JP4890109B2 - Packing equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a packing device for packing equipment such as a hot water storage type water heater.

  When transporting a device such as a hot water storage type hot water heater, the device is usually packed by a predetermined packing device so that the device is not damaged or deformed during the transporting process. In addition, when loading the packed equipment on the platform of the transport vehicle, it can be stacked vertically or horizontally depending on the shape and weight of the equipment in order to prevent falling during transportation and to facilitate loading work. Is appropriately selected.

  For example, in hot water storage hot water heaters such as electric water heaters, in order to increase the amount of hot water storage while reducing the installation area, the product shape is increasing in length, height, and weight, and such When transporting a hot water storage type hot water heater with a vehicle, the packed hot water storage type hot water heater can be horizontally stacked on the carrier bed of the transport vehicle in order to prevent falling during transport and to facilitate loading and unloading work on the cargo bed. There is a lot to do. In the present specification, unloading from the loading platform is referred to as “unloading”.

  However, if the packed hot water heaters are stacked horizontally, the welded part between the hot water storage tank and the hot water pipe may be damaged by the vibration that is unavoidable while the transport vehicle is running, The case is likely to be deformed. For this reason, for example, in the hot water storage type water heater described in Patent Document 1, packing is performed using a substantially rectangular parallelepiped outer casing and a packaging fixing base, and the upper part of the hot water storage tank and the top plate of the outer casing are armed. As a result of the connection, damage to the welded part and deformation of the outer case when horizontally stacked are prevented.

JP 2004-144447 A

  However, when the packed hot water heater is horizontally stacked on the loading platform, or when the horizontal hot water storage heater (packed) is unloaded from the loading platform, the hot water heater is heavy. Therefore, in many cases, the packed hot water heater is lifted or lowered from the carrier while the packing device is applied to the edge of the carrier, and at this time, due to the stress applied to the hot water heater The outer case and components of the hot water storage type water heater may be deformed or damaged.

  In the hot water storage type water heater described in the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, although it is possible to prevent the welded portion from being damaged and the outer case from being deformed due to vibration generated during the traveling of the transport vehicle, the package is packaged. In some cases, it is not possible to prevent deformation or damage of the exterior case or the components due to the stress generated when the hot water storage type water heater is lifted or lowered from the cargo bed.

  Of course, in equipment other than the hot water storage type water heater, when the packaged item is lifted or lowered from the carrier bed of the transport vehicle, the outer case or component of the device is caused by the stress generated at that time. May be deformed or damaged.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and the packaged equipment is deformed or deformed due to the stress generated when the packaged packaged equipment is lifted or lowered from the platform of the transport vehicle. The object is to obtain a packaging device that is easy to prevent from being damaged.

  The packing device of the present invention that achieves the above-mentioned object is a packing fixing base for mounting and fixing the packaged device by fixing the legs of the vertically long packaged device used in a standing state with a fixture, In a packing device comprising a rectangular parallelepiped packaging outer box that covers the packaged equipment, a pair of long plate shapes that are fixed to both corners of one side of the packaging outer box that becomes the bottom when the packaged equipment is stacked horizontally This is characterized in that a reinforcing material is provided.

  In the packing device of the present invention, since the above-described reinforcing material is provided, when the device to be packed packed by the packing device is loaded on the loading platform of the transport vehicle, the reinforcing material is applied to the edge of the loading platform and lifted up. However, the stress applied to the packaged equipment is suppressed by the reinforcing material, and deformation or damage of the packaged equipment is prevented. For the same reason, even when the packing device packed by the packing device of the present invention is unloaded from the loading platform, even if the reinforcing material is applied to the edge of the loading platform and lowered, the deformation or damage of the packaging device is prevented. The Therefore, according to the present invention, it becomes easy to transport a device such as a hot water storage type hot water supply machine safely and with high reliability with a small number of hands.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the packing device of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings, taking as an example the case where the device to be packed is a hot water storage type water heater. The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described below.

  FIG. 1 is a perspective view schematically showing an example of the packing apparatus of the present invention. The packing device 20 shown in the figure includes a packing fixing base 1, a rectangular parallelepiped packing outer box 7, a pair of long plate-shaped reinforcing members 10a and 10b, and a packing fixing base 1 and a packing outer box 7. Two packing bands 12 a and 12 b to be integrated are provided, and a label 15 is attached to one side surface of the packaging outer box 7. The label 15 has information for designating the side surface 3a to be used as the bottom surface when the hot water storage water heater 30 packed by the packing device 20 is horizontally stacked on the loading platform of the transport vehicle.

  FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view schematically showing the packing device 20 shown in FIG. 1 and the hot water storage type hot water heater 30 packed by the packing device 20. As shown in the figure, a hot water storage type water heater 30 as a device to be packed has a plurality of leg portions 30 a, and each hot water storage type water heater 30 is fixed to a packing base by a fixture 35. 1 and fixed on the packaging fixing base 1. The packaging outer box 7 includes a body portion 3 that covers the outer peripheral surface of the hot water storage type water heater 30, and a lid portion 5 that covers the upper surface of the hot water storage type water heater 30. At the time of packing the hot water storage type hot water heater 30, the lower end of the trunk portion 3 is positioned on the packing fixing base 1, and the upper end portion of the trunk portion 3 and the upper end portions of the reinforcing members 10 a and 10 b are covered with the lid portion 5.

  At this time, the welded portion between the hot water storage tank and the hot water discharge pipe is damaged between the upper end portion of the hot water storage type hot water heater 30 and the packaging outer box 7 due to vibration inevitably generated during the traveling of the transport vehicle. It is preferable to arrange a cushioning material for preventing the occurrence of deformation. In the illustrated example, the two cushioning materials 17a and 17b are arranged so as to contact the upper end portion of the hot water storage type hot water supply 30 and the outer packaging box 7 for packing, and the upper end portion of these hot water storage type hot water supply devices 30 and the outer packaging box for packing. The gap with 7 is partially filled.

The reinforcing members 10a and 10b are fixed to both corners of the side surface 3a which becomes the bottom surface when the hot water storage type water heater is horizontally stacked on the loading platform of the transport vehicle among the side surfaces of the outer packaging box 7 (side surface of the body portion 3). Has been. Specifically, it is fixed with, for example, an adhesive to both edges of the side surface 3a in the width direction. Individual reinforcing member 10a, the horizontal sectional shape of 10b is L-shaped, reinforcing member 10a is the one near the edge e ₁ and該稜e ₁ extending in the height direction in the ridge of the barrel 3 region , that is, overlying the edge e ₁ near the region of the side surface 3b of the region near the edge e ₁ at the side surfaces 3a (one edge in the width direction) is adjacent to the side surface 3a (one edge in the width direction). The reinforcing member 10b, in addition to the edge e ₂ and the region near the該稜e ₂ adjacent to the edges e ₁ in the circumferential direction of the body portion 3, i.e. in the vicinity of the edge e ₂ in the side 3a region (in the width direction The other edge) and the region (one edge in the width direction) near the ridge e ₂ on the side surface 3c adjacent to the side surface 3a are covered.

  These reinforcing members 10a and 10b suppress deformation of the packaging outer box 7 when the packed hot water heater 30 is unloaded while the reinforcing members 10a and 10b are applied to the edges of the loading platform of the transport vehicle. It is preferable to have the strength to obtain. The strength of the reinforcing members 10a and 10b can be controlled by appropriately selecting, for example, the material, thickness (thickness on one side surface of the body portion 1), shape, and the like.

  In order to improve the workability when assembling the packaging device 20 and to reduce the weight of the packaging device 20, at least the trunk 1, the lid 3, and the reinforcing members 10a and 10b are light, for example, cardboard or plastic cardboard. It is preferable to make it with a material, and it is preferable to make it with corrugated cardboard from the viewpoint of simplifying disposal after use of the packing device 20. In FIG. 2, the packing bands 12a and 12b shown in FIG. 1 are not shown.

  FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a state when the hot water storage type hot water heater 30 packed by the above-described packing device 20 is loaded on a transport vehicle. In the example shown in the figure, the hot water storage type water heater 30 (see FIG. 2) packed by the packing device 20 faces down the reinforcing members 10a and 10b (only the reinforcing member 10a appears in FIG. 3). These are horizontally stacked on the loading platform 40a of the transport vehicle 40. Of the members shown in FIG. 3, those already described with reference to FIG. 2 are assigned the same reference numerals as those used in FIG. 2, and description thereof is omitted.

  FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a state in which the hot water storage type hot water heater 30 packed by the above-described packing device 20 is loaded into and unloaded from the transport vehicle 40. As shown in the figure, the hot water storage water heater 30 (see FIG. 2) packed by the packing device 20 has reinforcing members 10a, 10b (in FIG. 4, the reinforcing member 10a) at the edge of the loading platform 40a of the transport vehicle 40. Only appears) and is lifted up or down from the loading platform 40a. When the hot water heater 30 packed and unloaded by the packing device 20 is loaded and unloaded in this way, it is easy to load and unload even with a small number of human hands, and at the time of lifting to the loading platform 40a or from the loading platform 40a. The stress applied to the hot water storage type water heater 30 at the time of sliding down can be suppressed by the reinforcing members 10a and 10b.

