JP6025454B2 - Packaging box - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a packaging box for storing a bottle incorporated in a water server.

  In recent years, there is an increasing number of cases where mineral water is selected instead of tap water as drinking water due to an increase in health consciousness. Mineral water can be easily purchased at convenience stores, but as consumption increases, the frequency of purchase increases, expenditure increases, and the burden on transportation increases. In view of this, a service has been developed in which a device called a water server is installed in a home or office, and bottled bottles filled with drinking water are delivered to obtain good quality drinking water at any time.

  The bottles used in this service often have a capacity of about 10 to 15 liters in order to reduce the frequency of transportation and replacement. Initially, the bottles were mainly made of polycarbonate resin on the premise of reuse, and they could not be crushed even in an empty state, and there were difficulties in handling after use, and there was a problem in terms of hygiene due to reuse. Therefore, at present, replacement with soft bottles that are supposed to be used only once is progressing, and after use, it is possible to crush without difficulty.

  Although the user himself / herself carries out the operation of incorporating the bottle filled with drinking water into the water server, the weight of the bottle before opening may exceed 10 kg, which is difficult to handle. For this reason, some hanging tools are often provided on the bottle as in the following prior art documents. Patent Document 1 and Non-Patent Document 1 disclose that a belt-like hanging tool is pasted so as to straddle the bottom surface of the bottle, whereby the bottle can be easily incorporated into the water server, and the bottle is manufactured. There are also effects such as cost reduction.

JP 2012-46216 A Design Registration No. 1418482

  At present, many bottles are premised on one-time use as described above, and soft ones made of polyethylene terephthalate resin are mainly used. Therefore, after use, it can be disposed of in the same manner as various PET bottles, and since a recycling method has been established, it is excellent in terms of environment. However, in order to smoothly recycle the bottle, it is necessary to remove the cap part made of different materials, and when a hanging tool is attached to the bottle as in the prior art document, it is necessary to pull it away from the bottle. .

  This hanger is firmly bonded to the bottle in order to ensure safety, and it is expected that it will be difficult to remove the hanger after using the bottle. In addition, after removing the hanger, the adhesive often remains on the surface of the bottle, which may adversely affect recycling. Under these circumstances, it has been studied not to provide any hanging tool on the bottle, and even in such a case, a technology that can easily incorporate the bottle into the water server is desired.

  The present invention has been developed on the basis of such a situation, and an object of the present invention is to provide a packaging box having a function for incorporating a bottle into a water server in consideration of a case where no hanging tool is provided on the bottle.

The invention according to claim 1 for solving the above-mentioned problems is characterized in that a body for storing drinking water, a cylindrical neck projecting from the upper center of the body, a shoulder surface connecting the body and the neck, A packaging box for storing a bottle comprising: an upper piece for closing a window for projecting the neck portion outward; and the bottle contacting the shoulder surface when the neck portion projects from the window A pair of stacking portions, and the upper piece crosses the center of the outer lid that covers the upper surface of the packaging box and reaches the upper side surface of the packaging box. And is partitioned from the periphery by a perforated boundary line, the stacking part is located at the corner between the upper surface and the side surface of the packaging box and is opposed to the left and right across the upper piece, A bending line serving as a rotation axis is formed at the lower end of the stacking portion, and the bottom of the window By forming a perforated cutting line between the corner of the part and the end of the bent line, and breaking the cutting line in a state where the upper piece is cut off, A packaging box characterized by being rotatable about a bend line .

  The packaging box according to the present invention is for storing a bottle incorporated in a water server, and the bottle is made of a synthetic resin having a capacity of about 10 liters. It is assumed that the shape can be maintained. In addition, the packaging box is a rectangular parallelepiped that is slightly larger than one bottle, and it is assumed that one bottle is stored in one packaging box, and the material is paper that has excellent strength, including cardboard. And

  The bottle is composed of a trunk for storing drinking water, a cylindrical neck located substantially at the center of the upper surface of the trunk, and a shoulder that completely closes the upper surface of the trunk and is connected to the neck. The neck is a part that serves as an entrance / exit of drinking water, and a cap or inner plug manufactured separately is fitted into the end face thereof to seal the inside. The shape of the body can be a cylinder or a rectangular parallelepiped, and the diameter of the neck and the inclination of the shoulder surface are also free. When storing bottles, the lower surface of the fuselage comes into contact with the floor and the neck protrudes upwards, but when installed in a water server, the neck protrudes downward in order to invert the whole. .

