JP2013086853A - Packaging means for cut flower - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a packaging means for cut flowers, which excels in drainage, extends the life of the cut flowers, and enables easy care in a store.SOLUTION: This packaging tool for cut flowers includes a cutout part formed by cutting out a bag-like body part having openings in an upper part and a lower part from the middle part on a side part of a body part thereof to the lower end thereof. The cutout part is used for storing the cut flowers inside the body part. The upper end of the cutout part is located at an upper part than the position of a binding means (rubber band) when near the lower parts of the cut flowers and the body part are bound by a binding means such as a rubber band.

Description

  The present invention relates to a packaging tool used for packaging cut flowers.

When cut flowers are sold in stores or the like, it is widely practiced to use a substantially conical (conical frustum) bag having a wide opening at the upper end and an opening at the lower end smaller than the upper end. .
In this case, there is a sales form in which a plurality of disjointed cut flowers purchased by the consumer are bundled and stored in the packaging bag. However, as shown in FIG. In many cases, when the consumer purchases, the cut flowers in the packaged state are taken out from the container 2 as it is and wrapped in wrapping paper as needed, or put in a paper bag or the like.
However, in the conventional packaging device, since the lower part of the substantially conical bag is only tied with a rubber band, draining is bad, and there is a problem that water flows down on the way home by the consumer.
In particular, when a consumer purchases cut flowers at a department store, a large shopping center, or the like and shopping at another store, water may fall on the passage or the floor, which may cause trouble for other consumers.

  Patent Documents 1 and 2 disclose a packaging bag provided with a perforated tearable part for facilitating removal of cut flowers from the packaging and a notch part for inserting a finger. It cannot be done promptly.

JP-A-11-91846 JP 2007-106429 A

  An object of the present invention is to provide a cut flower wrapping tool that has good drainage, improves the longevity of cut flowers, and is easy to maintain in stores.

  The cut flower wrapping tool according to the present invention has a cutout portion that is cut from the middle of the side portion of the bag-like main body portion having openings at the upper and lower portions to the lower end, and the cutout portion cuts the cut flower inside the main body portion. The upper end of the cutout portion is located above the position of the rubber band in a state where the cut flower and the lower portion of the main body are bound by a binding tool such as a rubber band.

The packaging material used in the present invention is preferably a resin film, and inexpensive and highly productive is a heat-weldable resin film such as polypropylene.
The shape of the packaging is not limited as long as it is a bag with an opening at the top and bottom, but the upper opening is the lower opening in terms of easy packaging without damaging cut flowers. A substantially conical shape with a wider opening is preferred.
The rubber band is also used to bind the lower part of the packaging tool, and includes a rubber band and a band-shaped binding tool.

When forming a notch in the side part of the packaging device according to the present invention, the notch part is continuous with the first notch part that is notched inward from the side part of the main body part and the first notch part. It is preferable to have a second cutout portion cut out to the lower end.
With such a cutout shape of the cutout portion, the cutout opening a is easily formed as shown in FIG. 4 in which the lower part of the packaging tool is tied together with a rubber band together with the cut flower stem.
Moreover, the cut packaged flower using said packaging tool is excellent in preservability.

The cut flower wrapping tool according to the present invention stores cut flowers in the wrapping tool, and the upper end of the notch portion is positioned above the rubber band in a state where the lower part of the wrapping tool is bound with a rubber band or the like. Since the notched opening is formed, the following effects are produced.
As shown in FIG. 3, when the cut flower 1 is taken out of the container 2 containing water, the water quickly falls out from the notch opening a, and even if the consumer carries the cut flower after purchase, the floor is wetted with water. Nothing will happen.
Further, according to the inventors' investigation, it has been found that ethylene gas generated from cut flowers acts as an aging hormone, further aging is promoted, and the cut flowers are likely to wither, and the packaging device according to the present invention is used. Since the ethylene gas generated inside the packaging tool is discharged from the cutout opening and melts into water, the shelf life of cut flowers is improved as compared with conventional packaging bags.
In the packaging device according to the present invention, the shape of the cutout portion is cut out in the inward direction from the side portion of the packaging device, and the second cutout portion is continuously cut out to the lower end. In the case of the cutout portion, as shown in FIG. 4, since a cutout opening a having a shape that allows easy insertion of a fingertip is formed on the rubber band 20, dust accumulated on the bottom of the bag bound with the rubber band It is easy to take out fragments and the like, and it becomes easy to correct the positions of flowers and leaves, and it is easy to maintain the value of the product.

The shape example of the packaging tool which concerns on this invention is shown. The state which wrapped the cut flower using the packaging tool which concerns on this invention is shown. The state which removed the packaged cut flower from the container containing water is shown. An example of taking out the dust collected on the bottom of a packaging tool tied with a rubber band is shown. The state example of the packaging tool before using for packaging of cut flowers is shown.

A structural example of the packaging tool 10 according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 shows an example of the shape of the packaging tool 10, and FIG. 2 shows an example of packaging the cut flower 1.
The packaging tool 10 shows an example of production using a polypropylene resin film, and two extruded polypropylene films are overlapped, and the side portions 14a and 14b are heat-welded to form a substantially conical main body portion 11.
As a result, the upper opening 12 and the lower opening 13 having a smaller mouth size are formed.
Next, the notch is formed by cutting the middle of one side 14a from the middle to the lower end with a press or the like.
The shape of the notch is not limited to this embodiment.
In the present invention, as shown in FIG. 2, the cut flower may be housed inside, and the cutout opening a may be formed on the rubber band in a state where the lower part is bound with a binding tool such as the rubber band 20.
The embodiment shown in FIG. 1 is an example having a second cutout portion 15b cut from the first cutout portion 15a cut inward from the side portion 14a to the lower opening portion 13.
The notch length L of the notch is preferably about 100 to 150 mm, and the notch width W is preferably 5 to 15 mm on the upper side and 20 to 30 mm on the lower end side.

FIG. 5 shows an example in which the packaging tool 10 is bundled for easy use.
Packaging tools are stacked in units of several tens of sheets, and the bundled portion 16 is bundled with a bundler 18, and the main body portion 11 is cut off at the perforation 17 portion.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cut flower 2 Container 10 Packaging tool 11 Main body part 12 Upper opening part 13 Lower opening part 14a Side part 14b Side part 15a First notch part 15b Second notch part 20 Rubber band a Notch opening part

Claims (3)

  It has a cutout part that is cut out from the middle of the side part of the bag-like main body part having an opening in the upper part and the lower part. A cut flower packaging tool, wherein the upper end of the cutout portion is positioned above the position of the rubber band in a state where the vicinity is bound with a binding tool such as a rubber band.   The notch part has a first notch part notched inward from the side part of the main body part, and a second notch part notched to the lower end continuously from the first notch part. The cut flower packaging tool according to claim 1.   A packaged cut flower which is packaged using the packaging tool according to claim 1.

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