JP3592280B2 - Cutting guide device for paper container waste container - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention provides, for example, cutting a paper pack used as a beverage container for milk or juice with a cutter after consumption of the beverage, and forming a paper container that can be used as various small containers from waste paper packs. The present invention relates to a cutting guide device which enables a beautiful cut to be formed by appropriately guiding the paper container, and allows a paper container having a desired height to be easily formed.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, paper containers have been frequently used for beverage containers such as milk and juice, and the amount of consumption at home has been enormous.
[0003]
Therefore, since the number of paper packs to be discarded after consumption of beverages is also considerable, it is desirable to use the waste paper packs to effectively use resources and reduce waste garbage.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
The paper pack is formed in a substantially quadrangular prism shape having a peripheral wall composed of four side walls in the circumferential direction on a bottom wall, and is formed of a relatively tough paper material. It is preferable to form a paper container having an upper opening by cutting off the pack, and to use the paper container for various small items.
[0005]
However, when cutting a paper pack with a cutter or the like, it is not always easy to cut the four side walls in a horizontally aligned state, and if the cut end is distorted, the appearance of the formed paper container is deteriorated. There is a problem that it is not good.
[0006]
In addition, such a paper container may be, for example, a dust box such as a dust box, a small container, or the like, a writing instrument such as a pencil, a remote control device for home appliances, or a small article such as a tube such as mayonnaise. It must be formed to a desired height according to its intended use, such as a stand for storage. In this regard, in forming a paper container of a desired height by cutting the paper pack with a cutter or the like, each time the cutting position is measured with a ruler or the like, and a planned cutting line is drawn on the paper pack with a pencil or the like. This is very complicated.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a cutting guide device for a waste container utilizing a paper pack which solves the above problems.
[0008]
In view of the above, the present invention is configured as a first means. A paper container provided with a peripheral wall having four circumferential side walls on a bottom wall is truncated by a cutter to remove paper containers from waste paper packs. A cutting guide device that guides the cutter when forming, the cutting guide device includes a flat plate portion that extends vertically along the outer surface of at least one side wall of the paper pack and overlaps over the entire width of the side wall. A bottom positioning portion protruding from the lower edge of the flat plate portion along the outer surface of at least a portion near the bottom corner of the bottom wall of the paper pack, and a plurality of horizontal extending across the side wall of the paper pack. The slits are provided on the flat plate portion in a state where the slits are different in the distance from the bottom positioning portion.
[0009]
Further, the present invention is configured as a second means. A paper container having a peripheral wall having four side walls in a circumferential direction on a bottom wall is truncated by a cutter to remove a paper container from waste paper packs. A cutting guide device that guides the cutter when forming, the cutting guide device is a flat plate portion that is overlapped with the outer surface of one side wall of the paper pack in the vertical direction and over the entire width of the side wall, A positioning portion projecting from a lower edge of the flat portion along an outer surface of at least a portion near a bottom corner of a bottom wall of the paper pack; and a portion near at least a side corner of a side wall adjacent to the side wall from a side edge of the flat portion. And a plurality of slits extending in the horizontal direction across the side wall of the paper pack. It is provided on the flat plate portion in a state that allowed difference of distance lies in comprising providing a corner slit portion by a respective slit allowed to extend into the notch-like lead to side positioning portion from the flat plate portion.
[0010]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
[0011]
(Paper containers using paper packs)
As shown in FIG. 1A, a paper pack 1 used as a beverage container for milk, juice, or the like has a peripheral wall 4 formed of four side walls 3a, 3b, 3c, and 3d in a circumferential direction on a bottom wall 2. It is configured in the shape of a set square prism, and is provided with a hermetically sealed portion 5 that can be opened at the top until it is provided to a consumer as a beverage container. As is well known, the hermetic seal portion 5 can be opened by a separating operation, and after the consumer consumes the beverage inside, the paper pack 1 is discarded.
[0012]
Therefore, the waste paper pack 1 is cut off by a cutter 9, that is, by cutting the head including the hermetically sealed portion 5, as shown in FIGS. 1B and 1C. It is used as a paper container 6 having an opening edge 8 at an end, and can accommodate various small articles 7 as shown in the figure. In the illustrated example, FIG. 1B shows a paper container 6 formed to be tall for use as, for example, a trash container or other accessory container, and FIG. 1C shows a small article such as a pencil, for example. 1 shows a paper container 6 formed to be short to use as a stand.
[0013]
(Cutting guide device)
2 and 3 show one embodiment of the cutting guide device, and FIG. 4 shows a method of cutting the paper pack 1 using the cutting guide device.