  In the present invention, when the bottle is incorporated into the water server, it is not necessary to take out the bottle from the packaging box, and the packaging box is lifted while the bottle is stored. Next, the packaging box is turned upside down and the neck of the bottle is directed downward, and then placed on the upper surface of the water server. Finally, only the packaging box is removed. Since it becomes such a procedure, it is not necessary to provide any hanging tool on the bottle, and the packaging box is provided with an upper piece and a stacking portion so that this series of procedures can be performed.

  The upper piece is a portion that closes a window for protruding the neck of the bottle to the outside, and is separated from the periphery by a boundary line. In the present invention, it is necessary to project only the neck portion of the bottle including the cap from the packaging box, and in the state where the bottle is housed in the packaging box, a cutout window is provided immediately above the neck portion. However, if this window is open from the beginning, there is a problem in safety and the like, and the window is formed by separating the upper piece.

The window is sized to be projected reasonably substantially the entire neck including the cap. In consideration of the work of actually projecting the neck part outward, it is preferable to enlarge the window as long as there is no functional problem, and it penetrates the upper surface of the packaging box and then on the upper side of the packaging box. It is assumed to reach the belt . Moreover, since an upper piece is located in the opening part of a packaging box, it is divided | segmented into right and left two places . In addition, the boundary line is a line for partitioning the upper piece from the periphery, and is usually perforated so that only the upper piece can be separated.

  When the packaging box is lifted with the neck portion facing downward, the loading portion is a portion for contacting the shoulder surface of the bottle and receiving its weight, and is located outside the window. When the bottle is installed in the water server, the loading part is located below the packaging box and plays an important function of receiving the total weight of the bottle filled with drinking water. For this reason, the loading portion is integrated with the peripheral portion so as to ensure the necessary strength so as not to be deformed by the weight of the bottle.

  The cutting line is a perforation formed at the boundary between the loading part and its peripheral part. By intentionally breaking this, the loading part can be moved freely without being constrained by the peripheral part. Become. Therefore, if the cutting line is broken after the bottle is assembled in the water server, the stacking portion can be easily pulled away from the shoulder surface of the bottle. After the loading part is separated from the bottle, the packaging box is just covered by the bottle and can be easily removed.

The bending line is a line that is provided on the side surface of the packaging box and serves as a lower end portion of the stacking portion, and is constituted by a perforation or a fold. In addition to the top surface of the packaging box, the stacking unit is composed of three side surfaces adjacent to each other in a U-shape. Of these three side surfaces, the bending line is formed on the central surface. On the other hand, the cutting lines are formed on both sides. Therefore, the bending line and the cutting line are not arranged on the same side surface. Further, the cutting line extends from the corner of the lower end of the window toward the outside (four corners of the packaging box) and reaches the end of the bent line. Therefore, when two opposing cutting lines are broken, the stacking portion is connected to the packaging box only by the bending line, and can be rotated about the bending line.

  In the present invention, when the bottle is incorporated into the water server, the procedure is as follows. First, the upper piece is cut off and the window is opened, and then the packaging box is lifted with the bottle neck facing downward. As a result, the bottle falls slightly due to its own weight, the neck of the bottle protrudes from the window, and the shoulder surface of the bottle is received by the loading portion. Then, the packaging box is placed on the upper surface of the water server, and then the cutting line is intentionally broken, and the loading unit is pulled away from the bottle. Finally, when the packaging box is removed, the bottle is incorporated into the water server.

As in the first aspect of the invention, the packaging box for storing the bottle is provided with an upper piece and a stacking portion, and a bent line and a cutting line are formed at the boundary between the stacking portion and its peripheral portion. Thus, after the packaging box containing the bottle is placed on the upper surface of the water server, only the packaging box can be easily removed by pulling the loading portion away from the bottle. For this reason, it is not necessary to provide any hanging tool on the bottle, and it is not necessary to remove the hanging tool after the bottle is used. Moreover, no foreign matter such as adhesive remains on the bottle, and there is no possibility of adversely affecting recycling.

  A packaging box has been indispensable for the transportation and storage of bottles. Therefore, even if an upper piece or a stacking portion is provided in the packaging box, the increase in cost is slight. Moreover, it is not necessary to provide any hanging tool on the bottle, and the manufacturing cost of the bottle can be suppressed.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an example of the shape of a packaging box according to the present invention. The left side of the figure is a normal posture during storage, and the right side of the figure is a posture in which the whole is turned upside down to incorporate a bottle into a water server. is there. It is a perspective view which shows the detailed shape of the packaging box. It is a perspective view which shows the use procedure of the packaging box by this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the use procedure after FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the use procedure after FIG.

