JP2015147616A - connector for tray - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a connector for a tray, which enables commodities on the tray to be stably displayed by connecting the two trays arranged in a lateral direction, and which can prevent beauty from being deteriorated due to exposure of an upper edge of the tray.SOLUTION: A connector for a tray includes a cover plate part 2 that makes lateral side walls abut on each other to cover front side walls of two trays arranged in a lateral direction, and a latching piece 5 that is provided on the back side of the cover plate part 2 and latched to both the front side walls astride upper edges of the front side walls of both the trays. The latching piece 5 comprises a holding part 6 for holding the lateral side walls, which abut on each other, of both the trays in an abutting state when both the front side walls are latched.

Description

  The present invention relates to a tray connector for connecting a plurality of trays.

  Conventionally, in a cardboard packaging box, when displaying a packaged product at a storefront, the packaging box body is cut up and down, the upper half is removed to expose the product, and the lower half is loaded with the product. What is used as a tray is known (for example, refer to Patent Document 1).

  The body part in this type of packaging box can be cut off by pulling a breaking tape that has been affixed to the entire circumference of the packaging box in advance, or in a strip-shaped cut-out zipper that has been previously formed on the entire circumference of the packaging box. For example, by breaking along.

  Then, the products are displayed in a state where they are placed in a tray in the lower half of the packaging box, arranged in the horizontal direction at the storefront, and stacked in a plurality of stages to a height at which consumers can easily pick up the products.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-171172

  However, for example, in the case where what is displayed as a product is a bottle with a relatively heavy beverage, as shown in FIG. 3, a plurality of the bottles are accommodated and exposed in the lower trays 14 ′ and 15 ′. The upper trays 14 and 15 are further placed on the bottle w, and the upper trays 14 and 15 are supported by the bottles w on the lower trays 14 'and 15'. For this reason, the mounting state of the upper trays 14 and 15 is unstable, the mounting positions of the upper trays 14 and 15 are shifted, or the bottles w on the upper trays 14 and 15 are reduced. When the load is biased, the gap s between the two trays 14 and 15 arranged in the lateral direction is greatly opened and becomes more unstable.

  Further, the cut edge is exposed at the upper edge of the tray formed by breaking the packaging box as described above. This cutting edge is not a good appearance because it is a tear mark by a breaking tape or a cut mark of a cut-off zipper, and when the liner is peeled off from the corrugated board, the appearance is further deteriorated on the tray. There is an inconvenience that impairs the aesthetics of the products on display.

  In view of the above points, the present invention can stably display products on the tray by connecting two trays arranged in the horizontal direction, and also lowers the aesthetics due to the exposed upper edge of the tray. An object of the present invention is to provide a tray connector that can prevent the above-described problem.

  The present invention relates to a tray connector for connecting both trays by attaching them to two trays arranged in the horizontal direction with their lateral side walls in contact with each other, and a cover plate part that covers both front side walls of both trays. A latching piece provided on the back surface of the cover plate and straddling the front side walls of both trays and latching on both front side walls, when the latching piece is latched on both front side walls. And a holding portion for holding the lateral side walls of the trays in contact with each other in a contact state.

  According to the tray connector of the present invention, the latching piece provided on the back surface of the cover plate portion is latched on the front side walls of both trays. At this time, the cover plate covers the front side walls of both trays, so that the gap between the adjacent front side walls is covered by the cover plate and cannot be seen from the front. Is obtained and the appearance of the tray is improved.

  Moreover, when the said latching piece is latched by both front side walls, the said clamping part clamps the side walls which both trays mutually contact | abut in a contact state. Thereby, it will be in the state where two trays were connected integrally, and careless movement to the separation direction of both trays is prevented, and stability can be improved.

  Further, since the latching piece straddles the front side walls across the upper edges of both trays, exposure of the upper edges of the front side walls of both trays can be reduced. It is possible to prevent a decrease in aesthetics due to exposure.

  In the tray connector according to the present invention, the cover plate portion includes a front panel serving as a front surface and a back panel facing the front panel with a gap, and at least the front panel projects forward. And the latching piece is provided on the back panel. According to this, the shape of a cover board part becomes three-dimensional, and the visibility at the time of attaching to a tray can be improved while obtaining high aesthetics.

