JP2013233940A - Packing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a packing device which suppresses an amount of a foaming resin material to be used, is excellent in recycling efficiency, is capable of readily mounting and removing a bottle-shaped container to and from the packing device, and allows the bottle-shaped container to be recycled.SOLUTION: A packing device includes: buffer members including a lower buffer member 40 disposed in a corner part of a lower part 21 of a product 20 and an upper buffer member 50 disposed in a corner part of an upper part 22; and a packing box 30. In the packing device, the upper and lower buffer members 40, 50 are formed of a foamed resin material, recessed parts 41, 51 located outside a position for holding the product 20 are configured to be vertically inserted with a used PET bottle container 60, and hole parts 42, 52 are formed so that the upper parts of the PET bottle containers 60 respectively protrude from the lower buffer member 40 and the upper buffer member 50 therethrough.

Description

  The present invention relates to a packaging device, and more particularly to a packaging device used for packaging products.

  Some packaging devices for packaging products such as copying machines, printers, and paper transport devices use plastic bottle containers (bottle-shaped containers). In Patent Document 1, a plastic bottle container is inserted and fixed in a thin molded plastic material, and this is disposed between a product and a packaging box, and the plastic bottle container is disposed so as to extend along the six surfaces of the packaging box. Is disclosed. In addition to this, Patent Document 2, Patent Document 3, Patent Document 4, and Patent Document 5 disclose a packaging device using a plastic bottle container.

  Such a conventional packaging apparatus is excellent in recyclability. However, since the thing of patent document 1 uses the thin molded plastic material, its impact buffering performance is low, and it is dependent on the impact buffering effect of only a PET bottle container. For this reason, there exists a problem that a product will be damaged by drop impact.

  Moreover, since the thing of patent documents 2-5 also depends on the impact buffering effect of only a PET bottle container, there exists a problem that a product will be damaged by a drop impact. And the thing of patent document 1 may be crushed by the load from the top when a packaging box is stacked in a humid environment. In order to solve this problem, Patent Document 6 discloses one that uses a support column that prevents the packaging box from being crushed. However, this is expensive and difficult to dispose of. Furthermore, the frame materials described in Patent Document 3 and Patent Document 4 also use frame materials, and the packaging device becomes expensive.

  Furthermore, since the thing of patent document 5 is comprised only by the cylindrical member in which the plastic bottle was inserted in the side wall of a packaging apparatus, a cylindrical member will come off by impact and the packaging apparatus piled up will be, It will shift laterally due to vibration and impact.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a packaging device in which a bottle-shaped container can be easily attached and detached, and the bottle-shaped container can be reused.

  The packaging device according to the present invention is a packaging device comprising a plurality of cushioning members installed at corners of a product and a packaging box for packaging the product to which the cushioning member is attached, wherein the product of the cushioning member A packaging device in which a bottle-like container can be inserted at a location deviated from the holding position, and a hole is formed in which a part of the bottle-like container protrudes from the buffer member while the bottle-like container is held. It is.

  According to the present invention, the amount of use of the buffer member is suppressed, and the bottle-shaped container can be easily attached and detached from the buffer member, and the bottle-shaped container can be reused.

It is a perspective view which shows the whole packaging apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The packaging apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 1 is shown, (a) is a perspective view which shows the state which assembled the product, the lower buffer member, the upper buffer member, and the PET bottle container, (b) is a perspective view which shows a packaging box. is there. It is a side view which shows the state by which the product was packed in the packaging apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the lower buffer member of the packaging apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the upper buffer member of the packaging apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a side view which shows the state which piled up the packaging apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the whole packaging apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 2. FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the state which assembled the cylindrical member and bottle-shaped container of the packaging apparatus which concern on Embodiment 2. FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the assembly state of the product of the packaging apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 2, a packaging box, a lower buffer member, an upper buffer member, a bottle-shaped container, and a cylinder.

  A packaging device according to an embodiment for carrying out the present invention will be described.

