JP2012166828A - Package and water heater product - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a package that can be made use of for facilitating the installation of a water heater after removed from the water heater, and to provide a water heater product.SOLUTION: The package includes a package body for covering the water heater, and a lift configured to be put on the bottom surface of the water hear for lifting the water heater. The lift is integrated with the package body but removable from the package body. The lift has a dimension large enough to protrude, when being put on the bottom surface of the water heater, from the other end of the bottom surface in the opposite direction.

Description

  The present invention relates to a package and a water heater product.

  In recent years, development of a water heater (tank apparatus) using a heat pump or an electric heater (heating means) as a heat source has been advanced. Such a water heater is provided with a package that prevents damage during transportation.

  For example, as shown in Patent Document 1, the water heater is transported by being wrapped in a package. This package is removed when the water heater is installed. In general, the package is removed before the installation location, and then the water heater is moved to the installation location. For example, as shown in FIG. 7, a conventional method for transporting a water heater has one of two workers having a support leg of the water heater and the other having a handle provided on the top of the water heater. Carry in a state that lay down sideways. Then, the removed package is discarded as it is.

JP 2009-149347 A

  By the way, the hot water heater is heavy and is not moved in a normal use state. Therefore, the structure is not suitable for movement, and it is not easy to move the water heater alone. There is.

  On the other hand, the package has a function only for packaging, and there is a problem that the removed package cannot be used effectively at present.

  Then, an object of this invention is to provide the package which can be utilized effectively in order to improve the workability | operativity of installation of a water heater after removing from a water heater.

  The present invention has a packaging body main body that covers a water heater, and a lifting portion that is directed to a bottom surface of the water heater to lift the water heater, and the lifting portion is separable from the packaging body main body. In the state, it is provided integrally with the main body of the packaging body, and the lifting portion is set to a size that protrudes in the opposite direction from the bottom surface when it reaches the bottom surface of the water heater. Features.

  According to this invention, after removing from a water heater, a package can be used effectively in order to improve the workability | operativity of installation of a water heater.

It is a figure which shows the structure of a water heater packaging body. It is a figure which shows the structure of a package body part and a lifting part. It is a figure which shows the example which addresses a lifting part to the bottom part of a water heater. It is a figure which shows the structure of the support leg which supports a water heater. It is a figure which shows the lifting part of a package. It is a figure which shows the conveyance work of the water heater using the lifting part of a package. It is a figure which shows the conveyance operation | work of the conventional water heater.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the packaging body of the water heater according to the present embodiment wraps the water heater 10 fixed to the fixing base 40. In general, the product dimensions when the hot water heater is packed are, for example, about 70 cm wide × 80 cm deep × 200 cm high.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 3, the water heater 10 generally has a rectangular parallelepiped that is longer in the height direction than in the width / depth direction so that it can be installed in a narrow passage in a detached house. Yes. Therefore, as well shown in FIG. 3, the bottom surface portion 11 of the water heater 10 has a rectangular shape. Further, the water heater 10 is provided with support legs on the bottom surface portion 11. Specifically, the water heater 10 is provided with one front-side support leg 12 at the front-side width direction central portion of the bottom surface portion 11, and the back-side width support center 13 is symmetrical with respect to the back-side width direction center portion. It is the structure which supports the weight of the water heater 10 by providing two on both sides.

<Structure of package>
As shown in FIG. 1, the package includes a package body 1 that covers the water heater, and a lifting portion 50 that is assigned to the bottom surface portion 11 (see FIG. 3) of the water heater 10 to lift the water heater 10. And have. Further, the lifting portion 50 is provided integrally with the packaging body main body 1 so as to be separable from the packaging body main body 1. The lifting portion 50 is set to a size that protrudes in the opposite direction from the bottom surface portion 11 when it reaches the bottom surface portion 11 of the water heater 10.

<Packaging body part>
As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the package body 1 includes a vertical surface portion 30 that covers a vertical surface along the vertical direction of the water heater 10, and an upper surface portion 20 that covers the upper surface of the water heater 10. . Moreover, as mentioned above, the said package body part 1 has the lifting part 50 which can be separated easily, and improves carrying work property by using the lifting part 50 for the carrying work after unpacking of a water heater product. be able to.

  Specifically, the lifting part 50 is provided on the vertical surface part 30. More specifically, the vertical surface portion 30 of the package body 1 is disposed so as to face the front portion 31 disposed to face the front surface of the water heater 10 having a rectangular parallelepiped shape, and the rear surface of the water heater 10. The back surface portion 32 and the side surface portion 33 adjacent to the front surface portion 31 and the back surface portion 32, and the lifting portion 50 is provided on the side surface portion 33 of the vertical surface portion 30.

