JP2013209139A - Packaging apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a compact packaging apparatus which enables a user to easily take out a cushioning material from a carton.SOLUTION: A packaging apparatus is constituted of a rectangular parallelepiped cushioning material having a housing portion for an object to be packaged, and a carton formed having a rectangular parallelepiped shape having an opening/closing hole in one side surface and inserting the cushioning material from the opening/closing hole to achieve packaging. The cushioning material is provided with a holding recess opening from one side part of the side surface located on the opening/closing mouth side of the carton when performing packaging using the carton to a surface adjacent to the side surface and extending to an inner depth side. The holding recess is provided with a finger recess opening in depth and width large enough to insert several fingers other than a thumb, and receiving the fingertip inserted into the inner part of the holding recess can be put.

Description

  The present invention relates to a packaging device for storing and protecting a product.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a form for packaging an article to be packaged that is vulnerable to an impact such as an electric product, a method is known in which the article to be packaged is accommodated in a cushioning material and the cushioning material is accommodated in an exterior carton.

  However, if the cushioning material fits two cushioning bodies and accommodates an object to be packaged, and the cushioning material has a rectangular parallelepiped shape as a whole, the cushioning material is handed between the carton and the cushioning material. It is difficult to take out the cushioning material from the carton because there is no gap for putting in. Specifically, in order to take out the rectangular parallelepiped cushioning material from the carton, widen the carton outlet with one hand or both hands to create a gap between the carton and the cushioning material, and put the hand into the gap while maintaining the state. The cushioning material must be pulled out. This work is difficult with one hand as well as with one hand.

  As a cushioning material for solving the above problem, a cushioning material provided with a grip to be taken out from the carton is known (Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent Publication No. 7-5130

  However, when the handle of the form described in Patent Document 1 is provided so as to protrude from the packaged portion of the packaged object, the entire cushioning material becomes larger, and the periphery of the handle becomes a dead space in the carton. In particular, when the handle is intended to have strength, the handle must have a thickness and size greater than or equal to a certain value, so that the entire cushioning material is increased and the dead space in the carton is also increased.

  The present invention solves this problem, and provides a compact packaging device in which a cushioning material can be easily taken out from a carton.

  The packaging device of the present invention comprises a rectangular parallelepiped cushioning material having an accommodation part for packaging objects, and a carton having a rectangular parallelepiped shape having an opening / closing port on one side surface and allowing the cushioning material to be inserted through the opening / closing port. In the packing device, the cushioning material is provided with a holding recess that extends from one side of the side surface located on the opening / closing port side of the carton to the surface adjacent to the side surface and extends inwardly when packaging with the carton, The holding recess has a depth and width that allows insertion of several fingers other than the thumb, and is provided with a finger-holding recess that can hang the tip of the inserted finger inside the holding recess. It is characterized by being made.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to easily take out the cushioning material from the carton without widening the carton take-out port by pulling the handle recess. In particular, since several fingers other than the thumb can be hung on the finger hanging concave portion, the cushioning material can be firmly held and taken out.

  Further, when the handle portion is provided in a shape protruding from the buffer body as in the invention of Patent Document 1, the handle portion must be thick and thick in order to maintain the strength of the handle portion. As a result, the entire cushioning material becomes larger and the dead space in the carton becomes wider. However, in the present invention, since the gripping concave portion is formed in a part of the cushioning material 1, not only can the strength be maintained even if the handle portion is small, but the handle portion has the minimum depth and width necessary. Since sufficient strength is obtained, the cushioning material 1 can be made compact naturally.

  The finger-hanging recess is formed by recessing a bottom surface of an inner back portion of the gripping recess. Thus, the cushioning material 1 can be reliably gripped simply by bending the finger within the gripping recess.

