JP2690471B2 - box - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to boxes. More specifically, the present invention relates to a box in which the side surfaces that form the four peripheries of the box are composed of a side plate of a specific material, a support and a gusset, and the side plate and the support and the gusset are joined by a stapler. The box of the present invention is preferably used for transporting and storing articles, especially articles having a relatively large weight.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, a set of automobile engine parts
(Weight is 500 kg)
The box used for transporting to overseas countries such as Southeast Asia and storing it in various places for transportation is the box shown in Fig. 17 (hereinafter, this box is referred to as "plywood box"). The side surfaces 101 constituting the four periphery of this box are composed of a side flat plate 102 made of plywood with a thickness of about 5 mm or more, a support 103 and a cam 104, and a side flat 102 and a support 103, a side flat 102 and a cam 104 are adjacent to each other. The side faces 101 and the side face 101 and the bottom face (not visible in the figure) are joined by nails. In FIG.
The mark indicates the head of the nail, and the cross indicates the bent portion of the protruding nail.

[0003]

However, the plywood box of FIG. 17 has the following problems. Problem 1 Side plate 102 and plies 104 (wooden) and columns
When joining 103 (wooden) with a nail, it is necessary to bend the protruding part of the nail hit from the side of the gusset 104 or the pillar 103, and it takes a lot of time to bend the nail.
(Problem of box making time).

Problem 2 Since nails are used for assembling a plywood box, the sound of nailing may be noise (noise problem). Problem 3 When dismantling a plywood box after use, the bent nails have to be pulled out, so dismantling the box takes a lot of time (disassembly problem). Problem 4 A box containing an item may be stored outdoors, but plywood is easy to allow moisture to pass through, so a plywood box is not preferable for items that require moisture such as rust (waterproof problem). .

Problem 5 Since the side flat plate 102 of the plywood box is made of plywood, it may be a problem that the box is too heavy.
(Weight problem). Problem 6 The use of plywood in plywood boxes goes against the direction of global forest protection (forest protection issues). An object of the present invention is to provide a box that solves these problems.

[0006]

The inventor of the present invention has earnestly studied for the development of a box which does not have the above problems. As a result, by using a flat plate made of a specific material as the side flat plate that constitutes the side surface of the box, by joining the side flat plate and the support or sill with a stapler (stapler, stapler),
It was found that a box which does not have the above problems can be obtained, and the present invention has been completed.

That is, the present invention is a cubic or rectangular parallelepiped box having a rectangular bottom surface and four side surfaces positioned vertically upward from the four peripheral edges of the bottom surface, wherein the side surfaces are a side flat plate, a column, and a gusset, or a side surface. It is composed of a flat plate and a gusset, and the side flat plate is made of a flat plate selected from the group consisting of a thermoplastic resin hollow structure plate and a synthetic resin sheet, and the side flat plate and the columns and the gusset are joined by a stapler. It is a box.

A feature of the present invention is that the side flat plate is not a plywood but a water resistant and waterproof flat plate selected from the group consisting of a thermoplastic resin hollow structure plate and a synthetic resin sheet,
It is that the side flat plate and the pillar or the gusset are joined by a stapler. Here, the joining by the stapler is much quieter than the joining by the nail, and the joining by the stapler can be easily disassembled by peeling by hand. The former features solve the above problems 4 to 6, and the latter features solve the problems 1 to 3.

The box of the present invention will be described in detail below. However, when the present invention is described with reference to the drawings, what is shown is merely an example relating to the box of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to that shown. Absent. The box shown in FIG. 1 is an example of the box of the present invention, and is preferably used, for example, for transporting a set of automobile engine parts to Southeast Asia. The size of this box is about 1100 mm in length and width and about 1105 mm in height. From the bottom, the box is composed of a sliding material 1, a bottom surface (not visible in the figure), and a side surface 5 consisting of a side plate 2, a gusset 3 and a support column 4. The ---- marks in the figure are stapler (stapler, It shows that they are joined with a stapler. Here, from the viewpoint of the strength of the box and the like, it is better to hit the stapler at intervals of about 100 mm, but Fig. 1 (including the later figures) does not accurately reflect this interval. The box of the present invention is generally used together with the lid 9, but the lid 9 is not essential in the box of the present invention.