<Embodiment 1>
Hereinafter, the packaging apparatus 10 which concerns on Embodiment 1 is demonstrated. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the entire packaging apparatus according to Embodiment 1, and FIG. 2 shows the packaging apparatus according to Embodiment 1. (a) is a product, a lower cushioning member, an upper cushioning member, and a PET bottle container. The perspective view which shows the state which assembled | assembled, (b) is a perspective view which shows a packaging box, FIG. 3: is a side view which shows the state with which the product was packed in the packaging apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG.

  The packaging device 10 according to the first embodiment is used for packing a product 20 such as a small printer or a paper conveyance device. The packaging device 10 includes a packaging box 30 made of cardboard or the like, four lower buffer members 40 that are attached to the lower portion 21 of the product 20 to protect the product 20, and four upper portions that are attached to the upper portion 22 of the product 20 to protect the product 20. The buffer member 50 and the plastic bottle container 60 which is eight bottle-shaped containers are provided. Here, the PET bottle container 60 has the same shape and size, and one bottle is disposed on each of the lower buffer member 40 and the upper buffer member 50. In addition, a used plastic bottle container is used or unused and empty.

  In the packaging device 10, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the lower cushioning member 40 is disposed at the four corners of the lower portion 21 of the product 20, and the upper cushioning member 50 is disposed at the four corners of the upper portion 22 of the product 20. Then, the product 20 is stored in the packaging box 30 while being sandwiched between the lower cushioning member 40 and the upper cushioning member 50.

  Next, the lower buffer member 40 and the upper buffer member 50 will be described. First, the lower buffer member 40 will be described. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a lower cushioning member of the packaging device according to the first embodiment. The lower buffer member 40 is made of a foamed resin material, for example, a polystyrene foam material. Note that the material of the lower cushioning member 40 is not limited to the foamed resin material, and may be other cushioning materials. The lower cushioning member 40 has a dent portion 41 at two opposite corners of the cushioning member main body 43 which is a quadrangular columnar member having a thickness dimension d1 (h> d1) slightly smaller than the height dimension h of the plastic bottle container 60. 44 is formed and configured. Then, a hole 42 for inserting the plastic bottle container 60 in the vertical direction is formed in one indented portion 41 of the lower buffer member 40. The hole 42 is located at a position away from the position where the lower cushioning member 40 holds the product 20. The hole 42 has a diameter substantially the same as that of the plastic bottle container 60. As a result, when the plastic bottle container 60 is inserted, the upper part 61 forming the drinking mouth of the plastic bottle container 60 jumps out slightly from the dent part 41, and the upper part 61 of the plastic bottle container 60 jumps out from the upper surface of the buffer member main body 43. The other indented portion 44 has a shape that contacts the corner of the lower portion 21 of the product 20 and holds the product.

  Next, the upper buffer member 50 will be described. FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing an upper cushioning member of the packaging device according to the first embodiment. The upper buffer member 50 is made of a foamed resin material, for example, a polystyrene foam material. The material of the upper cushioning member 50 is not limited to the foamed resin material, and may be other cushioning materials. The upper cushioning member 50 has a dent 51 at two opposite corners of the cushioning member main body 53 which is a quadrangular columnar member having a thickness dimension d2 (h> d2) slightly smaller than the height dimension h of the plastic bottle container 60. 54 is formed. And in one dent part 51, the hole part 52 which inserts the plastic bottle container 60 to a perpendicular direction is opened. The hole 52 is located at a position away from the position where the upper cushioning member 50 holds the product 20. Further, the hole 52 has substantially the same diameter as the plastic bottle container 60. As a result, when the plastic bottle container 60 is inserted, the upper part 61 that forms the drinking mouth of the plastic bottle container 60 jumps out from the recess 51. Further, the one indented portion 54 holds the product 20 as a shape that contacts the corner of the upper portion 22 of the product 20.

