JP5276363B2 - Method of packing two or more articles having different shapes and packing mat - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a method for packing two or more items having different shapes and materials, in particular, and a packing mat used in the method.

  When transporting an article, in order to effectively protect the article from shocks and vibrations that may be received during transportation, the article is usually packed with cushioning paper, plastic sheet, or bubble cushioning material. , Packed in an outer box. When transporting two or more of the same items, the same thing applies. For each item, individually wrap it in wrapping paper or cushioning material and store it in the outer box, and if necessary, pack the items so that they do not move. Packed.

  Even when two or more articles having different shapes, weights, sizes, and materials are bundled, the packing procedure is basically the same. In some cases, one system is a combination of two or more articles. For example, a desktop personal computer is a combination of a personal computer, keyboard, display, printer, and usually a modem for network construction and a mouse as an external input device (in this case, described as a device). Configured as a system.

  When it is necessary to transport a desktop PC in use as a single system in this way to another location for relocation, etc., first of all, from the PC itself, keyboard, display, printer, these devices Remove the wiring cables that connect them, pack them individually for each device, transport them to the new location, unpack them at the new location, re-arrange each device in its original layout, and rewire the devices. I must.

  Recently, because of the reason that such rewiring work is troublesome and because it is unfamiliar with beginners, I do not know how to connect the wiring cable once removed, so a set of personal computers, that is, the personal computer body, Requests have been made to transporters to keep the cable as it is, without removing the cable that connects the devices from the keyboard, display, and printer.

  In order to meet such a demand, various investigations have been made in the carrier. The problem is that even if these series of devices can be stored in one outer box without disconnecting the wiring cable, the size, height, and shape of the PC, keyboard, display, and printer are the same. In order to effectively protect against shocks and vibrations that may be received during transportation, it is difficult to fix these devices in a box so that they do not move.

  However, if two or more articles (equipment) related to a product and its parts are fixed and packed in a single box, this has been done in the past and is not necessarily uncommon. . For example, articles such as notebook computers and batteries, drive disks, cables, and instruction manuals are usually packaged so as not to move in a single box.

  Patent Document 1 describes a package that can be stored together in one package without causing the digital camera and the battery charger to interfere with each other. And according to the packaging body described in patent document 1, the effect that a digital camera and a battery charger can be protected from the impact received from the outside at the time of conveyance is emphasized.

  However, this packaging body divides the inside of the outer box into two storage sections with a dedicated partition material, and stores articles individually in each section, and separates the buffer section into which air is injected separately from the storage section. It is provided to protect against external shocks during transportation, not to fix the goods in a fixed position and to pack them. Furthermore, two or more articles remain connected to each other regardless of the standard or irregular shape. It is not something that can be freely wrapped.

  Moreover, although it is not an example which bundles two or more articles | goods, in patent document 2 as one of the trials which fix and package an article | item in a box, it is based on the combination of a 1st packaging box and a 2nd packaging box. A packaging device is described that includes a combination of a packaging box whose internal volume can be varied and a fit body arranged in each of the first and second packaging boxes.

  Here, the fit body is composed of a combination of a bag body having a deaeration port and a large number of granular bodies that are filled into the bag body and are brought into close contact with each other and become solidified as they are deaerated. is there. According to this packing apparatus, an article to be packaged, for example, a bag is inserted between the first packing box and the second packing box, the inner volume is reduced by relatively approaching both packing boxes, and the bag is supported. By further approaching and degassing the air in the bag body, the fit body can be closely adhered and solidified along the surface of the bottom of the bag and the mouth, and the bag can be fixed and packed in the packing box.

This attempt utilizes the phenomenon that the granular bodies filled inside by degassing the air in the bag body are in close contact with each other, and the fit body solidifies while deforming along the shape of the heel, As a result, although the bag is said to be fixed in the packaging box, the stored article is only supported by the fit body, and the stored article can be used to convert the first packaging box into the second packaging box. It is recognized that it is supposed to be fixed in place by the pressing force. However, this attempt cannot be used for packing two or more items having different heights because the inner volume of the packing box is determined by the height of the stored item.
JP2008-74451 JP 2001-163361 A

  The problem to be solved is that there has been no packaging material that can be freely packaged while two or more articles are connected to each other regardless of the fixed form or the indefinite form.