The lubricant 1 provided at the bottom of the box of FIG. 1 is not essential in the box of the present invention, but it is preferable to provide the lubricant 1 because the box can be moved by, for example, a forklift. The material of the lubricant 1 is generally preferably wood from the viewpoint that the lubricant 1 and the bottom surface described later can be easily joined with a nail or the like. The size and the number of the lubricant 1 are the size of the box and the weight of the articles to be put in the box. It may be appropriately determined depending on the situation.

2, 3, and 4 are bottom views of the box of the present invention.
This is an example of 11. The material of the bottom surface 11 is not particularly limited,
From the viewpoint of joining the bottom surface 11 and the side surface 5 described later with a stapler, a nail, or the like, wood or resin that can be easily joined with a stapler, a nail, or the like is preferable, and wood is more preferable. Further, although the bottom surface 11 in the figure is a cage-like shape, it may have a shape in which a gap is eliminated depending on the items to be put in the box, or may be a single plate made of wood or resin. . A sheet made of a material such as resin, paper, metal, or cloth, for example, a 0.5 mm-thick polyethylene sheet is laid on the bottom surface 11 for protection such as waterproofing of articles put in the box. May be.

5 to 10 are examples of the side surface of the box of the present invention. 5 to 7 are a pair of opposing side surfaces, and FIG.
~ Fig. 10 is the remaining pair of opposite sides. Each side surface is composed of a side plate 2, a column 4 and a gusset 3, and the side plate 2, the column 4 and the sill 3 are joined by a stapler. From the viewpoint of joining these and the side flat plate 2 with a stapler, the material of the support columns 4 and the gussets 3 is preferably wood or resin that can be easily bonded with a stapler, and more preferably wood.
The material for the pillar 4 and the gusset 3 in FIGS. 5 to 10 is wooden. The sizes of the columns 4 and the gussets 3 may be appropriately determined depending on the size of the boxes, the stacking degree of the boxes, and the like. The size of the pillar 4 and the gusset 3 in FIGS. 5 to 10 is about 70 mm in width and about 20 mm in thickness.

The thermoplastic resin hollow structure plate, which is the side plate of the box of the present invention, is a well-known resin plate having the structure shown in FIG. Consists of. As the thermoplastic resin, a propylene homopolymer,
Examples thereof include copolymers of propylene and ethylene, copolymers of propylene and α-olefins such as butene, and copolymers of propylene and ethylene and α-olefins such as butene. Copolymers and copolymers of propylene and ethylene are preferable in terms of physical properties and processability. The thermoplastic resin may contain a wide range of additives such as flame retardants, plasticizers,
Examples include reinforcing agents such as fibrous glass, antioxidants, release agents, mineral fillers, pigments, dyes, and abrasion resistance agents. Hollow structure board made of thermoplastic resin is waterproof and waterproof, processability, light weight,
Excellent in high strength (compressive strength in the rib direction, etc.),
It is a material that can be easily cut with a cutter (sword) or saw, and is sometimes called plastic corrugated board for short. The thermoplastic resin hollow structure plates shown in FIGS. 5 to 10 are Sumipanel (registered trademark) having a thickness of about 9 mm, which is a hollow structure manufactured by Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. and molded from polypropylene resin. The specific gravity of Sumipanel (registered trademark) is approximately
At 0.2, the weight is about one-third that of a wood board of the same thickness, and Sumipanel (registered trademark) having various thicknesses is available, but the thickness of the thermoplastic resin hollow structure board is 1.5 to 20 mm is preferable, and from the viewpoint of strength and weight, the thickness is more preferably 9
~ 15mm. The lines in the circles in FIGS. 5 and 8 indicate the directions of the ribs of the thermoplastic resin hollow structure plate. FIG. 12 is a view showing a state in which the thermoplastic resin hollow structure plate 7 and the columns 4 and the like are joined by a stapler 25. The stapler 25 is arranged so as to sandwich the ribs 23 of the thermoplastic resin hollow structure plate 7. It's good to type in.

