JP7042633B2 - Inner for holding goods - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an article holding inner that is mounted in an article protection container for accommodating an article and safely holds the article in the article protection container.

When storing or transporting an article that is fragile due to an impact in a container, an inner for holding the article is often used as a means for preventing the article from being damaged by an impact from the outside. Cushioning materials such as sponges, non-woven fabrics, and bubble sheets are known as inners for holding articles.
Further, as a means for protecting the article contained in the container from an external impact and preventing its damage, the packaging container is composed of a packaging container and a fixing film as an inner for holding the article for fixing the article in the packaging container. Is composed of a container body and a lid material, and the article is covered with a fixing film and adheres to the inner surface of the lid material, and between the article and the side surface and the bottom surface of the container body which adhere to the inner surface of the lid material. A cushioning package having a gap is disclosed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

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However, if the article holding inner is a cushioning material such as a sponge, a non-woven fabric, or a bubble sheet, there is a possibility that the holding of the article in all the containers may not be uniform, and the article holding inner may be an article. In addition, there is a problem that the work of taking out the article from the article holding inner may be troublesome.
Further, the cushioning package described in Patent Document 1 is composed of a packaging container and a fixing film as an inner for holding articles for fixing articles in the packaging container, and the packaging container is composed of a container body and a lid material. And since the article is covered with the fixing film and held in close contact with the inner surface of the lid material, the work of holding the article with the fixing film is troublesome, and the holding article is taken out. Even so, there is a problem that troublesome work such as peeling off the fixing film from the inner surface of the lid material is required. Further, since the article is held in close contact with the inner surface of the lid material by the fixing film, there is a problem that it cannot cope with the impact on the lid material.

An object of the present invention is to provide an article holding inner that holds an article in an article protection container, reliably prevents damage due to an impact from the outside, and can easily hold and take out the article.

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 is an article holding inner that is mounted in an article protection container for accommodating a rectangular article and safely holds the article in the article protection container. It has a holding portion formed of an elastic material and formed in a rectangular container shape that opens the upper part to accommodate and hold an article inside, and a bulge that bulges outward at a corner of the peripheral wall of the holding portion. A portion is formed, and the diameter of the opening is expanded or reduced by utilizing the elastic deformation of the peripheral wall of the holding portion, so that the article can be held by the holding portion and the article can be separated from the holding portion. Further, the peripheral wall of the holding portion is characterized in that a pair of curved portions that are curved outward from the open end edge of the holding portion to the bottom surface are formed so as to face each other. And.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the article and the article are stored by accommodating the rectangular article in the holding portion formed in the rectangular container shape of the article holding inner mounted in the article protection container. Since it does not come into direct contact with the protective container and the article holding inner is made of an elastic material, the elasticity of the article holding inner cushions the impact and prevents the article from being damaged by the impact. ..
Further, the article accommodated in the holding portion of the article holding inner is held by the holding portion and the holding of the article by expanding / reducing the diameter of the opening utilizing the elastic deformation of the peripheral wall of the holding portion. Since the article can be detached from the portion, the article can be accommodated and held in the holding portion by a simple operation such as pushing the article into the holding portion.
Since the bulging portion that swells outward is formed at the corner of the peripheral wall of the holding portion, the article is accommodated in the holding portion toward the outside with respect to the peripheral wall of the holding portion. When a force is applied, the bulging portion expands and the peripheral wall easily expands, and the opening of the holding portion expands in diameter so that the article can be easily accommodated in the holding portion and expands. Due to the restoring force of the peripheral wall, the opening of the holding portion is reduced in diameter to hold the article housed in the holding portion, and the article can be reliably held in the holding portion.
Further, when the article held in the holding portion is taken out, the article can be taken out from the holding portion by pulling up the article.
When taking out the article from the holding portion, both sides of the article housed in the holding portion can be pinched by inserting a finger into the pair of curved portions formed on the peripheral wall of the holding portion. Therefore, the article can be easily taken out from the holding portion.

The invention according to claim 2 can be engaged with and detached from the inner surface of the peripheral wall of the holding portion according to claim 1 and to the upper surface of the article housed in the holding portion by utilizing the elastic deformation of the peripheral wall. It is characterized in that a locking protrusion is provided.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, when the peripheral wall of the holding portion expanded by pushing the article into the holding portion is restored after pushing the article, it is provided on the inner surface of the peripheral wall of the holding portion. Since the locking protrusion is locked to the upper surface of the article housed in the holding part, the article housed in the holding part can be held more reliably, and the article due to an impact received from the outside can be held. Damage can be prevented more reliably.

According to the article holding inner according to the present invention, the article can be held in the article protection container, damage due to an external impact can be reliably prevented, and the article can be easily held and taken out.