  Further, the buffer body has a rectangular parallelepiped shape having a thickness that can be gripped from the upper and lower surfaces at the sides of the storage section, and is open to one of the upper and lower surfaces from one of the upper and lower sides of the side surface located on the opening / closing port side of the carton. And the recessed part for holding | grip extended inside is provided, It is characterized by the above-mentioned. Thereby, the buffer material 1 can be easily gripped with one hand.

  In the packing device of the present invention, the cushioning material is an upper part that covers the opening of the housing part by fitting the lower cushioning body having a housing part of the packaged object and the upper end of the side wall of the housing part of the lower cushioning body. The upper buffer body is provided with a gripping recess that opens from the upper side of the side surface located on the opening / closing port side of the carton and extends inward. In addition, the bottom surface of the finger hooking recess in the inner back portion of the gripping recess is located above the lower surface of the upper shock absorber in contact with the upper end surface of the side wall of the lower shock absorber housing.

  Here, when the bottom surface of the finger hanging concave portion provided on the upper shock absorber extends to the lower surface of the upper shock absorber in contact with the upper end surface of the side wall of the lower shock absorber housing, As a result, a convex portion that is a finger hanging concave portion is formed, and the storage space for the lower cushioning body is reduced. Furthermore, in order to maintain the strength of the finger hanging concave portion, the wall must be thickened. As a result, the convex portion becomes larger, and the storage space for the lower cushioning body is crushed excessively, or the entire cushioning material becomes larger. Or As described below, when the convex portion is a fitting convex portion of the upper shock absorber and the lower shock absorber, the fitting convex portion becomes large, and the storage space of the lower shock absorber is crushed excessively or the entire cushioning material Or become bigger. However, when the depth of the finger hanging concave portion is from the fitting surface of the upper shock absorber and the lower shock absorber to the upper shock absorber side as in the present invention, it is not necessary to form a large convex portion on the lower shock absorber side of the upper shock absorber. The storage space can be sufficiently secured, and the entire cushioning material can be made compact.

  Also, the lower surface of the upper shock absorber has a fitting convex portion that fits inside the side wall that forms the storage portion of the lower shock absorber, and the finger hanging concave portion is provided above the fitting convex portion. Features. According to the present invention, the force applied to the finger resting concave portion of the upper shock absorber is transmitted to the lower shock absorber through the fitting convex portion, so that the upper shock absorber and the lower shock absorber can be easily taken out from the carton.

  In addition, the lower shock absorber has a thumb recess continuously opening from the lower side of the side surface located on the opening and closing side of the carton, and the thumb recess has a number other than the thumb in the grip recess. It is provided at a position where a thumb can be hung when a finger is inserted and a cushioning material is gripped. According to the present invention, since the buffer body can be grasped using the thumb, it can be easily taken out from the carton in a state where force is applied to the buffer material. In addition, it is convenient because the shock absorber can be grasped with either the left or right hand. Further, the upper cushioning material and the lower cushioning material can be taken out while keeping the closed state, and they cannot be opened unnecessarily when taken out.

  In addition, on the upper surface of the upper shock absorber, an insertion piece that opens to the side of the side located on the opening / closing port side of the carton and that is connected to the edge of the opening / closing flap of the carton can be inserted. The insertion recess is provided. According to the present invention, when the carton is closed, there is no need to forcibly insert the inserted piece into the gap between the carton and the shock absorber, so that the carton can be easily closed, and the carton is closed on the outer surface of the carton. The tongue piece does not swell and the appearance of the carton is kept good.

  Further, the side surface located on the opening / closing port side of the carton is provided with a recess capable of accommodating a mounting base of a handle member for lowering provided on the opening / closing flap of the carton. According to the present invention, the base portion of the hand lowering handle member on the outer surface of the carton does not swell, and the appearance of the carton is kept good. When the handle member for hand lowering is not used, the base portion of the handle member can be pushed into the recess so as not to protrude from the carton.

  According to the present invention, a cushioning material can be easily taken out from a carton, and a compact packaging device can be provided.