  In addition, the packaging body is provided with a separating means for separating the packaging body main body 1 and the lifting portion 50. Specifically, the separating means is constituted by a perforation 51. Thereby, after unpacking of a package, it has a structure that can be easily separated from the package body 1. In addition to the perforation 51, the separating means may be configured so that the force acts intensively when an external force is applied (for example, a groove, a half cut, etc.).

<Support leg>
The front side support legs 12 and the back side support legs 13 need to have sufficient strength to support the water heater 10. As shown in FIG. 4, the structure of the front side support leg 12 and the back side support leg 13 includes a bottom face connection part 14 that connects the bottom face part 11 and the support leg, a support part 15 that supports the weight of the water heater 10, and a support leg. It is divided into ground connection portions 16 that are fixed to the ground. In FIG. 4, a top view, a side view, and a bottom view are shown in order from the top.

<Lifting part>
The lifting portion 50 is set to a dimension longer than the distance between the one end edge portion 17 and the other end edge portion 18 of the bottom surface portion 11 positioned so as to face each other with the central portion of the bottom surface portion 11 of the water heater 10 therebetween. . Therefore, the lifting portion 50 can be directed to the bottom surface portion 11 from the front side to the back side of the water heater 10 to lift the water heater 10.

  Further, a gripping portion is provided in a portion of the lifting portion 50 that protrudes from the one end edge portion 17 and the other end edge portion 18 when it reaches the bottom surface portion 11 of the water heater 10. Thereby, when the lifting part 50 is addressed to the bottom part of the water heater 10, workability of the operator is improved. Specifically, the lifting portion 50 is provided with two front-side handle portions 60 and two rear-side handle portions 70 for gripping by the operator as the grip portions. The size of the lifting portion 50 in the width direction is set to be inside the back side support legs 13 in order to avoid contact with the back side support legs 13 provided at both ends of the bottom surface portion 11, and the size in the depth direction is The front handle portion 60 and the rear handle portion 70 have sufficient lengths for exiting from the front side and the rear side of the water heater 10.

  In addition, the lifting portion 50 is provided with an escape portion 52 that escapes the support leg of the water heater 10. Thereby, the water heater 10 can be lifted without interfering with the front-side support legs 12 and the back-side support legs 13. The shape of the lifting portion 50 will be described in detail. As shown in FIG. 5, in order to avoid contact with the front-side support leg 12, the escape portion 52 and the front-side handle are spaced at the same interval as the front-side support leg 12. It has a protruding portion 53 extending to the portion 60. For example, the width dimension of the front side support leg 12 and the back side support leg is 7 cm, and the width dimension of the escape portion 52 is 7 cm in accordance with the width dimension of the front side support leg 12.

  For example, the back-side support legs 13 provided at both ends of the bottom surface portion 11 are provided at intervals of 50 cm, and the width of the lifting portion 50 is 50 cm according to this.

  Further, if the depth of the bottom surface portion 11 is 60 cm, the length of contact between the bottom surface portion 11 and the lifting portion 50 is 60 cm, and a sufficient length for the front side handle portion 60 and the back side handle portion 70 to act is sufficient. In order to ensure, the depth of the lifting part 50 is required to be 120 cm.

  At this time, the length of the lifting portion 50 protruding from the front side and the back side of the bottom surface portion 11 is 30 cm, and the depth of the escape portion 52 is 30 cm plus the length of the front support legs 12. .

<Structure and material of lifting part>
The lifting portion 50 has a structure that has strength to support the water heater 10. Specifically, the material used for the package is specifically cardboard 80. As shown in FIG. 5, the corrugated cardboard 80 is composed of a front liner 81, a B-stage middle shin 82, a middle liner 83, an A-stage middle shin 84, and a back liner 85. The overall tensile strength of the corrugated cardboard 80 is determined by the structure of the front liner 81, the B-stage middle shin 82, the middle liner 83, the A-stage middle shin 84 and the back liner 85 and the fiber direction of the paper.

  The lifting part 50 separated from the package body 1 is applied with a tensile force in the Y direction. The liner exhibits strength in the X direction and the Y direction, but the intermediate shin exhibits strength in the Y direction more than in the X direction. Therefore, the corrugated cardboard step direction (the direction along the ridge line of the middle ridge or valley) can be adapted to a strong tensile force by matching with the Y direction.