  Here, the height dimension h of the plastic bottle container 60, the thickness dimension d1 of the lower cushioning member 40, and the thickness dimension d2 of the upper cushioning member 50 are determined as follows. That is, when the lower cushioning member 40 and the upper cushioning member 50 are attached to the product 20 and disposed in the packaging box 30, the lower surface 62 of the plastic bottle container 60 of the lower cushioning member 40 is connected to the inner wall of the lower surface 31 of the packaging box 30. The upper surface 63 of the plastic bottle container 60 of the lower buffer member 40 is in contact with the lower surface 62 of the plastic bottle container 60 of the upper buffer member 50. Similarly, the upper surface 63 of the plastic bottle container 60 of the upper cushioning member 50 contacts the lower surface 62 of the plastic bottle container 60 disposed on the lower cushioning member 40 of the upper packaging device 10 when the packaging device 10 is stacked. To do.

  Next, the packaging box 30 will be described. The packaging box 30 is a rectangular parallelepiped made of corrugated cardboard. When the lower cushioning member 40 and the upper cushioning member 50 are attached to the product 20 on the upper surface 32 of the packaging box 30, the upper part 61 of the plastic bottle container 60 of the upper cushioning member 50 is packaged. A cut-out upper cutout hole 32a protruding from the upper surface 32 of the box 30 is opened. Further, a lower cutout hole 31a is formed on the lower surface 31 of the packaging box 30 through which the upper portion 61 of the plastic bottle container 60 disposed on the upper cushioning member 50 of the lower packaging device 10 can pass when the packaging device 10 is stacked. .

  As a result, when the packaging device 10 is stacked, as shown in FIG. 6, the load from the upper packaging device 10 acting on the lower packaging box 30 causes the packaging box 30 and the PET bottle container 60 arranged at the lower level. Supported by For this reason, crushing of the packaging box 30 can be reliably prevented even in a humid environment.

  When packaging the product 20 according to the embodiment, the product 20 is disposed in the packaging box 30 by placing the lower cushioning members 40 at the four corners. Then, the plastic bottle container 60 is inserted into the hole 42 of the lower buffer member 40 in the vertical direction. Next, the upper buffer member 50 is set on the upper part 22 of the product 20, and the plastic bottle container 60 is inserted into the hole 52 of the upper buffer member 50 in the vertical direction. Thereafter, the upper surface 32 of the packaging box 30 is sealed. Then, the upper part 61 of the PET bottle container 60 arranged on the upper buffer member 50 protrudes from the upper surface 32 of the packaging box 30 through the upper cutout hole 32a, and the packaging of the product 20 by the packaging device 10 is completed. In this state, the upper part 61 of the PET bottle container 60 arranged on the lower buffer member 40 comes into contact with the lower surface 62 of the PET bottle container 60 arranged on the upper buffer member 50.

  As described above, according to the packaging device 10 according to the first embodiment, the lower cushioning member 40 and the upper cushioning member 50 are formed by combining the foamed resin material having a high cushioning performance and the plastic bottle container 60. Excellent in properties. Moreover, when the plastic bottle container 60 is used, the amount of the foamed resin material used for the upper and lower cushioning members 40 and 50 can be reduced. Furthermore, since the upper part 61 of the plastic bottle container 60 protrudes from the dent parts 41 and 51, the plastic bottle container 60 can be easily inserted and removed by pinching the upper part 61, and the reuse of the plastic bottle container 60 can be promoted. . For this reason, it is excellent in recyclability and can be made environmentally friendly. Moreover, since the plastic bottle container 60 is accommodated in the holes 42 and 52 of the lower cushioning member 40 and the upper cushioning member 50, the plastic bottle container 60 can be fixed without being displaced.

  Further, when stacking the packaging devices 10, the upper portion 61 of the plastic bottle container 60 disposed on the upper cushioning member 50 of the packaging device 10 disposed on the lower stage is provided on the lower surface 31 of the packaging box 30 disposed on the upper stage. It will be in the state inserted completely in the lower notch hole 31a. Thereby, the packaging apparatus 10 arrange | positioned at the lower stage and the packaging apparatus 10 arrange | positioned at the upper stage are positioned, and a lateral shift can be prevented.