The perspective view of the buffer of Example 1 Top view of the shock absorber of Example 1 Front view of the shock absorber of Example 1 AA sectional view of the shock absorber of Example 1 Packaging device before closing the carton of Example 1 Packaging device with carton of Example 1 closed Example 2 Buffer

  The packaging device will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following description, front, rear, left, and right are expressions when the packaging device is viewed from the side of the carton opening / closing opening (extraction opening for the cushioning material from the carton).

Example 1
In Example 1, a packaging apparatus including a lower buffer body having a storage portion and an upper buffer body as a lid that covers the opening of the storage portion will be described.

1. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, the cushioning material 1 according to the first embodiment includes a lower cushioning body 3 having a housing recessed portion 30 that is a housing portion for a packaged object, and four rounds of the housing recessed portion 30 of the lower cushioning body 3. A rectangular parallelepiped having a thickness that can be gripped from both the upper and lower surfaces is formed by facing the upper shock absorber 2 that fits into the upper end portion 32 of the side wall and covers the opening of the housing recess 30. On the lower surface of the upper shock absorber 2, a fitting convex portion 21 that fits inside the side wall that forms the storage concave portion 30 of the lower shock absorber 3 is provided.

  The upper shock absorber 2 has a gripping recess 22 that opens from one side of the front surface 2a, which is a side surface on the opening / closing port side of the carton during packaging with a carton, to the upper surface 2b adjacent to the front surface 2a and extends inward. The holding recess 22 is opened with a depth and width that allow insertion of several fingers other than the thumb. Here, several fingers other than the thumb are one or a plurality of fingers from the index finger to the little finger, for example, one index finger or four fingers from the index finger to the little finger. You may be your finger. A finger hooking recess 23 is formed in the inner back of the gripping recess 22 with its bottom surface recessed. Here, the finger hanging concave portion 23 is located above the fitting convex portion 21 as shown in FIG. The bottom surface of the finger-hanging recess 23 is above the lower surface of the upper shock absorber that contacts the upper end surface 33 of the four side walls of the storage recess 30 of the lower shock absorber 3a. The user of the packaging device 5 puts, for example, four fingers excluding the thumb from the front surface 2 a into the gripping recess 22, bends the finger behind the gripping recess 22, and hangs it on the finger-holding recess 23.

  On the lower surface of the lower shock absorber 3, there is provided a thumb recess 31 that continuously opens from the lower side of the front surface 3a to the lower surface 3b located on the opening / closing port side of the carton. The thumb recess 31 is in a position where a thumb can be placed when inserting a finger other than the thumb into the grip recess 22 and gripping the cushioning material, and either the right hand or the left hand is placed in the grip recess 22. Even when a finger is inserted, it has a width in the left-right direction in which the thumb of the hand can be put.

  On the upper surface of the upper shock absorber 2, an insertion recess that can be inserted into an insertion flap 44 that opens to the front surface 2 a located on the opening / closing opening side of the carton and is connected to the edge of the outer flap 43 of the carton described later. 24 is provided. A recess for a base which can accommodate a mounting base 46 of a handle member 45 for lowering provided on an inner flap 42 of a carton, which will be described later, on the left and right sides of the front face 1a located on the opening / closing port side of the carton 10 is provided.

  The material of the upper buffer body 2 and the lower buffer body 3 is not limited, but, for example, a foamed resin is excellent in both strength and buffering action.

2. Carton The carton 4 has a rectangular parallelepiped shape having an opening / closing port on one side surface, and can be packaged by inserting the cushioning material 1 from the opening / closing port. Specifically, the carton 4 includes a carton body 41 assembled in advance in a rectangular parallelepiped, an inner flap 42 provided at the upper part of the opening of the carton body 41, and an outer flap provided at the lower part of the opening of the carton body 41. 43, an insertion flap 44 provided at the tip of the outer flap 43, and a hand lowering handle member 45 attached to the inner flap 42. The material of the carton 4 is not limited, but for example, cardboard is used.