  The present invention utilizes a phenomenon in which the granular materials filled inside by degassing the air in the bag are in close contact with each other, and the bag is solidified as a whole, and is filled with beads and tightly sealed. The main feature is that the mat is solidified by degassing the inside of the mat while the article is processed into a mat and the article is wrapped in the mat, so that two or more articles wrapped in the mat are stably held. .

According to the packing mat according to the present invention, not only two or more articles can be packed at a time, but the packed individual articles can be degassed so that the beads in the mat have the shape of the article. The two or more articles can be packed in a state of being stably held in place supported by a part of the mat having at least three surfaces solidified . In particular, two or more articles can be packaged regardless of the difference in shape, size, height, and material, and the two or more articles can be packaged while being connected to each other.

  The packing mat according to the present invention can be transported as it is because the whole is solidified with two or more articles packed, but when it is necessary to make a standard cargo, the outer box is filled with some stuffing. It can be stored and transported inside.

  In particular, according to the present invention, when moving, there is no need to disconnect the wiring cable connected between the devices such as the PC main body, keyboard, display, printer, etc. It can be packed and transported, and after moving, the PC can be immediately resumed by unpacking the mat and connecting these devices to the power supply in the original arrangement after removing the devices from the mat.

  The purpose of packing two or more items by combining two or more devices such as a set of personal computers is realized by using a bag-like mat filled with beads and tightly sealed.

  Fig.1 (a)-(c) is a figure which shows one Example of the mat for packing by this invention. In FIG. 1, a mat 1 includes two sheets of a rectangular outer layer sheet 2 and an inner layer sheet 3 each having flexibility, which are stacked one above the other, and a large number of beads 4 are filled between the two sheets 2 and 3. The peripheral edges 7 of the sheets 2 and 3 are hermetically sealed with a certain width, and a check valve 5 is attached to a part of the sheet surface of the outer layer sheet 2.

  In this embodiment, a thermoplastic polyurethane sheet or a vinyl chloride sheet is used for the inner layer sheet 3, and a thermoplastic polyurethane sheet, a vinyl chloride sheet, a flexible metallocene-based or single-site polyethylene and EVA, are used for the outer layer sheet 2. EVOH laminated film or sheet nylon 6,66 base cloth / thermoplastic urethane tarpaulin, nylon 6,66 base cloth / vinyl chloride tarpaulin or polyester base cloth / thermoplastic urethane tarpaulin, polyester base cloth / vinyl chloride.

It is necessary to fill the beads 4 so that partial deviation does not occur in the mat. In this embodiment, the air-permeable bag 8 using a polyester spunbond nonwoven fabric or a nylon spunbond nonwoven fabric is divided into several elongated bags so that a large number of beads are not biased over the entire surface. compartment a 9, respectively filled with beads 4 quantitative same amount, Plug it in between the inner and outer layer sheets 2, flat mat appearance to seal the periphery of the inner and outer layer sheets 2 Finish.

  The beads 4 are foamed polyethylene or polystyrene polystyrene granules, and the particle size of the beads 4 is not limited. However, the smaller the particle size, the better the shape of the article.

  If necessary, between the outer layer sheet 2 of the mat 1 and the bag 8, a shape-retaining plate 10 that holds the mat 1 in a certain shape is interposed and attached to the outer layer sheet 2, and the outer surface of the outer layer sheet 2 is attached. Cover with protective cover 6. In this embodiment, an example is shown in which the bag 8 is divided into four long and slender bag-like shapes 9, but the shape and the number of the bags 8 are not particularly limited. The larger the number of compartments, the less the bead is biased in the mat 1 and the flatness of the mat 1 is increased, but conversely, if the compartments are too fine, it becomes difficult to solidify along the shape of the article to be packed.

  Next, the point of packing two or more articles having different shapes using the packing mat 1 according to the present invention will be described. FIG. 2 shows a set of desktop personal computers, that is, a personal computer main body 11, a keyboard 12, a mouse 13, and a display 14. Actually, other devices such as modems are connected to printers, scanners, etc., but for the sake of clarity, in this example, two or more items to be packed are shown here. 11, keyboard 12, mouse 13, and display 14 only.