<Embodiment 2>
Next, a packaging device according to Embodiment 2 will be described. The packaging device 110 according to the second embodiment is used to pack a product 120 such as a small printer or a paper transport device having a height dimension larger than that of the first embodiment. In the packaging device 110 according to the second embodiment, the plastic bottle container 60 is housed in the cylindrical member 170 and used.

  7 is a perspective view showing the entire packaging apparatus according to the second embodiment, FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a state where the cylindrical member and the bottle-shaped container of the packaging apparatus according to the second embodiment are assembled, and FIG. 9 is the second embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows the assembly state of the product of the packaging apparatus which concerns on this, a packaging box, a lower buffer member, an upper buffer member, a bottle-shaped container, and a cylinder.

  The packaging device 110 according to the second embodiment includes a packaging box 130 made of cardboard, four lower cushioning members 140 that protect the lower part 121 of the product 120, four upper cushioning members 150 that protect the upper part 122 of the product 120, and twelve pieces. Used plastic bottle containers 60 and four cylindrical members 170 into which three plastic bottle containers 60 can be inserted in the vertical direction.

  The lower cushioning member 140 and the upper cushioning member 150 have substantially the same shape as the lower cushioning member 40 and the upper cushioning member 50 used in the packaging device 10 according to the first embodiment. That is, the lower cushioning member 140 and the upper cushioning member 150 are made of a foamed polystyrene material that is a foamed resin material, and the cylindrical member 170 in which the PET bottle container 60 is inserted in the vertical direction into the dent portions 141 and 151 is inserted in the vertical direction. Holes 142 and 152 are formed so that they can be made. The inner diameters of the holes 142 and 152 are substantially the same as the outer diameter of the cylindrical member 170. The other dents 144 and 154 serve as product holding parts.

  The cylindrical member 170 is made of a paper tube, a corrugated cardboard tube, or the like, and has an inner diameter that is substantially the same as the outer diameter of the PET bottle container 60 so that the PET bottle container 60 can be held inside.

  Further, the height h3 of the cylindrical member 170 (see FIG. 8A) is such that when the three PET bottle containers 60 are inserted, the three PET bottle containers 60 are projected so that the upper portion 61 of the PET bottle container 60 protrudes. Is slightly smaller than the height dimension h4 (see FIG. 8B). The height d3 (see FIG. 9) when the product 120 is sandwiched between the lower cushioning member 140 and the upper cushioning member 150 is the same as when the three PET bottle containers 60 are disposed in the cylindrical member 170. It is assumed that it is slightly smaller than the height dimension h3 (h4> d3).

  When packaging the product 120, the lower cushioning members 140 are arranged at the four corners in the packaging box 130, and the product 120 is installed. Then, the upper cushioning member 150 is disposed on the upper portion 122 of the product 120, and the cylindrical member 170 is vertically inserted into the hole portion 152 of the upper cushioning member 50 and the hole portion 142 of the lower cushioning member 140. The container 60 is inserted into each cylindrical member 170 in the vertical direction. Thereafter, when the upper surface 132 of the packaging box 130 is sealed, the upper portion 61 of the PET bottle container 60 disposed on the upper cushioning member 50 protrudes from the upper surface 132 of the packaging box 130 through the upper notch 132a, and the packaging device according to the second embodiment. 110 packing is completed. In addition, the code | symbol 131a in the figure has shown the lower notch hole opened in the lower surface of the packaging box 130. FIG.

  Thus, when the height dimension of the product 120 is large, the height of the cylindrical member 170 can be adjusted according to the height dimension of the product 120, and a plurality of plastic bottle containers 60 can be inserted. it can.

