4 and the bottom surface parts 5 and 6, respectively. In a state where a part of 5 and 6 is overlapped and a plurality of containers are wrapped, the first locking portion 20 is forcibly inserted into the second locking portion 21 so that the bottom surface portions 5 and 6 are connected to each other. It is for connecting and maintaining a packaging state. In addition, the shape, the number of formed portions, the forming position, and the like of these locking portions 20 and 21 are not limited to this example, and can be appropriately changed according to the shape and size of the packaging tool 1.

The packaging tool 1 of the present embodiment is arranged on the container when the grip portion 9 is pulled up to a region including the folding lines 12 and 13 at the boundary between the top surface portion 2 of the openings 10 and 11 and the side surface portions 3 and 4. By providing the flaps 14a, 14b, 15a, and 15b that contact the edges, the upper edge of the container protrudes from the openings 10 and 11 when the grip portion 9 of the packaging body in which a plurality of containers are arranged and packaged is lifted. Since the portion where the upper edge hits is two places of the flaps 14a, 14b, 15a and 15b and the corners of the openings 10 and 11, the strength can be increased and it can be made difficult to tear.
In addition, when the flaps 14a, 14b, 15a, 15b contact the upper edge of the container, the container upper edge is supported while bending outward, so that the weight load concentration of the package is alleviated and difficult to tear. be able to.
Further, the flaps 14a, 14b, 15a, 15b are bent at the upper edge portion of the container in the state where the packaging tool 1 is molded and bent based on the same folding lines 12, 13 as the top surface portion 2, the side surface portions 3, 4. By supporting the upper edge portion of the container while following the outer side of the container and bending outward, it is possible to increase the resistance to the weight load of the package and absorb the impact as compared to the flap without the folding line.
Further, by cutting at least the end portions of the cut lines 18 forming the flaps 14a, 14b, 15a, 15b in a curved shape, the grip 9 is lifted, and the upper edge of the container protrudes from the openings 10, 11, and the container When the upper edge comes into contact with the flap, the load applied to the cut line 18 is dispersed and can be prevented from being broken from the end of the cut line 18.

(Packaging body)
3 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a package using the packaging tool shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 4 is a front view of the same package.
The packaging body 30 of this embodiment has a configuration in which a plurality of containers 31 such as canned beer and canned juice are arranged and packaged using the packaging tool 1 shown in FIG.
In this example, six containers 31 arranged in 2 × 3 are packaged by the packaging tool 1, but the configuration of the package is not limited to this example, and according to the number of packaging of containers 31. It can be changed as appropriate.

The package 30 folds the central portion 16 of the cutting lines 7 and 8 to the lower side of the grip portion 9, grips the grip portion 9, lifts it, and transports it. At the time of this conveyance, the upper edge part of the center container 31 adjacent to the holding part 9 protrudes from the opening part 10, hits the flaps 14a and 14b, and these flaps 14a and 14b are pushed and bent outward. Further, the upper edge portion of the container 31 contacts the corner portion of the opening 10 and is supported by both the corner portion and the flaps 14a and 14b. Thus, when the packaging body 30 is transported while holding the grip portion 9 by hand, the upper edge of the container protrudes from the opening 10 and the portion where the upper edge hits is the corner of the flaps 14a, 14b and the opening 10. The strength can be increased and the packaging tool 1 is difficult to tear.
Further, when the flaps 14a and 14b come into contact with the upper edge of the container, the container upper edge is supported while being bent outward, so that the concentration of weight on the package 30 is reduced and the packaging tool 1 is not easily torn. Become.
Further, the flaps 14a, 14b, 15a, 15b are bent at the upper edge portion of the container in the state where the packaging tool 1 is molded and bent based on the same folding lines 12, 13 as the top surface portion 2, the side surface portions 3, 4. By supporting the upper edge of the container while following the outer side of the container 30 while it is in contact with the bag, it is possible to increase the resistance to the weight load of the packaging body 30 and absorb the impact as compared to the flap without the folding line. .
Further, by cutting at least the end portion of the cut line 18 forming the flaps 14a and 14b in a curved shape, the grip 9 is lifted, the upper edge of the container protrudes from the opening 10, and the upper edge of the container contacts the flap When it does, the load concerning the cut line 18 is disperse | distributed and it can prevent that the packaging tool 1 is torn from the terminal end of a cut line.

  The present invention relates to a packaging device made of paperboard that covers a plurality of cylindrical containers such as canned beer arranged in a line, and a packaging body in which a plurality of containers are packaged using the packaging tool.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Packing tool 2 Top surface part 3, 4 Side surface part 5, 6 Bottom surface part 7, 8 Cutting line 9 Grasping part 10, 11, Opening part 12, 13, 22, 23 Folding curve 14a, 14b, 15a, 15b Flap 16 Central part 17 Perforation 18 Cut line 19 Folding line 20 First locking part 21 Second locking part 30 Package 31 Container

Claims (5)

A packaging tool for packaging a plurality of cylindrical containers, each having a top surface portion, a side surface portion, and a bottom surface portion made of a plate-like material, and gripping by providing two cutting lines from the top surface portion to each side surface portion Forming an opening for projecting the upper edge of the container when the gripping part is pulled up in a boundary region between the top surface part and each side part between the cutting lines. In
A packaging tool, wherein a flap that comes into contact with an upper edge portion of the container when the grip portion is pulled up is provided in a region including a folding line at a boundary between the top surface portion and each side surface portion of the opening.   The packaging tool according to claim 1, wherein the flap is provided with a folding line that bends when the upper edge of the container comes into contact with the flap.   The packaging tool according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the flap is provided with the same folding curve as the top surface portion and the side surface portion.   The packaging tool according to claim 1 or 3, wherein the cut line forming the flap is formed by cutting at least a terminal portion into a curved shape.   A package comprising a plurality of cylindrical containers arranged and packaged in the packaging tool according to any one of claims 1 to 4.

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