  When it becomes necessary to transport a series of these devices including the PC main body 11, the keyboard 12, the mouse 13, and the display 14 at a time due to reasons such as moving, first, the size required to wrap the series of devices is first. The mat 1 is selected, and the mat 1 is spread on the floor (not shown) with the surface of the inner layer sheet 3 facing upward. Next, from the desk, pull out the power wiring cable of the PC main body 11, the keyboard 12, the mouse 13, and the display 14 (hereinafter referred to as a set of devices S) from the power outlet to connect the devices. The pair of devices S is placed on at least half of the surface of the mat 1 as shown in FIG.

  For transportation, it is desirable to arrange the devices as close as possible so as to fit in as small a capacity as possible. However, in the present invention, as a condition for fixing and holding a set of devices S, the arrangement and combination of the devices are as follows. There is no particular problem.

  In this example, it is easy to understand, and an example is shown in which the keyboard 12 is placed upward in front of the display 14 in an upright posture, and the personal computer main body 11 is placed vertically on one side thereof. Needless to say, such an arrangement is an arrangement when using a personal computer. That is, it shows that it can be carried in a used state.

Next, as shown in FIG. 4, the edge 1a of the remaining half of the mat 1 on which the set of devices S is not placed is lifted and raised along the back surface of the set of devices S. Further, as shown in FIG. The upper surface of the set of devices S is covered, and the edge 1a is hung on the front of the set of devices S. As a result , the bottom surface, the top surface, and both side surfaces of the set of devices S are covered with the mat.

  In this state, the mat 1 is well adapted to the shape of the set of devices S so that part of the mat 1 also enters the gap formed between the set of devices S. Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 5, an exhaust pump 15 is connected to a check valve 5 attached to a part of the outer layer sheet 2 of the mat 1, and the exhaust pump 15 is driven manually or electrically so that air in the mat 1 is discharged. Pull out.

  As the air in the mat 1 is extracted, the mat 1 contracts to reduce the internal volume, and the beads 4 filled in the mat 1 are shaped into a set of devices S as the mat 1 contracts. , The mats are solidified as shown in FIG. 6 while gathering together and further filling the gaps of the mat 1 to prevent free movement and holding a set of devices in place. The outer surface of the mat is kept relatively flat and does not wrinkle.

  In general, to hold a cubic article in place, it is necessary to support the article at at least three points. In this embodiment, the mat 1 wraps the set of devices S, and the devices arranged at least outside of the set of devices S are part of the surface of the solidified mat. And at least three surfaces of the upper surface, the front surface, the back surface, one side surface, and the other side surface are supported and fixedly held in place.

Moreover, even if it is the apparatus arrange | positioned in the center part of one set of apparatus S among a set of apparatus S, in addition to supporting the lower surface and upper surface of the apparatus with a mat, a part of lower surface or upper surface mat by entering into the gaps of the apparatus, in contact with the side surface portion of the object article to be packed, the degassing of the mat, since it is supported by a portion of the mat three sides of the three-dimensional article has solidified, the mat The wrapped set of devices S will not wobble. Moreover, as long as the mat 1 is in contact with the surface of the device in the two or more devices included in the package, the mat 1 is solidified while being in contact with the surface of the device by deaeration. Even if they are different, it is possible to fix each device to the mat.

  In FIG. 7, the display 14 is held by the mat 1 whose bottom, back and top surfaces are solidified, and one side of the display 14 is laterally separated from the top surface of the display 14 by covering the top surface of the display 14 with the mat 1. Further, the other side is held by the portion 1c of the mat 1 solidified by entering the gap between the personal computer main body 11 and the display 14, and the other side of the mat 1 is further under the equipment. The parts 1d, 1e, and 1f are solidified while being arbitrarily raised to hold each part of the device. The same applies to the fixing of the personal computer main body 11. That is, the personal computer main body 11, the keyboard 12, the mouse 13, and the display 14 constituting the set of personal computers are stably held by the solidified mat 1.

  When the mat 1 for packing according to the present invention is solidified, for example, if the part placed on the floor or desk is the bottom, the part raised upward is the side, and the part bent further in the lateral direction is the ceiling. The cube is a surface (further, when the tip of the ceiling surface is folded downward, the folded portion is the front), and in the present invention, the folded shape is in accordance with the arrangement of the articles to be packed and the shape of the combination. It is decided on its own.