  The handle member 45 is attached to the outer surface side of the inner flap 42, and both ends of the handle member 45 extend to the inner surface side of the inner flap 42 through two inner flap slits 49, 49 provided in the inner flap 42. It is fixed to. When the handle member 45 is pushed inward of the carton 4 with the carton 4 closed, the left and right portions of the handle member 45 are pushed into the base recesses 10 and 10 from the inner flap slits 49 and 49. At this time, the bases 46 and 46 are pushed into the back of the base recesses 10 and 10.

  The outer flap 43 has a handle member opening 47 at a position where it overlaps the handle member 45 when the outer flap 43 is closed by closing the inner flap 42 and closing it.

  An insertion slit 48 having the same width as the width in the left-right direction of the insertion flap 44 is provided at a joint portion between the inner flap 42 and the carton body 41.

3. Method of Using and Effect of Packaging Device The packaging device 5 of Example 1 is put into a packaging state by inserting the cushioning material 1 containing the article to be packaged into the carton 4. Specifically, first, an object to be stored is placed between the upper buffer body 2 and the lower buffer body 3 and held in a stored state. The cushioning material 1 has the upper cushioning body 2 facing up, and the carton 4 has the side on which the inner flap 42 is provided facing up, and the cushioning material 1 is inserted into the carton body 41 in this state. Thereafter, the inner flap 42 is closed. At that time, the base 46 of the inner flap 42 fits into the base recess 10 of the cushioning material 1. Therefore, when the carton 4 is closed, the portion of the base 46 does not swell, and the appearance of the carton 4 is kept good. Thereafter, the outer flap 43 is closed. At that time, the insertion flap 44 of the outer flap 43 is inserted into the insertion slit 48 of the inner flap 42. The insertion flap 44 that has passed through the insertion slit 48 is stored in the insertion recess 24 of the upper shock absorber 2 as it is. Therefore, it is not necessary to apply an excessive force to close the carton 4 to insert the insertion flap 44 in the gap between the carton 4 and the cushioning material 1, and the carton 4 can be easily closed. Further, when the carton 4 is closed, the portion of the insertion flap 44 does not swell, and the appearance of the carton 4 is kept good. Further, the handle member 45 attached to the inner flap 42 goes out of the carton 4 through the handle member opening 47 of the outer flap 43. The user can carry the packaging device 5 with the handle member 45. When the handle member 45 is not used, the handle member 45 can be pushed into the base recess 10 so that the handle member 45 does not protrude.

  When taking out the buffer material 1 from the carton 4, first, the outer flap 43 and the inner flap 42 are opened. After that, for example, four fingers excluding the thumb of the right hand or the left hand are put into the gripping recess 22, and the fingers are bent in the back of the gripping recess 22 and hung on the finger hanging recess 23. On the other hand, the thumb is put into the recess 31 for the thumb. Then, the cushioning material 1 is pulled out from the carton 4.

  In the present invention, since the finger is inserted into the holding recess 22 and the fingertip is put on the finger hanging recess 23 and the cushioning material 1 is pulled out, the cushioning material can be easily taken out from the carton 4 without widening the opening / closing opening of the carton 4. it can. Particularly, for example, four fingers excluding the thumb can be hung on the finger hanging recess 23, so that the cushioning material can be firmly held and taken out.

  Further, since the finger cushion recess 23 is provided at the position opposite to the fitting convex portion 21 in the upper shock absorber 2, the pulling force of the upper shock absorber 2 applied to the finger hanging recess 23 is lowered via the fitting convex portion 21. 3, the upper buffer body 2 and the lower buffer body 3 can be easily pulled out from the carton 4 as a unit.