The synthetic resin sheet which is the side flat plate of the box of the present invention may be a sheet manufactured from a known synthetic resin by a known manufacturing method, and the sheet is a non-foamed sheet. May be a foam sheet.
The thickness of the synthetic resin sheet is 0.5 to 20 mm for the non-foamed sheet and 1.5 to 20 mm for the foamed sheet. The foam sheet is preferable from the viewpoints of the weight of the sheet and the saving of resources, and the closed-cell foam is preferable from the viewpoint of waterproofness. The expansion ratio is preferably 1.5 to 10 times, more preferably 2 to 4 times. An example of a preferable foam sheet is Sumiceller (registered trademark) manufactured by Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd., which has a foaming ratio of, for example, 3 times, which is manufactured from a propylene homopolymer.

The synthetic resin for the synthetic resin sheet may be a non-foamed or foamed sheet that can be joined to a column or a gusset with a stapler, and the kind thereof is not particularly limited. . Examples of preferred synthetic resins include polyolefin resins, and more specifically, ethylene homopolymers of various densities, propylene homopolymers, butene-1 homopolymers, and 4-methylpentene-1 homopolymers. , Ethylene and / or propylene and a copolymer of butene-1, 4-methylpentene-1, α-olefin such as hexene. These thermoplastic polyolefin-based resins may be used alone or as a mixture. A preferred thermoplastic polyolefin resin is an ethylene homopolymer or a propylene homopolymer.

As a side surface relating to the box of the present invention, FIGS.
In addition to the side surface illustrated in FIG. 13, the side surface illustrated in FIG. 13 may be illustrated. The two opposite side surfaces of the four side surfaces are formed by joining the side flat plate 2 and the gusset 3 with a stapler, and the remaining two opposite side surfaces are joined with the side flat plate 2, the gusset 3 ', and the strut 4 by the stapler. Become. When two adjacent side surfaces are joined by a stapler, the gusset 3, the gusset 3 ', and the support 4 are combined as shown in FIG.

As a further example of the side surface of the box of the present invention, the side surfaces of FIGS. 15 and 16 can be exemplified. The two opposite side surfaces of the four side surfaces are formed by joining the side flat plate 2 and the gusset 3 with a stapler, and the remaining two opposite side surfaces are joined with the side flat plate 2, the gusset 3 ', and the strut 4 by the stapler. Become. When two adjacent side surfaces are joined by a stapler, the gusset 3, the gusset 3 ', and the support column 4 are combined as shown in FIG.

Although the lid is not essential in the box of the present invention,
Lids are commonly used with boxes. As a material for the lid, for example, a thermoplastic resin hollow structure board made by Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. having a thickness of 5 mm, Sunply (registered trademark), a wood board,
A metal plate can be illustrated. The lid may be shaped so as to cover the box body, or may be a single plate-like object. The boxes containing the items can be covered with cloth or the like, and in the case of stacked boxes, only the top box can be covered or covered with cloth.