[0014]
As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the cutting guide device 10 extends vertically along at least one of the four side walls 3 of the paper pack 1 (the side wall 3 a in the illustrated example). A flat plate portion 11 overlapped over the entire width of the side wall 3a; and an outer surface of at least a portion near the bottom corner of the bottom wall 2 of the paper pack 1 from the lower end edge of the flat plate portion 11 (the bottom corner is indicated by reference numeral 3e in the drawing). And at least portions near the side corners of the left and right side walls 3b and 3d adjacent to the side wall 3a from the side edges of the flat plate portion 11 (side corners are indicated by reference numeral 3f in the figure). ) Protruding along the outer side surface of (1), and are integrally formed of synthetic resin.
[0015]
In the case of the illustrated embodiment, the length dimension H of the flat plate portion 11 in the up-down longitudinal direction is formed such that H ≦ h with respect to the height h of the side wall 3 of the paper pack 1. The interval dimension W between the reference numerals 13, 13 is formed such that W ≧ w with respect to the width w of the side wall 3 of the paper pack 1, and preferably, W = w. The upper edge 14 of the cutting guide device 10 is formed in a substantially U-shape by the upper edge of the flat plate portion 11 and the upper edges of the side positioning portions 13, 13. A flange-shaped edging rib 15 is provided which extends over the entire edge of the side edges of the portions 13, 13 and the protruding edge of the bottom positioning portion.
[0016]
A plurality of slits 16 extending in a horizontal direction (a direction orthogonal to the vertical direction of the flat plate portion 11) are formed through the flat plate portion 11, and each of the plurality of slits 16 is connected to the bottom positioning portion 12. It is provided in a state where the separation distance is different. Further, each slit 16 is provided with a corner slit portion 17 extending from the flat plate portion 11 to the side positioning portions 13 and 13 in a cut shape.
[0017]
As shown in FIG. 3, in a preferred embodiment of the cutting guide device 10, information 18 for forming the paper container 6 using the slits 16 is displayed on the front surface of the flat plate portion 11. In the case of the illustrated example, the lowermost slit 16a of the seven slits is provided with a separation distance of 2.5 cm from the bottom positioning portion 12, and the remaining six slits 16b to 16g are provided above the slit 16a. Are provided at equal intervals of 2.5 cm. Note that the upper edge 14 forms a guide edge 16h parallel to the slit. Therefore, the information 18 is displayed on the flat plate portion 11 under the respective slits 16b to 16g and the guide edge 16h, and the distance between the slits 16a to 16g and the guide edge 16h from the bottom positioning portion 12 is determined. The distance information (numerical value on the left side in the figure) based on the numerical value to be displayed, the arrow information (arrow in the center in the figure) indicating the slits 16a to 16g and the guide edge 16h to which the respective distance information corresponds are formed in accordance with the respective distance information. Application information (a description in characters on the right side in the figure) describing a suitable use example of the paper container 6.
[0018]
When cutting the paper pack 1 using the cutting guide device 10 having the above-described configuration, first, as shown in FIG. 4A, any one of the four side walls 3 of the paper pack 1 (the side wall in the illustrated example). 3a), the bottom positioning portion 12 is brought into contact with the outer surface of the portion near the bottom corner 3e of the bottom wall 2, and the flat plate portion 11 is overlapped with the outer surface of the side wall 3a. Then, one of the slits 16b to 16g and one of the guide edges 16h (slit 16d in the illustrated example) suitable for the target paper container 6 is selected, and the cutting edge of the cutter 9 is pierced into the side wall 3a through the slit 16d. The side wall 3a is cut transversely by moving the cutter 9 along the slit 16d. In the case of the illustrated embodiment, the side positioning portions 13, 13 abut against the outer side surfaces of at least the side corners 3f, 3f of the side walls 3b, 3d adjacent to the side wall 3a. Since the cutting guide device 10 and the paper pack 1 are held between the side positioning portions 13 and 13 during cutting, there is no possibility that the cutting guide device 10 and the paper pack 1 are displaced from each other in the moving direction of the cutter 9. Since the cutting edge of No. 9 can enter the corner slit portions 17, 17, the side corners 3 f, 3 f located on both sides of the side wall 3 a can also be suitably cut.
[0019]
When the cutting of the side wall 3a is completed, the cutting guide device 10 is once separated from the side wall 3a, and then the uncut side wall of the four side walls 3 of the paper pack 1 excluding the cut side wall 3a (illustrated in the drawing). As described above, the bottom positioning portion 12 is brought into contact with the outer surface of the bottom wall 2 with respect to the side wall 3b), the flat plate portion 11 is overlapped with the outer surface of the side wall 3b, and the side positioning portions 13, 13 are formed. The side wall 3b is cut by the cutter 9 by using the previously selected slit 6d in a state where the side wall 3b is held. At this time, the cutting edge of the cutter 9 reaches the cut edge of the previously cut side wall 3a via the corner slit portion 17, so that a continuous cut edge 8a is formed.