It is a top view which shows an example of embodiment of the article holding inner which concerns on this invention. It is a partial cutout front view of FIG. It is a side view of FIG. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. It is a top view which shows the inner for holding an article which held the article. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG. It is a partial notch plan view which shows an example of the article protection container to which the article holding inner of this example is attached. It is a top view which shows the state which the inner for holding an article is attached in the container body of the article protection container. It is sectional drawing of the article protection container which shows the state which held the article by the article holding inner mounted in the container body. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state which the article protection container shown in FIG. 9 is inserted into the pouch for vacuum packaging. FIG. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional explanatory view showing a vacuum package in which the article protection container shown in FIG. 9 is vacuum packaged with a pouch.

Hereinafter, an example of an embodiment of the inner for holding an article according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
1 to 9 show an example of an embodiment of the article holding inner according to the present invention, FIG. 1 is a plan view of the article holding inner of this example, and FIG. 2 is a front view of FIG. 3 is a side view of FIG. 1, FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 1, FIG. 5 is a plan view showing an inner for holding an article holding an article, and FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. FIG. 7 is a partially cutaway plan view showing an example of an article protection container to which the article holding inner of this example is attached, and FIG. 8 is a plan showing a state in which the article holding inner is attached to the inside of the container body of the article protection container. FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view of an article protection container showing a state in which an article is held by an article holding inner mounted inside the container body.

The present invention is an article holding inner 1 mounted in an article protection container 101 for accommodating an article M and safely holding the article M in the article protection container 101, which is made of an elastic material and has an upper portion opened. It has a container-shaped holding portion 2 for accommodating and holding the article M inside. The shape of the holding portion 2 is preferably a shape corresponding to the outer shape of the article M. In this example, the holding portion 2 is formed in a rectangular shape, but the holding portion 2 is not limited to this.

The holding portion 2 can hold the article M in the holding portion 2 and separate the article M from the holding portion 2 by expanding / reducing the diameter of the opening 4 by utilizing the elastic deformation of the peripheral wall 3.
In this example, the inner diameter of the opening 4 is formed to be slightly smaller than the outer diameter of the article M. The peripheral wall 3 is inclined inward, and the peripheral wall 3 presses the article M housed in the holding portion 2 from above.

A bulging portion 5 that swells outward is formed at a corner portion of the peripheral wall 3 of the holding portion 2 that is formed in a rectangular shape, and the bulging portion when a force is applied to the peripheral wall 3 of the holding portion 2 toward the outside. 5 extends and the peripheral wall 3 expands, the opening 4 of the holding portion 2 expands in diameter to facilitate the loading and unloading of the article M into the holding portion 2, and the restoring force of the expanded peripheral wall 3 makes the opening of the holding portion 2 open. The diameter of the portion 4 is reduced to hold the article M in the holding portion 2 and hold it in the holding portion 2. In this example, a locking protrusion 6 is provided on the inner surface of the peripheral wall 3 of the holding portion 2 so as to be able to engage and disengage on the upper surface of the article M housed in the holding portion 2 by utilizing the elastic deformation of the peripheral wall 3. ..

Further, the peripheral wall 3 of the holding portion 2 is formed so that a pair of curved portions 9 that bend a part of the peripheral wall 3 outward from the opening end edge 7 of the holding portion 2 to the bottom surface 8 face each other. .. In this example, the curved portion 9 is formed on one of the facing peripheral walls 3.
Further, in this example, the flange portion 10 is formed on the outer periphery of the open end edge 7 of the holding portion 2.

The elastic material forming the article holding inner 1 is not particularly limited, but when used for holding the article M to be vacuum-wrapped, it is necessary that outgas is not generated, and a polypropylene, polyethylene, or polypropylene-polyethylene composite is used. , Polyester typified by PET, cyclic polyolefin, polyimide, polyamide, PTFE, polycarbonate, liquid crystal polymer, PEEK and other synthetic resins are used. In addition, these laminated composite materials may also be used.
Further, in the production of the inner 1 for holding an article, as an example thereof, it can be produced by vacuum forming.

The article holding inner 1 configured in this way is mounted in the article protection container 101. 7 to 9 show an example of an article protection container 101 to which the article holding inner 1 of this example is attached. The article protection container 101 is composed of a container body 102 and a lid 103, and the article holding inner 1 is attached so as not to easily come out of the container body 102.

Specifically, the open end of the container body 102 is an inwardly wound curl portion 104, and one of the flange portions 10 formed on the outer periphery of the open end edge 7 of the article holding inner 1 attached to the container body 102. The portion is locked to the inwardly wound curl portion 104 from the inside so as not to easily come out of the container body 102. In this example, the flange portion 10 on the curved portion 9 side formed on the peripheral wall 3 of the holding portion 2 of the article holding inner 1 is locked to the inner winding curl portion 104 of the container body 102 from the inside. .. The article holding inner 1 mounted on the container body 102 in this way can be mounted and taken out of the container body 102 by elastic deformation.

In the article protection container 101 shown in FIGS. 7 to 9, the article M stores, for example, a biological sample, a chemical, a therapeutic agent, reagents including inspection tests, electronic parts, micromachining devices, etc. in a vacuum state. It is an article protection container used when it is a required article, and a ventilation hole 106 is formed in the top surface 105 of the lid 103.

As shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, the article protection container 101 containing the article M is placed in the pouch 107 constituting the vacuum package X together with the article protection container 101 and vacuum-packed. The pouch 107 is formed of a composite material having an aluminum film as an outer layer and a thermoplastic synthetic resin film as an inner layer. As the thermoplastic synthetic resin film, a polyethylene film, a polypropylene film, a polyester film typified by PET, or the like is used. Further, the pouch 107 is formed of a composite material having an aluminum film as an intermediate layer, an inner layer thereof made of the above-mentioned thermoplastic synthetic resin film, and an outer layer thereof made of a polyethylene film, a polypropylene film, a nylon film, a polyester film typified by PET, or the like. It may be done.

For vacuum packaging of the article protection container 101 by the pouch 107, the article protection container 101 containing the article M is put in the pouch 107, and the inside of the pouch 107 is exhausted to create a vacuum. In the process of exhausting the inside of the pouch 107, the air in the article protection container 101 is exhausted from the ventilation hole 106 formed in the top surface 105 of the lid 103 to form a vacuum. After the inside of the pouch 107 is evacuated, the opening thereof is welded and sealed to keep the inside of the pouch 107 as well as the inside of the article protection container 101 in a vacuum state.
In this example, the article protection container used when the article needs to be stored in a vacuum state is shown, but it can also be used as a protection container in an atmospheric pressure state or a pressurized state. That is, the article can be held in the above environment by the combination of the article holding inner 1, the article protection container 101, and the pouch 107.

According to the article holding inner 1 configured as described above, by accommodating the article M in the holding portion 2 of the article holding inner 1 mounted in the article protecting container 101, the article M becomes an article protecting container. The article holding inner 1 holding the article in the article protection container 101 is made of an elastic material when the article protection container 101 is not in direct contact with the article 101 and an external impact is applied to the article protection container 101. Therefore, the elasticity of the article holding inner 1 cushions the impact and prevents the article M from being damaged by the impact.

Further, the article M housed in the holding portion 2 of the article holding inner 1 holds the article M in the holding portion 2 and separates the article M from the holding portion 2 by utilizing the elastic deformation of the peripheral wall 3 of the holding portion 2. When the article is held by the article holding inner 1, the peripheral wall 3 of the holding section 2 is expanded by pushing the article M into the holding section 2 from the opening 4, and the holding section 2 is expanded. The article M can be housed inside, and the article M housed in the holding part 2 can be held in the holding part by the restoring force of the expanded peripheral wall 3.

Further, when taking out the article M held in the holding portion 2, the peripheral wall 3 of the holding portion 2 is expanded by pulling up the article M, and the article M housed in the holding portion 2 is held in the holding portion 2. Can be taken out from 2.
Then, when taking out the article from the holding portion 2, both sides of the article M housed in the holding portion 2 by inserting a finger into the pair of curved portions 9 formed on the peripheral wall 3 of the holding portion 2. Since the article M can be picked up, the article M can be easily taken out from the holding portion 2.

Further, in this example, a locking protrusion 6 is provided on the inner surface of the peripheral wall 3 of the holding portion 2 so as to be able to engage and disengage on the upper surface of the article M housed in the holding portion 2 by utilizing the elastic deformation of the peripheral wall 3. Therefore, when the peripheral wall 3 of the holding portion 2 expanded by pushing the article M into the holding portion 2 in order to hold the article in the article holding inner is restored after the pushing of the article M, the peripheral wall 3 is restored. Since the locking protrusion 6 provided on the inner surface of the third is locked to the upper surface of the article M housed in the holding part 2, the article M housed in the holding part 2 can be held more reliably. It is possible to more reliably prevent damage to the article M due to an impact received from the outside.

1 Inner for holding goods 2 Holding part 3 Peripheral wall 3a Opposing peripheral wall 4 Opening 5 Protruding part 6 Locking protrusion 7 Opening end edge 8 Bottom surface 9 Curved part 10 Collar 101 Article protection container 102 Container body 103 Inside the lid 104 Winding curl 105 Top surface 106 Vent hole 107 Pouch M Article X Vacuum package

Claims (2)

An article holding inner that is mounted in an article protection container that houses a rectangular article and safely holds the article in the article protection container.
It has a holding portion formed of an elastic material and formed in a rectangular container shape that opens the upper part to accommodate and hold an article inside, and a bulging portion that bulges outward is provided at a corner of the peripheral wall of the holding portion. By expanding and reducing the diameter of the opening that is formed and utilizes the elastic deformation of the peripheral wall of the holding portion, it is possible to hold the article in the holding portion and separate the article from the holding portion. The peripheral wall of the holding portion is characterized in that a pair of curved portions that are curved outward from the open end edge of the holding portion to the bottom surface are formed so as to face each other. Inner for holding goods. The claim is characterized in that, on the inner surface of the peripheral wall of the holding portion, a locking protrusion that can be engaged and disengaged is provided on the upper surface of the article housed in the holding portion by utilizing the elastic deformation of the peripheral wall. Item 1. The inner for holding an article.

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