  During transportation, a mat in which a set of devices S (two or more articles) is packed can be carried as it is on a vehicle as a cargo, but when necessary to be stored in a fixed form, a set of devices S (2 You may accommodate the mat | matte which packed the above articles | goods in a fixed outer box (not shown). In that case, it is necessary to stuff so that a mat that packs a set of devices S (two or more articles) does not move in the outer box, but the stuffing is only a small amount.

  When unpacking cargo at the transportation destination, if the check valve 5 attached to the mat 1 is opened and outside air is introduced into the mat 1, the aggregated state of the beads is eliminated, the mat 1 becomes soft, and the package is wrapped. It can be opened freely. In this state, the mat 1 is unpacked and a set of devices S is taken out. The PC body 11, the keyboard 12, the mouse 13, and the display 14 are arranged on the desk as they are, and the sockets of the respective power wiring cables are inserted into the outlets. If the power is supplied, the personal computer can be used immediately.

  FIG. 8 shows another example of the packing mat. FIG. 8 shows an example in which beads are directly filled between the inner and outer sheets without interposing a breathable bag. In this embodiment, polyurethane sheets are used for the inner layer sheet and the outer layer sheet, but polyethylene sheets and vinyl chloride sheets can also be used.

  In this embodiment, two layers of an outer layer sheet 22 and an inner layer sheet 23 are stacked one above the other, and a large number of beads 24 are directly filled between the two sheets 22 and 23, and the peripheral edge 27 of both sheets 22 and 23 is defined. The mat 21 is hermetically sealed with a certain width and processed into a mat 21. In this embodiment, after equalizing the filling amount of the beads 24 in the mat 21, both of them should not be partly biased. The sheets 22 and 23 are directly heat-welded at a certain size at the important points of the sheets 22 and 23, for example, at intersections P (welding points) between the columns and rows at regular intervals as shown in the figure.

  However, the welding position is not necessarily limited to the intersection P between the column and the row, and may be arranged in a staggered manner in the vertical and horizontal directions, but it is necessary to weld regularly at regular intervals.

  A check valve 25 is attached to a part of the sheet surface of the outer layer sheet 22. The packing procedure for carrying a series of devices including a personal computer main body, a keyboard, a mouse, a display and the like collectively using the mat 21 of the present embodiment is exactly the same as the previous embodiment. That is, the mat 21 is spread on the floor (not shown) with the inner layer sheet 23 facing upward.

  Next, a set of equipment is placed and wrapped with the mat 21. When the air in the mat 21 is extracted, the mat 21 contracts as the air in the mat 21 is extracted to reduce the internal volume. As the mat 21 contracts, the filled beads 24 gather together along the shape of the set of devices, and further, fill the gaps of the mat 21 to prevent free movement, thereby defining the set of devices. The mat 21 is in a solidified state while being held in position.

  In this embodiment, there is a gap between the sheets 22 and 23 between the welding points P and P adjacent to each other, and this gap communicates with each other, but there is almost no movement of the beads 24 that fill the gap, and the embodiment is not necessarily limited to the embodiment. It has been found that it is not necessary to restrain the beads with a breathable bag as in 1. Rather, the flexibility of the pad was maintained by the amount not using the bag for restraining the beads, and the conformability to the article could be improved when solidified. As described above, in any of the embodiments, the fastener may be attached to the end edge in a state in which the mat is folded in two, and opened and closed.

  The kind and number of articles to be packed using the packing mat according to the present invention are not limited at all. Therefore, the number of articles to be packed can be from one, but the features of the present invention are different in conditions such as shape, material, height, size, etc., and more than two that remain connected It is effective when enclosing goods.

  In other words, when packing a set of personal computers, the mat is not only solidified by tracing the shape of a hard, fixed cube such as the PC main body, keyboard, and display, but also flexible as a wiring cable that connects devices. It is the same even if there is a certain article. For example, when you trace the shape of each wiring cable and bundle it, the shape of the bundle is traced and solidified to prevent the wiring cable from coming off or loosened during transportation as much as possible. can do. By using the packing mat of the present invention, it can be stably held and packed in the mat regardless of the hardness of the article to be packed.

  Of course, the articles to be packed with the packing mat of the present invention are not limited to a set of personal computers, but may be furniture, broken items such as tableware, and loose pieces such as clothing and documents. In addition, two or more articles can be easily packaged and transported.