  Moreover, the front side handle part 60 and the back side handle part 70 are parts to which a force is locally applied. In order to prevent local cracks that occur along the direction of the paper fibers from the front side handle 60 and the back side handle 70, the fiber direction of the paper is taken in the X direction.

<Work form>
First, a water heater product completed by packaging a water heater with the packaging body having the above-described configuration is transported to a place near the location of the water heater by a truck or the like. Next, the water heater product is disassembled into a water heater and a packaging body by removing the packaging body from the water heater. Then, the package body 1 and the lifting portion 50 are separated along the perforation 51.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 6, the separated lifting portion 50 reaches the lower surface portion of the water heater 10, the front handle portion 60 is from the front of the water heater 10, and the rear handle portion 70 is the water heater. It comes out from the back of 10. An operator is separated into the front side and the back side of the water heater 10, and by carrying the water heater 10 with each handle portion, the water heater 10 can be transported without being tilted sideways. As a result, it becomes easy to move a narrow passage of a detached house that has been difficult to transport in the past, and at the same time, a large local force is not applied to the water heater 10, and defects in the water heater can be reduced. . On the other hand, the removed package can be used effectively.

  According to the package having the above-described configuration, it can be effectively used to improve the workability of installing the water heater after being removed from the water heater.

  Moreover, if the package body which consists of the said structure is used, it can carry even if a water heater is not set sideways, and a water heater can be carried in even if it is a narrow channel | path. In addition, when the handle portion of the water heater is fixed to the upper part by screwing or the like, a large force is applied when the water heater is placed sideways, and the iron plate at the upper part of the water heater may be deformed. If a package is used, such a situation can be prevented.

  In addition, the packaging body and hot-water supply product which concern on this invention are not limited to the structure of the said embodiment, A various change is possible within the range which does not deviate from the meaning of invention.

  For example, in the above-described embodiment, the lifting portion is described as an example provided on the vertical surface portion, but is not limited thereto, and the lifting portion covers the upper surface of the water heater. It may be provided.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the vertical surface part and upper surface part of the package body part were provided as a different body, it is not limited to this, A vertical surface part and an upper surface part are integrated. It may be provided.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the water heater had a rectangular parallelepiped shape and the packaging body main body part demonstrated as an example what wraps a rectangular parallelepiped water heater, it is not limited to this, However, it may have, for example, a cylindrical shape, and the package body may wrap a cylindrical water heater.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Package body part 10 Water heater 11 Bottom surface part 12 Front side support leg 13 Back side support leg 14 Bottom surface connection part 15 Support part 16 Ground connection part 20 Upper surface part 30 Vertical surface part 40 Fixing base 50 Lifting part 51 Perforation part 52 Escape part 53 Projection 60 Front side handle 70 Back side handle 80 Cardboard 81 Front liner 82 B-stage middle shin 83 Middle liner 84 A-stage middle shin 85 Back liner

Claims (7)

A package body covering the water heater, and a lifting portion addressed to the bottom surface of the water heater to lift the water heater,
The lifting portion is provided integrally with the packaging body main body in a state where it can be separated from the packaging body main body,
The said lifting part is set to the magnitude | size which protrudes in the opposite direction from this bottom part, when it reaches the bottom part of the said water heater.   The lifting portion is set to have a length longer than a distance between one end edge portion and the other end edge portion of the bottom surface portion positioned so as to face each other with the center portion of the bottom surface portion of the water heater therebetween. The package according to claim 1.   The grip part is provided in the part which protrudes from the said one end edge part and other end edge part when it goes to the bottom face part of the said water heater among the said lifting parts, The Claim 1 or 2 characterized by the above-mentioned. The package described. The package body portion includes a vertical surface portion that covers a vertical surface along the vertical direction of the water heater, and an upper surface portion that covers an upper surface of the water heater.
The said lifting part is provided in the said vertical surface part, The packaging body as described in any one of Claims 1-3 characterized by the above-mentioned. The package body portion wraps a rectangular water heater.
The package body part includes a front part disposed so as to face the front surface of the water heater having a rectangular parallelepiped shape, a back part disposed so as to face the back surface of the water heater, and the front part and the back part. And side portions adjacent to each other,
The said lifting part is provided in the said side part, The package body as described in any one of Claims 1-3 characterized by the above-mentioned. The package body portion wraps a water heater provided with support legs on the bottom surface portion,
The package according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein an escape portion for escaping a support leg of the water heater is provided in the lifting portion.   A water heater product completed by packaging a water heater by the packaging body according to any one of claims 1 to 6.

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