  FIG. 1 shows an example of the shape of a packaging box 11 according to the present invention. The left side of the drawing is a normal posture during storage and the right side of the drawing is a posture in which the whole is turned upside down in order to incorporate the bottle 31 into the water server 41. Further, the right side of the figure is drawn with the packaging box 11 divided in half to show the stored bottle 31. The packaging box 11 is a rectangular parallelepiped that can store only one bottle 31, and is formed by cutting a piece of cardboard into a predetermined shape. The upper and lower surfaces of the packaging box 11 are provided with outer lids 18 and 28 that can be opened and closed in consideration of storage of the bottle 31 and the like.

  The bottle 31 includes a rectangular parallelepiped body 33 capable of storing drinking water, a neck portion 35 protruding from the upper center, and a roof-like shoulder surface 38 connecting the body 33 and the neck portion 35, which are made of polyethylene. Manufactured by integral molding of terephthalate resin. Further, a cap 36 manufactured separately is fitted at the tip of the neck portion 35 in order to seal the inside, and an inner plug 37 for pouring out drinking water is fitted at the center of the cap 36. In addition, the bellows 34 is formed in the side surface of the trunk | drum 33, and a volume reduces naturally by consumption of drinking water.

  The upper surface of the packaging box 11 is covered with an openable / closable outer lid 18, and an upper piece 13 is provided at the center for projecting the neck portion 35 of the bottle 31 to the outside. The upper piece 13 is in the form of an elongated band, and an L-shaped one extending over the upper surface and the side surface of the packaging box 11 is opposed to the upper piece 13, and is further partitioned by a boundary line 15. The boundary line 15 is a perforation. A small hole 14 for inserting a finger or the like is provided at the lower end of the upper piece 13. Therefore, the upper piece 13 can be separated from the packaging box 11 without difficulty. When the upper piece 13 is actually cut off, a window 16 for projecting the neck portion 35 is formed.

  The stacking unit 21 is symmetrically arranged on the outside of the upper piece 13, and is a portion that becomes a shoulder of the packaging box 11, and is separated from the peripheral portion by a boundary line 15, a cutting line 22, and a bending line 26. . Therefore, when the packaging box 11 is turned upside down, the stacking unit 21 comes into contact with the shoulder surface 38 of the bottle 31 and receives the load. The left and right stacking units 21 are connected via the side ears 24 to prevent the stacking unit 21 from being inadvertently opened when receiving the bottle 31. However, after placing the bottle 31 on the upper surface of the water server 41, the perforated cutting line 22 and the bending line 26 are formed so that the stacking portion 21 can be opened.

  The cutting line 22 is a perforation formed at the boundary between the stacking portion 21 and the side ear 24, and the left and right stacking portions 21 are divided by intentionally breaking the cut line 22. Further, the bending line 26 becomes a center of rotation when the stacking portion 21 moves, and is a perforation like the cutting line 22. The bending line 26 only needs to function as an axis when the stacking unit 21 rotates, and can be a crease instead of a perforation.

  The side ear 24 is a trapezoidal part provided to smoothly cut the cutting line 22, and a perforated horizontal line 25 is formed in the lower part thereof. Therefore, when the outer edge of the side ear 24 is pinched with a finger or the like and opened outward with the horizontal line 25 as the center of rotation, the cutting line 22 is naturally broken, the left and right stacking parts 21 are divided, and the individual stacking parts 21 are bent lines. 26 can be freely rotated about the axis.

  Although the drawing of the detailed shape of the water server 41 is omitted, the normal water server 41 has a structure in which the bottle 31 is placed on the upper surface, and a pipe 42 for extracting drinking water projects from the center thereof. The pipe 42 pushes out the inner plug 37 at the center of the cap 36 and enters the neck portion 35. In addition, suspension holes 17 and 27 are provided on the side surface of the packaging box 11 above and below for carrying.

  FIG. 2 shows the detailed shape of the packaging box 11. The packaging box 11 is a simple rectangular parallelepiped, and its upper surface is completely opened to accommodate the bottle 31 and is closed by the outer lid 18 and the inner lid 19. A band-shaped upper piece 13 is provided at the center of the outer lid 18. The upper piece 13 has an L shape that reaches the side surface of the packaging box 11 from the outer lid 18, and has a small hole 14 at the lower end thereof. Note that the extension of the inner lid 19 paired with the outer lid 18 is suppressed so as not to overlap the upper piece 13. In addition, the lower surface of the packaging box 11 is similarly closed with the outer lid 28 and the inner lid 29.