  Here, since the fitting convex portion 21 becomes hollow when the finger hanging concave portion 23 reaches the inside of the fitting convex portion 21, the fitting convex portion 21 is formed to secure the strength of the fitting convex portion 21. Must be big. Therefore, the fitting convex part 21 narrows the space of the accommodation recessed part 30 of the lower shock absorber 3, or the buffer material 1 whole becomes large. However, when the bottom surface of the finger hanging concave portion 23 is located above the lower surface of the upper buffer body contacting the upper end surface 33 of the four-side wall of the storage concave portion 30 of the lower buffer body 3a as in the present invention, the fitting convex portion 21 needs to be enlarged. Therefore, a sufficient storage space can be secured, and the entire cushioning material 1 can be made compact.

  It is also possible to provide the finger-hanging recess 23 at a position other than the position opposite to the fitting protrusion 21 in the upper shock absorber 2. In this case as well, the bottom surface of the finger-hanging recess 23 is the storage recess of the lower shock-absorbing body 3a. It is desirable to be above the lower surface of the upper buffer body that contacts the upper end surface 33 of the four-sided side wall of 30. When the bottom portion of the finger-hanging recess 23 is formed below the lower surface of the upper buffer body that is in contact with the upper end surface 33 of the four side walls of the storage recess 30 of the lower buffer body 3a, the inside of the upper buffer body is on the lower buffer side. This is because a new convex portion 23 has to be formed, and the storage space for the lower shock absorber is narrowed. In addition, in order to secure the strength of the finger hanging concave portion, the wall must be thickened. As a result, the new convex portion becomes larger, the storage space for the lower shock absorber is further reduced, or the entire cushioning material is Because it grows.

  Further, in the present invention, since the thumb can be put in the thumb recess 31 and the cushioning material 1 can be gripped, the cushioning material 1 can be easily taken out from the carton 4 with a force applied to the cushioning material 1. In particular, the present invention is convenient because the thumb can be put into the recess 31 for the thumb even when the cushioning material 1 is held with either the right hand or the left hand.

  Further, when the handle portion is provided in a shape protruding from the buffer body as in the invention of Patent Document 1, the handle portion must be thick and thick in order to maintain the strength of the handle portion. As a result, the entire cushioning material becomes larger and the dead space in the carton becomes wider. However, in the present invention, since the handle portion is formed by forming a recess in a part of the cushioning material 1, not only can the strength be maintained even if the handle portion is small, but the handle portion has the minimum necessary amount. Since sufficient strength can be obtained with the depth and width, the cushioning material 1 can be made compact.

(Example 2)
In Example 2, a packaging device including one buffer having a storage recess will be described.

  FIG. 6 shows the cushioning material 101 of the second embodiment. The cushioning material 101 has a storage recess 120 for storing an object to be packaged on its upper surface.

  The cushioning material 101 has a holding recess 122 and an insertion recess 124 that open from one side of the front surface 102a, which is the opening / closing port side of the carton, to the upper surface 102b adjacent to the front surface 102a when packaging with a carton. A finger hooking recess 123 is formed in the inner back of the gripping recess 122. The positions, sizes, ranges, and forms of the gripping concave portion 122, the insertion concave portion 124, and the finger hanging concave portion 123 are the gripping concave portion 22, the insertion concave portion 24, and the finger hanging concave portion in the upper shock absorber 2a of the first embodiment. 23.

  Further, the cushioning material 101 has a thumb recess 131 that opens from one side of the front surface 102a, which becomes the opening / closing port side of the carton, to the lower surface 103b adjacent to the front surface 102a when packaging with a carton. The position, size, range, and form of the thumb recess 131 are the same as those of the thumb recess 31 in the lower shock absorber 3a of the first embodiment.

  Further, the cushioning material 101 has a rectangular opening at the left and right sides of the front surface 102a which is the opening and closing side of the carton during packaging with the carton, and the attachment base 46 of the handle member 45 for lowering provided on the inner flap 42 of the carton. Has a recess 110 for the base.