[0020]
After the cutting of the side wall 3b is completed, the remaining side walls 3c and 3d may be cut in the same manner as described above, whereby the horizontally aligned opening edges as shown in FIGS. 8 is obtained.
[0021]
(Example of design change)
Of course, the present invention is not limited to the illustrated embodiment, and various design changes can be made to the above-described configuration. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the cutting guide device 10 provided with the pair of side positioning portions 13, 13 has been described. However, any one of the left and right side positioning portions 13 may be omitted. The side positioning portion 13 may not be provided. Further, instead of the side positioning portion 13, a pair of flat plate portions 11 may be connected in an L-shaped cross-section so that the adjacent side walls 3a, 3b or 3c, 3d of the paper pack 1 can be cut at the same time. good.
[0022]
【The invention's effect】
According to the present invention, when the paper pack 1 is truncated to form a paper container 6 having an upper opening shape that can be used as various small containers, the paper container 6 is formed to be separated from the bottom positioning portion 12 by a predetermined separation distance. Since the slit 16 can be cut using the slit 16 as a guide, the cut edges 8a can be aligned horizontally, and a paper container 6 having a beautifully finished opening edge 8 can be provided.
[0023]
Moreover, since the plurality of slits 16 are provided at positions where the distances from the bottom positioning portion 12 are different, the paper container 6 can be formed at a desired height by selecting and using the slit 16. It is convenient.
[0024]
Further, in the cutting guide device 10 provided with the side positioning portion 13 and the corner slit portion 17, the cutting guide device 10 is positioned and held with respect to the paper pack 1 in the moving direction of the cutter 9. There is no danger that the cutting guide device 10 and the paper pack 1 are displaced from each other, and the cutting edge of the cutter 9 is caused to enter the corner slit portion 17 so that the side corner 3f is cut when the side wall 3 of the paper pack 1 is cut. At the same time can be suitably cut.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1A is a perspective view showing a conventionally known paper pack, and FIG. 1B is a perspective view showing an example of a paper container formed by trimming and cutting waste paper packs. (C) is a perspective view showing another example of the paper container.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a cutting guide device and a paper pack according to one embodiment of the present invention in parallel.
FIG. 3 is a front view showing one embodiment of a cutting guide device.
4A and 4B show a method of using the cutting guide device, wherein FIG. 4A is a perspective view showing a method of cutting one side wall of a paper pack, and FIG. 4B is a view of cutting another side wall after cutting one side wall; FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a method of performing the operation.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Paper pack 3a-3d Side wall 3e Bottom corner 3f Side corner 4 Perimeter wall 6 Paper container 8 Opening edge 8a Cutting edge 9 Cutter 10 Cutting guide device 11 Flat plate part 12 Bottom positioning part 13 Side positioning part 16a-16g Slit 16h Guide rim 17 Corner slit 18 Information

Claims (2)

A cutting guide device that guides the cutter when forming a paper container from waste paper packs by cutting and cutting a paper pack having a peripheral wall including four circumferential side walls on a bottom wall with a cutter,
The cutting guide device 10 includes a flat plate portion 11 that is vertically overlapped with the outer surface of at least one side wall 3 of the paper pack and overlaps over the entire width of the side wall 3, and a paper pack from the lower edge of the flat plate portion 11. And a bottom positioning portion 12 protruding along an outer surface of at least a portion near the bottom corner 3 e of the bottom wall 2,
A waste paper pack, wherein a plurality of slits 16 extending in the horizontal direction across the side wall 3 of the paper pack are provided in the flat plate portion 11 at different distances from the bottom positioning portion 12, respectively. Cutting guide device for use containers. A cutting guide device that guides the cutter when forming a paper container from waste paper packs by cutting and cutting a paper pack having a peripheral wall including four circumferential side walls on a bottom wall with a cutter,
The cutting guide device 10 includes a flat plate portion 11 that is vertically overlapped with the outer surface of one side wall 3 of the paper pack and overlaps over the entire width of the side wall 3. A positioning portion 12 protruding at least along an outer surface near a bottom corner 3e of the bottom wall 2, and an outer surface near at least a side corner 3f of a side wall adjacent to the side wall from a side edge of the flat plate portion 11; And a side positioning portion 13 projecting from
A plurality of slits 16 extending in the horizontal direction across the side wall 3 of the paper pack are provided on the flat plate portion 11 at different distances from the bottom positioning portion 12, respectively. A cutting guide device for a waste container utilizing a paper pack, wherein a corner slit portion 17 is provided by extending the side positioning portion 13 in a cut shape.

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