  The packing mat according to the present invention can be widely used for transportation of goods by moving or courier, delivery of goods from department stores and retail stores, transportation of goods and documents between factories and offices.

1 shows an embodiment of a packing mat according to the present invention, in which (a) is a plan view, (b) is a sectional view taken along line YY of (a), and (c) is a sectional view taken along line XX of (a). FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of a set of apparatus of the personal computer which should be packed. It is a figure which shows the state which put a pair of apparatus of the personal computer on the mat for packing. It is a figure which shows the state which covered the back surface of a pair of apparatus of the personal computer put on the mat for packing. It is a figure which shows the state which covered the back and front of a pair of apparatus of the personal computer put on the packing mat, and shows the point which extracts the air in the packing mat at the same time. It is 1 part sectional drawing which shows the state in which a set of apparatus of a personal computer is hold | maintained in the fixed position on the mat for packing by deaerating and solidifying the inside of the packing mat. It is sectional drawing which shows the state which a part of solidified packing mat enters the clearance gap between apparatuses, and is fixing the apparatus. It is a partial cross section perspective view which shows the other example of the mat for packing.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Mat 1a End edge 1b, 1c, 1d, 1e, 1f Solidified part of mat 2 Outer layer sheet 3 Inner layer sheet 4 Bead 5 Check valve 6 Protective cover 7 Perimeter 8 Bag 9 Partition 10 Shape retaining plate 11 PC main body 12 Keyboard 13 Mouse 14 Display 15 Exhaust pump 21 Mat 22 Outer layer sheet 23 Inner layer sheet 24 Bead 25 Check valve 26 Perimeter P Intersection S A set of equipment

Claims (6)

A method of packing two or more articles having different shapes using a mat filled with a large number of beads as a set and holding each article in a fixed relationship with each other ,
Enclose two or more articles in a mat, deaerate the inside of the mat, bring a part of the mat into contact with a part of the surface of the article, and further allow a part of the mat to enter the gap between the articles. In this manner, a large number of beads in the mat are brought into close contact with each other in the state of the shape of the two or more articles, and the mat is attached to at least the bottom surface, the top surface, the front surface, the back surface, one side surface or the other side surface of each product. A method for packing two or more articles having different shapes, characterized in that the two or more articles are held in a fixed relational position with each other by being solidified while being in contact with the surface . The method for packing two or more articles having different shapes according to claim 1, wherein two or more articles having different shapes are held in a mat that is solidified while being connected to each other. When the mat is placed on the floor or on the desk as the bottom, the part raised upward is the side, and the tip of the part raised upward is the side bent and the ceiling is the ceiling. 2. The shape is different according to claim 1, wherein the shape is solidified as a cube, and the bent shape is determined by itself according to the arrangement of articles to be packed and the shape of the combination 2. A method for packing the above articles. A packing mat that combines an outer layer sheet, an inner layer sheet, a breathable bag and beads,
The outer layer sheet and the inner layer sheet are air-impermeable sheets, and the peripheral edge is hermetically sealed by being stacked up and down,
The surface of the outer layer sheet is the outer surface of the mat that does not contact the article,
The surface of the inner layer sheet is the surface that wraps the article to be packed,
Between the outer layer sheet and the inner layer sheet of the mat, there is a bag having air permeability,
The inside of the bag having air permeability is divided into several sections, and each section is filled with beads,
The beads are granular synthetic resin foams, filled in the same amount in each compartment of the breathable bag,
The outer layer sheet and the inner layer sheet whose peripheral edges are sealed become a mat with a certain thickness by a bead layer filled evenly in each compartment of the breathable bag, and a part of the surface of the outer sheet is degassed. A packing mat comprising a check valve for preventing the air from being discharged, the beads being brought into close contact with each other by deaeration, and supporting the three surfaces of the article in a fixed position. The section is formed by partitioning a bag having air permeability into several elongated bags.
Bag beads are filled quantitative same amount, respectively Re each compartment Niso is inserted between the inner and outer layer sheets, packaging according to claim 4, characterized in that to finish the appearance flat mat Mat. The packing mat according to claim 5 , wherein a shape-retaining plate for retaining the mat in a certain shape is interposed between the outer layer sheet of the mat and the bag.

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