  As a result, the exterior case and components of the hot water storage water heater 30 are deformed or damaged due to stress generated when the hot water storage water heater 30 packed by the packing device 20 is pulled up or down on the loading platform 40a. It becomes easy to prevent it. Therefore, according to the packing apparatus 20, it becomes easy to carry the hot water storage type water heater 30 safely with a small number of hands and with high reliability.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of the packing apparatus of this invention was explained in full detail, as mentioned above, this invention is not limited to embodiment mentioned above. For example, at least a pair of long plate-like reinforcing materials may be arranged on the outer surface of the packaging outer box, and the total number depends on the size, shape and weight of the packaged equipment, and the horizontal cross-sectional shape of each reinforcing material. Accordingly, the desired number can be 2 or more. For example, when three or more reinforcing members having an L-shaped horizontal cross section are arranged, each reinforcing member has one ridge extending in the height direction among the ridges in the packaging outer box and a region in the vicinity of the ridge. It is arranged so as to cover. The outer surface of the packaging outer box on which the reinforcing material is disposed can be appropriately selected according to the size and shape of the packaged equipment. A pair of reinforcing materials may be provided on each of the two or more side surfaces in the packaging outer box to increase the degree of freedom in selecting the side surface that can be used as the bottom surface when horizontally stacked.

  In addition, from the viewpoint of reducing the thickness of each reinforcing material (thickness on one side surface of the body part constituting the packaging outer box) as much as possible, the horizontal cross-sectional shape of each reinforcing material is L-shaped. However, when the reinforcing material may be thick, the shape of each reinforcing material can be flat. In this case, it is preferable to arrange the plate-shaped reinforcing material on both edges in the width direction on at least one side surface of the body portion.

  In the above-described embodiment, the packaging device in which the body portion and the lid portion constituting the packaging outer box are manufactured separately from each other is illustrated, but the packaging outer box in the packaging device of the present invention has a lid. The part may be integrated with the body part so that the part can be freely opened and closed. And the to-be-packed apparatus packed from the packing apparatus of this invention is not limited to a hot water storage type hot-water supply machine. Various vertically long devices used in a standing state, especially when loading and unloading from / to the carrier bed of a transport vehicle with a small number of people, the packing device is applied to the edge of the carrier and lifted or lowered. Various devices desired to be made can be packaged devices. About the packing apparatus of this invention, a various deformation | transformation, modification, combination, etc. are possible besides having mentioned above.

It is a perspective view which shows an example of the packing apparatus of this invention roughly. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows roughly the packing apparatus shown in FIG. 1, and the hot water storage type hot water supply machine packed with this packing apparatus. It is the schematic which shows an example when a hot water storage type hot-water supply machine packed with the packing apparatus shown in FIG. 1 is loaded in a transport vehicle. It is the schematic which shows an example of the state at the time of loading and unloading the hot water storage type water heater packed by the packing apparatus shown in FIG. 1 in a transport vehicle.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Fixing base 3 Packing body 3a Side surface which becomes a bottom when it is horizontally stacked 5 Lid 7 Packing outer box 10a, 10b Reinforcement material 20 Packing device 30 Hot water storage type hot water heater 30a as a packaged device Hot water storage type hot water supply machine Leg part 35 fixing tool 40 carrier vehicle 40a loading platform

Claims (6)

A fixing base for packing for mounting and fixing the packaged device by fixing the legs of the vertically packaged device used in a standing state with a fixture, and a rectangular parallelepiped covering the upper surface and the entire side surfaces of the packaged device In a packaging device comprising an outer packaging box,
Wherein a pair of long plate-shaped reinforcing member is fixed to both corner portions of the outer side surface of the packing outer box comprising a bottom surface when the object to be packaged device is laterally stacked,
On the outer surface of the packaging outer box that becomes the bottom when the packed devices are horizontally stacked, an indication that the bottom surface is displayed when the packed devices are horizontally stacked is displayed.
The reinforcing material, the Ri exterior box having substantially the same height Sadea packing, loading the object to be packed device in the carrier, in contact with該荷base edge when unloading person, the stress applied to the object to be packed device packing apparatus according to claim Rukoto suppressed.   The packing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a buffer material that fills a gap between an upper end portion of the packaged device and the outer packaging box.   The packing device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the reinforcing member has a strength capable of suppressing deformation of the outer packaging box during loading and unloading of a carrier vehicle.   The packing device according to claim 1, wherein the reinforcing material has an L-shaped cross section.   The packaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the packaging outer box and the reinforcing material are made of cardboard.   The packing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the packaged device is a hot water storage type water heater.

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