JP3175952U - Long member packing body and packing body unit - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided are a long member packing body and a packing body unit which improve the workability of packing a long member such as a gear linkage and prevent the long member from being damaged during transportation of the packing body.
SOLUTION: A first packing material 1 provided with a first recess 10a for fitting one end of a gear linkage 2 provided with a housing 3 on a side portion, and a second recess for fitting the other end of the gear linkage 2 are provided. The provided second packaging material 1a is deployed away from each other. The first concave portion 10a, the first concave portion 10a, the first concave portion 10a, and the gear linkage 2 having the other end portion fitted in the second concave portion are supported in a posture inclined with respect to the horizontal plane. Two recesses are formed. The housing 3 is provided on any one end side with respect to the longitudinal center portion of the gear linkage 2, and the gear linkage 2 is inclined with the end side on which the housing 3 is provided positioned below the horizontal plane. It is supported in a different posture.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a packing material for packing a long member provided with a lateral projection at one end thereof, such as a gear linkage of an automobile power steering, and a packing body in which the long member is stored in the packing material.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a gear linkage of a conventional power steering (see Patent Document 1). The gear linkage (2) includes a shaft (20) extending vertically, a housing (3) projecting laterally from the lower end of the shaft (20), and a pinion (21) formed at the lower end of the shaft (20). ). From the upper and lower ends of the shaft (20), shafts (22) and (22) thinner than the shaft (20) project, and the steering wheel (6) is attached to the upper shaft (22). In the housing (3), an assist motor (30) and a speed reducer (31) connected to the assist motor (30) and the pinion (21) are arranged. The pinion (21) meshes with the rack teeth (62) of the rack shaft (61) connecting the wheels (60) (60).
During the rotation of the steering wheel (6), the torque generated by the assist motor (30) is transmitted to the pinion (21) via the speed reducer (31). The operating force of the steering wheel (6) and the torque of the assist motor (30) are transmitted to the rack shaft (61) via the pinion (21), and the steering operation becomes easier when the direction of the vehicle is changed.

In order to convey a large number of gear linkages (2), which are long members, in the vehicle manufacturing process, a plurality of gear linkages (2) and (2) are accommodated in the packaging material (1) and conveyed. FIG. 7 is a plan view showing a state in which a plurality of gear linkages (2) and (2) are stored in a conventional packing material (1). A pair of the packing materials (1) and (1a) are provided spaced apart from each other on the left and right sides, and are at positions where they are inverted by 180 degrees. The packing material (1) is formed with recesses (10) and (10) for receiving the ends of the shaft (20) and the shaft body (22) of the four gear linkages (2). The gear linkages (2) and (2) are arranged apart from each other in a direction (arrow D direction) substantially orthogonal to the arrangement direction of the packing materials (1) and (1a) in a horizontal plane.
The gear linkage (2) has the longitudinal direction of the shaft (20) oriented parallel to the arrangement direction of both packing materials (1) and (1a), that is, the left-right direction. In one gear linkage (2), the housing (3) is directed to the opposite side along the arrow D direction from the adjacent gear linkage (2). The ends of the gear linkages (2) and (2) are fitted to both the packing materials (1) and (1a) to constitute one packing body (5).
FIG. 8 is a front view of a state in which the packing body (5) is stacked in a plurality of stages. The gear linkage (2) is supported substantially horizontally on the packing material (1) (1a). The lowermost packing material (1) (1a) is used as a lid (15) of the uppermost packing material (1) (1a) by cutting the lower half as shown by a broken line.

JP 2009-184370 A

In the conventional configuration, the packaging material (1) has the following problems to be solved.
The distance between the housing (3) projecting laterally from the gear linkage (2) of 1.1 and the shaft (20) of the adjacent gear linkage (2) is narrow, and as shown by E in FIG. There was a possibility of interference with the adjacent gear linkage (2) during the packing operation of (2). Therefore, the workability of the gear linkage (2) was poor.
2. As indicated by G in FIG. 8, the tip of the housing (3) of the uppermost gear linkage (2) protrudes from the lid (15). In this case, when the stacked packages (5) and (5) are transported, there is a possibility that the tip of the housing (3) may be caught by other instruments or devices on the transport path. Further, the tip of the housing (3) may be damaged when the package (5) (5) is transported.
An object of the present invention is to improve the workability of packing a long member and prevent the long member from being damaged when the package is transported.

