JP4797207B2 - Package for lamp and method for producing the same - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a method for producing a package for individually packaging lamps (hereinafter referred to as individual packaging sac), and more particularly to a method or mode of printing notation on the individual packaging sack.

  Fluorescent lamps are used in general lighting such as buildings and public facilities, and can be used in a wide range of fields, both domestically and overseas, because they can reproduce various colors by combining phosphors. It is an industrial product that is consumed. With such mass consumption, production facilities capable of mass production have become faster and more automated, and packaging equipment and packaging materials have been selected accordingly.

Patent Document 1 discloses an individual sac of a straight tube fluorescent lamp. According to this document, single-sided corrugated cardboard is used as the packaging material for the individual sac that houses the straight tube fluorescent lamp. Then, the single-sided corrugated paper is folded at four locations along the lamp longitudinal direction so as to wrap the fluorescent lamps around the corrugated surface on the back side of the single-sided corrugated paper, and the edges are abutted. Furthermore, the edges are stopped with a seal tape. The individual packaging sac of the straight tube fluorescent lamp is manufactured by the above process.
JP 2005-22951 A

  The notation on the individual sack is generally printed by an intaglio printing method such as gravure printing that requires an original plate. This intaglio printing method, such as gravure printing, is widely used as a printing method for straight-tube fluorescent lamps in individual packaging because it can be used for printing on thin paper and has high productivity for mass production and can handle relatively fine characters. ing.

  Some straight tube fluorescent lamps have the same shape, but only the emission color of the phosphor is changed, and there are many types when combined with the size classification. For this reason, a large number of printing masters must be held in order to support the notation of these types. In addition, if it is necessary to change the contents of printing in this original plate, a large amount of cost is required for the revision work, which is a heavy burden.

  The description contents of fluorescent lamp packaging are classified according to the characteristics of standard products, such as product size classification and lighting method, and basic handling methods and precautions are often shared. However, each product has a display for identifying the product such as a unique name or JAN code, which is a factor that requires a uniform printing original.

  In particular, in the case of a straight tube fluorescent lamp, there is little space in the portion that can be printed on the packaging due to its product shape, but the matter related to handling necessary for notation must be printed with a large number of characters and fine characters. Under these circumstances, other printing methods cannot be taken, and original printing is indispensable.

  In recent years, with the progress of energy saving and application development in Japan, the types of fluorescent lamps are increasing and the number of products is increasing. As a result, as the number of lamp types increases, the printing cost, the cost of revision, and the effort increase. Therefore, there is a demand for a production method suitable for both mass productivity and small-quantity multi-product replacement in place of printing on the current packaging.

  An object of the present invention is to satisfy such a demand and to reduce the cost and labor required for printing for notation necessary for a product in producing a lamp packaging body.

The present invention proposes a method for producing a lamp packaging body in which when a packaging body for individually packaging lamps is produced, a notation necessary for the product is printed on the material of the packaging body. In this production method, a belt-shaped sealing tape is prepared as a material for the package, which is wound in a roll shape and is used by being drawn out by the product length required for the production of the package. A common notation that can be shared by all lamp products is printed in advance in the longitudinal direction of the seal tape only on the front surface side of the seal tape in advance by the original printing method. In addition, in the ink jet recording method, the unique notation relating to the lamp product is printed in an amount necessary for the number of lamps to be packaged in order between the common notations on only the front side of the seal tape. To do. By such a method, it is possible to reduce the product cost of a small amount of products, and to reduce the cost and labor of revision when changing the notation.

  Furthermore, it is preferable that the common notation in the above-mentioned seal tape is repeatedly printed at intervals equal to or shorter than the minimum product length among all kinds of lamps to be packaged.

  Further, when printing the shared notation on the seal tape, it is preferable to print the detection points necessary to start printing in the inkjet recording method.

  In addition, the lamp packaging body of the present invention is divided into two types: common notation that can be classified into several patterns for all lamp products and common notation related to lamp products. The notation is printed by the original printing method, and the unique notation is printed by the ink jet recording method.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the cost and effort concerning printing to a package body at the time of producing the package body for lamp | ramp can be reduced.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  As shown in FIG. 1, an individual sack (individual packaging box), which is a single tube fluorescent lamp package, is generally formed by forming a single-sided corrugated paper 1 into a square and winding it around a lamp body 2. It is manufactured by a method of covering with a sealing tape with glue (hereinafter referred to as sealing tape 3).

  Of these packaging materials, cosmetic labels such as the product manufacturer name and pet name are mainly printed on the single-sided corrugated cardboard 1 and the seal tape 3 has a product handling method, warnings, product names, and product names. Each product notation such as model number and JAN code (bar code) is printed.

  Straight tube fluorescent lamps are generally cylindrical, long and thin, and have a geometric feature that there are many lamps of different lengths depending on the standard size classification. For this feature, in order to efficiently perform individual packaging with the same packaging device, for the single-sided corrugated paper 1 and the sealing tape 3, each member is wound in a continuous strip shape as shown in FIG. In addition, the necessary length is drawn out with respect to the product length. However, in the process of pulling out the single-sided cardboard paper 1, the single-sided cardboard paper 1 is bent so as to wrap the lamp body.