  In the tray connector according to the present invention, the latching piece is constituted by a pair of tongue pieces adjacent to each other, and a gap is provided between the two tongue pieces, and the gap portion is used as the clamping portion. According to this, since the said clamping part can be formed only by providing two tongue pieces in the back surface of a cover board part with a predetermined space | interval, the coupling tool for trays which is easy structure and easy to manufacture is provided. be able to.

  In the tray connector according to the present invention, the hooking piece is provided at a position below the upper edge of the cover plate portion. According to this, when the hooking piece is hooked on the front side walls of both trays, the upper end portion of the cover plate portion projects to a position higher than the upper edge of the front side wall, and the back side of the upper end portion of the cover plate portion Since the upper edge of the front side wall is hidden, it is possible to more reliably prevent the appearance from being deteriorated due to the upper edge of the tray being exposed.

  In the tray connector according to the present invention, a display unit is provided on at least the front surface of the cover plate. According to this, product guidance, illustrations, etc. can be displayed on the display part provided in the cover board part which covers the front side wall of two trays together, and it can aim at improvement in design nature and improvement in sales promotion effect. .

  In the tray connector according to the present invention, a foldable piece that can be folded back to the back side of the cover plate portion is connected to a lateral edge of the cover plate portion. According to this, in a state where the foldable piece extends in the lateral direction of the cover plate portion, it can be made to correspond to a tray having a long front side wall, and the foldable piece can be turned back to the back side of the cover plate portion. It can correspond to a tray having a short front side wall.

The tray connector of 1st Embodiment of this invention is shown, (a) is a perspective view of a front direction, (b) is a perspective view of a back surface direction. The expanded view of the coupling tool for trays of 1st Embodiment. Explanatory drawing which shows the stacking state of a tray. Explanatory drawing which shows the use condition of the tray of the state connected with the tray connector of 1st Embodiment. The top view of the tray of the state connected by the tray connector of 1st Embodiment. Sectional drawing of the tray of the state connected with the tray connector of 1st Embodiment. The tray connector of 2nd Embodiment of this invention is shown, (a) is a perspective view of a front direction, (b) is a perspective view of a back surface direction. The expanded view of the coupler for trays of 2nd Embodiment. Explanatory drawing which shows the return | turnback of an expansion piece. The tray connector of 3rd Embodiment of this invention is shown, (a) is a perspective view of a front direction, (b) is a perspective view of a back surface direction. Explanatory perspective view which shows the modification of a latching piece.

  The tray connector 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention includes a horizontally long cover plate portion 2 as shown in FIG. 1A, and at least the front surface of the cover plate portion 2 is displayed by POP display using characters or illustrations. 3 is displayed on the display unit 4. Moreover, as shown in FIG.1 (b), a pair of tongue pieces 5a and 5b are provided in the back surface side of the cover board part 2. As shown in FIG. The tongue pieces 5a and 5b constitute a latch piece 5 as a pair. An interval is provided between the both tongue pieces 5a and 5b, and the clamping portion 6 is formed by the interval portion.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the tray connector 1 of the first embodiment is assembled from a thin plate material 7 punched into a generally rectangular shape. The thin plate material 7 is formed of a paperboard or a bendable synthetic resin plate, and is connected to the front panel 8, the back panel 9 connected to the lower edge of the front panel 8 via the crease line a, and the lower edge of the back panel 9. And an adhesive plate portion 10 connected via a crease line b.

  Side connection plates 11 are connected to both side edges of the front panel 8 via crease lines c, respectively. Convex portions 12 are respectively formed on the outer edges of the side connecting plates 11. Engagement holes 13 for engaging the respective convex portions 12 are formed at the outer end portion of the back panel 9.

  In addition, a pair of tongue pieces 5a and 5b are formed on the back panel 9 so as to be freely separated via crease lines d and e along the upper edges thereof. The crease lines d and e along the upper edges of the tongue pieces 5a and 5b are provided in parallel with the crease line a at the boundary between the front panel 8 and the back panel 9 at a distance.