A package that stores a plurality of side by side in a state where at least both ends of a long member provided with protrusions on the side are supported,
A first packing material having a first recess for fitting at least one end of the elongated member;
A second packing material having a second recess for fitting at least the other end of the elongated member;
The first packaging material and the second packaging material are deployed separately from each other,
The first concave portion and the first concave portion are supported so that the long member having one end portion fitted in the first concave portion and the other end portion fitted in the second concave portion is supported in an inclined posture with respect to the horizontal plane. Two recesses are formed.
Further, the protrusion is provided on one end side with respect to the central portion in the longitudinal direction of the long member, and the long member is positioned on the lower side where the protrusion is provided on the horizontal plane. Thus, the first concave portion and the second concave portion are formed so as to be supported in an inclined posture.

By tilting the long member with respect to the horizontal plane so as to lower the side on which the projection is provided, the tip height of the projection of the long member is lower than when the long member is horizontally arranged. .
This prevents the package body in which the long member is packed with the packing material from being damaged by the tip of the housing (3), which is a projection, or being caught by other instruments or devices during transportation. it can.

It is a top view of the packing material concerning this example. It is a top view of the state which inserted the gear linkage in the packing material of FIG. It is a front view of FIG. 2, and shows the laminated body laminated | stacked. FIG. 3 is an enlarged view showing a positional relationship between a housing 1 in FIG. 2 and a shaft of an adjacent gear linkage. It is a front view of the state which put the packing body of FIG. 3 in the case, and mounted in the pallet. It is a perspective view of the gear linkage of the conventional power steering. It is a top view of the state which accommodated the several gear linkage in the conventional packing material. It is a front view of the state which laminated | stacked the packing body of FIG.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In this example, as a long member provided with a lateral projection inserted into the packing material (1), a power linkage gear linkage of an automobile is illustrated, and its configuration is the same as the conventional one shown in FIG. is there. That is, the protrusion is the housing (3) in which the assist motor (30) and the speed reducer (31) are accommodated.
FIG. 1 is a plan view of a packaging material according to this example, and FIG. 2 is a plan view of a state in which a gear linkage is inserted into the packaging material of FIG. The packing materials (1) and (1a) are a first packing material (1) and a second packing material (1a) that are arranged in parallel and spaced apart from each other on the left and right sides. It is at a position reversed 180 degrees. That is, there is only one type of packing material, and material management becomes easy. If a plurality of types of packing materials are necessary, sorting and partitioning for each packing material is necessary, but in this example, there is no effort.
A first recess (10) for receiving the left end portions of the four gear linkages (2) is formed in the first packing material (1) disposed on the left side. The second packing material (1a) arranged on the right side is formed with a second recess (12) for receiving the right end of the four gear linkages (2). Each of the recesses (10) and (12) has a small recess (10a) for receiving the shaft body (22) and a large recess (10b) for receiving the end of the shaft (20).
On the packing material (1) (1a), a plurality of openings (11) (11) are opened between the recesses (10a) (10b). The plurality of small recesses (10a), large recesses (10b), and openings (11) are opened in a direction (arrow D direction) substantially orthogonal to the arrangement direction of the packing materials (1) and (1a).
The gear linkages (2) and (2) are arranged in the direction of the arrow D in the horizontal plane while being separated from each other in a state of being stretched over the packing materials (1) and (1a). When the gear linkages (2) and (2) are stored in the packing material (1) and (1a), they are normally stored in order along the arrow D direction.

In one gear linkage (2), the housing (3) is directed to the opposite side along the arrow D direction from the adjacent gear linkage (2). Further, the housing (3) is provided on either end side with respect to the central portion in the longitudinal direction of the shaft (20).
That is, when housing (3) accommodates a pair of gear linkages (2) close to the end of the shaft (20) in the packing material (1) (1a), the housing (3) is moved along the arrow D direction. Facing each other. As a result, the housing (3) of one gear linkage (2) is arranged in an empty space located on the side of the housing (3) of the adjacent gear linkage (2), thereby reducing the packing space. be able to.
Each gear linkage (2) is inclined in the horizontal plane by an angle θ in the horizontal plane with respect to the horizontal direction that is the arrangement direction of the packaging materials (1) and (1a) arranged in parallel in the longitudinal direction. ing. This inclination angle θ is arbitrarily set. Further, the number of gear linkages (2) whose ends are supported by the packing material (1) (1a) is not limited to four. The ends of the gear linkages (2) and (2) are fitted to both the packing materials (1) and (1a) to constitute one packing body (5).