  The stacking portion 21 is located outside the upper piece 13, and when the boundary line 15 and the cutting line 22 are broken, the stacking portion 21 is connected to the peripheral portion only by the bending line 26 and can be rotated about this. When the left and right stacking portions 21 are actually opened, the entire top surface of the packaging box 11 is opened as shown in the figure. Prior to opening the loading portion 21, the side ear 24 is first opened outward, and the cutting line 22 is broken. Further, the end of the stacking portion 21 has a double structure of the outer lid 18 and the inner lid 19 so that the bottle 31 can be reliably received.

  FIG. 3 shows a procedure for using the packaging box 11 according to the present invention. After drinking water is poured into the bottle 31 in the vicinity of the water source and the inside is sealed, the bottle 31 is stored in the packaging box 11, the upper and lower outer lids 18 and 28 are closed, and the tape 30 is attached. Thereafter, in order to ensure stability, transportation and storage are performed with the neck 35 facing upward. The upper suspension hole 17 is used during transportation.

  When the user incorporates the bottle 31 into the water server 41, the upper piece 13 is first separated from the packaging box 11 as shown in this figure. The upper piece 13 is partitioned from the periphery by a perforated border line 15, and small holes 14 for inserting fingers or the like are provided at both ends of the upper piece 13. Therefore, the upper piece 13 can be easily separated from the packaging box 11. The upper piece 13 has a U-shape because the left and right outer lids 18 are integrated with the tape 30.

  A window 16 is formed in the packaging box 11 by separating the upper piece 13. Next, the packaging box 11 is laid down, a finger is inserted through the window 16, the neck portion 35 is grasped, and the entire bottle 31 is moved horizontally. As a result, the neck portion 35 protrudes from the window 16 and the shoulder surface 38 contacts the inside of the stacking portion 21. Note that the end of the stacking portion 21 has a double structure of the outer lid 18 and the inner lid 19, and the strength is improved. For this reason, the packaging box 11 may be turned upside down at a stroke without lying down.

  FIG. 4 shows the use procedure after FIG. After the packaging box 11 is laid down as shown in FIG. 3, a finger is put on the suspension hole 27 near the bottom of the bottle 31, and the packaging box 11 is lifted so that the neck 35 protrudes downward. Move upward. A pipe 42 projects from the center of the upper surface of the water server 41, and the packaging box 11 is gradually lowered while aligning the pipe 42 and the cap 36 concentrically. Then, after placing the packaging box 11 on the upper surface of the water server 41, the side ear 24 is opened and the cutting line 22 is broken.

  FIG. 5 shows the use procedure after FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, when the side ear 24 is opened and the cutting line 22 is broken, the left and right stacking portions 21 are divided. Therefore, each stacking unit 21 can freely rotate about the bending line 26 as an axis, and the stacking unit 21 can be easily pulled away from the bottle 31 as shown in this figure. Thereafter, the packaging box 11 can be easily removed, and only the bottle 31 is incorporated into the upper surface of the water server 41. Thus, according to the present invention, it is possible to incorporate the bottle 31 into the water server 41 using the packaging box 11, and the bottle 31 does not require any hanging tool.

11 Packaging Box 13 Upper Piece 14 Small Hole 15 Boundary Line 16 Window 17 Hanging Hole (Upper)
18 Outer lid (upper side)
19 Inner lid (upper side)
21 Loading part 22 Cutting line 24 Side ear 25 Horizontal line 26 Bending line 27 Hanging hole (lower side)
28 Outer lid (lower side)
29 Inner lid (lower side)
30 Tape 31 Bottle 33 Body 34 Bellows 35 Neck part 36 Cap 37 Inner plug 38 Shoulder surface 41 Water server 42 Pipe

Claims (1)

A body (33) for storing drinking water, a cylindrical neck (35) protruding from the upper center of the body (33), and a shoulder surface (38) connecting the body (33) and the neck (35) And a packaging box for storing a bottle (31) comprising:
An upper piece (13) for closing the window (16) for projecting the neck (35) outward;
A pair of loading portions (21) capable of placing the bottle (31) in contact with the shoulder surface (38) when the neck portion (35) protrudes from the window (16);
Provided,
The upper piece (13) is a folded band that crosses the center of the outer lid (18) that closes the upper surface of the packaging box and reaches the upper side of the packaging box, and has a perforated boundary line (15 )
The stacking portion (21) is located at the corner between the upper surface and the side surface of the packaging box and is opposed to the left and right with the upper piece (13) in between, and is disposed at the lower end of the stacking portion (21). Is formed with a bending line (26) serving as a rotation axis,
A perforated cutting line (22) is formed between the corner of the lower end of the window (16) and the end of the bent line (26),
A package characterized in that the stacking part (21) can be rotated about the bending line (26) by breaking the cutting line (22) in a state where the upper piece (13) is cut off. Box.

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