  When assembling the tray connector 1 from the state shown in FIG. 2, first, the adhesive plate portion 10 is bent through the crease line b and is superposed on the inner surface of the back panel 9. Next, the back panel 9 is bent through the crease line a and polymerized on the inner surface of the front panel 8. At this time, the adhesive plate portion 10 interposed between the front panel 8 and the back panel 9 is applied to the inner surface of the front panel 8 by applying an adhesive or the like.

  In this state, the front panel 8 and the back panel 9 are flat. Subsequently, the space between the front panel 8 and the back panel 9 is widened to form a cylinder. As a result, the front panel 8 is curved so as to protrude forward. Next, the side connecting plate 11 is bent to close both ends of the cylindrical shape composed of the front panel 8 and the back panel 9.

  And each convex part 12 of the side part connection board 11 is engaged with the corresponding engagement hole 13, respectively. Thus, as shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B, the cover plate portion 2 is formed by the front panel 8 and the back panel 9, and the tongue pieces 5 a and 5 b are released from the back panel 9 and latched. A piece 5 is formed.

  Next, a method of using the tray connector 1 having the above configuration will be described. FIG. 3 shows a state in which the beverage bottle w as a product is displayed at the store without the tray connector 1 being attached. The trays 14, 15, 14 ′ and 15 ′ shown in FIG. 3 are formed by cutting the trunk of the packaging box and removing the upper half (not shown). Each tray 14, 15, 14 ', 15' is accommodated with the upper half of the bottle w exposed. When displaying the bottles w containing beverages, the trays 14 and 15 containing the bottles w are placed on the bottles w accommodated in the side-by-side trays 14 'and 15', and stacked in a plurality of stages. It is done. For this reason, the upper trays 14 and 15 are in an unstable state, and a gap s is easily generated between the two trays 14 and 15. Further, each tray 14, 15, 14 ', 15' is not preferable in appearance because the cut edge when the upper half is cut is formed on the upper edge.

  When the tray connector 1 is mounted on the trays 14 and 15, as shown in FIG. 4, the front side walls 16 and 17 of the two trays 14 and 15 (in this embodiment, configured by flaps of cardboard boxes) are provided. Both are covered with the cover plate part 2. At this time, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the tray connector 1 is such that the latching piece 5 by the both tongue pieces 5 a and 5 b straddles the upper edges of the front side walls 16 and 17 of both trays 14 and 15. At the same time, the side walls 18 and 19 of both trays 14 and 15 are held in contact with each other by the holding portions 6 formed between the tongue pieces 5a and 5b.

  Thereby, both trays 14 and 15 are connected by the tray connector 1 in close contact with each other, and stability is improved. 4 and 6, the upper edges of the front side walls 16 and 17 of both trays 14 and 15 are concealed by the cover plate portion 2 of the tray connector 1, for example, in front of both trays 14 and 15. Even if a cut edge by cutting the packaging box up and down is formed on the upper edges of the side walls 16 and 17, the cut edge is hidden by the cover plate portion 2, so that the appearance is prevented from deteriorating.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 2, a space is provided between the crease lines d and e along the upper edges of the tongue pieces 5a and 5b and the crease line a at the boundary between the front panel 8 and the back panel 9. Thus, when the tray connector 1 is formed, the latching piece 5 by the both tongue pieces 5a and 5b is positioned below the upper edge of the cover plate portion 2 as shown in FIG. As a result, in the tray connector 1 in a state where both trays 14 and 15 are connected, as shown in FIG. 6, the upper end portion of the cover plate portion 2 is stretched to a position higher than the upper edge of the front side wall 16 (17). Thus, the upper edge of the front side wall 16 (17) becomes more difficult to see, and the appearance deterioration due to the exposure of the above-mentioned cut edge can be surely prevented.

  Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 1A and FIG. 4, the display portion 4 is provided on the outer surface of the cover plate portion 2 and the POP display 3 such as characters and illustrations can be given, so that the design and sales promotion effect are improved. In addition, since the front panel 8 is curved, a three-dimensional appearance is obtained and visibility is high.