FIG. 3 is a front view showing a state in which the packing body (5) is stacked in a plurality of stages. With the gear linkage (2) fitted in the recess (10), the longitudinal direction is inclined in the vertical plane with respect to the arrangement direction of the packing material (1), that is, the left-right direction, and the housing (3) is provided. The other side is lowered.
As described above, the housing (3) is provided closer to either end with respect to the longitudinal center of the shaft (20). In the adjacent gear linkages (2) and (2), the housing Since (3) is directed to the opposite sides along the direction of arrow D, the side where the housing (3) is lowered in the adjacent gear linkages (2) and (2) is reversed on the left and right. In the left packing material (1) (first packing material) shown in FIG. 2, the four gear linkages (2) and (2) have a left end portion along the arrow D as compared to the right end portion as shown in FIG. Deployed from top to bottom in order of low, high, low, high. That is, the right end portions of the four gear linkages (2) and (2) are arranged along the arrow D in the order of high, low, high, low from the top of FIG.
As in the prior art, the lowermost packaging material (1) is cut as shown by a broken line and used as a lid (15) for the uppermost packaging material (1).

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view showing the positional relationship between the housing (3) 1 in FIG. 2 and the shaft (20) of the adjacent gear linkage (2). In this example, as described above, the gear linkage (2) is disposed with an inclination of the angle θ with respect to the left-right direction. Therefore, the shortest distance F1 between the housing (3) and the adjacent shaft (20) does not change compared to the conventional configuration (FIG. 7) in which the gear linkage (2) is arranged in parallel in the left-right direction. . However, F2, which is the distance along the arrow D, is wider than the conventional configuration. As described above, when the gear linkages (2) and (2) are stored in the packing material (1) and (1a), the gear linkages (2) and (2a) are normally stored in order along the arrow D direction. If the width becomes wider, the workability of the gear linkage (2) is improved.
Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the gear linkage (2) is lowered on the side where the housing (3) is provided, and the upper end of the housing (3) does not protrude upward from the lid (15). As a result, the package (5) in which the gear linkage (2) is packed with the packing material (1) may be damaged by the tip of the housing (3) or caught on other instruments or devices during transportation. Can be prevented.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the packaging body (5) is stacked in a plurality of stages to form a packaging body unit (7), which is accommodated in a case (50). In this state, it is carried on the pallet (51).

  The packaging material (1) is formed of a synthetic resin, specifically, expandable polystyrene (EPS) in both this example and the conventional product. The packaging material (1) may be formed from another resin suitable as a container for transporting the distribution article, for example, a thermoplastic resin. Examples of the thermoplastic resin include polystyrene resins, polyolefin resins (polypropylene resins, polystyrene resins), and composite resins containing these. Of course, polyester resins (for example, polyethylene terephthalate, polybutylene terephthalate, polyethylene naphthalate), polycarbonate resins, polylactic acid resins, and the like may be used. In particular, a composite resin including a polystyrene resin and a polyethylene resin may be used. Moreover, although the expansion ratio of expandable polystyrene assumes about 50 times, it is not limited to this magnification.

The description of the above embodiment is for explaining the present invention, and should not be construed to limit the invention described in the claims of the utility model registration or to reduce the scope. In addition, the configuration of each part of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made within the technical scope described in the claims of utility model registration.
In the above example, the long member is not limited to the gear linkage of the power steering, and the technical idea of the present invention can be applied as long as it is a packing material for a long member provided with protrusions on the side. is there.

(1) Packing material
(2) Gear linkage
(3) Housing
(5) Package
(20) Shaft

Claims (7)

A package that stores a plurality of side by side in a state where at least both ends of a long member provided with protrusions on the side are supported,
A first packing material having a first recess for fitting at least one end of the elongated member;
A second packing material having a second recess for fitting at least the other end of the elongated member;
The first packaging material and the second packaging material are deployed separately from each other,
The first concave portion and the first concave portion are supported so that the long member having one end portion fitted in the first concave portion and the other end portion fitted in the second concave portion is supported in an inclined posture with respect to the horizontal plane. 2. A package having two recesses formed therein.   The protrusion is provided on one end side with respect to the central portion in the longitudinal direction of the long member, and the long member is positioned so that the end side on which the protrusion is provided is positioned below the horizontal plane. The package according to claim 1, wherein the first recess and the second recess are formed so as to be supported in an inclined posture.   The packaging body according to claim 1 or 2, wherein each of the first packaging material and the second packaging material has a first recess and a second recess.   The first packing material and the second packing material have the same shape, and one packing material and the other packing material are arranged opposite each other by being inverted 180 degrees on the same plane. The package according to any one of claims 1 to 3.   In the plurality of long members to be accommodated, the first concave portion and the second concave portion are arranged so that the end portions where the adjacent long members are provided with the respective protrusions are arranged at opposite positions. The package of Claim 3 or 4 in which is formed.   6. The package according to claim 1, wherein the elongated member is a power steering gear linkage, and the protrusion is a housing protruding from a shaft constituting the gear linkage.   A package unit configured by storing a long member using the package according to any one of claims 1 to 6 and stacking a plurality of packages each storing the long member.

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