  The packaging device 110 according to the second embodiment has a configuration in which a plurality of plastic bottle containers 60 are connected, so that when the packaging device 110 is stacked, the upper packaging device that is applied to the lower packaging box 130. The load from 110 is surely supported by all the PET bottle containers 60, and the packaging box 130 can be prevented from being crushed. Further, the lower buffer member 40 and the upper buffer member 50 are connected by a cylindrical member 170 that accommodates the plastic bottle container 60. For this reason, the positional relationship between the upper and lower cushioning members 40 and 50 can be maintained.

  In the first embodiment and the second embodiment, the example in which the upper and lower buffer members 40 and 50 are connected is shown. However, the buffer member adjacent to the horizontal direction of the product 20 is accommodated in the plastic bottle container 60 or the plastic bottle container 60. It can connect using the cylindrical member 170 which did. If it does in this way, the load applied to the buffering member arrange | positioned adjacently will be borne by the PET bottle container, the positional relationship of the buffering member which adjoins can be hold | maintained, and the product 20 can be protected from a lateral load.

  The plastic bottle container can be used for inserting accessories such as screws of products. Moreover, it can change suitably about the shape, arrangement | positioning, and quantity of a buffer member and a bottle-shaped container, and is not limited to the example described in embodiment.

  As described above, according to the packaging device according to the embodiment, the reused PET bottle container can be inserted into the hole portion of the buffer member so that the upper part of the PET bottle container protruding from the buffer member is pinched. The bottle can be easily attached and removed, and it is highly recyclable and environmentally friendly. The plastic bottle container can be reused many times.

  Further, according to the packaging device according to the embodiment, when the packaging boxes are stacked, the upper load applied to the packaging boxes is surely applied to the PET bottle container, so that the packaging boxes can be reliably crushed even in a humid environment. Can be prevented.

  Furthermore, according to the packaging device according to the embodiment, when the packaging boxes are stacked, the upper part of the PET bottle container protruding from the upper part of the lower packaging box is fitted into the cutout hole on the lower side of the upper packaging box, The upper stage can be reliably positioned, and the lateral displacement of the packaging box can be prevented.

10: Packaging device 20: Product 21: Lower part 22: Upper part 30: Packaging box 31: Lower face 31a: Lower notch hole 32: Upper face 32a: Upper notch hole 40: Lower buffer member 41: Recessed part 42: Hole part 43: Buffer Member main body 44: Recessed portion 50: Upper shock absorbing member 51: Recessed portion 52: Hole 53: Shock absorbing member main body 54: Recessed portion 60: Plastic bottle container 61: Upper portion 62: Lower surface 63: Upper surface

JP 2001-335024 A JP 2010-126160 A Japanese Patent No. 3839430 Japanese Patent No. 4785517 JP 2009-0667450 JP 2006-51994 A

Claims (5)

A packaging device comprising a plurality of cushioning members installed at corners of a product, and a packaging box for packaging the product with the cushioning member attached thereto,
The bottle-shaped container can be inserted into a location where the product is held away from the holding position of the cushioning member, and a hole is formed in which a part of the bottle-shaped container protrudes from the cushioning member while the bottle-shaped container is held. A packaging device characterized by.   The packaging device according to claim 1, wherein a buffer member disposed adjacent to the product is connected by a bottle-shaped container held by the buffer member.   3. The packaging according to claim 1, wherein an end portion of the bottle-shaped container is in contact with an inner surface of the packaging box in a state where the product in which the buffer member is arranged is stored in the packaging box. apparatus. The lower surface of the bottle-shaped container is in contact with the inner wall of the lower surface of the packaging box in a state where the product in which the buffer member is arranged is stored in the packaging box,
The packaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an upper part of the bottle-shaped container is in contact with a lower surface of the bottle-shaped container disposed in the upper packaging apparatus in a state where the packaging apparatuses are stacked. The upper surface of the packaging box is provided with a notch so that the upper part of the bottle-shaped container protrudes from the packaging box,
The packaging device according to claim 4, wherein a notch hole into which an upper portion of the bottle-shaped container is inserted is provided on a lower surface of the packaging box.