  In addition, in 1st Embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, although what showed the cover board part 2 of the magnitude | size which covers the substantially upper half part of the front side walls 16 and 17 of both trays 14 and 15 was shown, Although not shown, a cover plate portion 2 having a size that covers all of the front side walls 16 and 17 of the trays 14 and 15 may be provided. According to this, the unity feeling of both trays 14 and 15 can be improved.

  Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. As shown in FIG. 7A, the tray connector 20 of the second embodiment includes a horizontally long cover plate portion 21, and at least the front surface of the cover plate portion 21 is provided with a POP display 3 using characters, illustrations, or the like. The display unit 22 is for this purpose. Moreover, as shown in FIG.7 (b), a pair of tongue pieces 23a and 23b are provided in the back surface side of the cover-plate part 21. As shown in FIG. The tongue pieces 23a and 23b constitute a latch piece 23 as a pair. A space is provided between the two tongue pieces 23a and 23b, and a clamping portion 24 is formed by the space portion.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the tray connector 20 of the second embodiment is assembled from a thin plate material 25 formed of paperboard or a bendable synthetic resin plate. As shown in FIG. 8, the thin plate member 25 is folded at the front panel 26, a belt-like upper surface connecting portion 27 connected to the lower edge of the front panel 26 via a crease line f, and the lower edge of the upper surface connecting portion 27. The back panel 28 connected via the line of sight g, the strip-shaped lower surface connection part 29 connected to the lower edge of the back panel 28 via the fold line h, and the lower edge of the lower surface connection part 29 via the fold line i. And an adhesive plate portion 30 connected to each other. Note that the lower edge of the back panel 28 in FIG. 8 is the upper edge during assembly shown in FIG.

  Expansion pieces 31 (foldable pieces in the present invention) are connected to both side edges of the front panel 26 via crease lines j and k, respectively.

  A cut 32 extending upward from the lower edge (extending downward from the upper edge after assembly) is formed in the lower half of the extended piece 31 (becomes the upper half after assembly). A crease line m extending from the lower end (after assembling) toward the side edge of the extension piece 31 is formed.

  Side connection plates 33 are connected to both side edges of the back panel 28 via fold lines n that are curved. Small pieces 34 are connected to both side edges of the upper surface connecting portion 27 and both side edges of the lower surface connecting portion 29.

  In addition, a pair of tongue pieces 23a and 23b are formed on the back panel 28 so as to be freely separated via crease lines p and q along the upper edge thereof.

  When assembling the tray connector 20 from the state shown in FIG. 8, first, the lower surface connecting portion 29 is bent along the crease line h at the boundary between the back panel 28 and the lower surface connecting portion 29, and the lower surface connecting portion 29 and the adhesive plate portion. 30 is polymerized on the inner surface of the back panel 28. Next, the front panel 26 is bent through a crease line f at the boundary between the front panel 26 and the upper surface connecting portion 27 and is superposed on the inner surface of the back panel 28. At this time, the adhesive plate portion 30 interposed between the front panel 26 and the back panel 28 is adhered to the inner surface of the front panel 26 by applying an adhesive or the like.

  The upper surface connecting portion 27 is provided between the front panel 26 and the back panel 28, and the lower surface connecting portion 29 is provided between the back panel 28 and the adhesive plate portion 30. When assembling the connector 20 for use, a sack machine (automatic glue sticking box making device) used in manufacturing a paper box can be used, which is extremely advantageous in manufacturing.

  At this stage, the front panel 26 and the back panel 28 are flat. Subsequently, a rectangular tube is formed so that the space between the front panel 26 and the back panel 28 is widened, and the side connecting plate 33 is set to the crease line n. Bend along the front panel 26. At this time, the side connecting plate 33 closes the end portion of the rectangular tube shape, but the front panel 26 and the back panel 28 are formed by bending the crease line n and the end edge of the side connecting plate 33. It will be in the state which changed into the curve shape.

  Thus, as shown in FIGS. 7A and 7B, the cover plate portion 21 is formed by the front panel 26 and the back panel 28, and the tongue pieces 23 a and 23 b are released from the back panel 28 and latched. A piece 23 is formed.

  Although the cover plate portion 21 includes the extension piece 31, although not shown, when two trays are arranged in the horizontal direction, when the long side of both trays is a front side wall, the short side of both trays is In any case where the front side wall is used, it is possible to reliably hide the cut edge of the upper edge of the front side walls of both trays.