  In the second embodiment, the cushioning material 101 can be packaged in the same manner as in the first embodiment, using the same carton 4 as that of the first embodiment.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Buffer material of Example 1 1a ... Front surface 10 ... Base part recessed part 2 ... Upper buffer body 2a ... Front surface, 2b ... Upper surface, 21 ... Fitting convex part, 22 ... Holding recessed part, 23 ... For finger hooking Recessed portion, 24: recessed portion for insertion, 3 ... lower shock absorber, 3a ... front surface, 3b ... lower surface, 30 ... recessed portion for storage, 31 ... recessed portion for thumb, 32 ... upper end portion of side wall, 33 ... upper end surface of side wall, 4 ... carton, 41 ... carton body, 42 ... inner flap, 43 ... outer flap, 44 ... insertion flap, 45 ... handle member, 46 ... base, 47 ... opening for handle member, 48 ... slit for insertion, 49 ... inner flap slit DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 5 ... Packaging apparatus of Example 1 105 ... Packaging apparatus of Example 2 101 ... Buffer material of Example 2 102a ... Front surface, 102b ... Upper surface, 103b ... Lower surface, 104 ... Carton, 105 ... Example 2 Packaging device, 110 ... recess for base 120 ... storage recess, 122 ... holding recess, 123 ... finger hanging recess 124 ... inserted inclusive recess, the recess for 131 ... thumb

Claims (9)

A packaging device comprising a rectangular parallelepiped cushioning material having a storage part for packaging objects, and a carton having a rectangular parallelepiped shape having an opening / closing port on one side surface and allowing the cushioning material to be inserted and packaged from the opening / closing port,
The cushioning material is provided with a gripping recess that opens from one side portion of the side surface located on the opening / closing port side of the carton during packaging with the carton to a surface adjacent to the side surface and extends to the inner back side, Opening with a depth and width that allows several fingers other than the thumb to be inserted, and provided with a finger-hanging recess that can hang the tip of the inserted finger inside the gripping recess. And packaging equipment.   The packaging device according to claim 1, wherein the finger hanging concave portion is formed by forming a bottom surface of an inner back portion of the gripping concave portion.   The cushioning body has a rectangular parallelepiped shape having a thickness that can be gripped from the upper and lower surfaces at the sides of the storage section, and is open to one of the upper and lower surfaces from one of the upper and lower sides of the side surface located on the opening and closing side of the carton. The packaging device according to claim 1, wherein a gripping concave portion extending inward is provided.   The upper shock absorber comprises a lower shock absorber having a storage portion for the article to be packaged, and an upper shock absorber that fits over the upper end of the side wall of the lower shock absorber and surrounds the opening of the storage portion. The packaging device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a gripping recess is provided on an upper surface of the body, the gripping recess being open from an upper side portion of a side surface located on the opening / closing port side of the carton and extending inward. .   The packaging device according to claim 4, wherein the bottom surface of the finger hanging concave portion at the inner back portion of the gripping concave portion is located above the lower surface of the upper shock absorber in contact with the upper end surface of the side wall of the lower shock absorber housing.   The lower surface of the upper shock absorber has a fitting convex portion that fits inside the side wall that forms the storage portion of the lower shock absorber, and the finger hanging concave portion is provided above the fitting convex portion. 5. The packaging device according to 5.   A lower surface of the lower shock absorber has a thumb recess continuously opened from the lower side of the side surface located on the opening / closing port side of the carton, and the thumb recess has several grips other than the thumb in the grip recess. The packaging device according to any one of claims 4 to 6, wherein the packaging device is provided at a position where a thumb can be hung when inserting a finger and gripping a cushioning material.   An insertion side that can be inserted on the upper surface of the upper shock absorber so as to be open on the side of the side located on the opening and closing side of the carton and bendably connected to the edge of the opening and closing flap of the carton. The packaging device according to any one of claims 4 to 7, wherein a concave portion is provided.   The concave part which can accommodate the attachment base part of the handle member for the hand-lowering provided in the flap for opening and closing of a carton is provided in the said side surface located in the opening-and-closing opening side of a carton. The packaging device described.

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