Although not shown, in order to increase the strength of the box of the present invention as required, a vertical crosspiece may be provided in addition to the support, and a horizontal crosspiece may be provided in addition to the tab. can do. In addition, a beam of wood or the like may be provided so as to extend between the opposing tabs (see FIG. 17). The box of the present invention is manufactured, for example, by the following steps. For example, in the case of the box shown in FIG. 1, first, the side flat plate, the gusset, and the support are joined by a stapler to form four side faces, and then these four side faces are erected on the periphery of the bottom face and then combined, and then each side face is joined. The lower end and the bottom surface are joined with a stapler or nail, and the adjacent side faces are joined with a stapler or nail. In addition, when the lubricant is provided, it is preferable to previously bond the lubricant and the bottom surface with a nail or the like. Also see Figures 13, 14 and
In the case of the box shown in Fig.15 and Fig.16, first of all, the two side surfaces formed by joining the side flat plate, the gusset and the support with the stapler, and the other two side surfaces formed by joining the side flat plate and the gusset with the stapler Then, arrange the two sides of the former and the two sides of the latter so as to face each other and stand them up around the bottom surface, and then combine them, and then attach the bottom end of each side and the bottom surface to a stapler, nail, etc. And then the adjacent sides with staples or nails. In addition, when the lubricant is provided, it is preferable to previously bond the lubricant and the bottom surface with a nail or the like.
Here, the method of joining the side surfaces and the method of joining the side surface and the bottom surface are not particularly limited, and they can be joined by a stapler or a nail,
From the viewpoint of the above-mentioned box making time, noise, and problems of disassembly, the method using a stapler is preferable.

[0020]

EFFECT OF THE INVENTION The box of the present invention is a box in which the four sides of the box are composed of side plates made of a specific material, columns and struts, and side plates, columns and columns are joined by a stapler. Therefore, there is a problem that plywood boxes (conventional boxes) have, that is, it takes a lot of time to bend the nails. "Problem of dismantling", "Disassembling problem" that takes a lot of time to dismantle boxes, "Proof of moisture" that plywood easily permeates moisture, and "Problem of forest conservation" that use of plywood is against the direction of forest conservation. Is a solved box, for example, a set of automobile engine parts (weight is 500 kg)
It is a box that can be preferably used for transporting articles such as the above to overseas countries such as Southeast Asia and storing them in various places during transportation.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating one preferred embodiment of a box of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the bottom surface of the box of the present invention.

3 is a bottom side view of FIG. 2. FIG.

FIG. 4 is a right side view of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is an inside view of the side of the box of the present invention.

6 is a lower side view of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a right side view of FIG.

FIG. 8 is an inside view of the other side of the box of the present invention.

9 is a bottom side view of FIG. 8. FIG.

FIG. 10 is a right side view of FIG.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view of a hollow structure plate used in the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view showing a state in which a hollow structure plate and a support are joined together by a stapler.

FIG. 13 is an exploded perspective view of another embodiment of the present invention.

14 is a perspective view showing a joined state of the side surfaces of FIG.

FIG. 15 is an exploded perspective view of another embodiment of the present invention.

16 is a perspective view showing a joined state of the side surfaces of FIG.

FIG. 17 is a perspective view of a conventional box.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ... Lubricant 3 ... Kamachi 4 ... Strut 5 ... Side 7 ... Hollow structure board 9 ... Lid 23 ... Rib 25 ... Stapler

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Claims (6)

(57) [Claims] 1. A cubic or rectangular parallelepiped box having a rectangular bottom surface and four side surfaces positioned vertically upward from four peripheral edges of the bottom surface, wherein the side surfaces are side flat plates and columns and camas, or side flat plates and camas. And the side flat plate is made of a flat plate selected from the group consisting of a thermoplastic resin hollow structure plate and a synthetic resin sheet, and the side flat plate and the column or the gusset are joined by a stapler. . 2. The box according to claim 1, wherein adjacent side surfaces and / or side surfaces and a bottom surface are joined by a stapler. 3. The box according to claim 1, wherein the side flat plate is made of a thermoplastic resin hollow structure plate. 4. The box according to claim 1, wherein the side flat plate is made of a thermoplastic resin hollow structure plate having a thickness of 9 to 15 mm. 5. The box according to claim 1, wherein the side flat plate is made of a foam synthetic resin sheet. 6. The box according to claim 1, wherein the side flat plate is made of a foam synthetic resin sheet having a thickness of 9 to 15 mm.