  Moreover, when the short side of the tray is the front side wall, the length of the cover plate 21 can be shortened accordingly. That is, first, as shown in FIG. 9A, the extension piece 31 is folded back along the crease lines j and k in the back surface direction. Thereby, the excessive protrusion to a horizontal direction can be prevented.

  As shown in FIG. 9 (b), the extended piece 31 that has been folded is folded back along the crease line m so as to reduce the width in the vertical direction, thereby reducing both the tongue pieces 23a and 23b. Can be inserted and locked in the opening of the back panel 28 formed when the is released.

  Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described. As shown in FIG. 10A, the tray connector 35 of the third embodiment of the present invention includes a horizontally long cover plate portion 36 made of a single plate material. And a display unit 37 on which a POP display 3 such as an illustration is given.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 10B, a pair of tongue-like members 38a and 38b (tongue pieces) are provided on the back side of the cover plate portion 36 with a gap therebetween. Each tongue-like member 38a, 38b is provided with adhesive pieces 39a, 39b connected to the upper edges of the tongue-like members 38a, 38b, and the adhesive plates 39a, 39b are covered with a cover plate at a position lower than the upper edge of the cover plate portion 36 with an adhesive or the like. Affixed to the back surface of the portion 36. Both tongue-like members 38a and 38b constitute a latching piece 38, and a clamping portion 39 is formed by a gap portion provided between both tongue-like members 38a and 38b.

  In the tray connector 35 of the third embodiment configured as described above, the same effect as that of the tray connector 1 of the first embodiment can be obtained.

  Further, in the third embodiment, instead of the latching piece 38 composed of separate tongue-like members 38a and 38b, as shown in FIG. The hooking piece 41 formed by the two tongue pieces 41 a and 41 b may be provided on the back surface side of the cover plate portion 36. In this case, the concave notch formed between the both tongue pieces 41 a and 41 b functions as the clamping portion 42. By doing so, the latch piece 41 can be configured with a reduced number of parts.

  Further, although not shown, the tray connector 35 of the third embodiment also has a cover plate in order to obtain the same effect as that of the extension piece 31 provided on the front panel 26 of the tray connector 20 of the second embodiment. A foldable piece that can be folded back on the back surface side of the cover plate portion 36 may be connected to the lateral edge of the portion 36.

  1, 20, 35 ... tray connector, 2, 21, 36 ... cover plate part, 4, 22, 37 ... display part, 5, 23, 38, 41 ... latching piece, 5a, 5b, 23a, 23b, 41a, 41b ... tongue, 6, 24, 39, 42 ... clamping part, 8, 26 ... front panel, 9, 28 ... back panel, 14, 15 ... tray, 16, 17 ... front side wall, 18, 19 ... side Side walls, 31 ... expansion pieces (foldable pieces), 38a, 38b ... tongue-like members (tongue pieces).

Claims (6)

A tray connector for connecting both trays by attaching them to two trays arranged side by side with the side walls abutting each other,
A cover plate portion that covers both front side walls of both trays, and a latching piece that is provided on the back surface of the cover plate portion and that hooks on the front side walls across the upper edge of both trays,
The tray connecting tool according to claim 1, wherein the latching piece includes a clamping portion that clamps the lateral side walls of the trays that are in contact with each other when the latching pieces are latched on the front side walls. The cover plate portion includes a front panel serving as a front surface and a back panel facing the front panel with a gap therebetween,
At least the front panel is curved to protrude forward,
The tray connector according to claim 1, wherein the hooking piece is provided on the back panel.   The tray connector according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the hooking piece is constituted by a pair of tongue pieces adjacent to each other, and a gap is provided between the two tongue pieces, and the gap portion is used as the clamping portion.   The tray connector according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the hooking piece is provided at a position below the upper edge of the cover plate portion.   The tray connector according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein a display portion is provided on at least the front surface of the cover plate portion.   The tray according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein a foldable piece that can be folded back is connected to a lateral edge of the cover plate portion on the back surface side of the cover plate portion. Connecting tool.

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