  At this time, the notation described above is printed on the seal tape 3. Specifically, by the printing method using the original plate (mainly gravure printing), the description is repeated at intervals determined by the product length (below the minimum product length among all types of straight tube fluorescent lamps to be packaged). The printed content is always readable regardless of where the product length is.

  As shown in FIG. 3, when the notation interval by gravure printing is referred to as one pitch, a notation 4A that can be shared regardless of the product format, and a unique notation 4B that identifies a product are included in the one pitch. It is divided into. The former notation includes notation for handling and warning of products.

  Since the sharable notation 4A is necessary for all products to be produced, it is printed by a printing method using an original plate suitable for mass production as before. At this time, for example, the same notation 4A that describes the contents shared by all products such as lighting method, handling precautions, company name and contact information, etc., is printed in the longitudinal direction of the seal tape 3 by the gravure printing method before the notation 4B. Repeat printing at intervals along the line. In the printing at this time, detection points 5 (see FIG. 4) necessary for performing product-specific notation later in a separate process are also printed.

  Next, each of the product-specific notations 4B is printed in order from the front end side of the seal tape 3 by a general ink jet recording method. As shown in FIG. 4, the printing operation is started when the seal tape 3 is conveyed to the ink jet head 7 and the detection point 5 on the seal tape 3 is detected by the sensor 6. Thereby, the place of the notation 4B on the seal tape 3 can be fixed, and continuous printing can also be supported. Note that the printing of the notation 4B is performed as much as necessary according to the number of straight tube fluorescent lamps to be produced.

  The contents printed by the ink jet recording method can be easily created using design software on a personal computer, and the notation data can be easily changed. In addition, when there is a revision of the law or a change of the contact address, this change item may be written in the notation 4B, and in this case, the change in the software data can be completed.

  In the method described above, the printing content required for products in packaging is divided into notation that can be shared and notation related to the product, and the sharing part needs to deal with fine characters. Print efficiently with a method that requires. The unique portion is printed by an ink jet recording method that does not require an original plate, and is printed in a necessary amount. By such a method, it is possible to reduce the product cost of a small amount of products, and to reduce the cost and labor of revision when changing the notation.

  In other words, if you have a single printing original for a small number of varieties as before, switching work in the printing process will become frequent and inefficient, and it will be difficult to store and manage these originals. The problem is solved by this method.

  In addition, the stock and processing of the original plate at the time of revision and the cost of changing the original plate are reduced, making it easy to deal with a small variety of products.

  Therefore, the present invention exemplified above is effective as a response to the tendency to increase the number of products in small quantities in mass-produced products that can be shared in terms of shape and display as standard products.

  In the above-described embodiment, an embodiment in which a notation necessary for a product is printed on the seal tape 3 is shown. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the present invention can also be applied to a case where a notation is printed on a single-sided corrugated cardboard. Although the straight tube fluorescent lamp has been described above, the form and the method of printed notation on the packaging according to the present invention can be applied to a package of lamps other than the straight tube fluorescent lamp. For example, the present invention can be applied to the production of a package for packaging a bulb-shaped fluorescent lamp or LED lamp.

It is a figure for demonstrating the structure of the package for a general straight tube | pipe type fluorescent lamp. It is a figure which shows the mode of a process to single-sided corrugated paper and a sealing tape when producing the packaging body for straight tube | pipe type fluorescent lamps. It is a top view which shows the printing structure of the seal tape used for the Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the printing system which displays a product separate description part on the seal tape of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Single-sided corrugated paper 2 Lamp body 3 Seal tape 4A, 4B Notation 5 Detection point 6 Sensor 7 Inkjet head

Claims (4)

A package that individually wraps the lamp, and the lamp package that has the required markings printed on the product.
The printed contents are divided into common notation that can be shared by all lamp products and unique notation related to lamp products.
The common notation is printed by an original printing method, and the unique notation is printed by an inkjet recording method,
The package is formed by forming a single-sided cardboard and covering it so as to wind a lamp, and is configured by pasting edges of the single-sided cardboard with a seal tape,
The package for a straight tube lamp, wherein the common notation and the unique notation are sequentially printed in the longitudinal direction only on the front surface side of the seal tape. When producing a package for individually packaging the lamp, in the method for producing a package for a lamp that prints the necessary notation on the product on the material of the package,
As a material for the packaging body, a step of preparing a strip-shaped sealing tape that is wound in a roll shape and is used by pulling out the necessary length of the product length when the packaging body is produced;
Only on the front surface side of the seal tape, a common notation that can be divided into several patterns and shared for all lamp products in advance by an original printing method, with an interval in the longitudinal direction of the seal tape. The stage of printing,
In the ink jet recording method, the unique notation relating to the lamp product is printed in an amount necessary for the number of lamps to be packaged in order between each of the common notations on only the front side of the seal tape. Stages,
A method for producing a lamp package, comprising: 3. The method for producing a lamp package according to claim 2 , wherein the common notation on the seal tape is repeatedly printed at intervals equal to or shorter than a minimum product length among all lamp types to be packaged. The method for producing a lamp package according to claim 2 or 3 , wherein when the shared notation is printed on the seal tape, a detection point necessary for starting printing of the inkjet recording method is also printed. .

Images