JPH03289484A - Collecting packing member for magnetic disc device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable a plurality of magnetic disc devices to be easily packed by raising a plurality of parting pieces arranged integrally on a packing member main-body, inward with parting rise, and by containing the magnetic disc devices in divisions parted with the parting pieces, to pack the devices with the packing member main-body assembled in a square shell shape. CONSTITUTION:The respective parting pieces 4 of a packing member main-body 2 are raised inward in the orthogonal direction, and magnetic disc device containing divisions are formed, and in the respective divisions, five magnetic disc devices 3 are contained. After that, on a bottom surface 5, both side surfaces 8, 9 are raised in the orthogonal direction via folds 6, 7, and continuously, a top surface 11 is folded in parallel with the bottom surface 5 via a fold 10, and continuously, a fixing piece 13 is folded in the orthogonal direction via a fold 12 and is heaped up on the external surface of the side surface 9. After that, an adhesive tape 14 is bonded to be crossed over the fixing piece 13 and the side surface 9, and by fixing both the ones, the five magnetic disc devices 3 can be packed.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] Industrial Application Field The present invention is used for external storage devices of computers, etc.
The present invention relates to a collective packaging material for magnetic disk devices for packaging magnetic disk devices for driving floppy disks and hard disks in a collective state.

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional collective packaging material of this type, the configurations shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 are known. FIG. 6(a) to C1 is a perspective view for explaining the order in which a plurality of magnetic disk drives are packaged together using conventional collective packaging materials, and FIG. It is a perspective view for explanation in the middle of packaging with packing material.

As shown in FIGS. 6(a) to C1, the conventional collective packaging material S1 includes a packaging material main body 52, and two sets of connecting holders 54, each pair of which holds a plurality of magnetic disk devices 53 in a connected state. 54 and 55.55.

The packaging material main body 52 is formed of cardboard or corrugated cardboard, and side faces 59.6 (B?) are connected to opposite edges of the bottom face 56 via folds 57 and 58, and a side face 59.6 (B?) is provided on one side face 59 opposite to the crease 57. A top surface 62 is connected to the side via the fold line 61. Therefore, the packaging material main body 52 is attached to the fold line 5.
It is assembled into a rectangular cylinder shape via 7.58.61. Slit-shaped locking grooves 63 are formed on the bottom surface 56 at both edges on the front and back sides in a direction perpendicular to the fold lines 57 and 58. Each connection holder 54, 55 is formed of cardboard or the like,
5 II of triangular pyramid-shaped storage sections 64 are arranged in parallel so that a plurality of magnetic disk devices 53 (five in the illustrated example) can be connected in parallel with straight corner edges. −
A locking piece 65 is provided on the bottom surface of the set of connection holders 54 to protrude along the direction in which the storage portions 64 are arranged in parallel.

A packing procedure using the conventional collective packing material configured as described above will be explained.

First, as shown in FIG. 6(a), the locking pieces 65 of the - set of connection holders 54 are locked in the locking grooves 63 on the bottom surface 56 of the packaging material body 52. Next, as shown in FIG. 6 (bl), the corners on both sides of the five magnetic disk attachments 53 are fitted into each storage section 64 of both connection holders 54. Next, as shown in FIG. 6 (C1
As shown in FIG. 3, the storage portions 64 of the two connecting holders 54 are fitted into the corners of the other (upper) side of the magnetic disk drive [53]. Next, both side surfaces 59 and 60 are erected perpendicularly to the bottom surface 56 via fold lines 57 and 58, and then the top surface 62 is folded and bent parallel to the bottom surface 56 via fold lines 61. Next, as shown in FIG.
One magnetic disk device 53 can be packed. Then, a plurality of these packages (two in the illustrated example) are arranged in parallel, the lower part of which is fitted into a shallow recess 68 of a cushioning material 67 such as styrofoam, and the upper part of the plurality of packages is placed in a similar manner to the above. The shallow recess 68 of the buffer material 67 is fitted. Thereafter, the packaged body is stored together with the cushioning material 67 in a packaging box 69 made of cardboard or the like.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, in the above-mentioned conventional collective packaging material, since the connecting holders 54 and 55 are formed as separate parts from the packaging material body 52, there are many packaging steps, resulting in poor packaging efficiency.
Moreover, it is troublesome to manage. In addition, the structure is complex,
There were problems such as increased costs.

The present invention solves the problems of the conventional method, and allows multiple magnetic disk drives to be easily packed to improve packing efficiency. It is easy to manage, and
It is an object of the present invention to provide a collective packaging material for magnetic disk devices that can simplify the structure and reduce costs.

Means for Solving the Problems The technical solution of the present invention for achieving the above object is as follows:
A packaging material main body made of thick paper or corrugated cardboard with parallel folds on at least four sides, which can be assembled into a rectangular tube shape, It is provided with a plurality of partition pieces that protrude toward the side and can pack a plurality of magnetic disk drives in a parallel state with straight edges.

Therefore, according to the present invention, a plurality of partition pieces integrally provided on the packaging material main body by cutting and bending are erected inwardly, a magnetic disk device is housed in a compartment partitioned by the partition pieces, and a magnetic disk drive is stored in a compartment partitioned by the partition pieces. The device can be packaged using a packaging material body assembled into a rectangular tube shape. By standing up the partition pieces that are integral with the packaging material main body in this manner, it is possible to form a compartment for storing the magnetic disk device, so that the magnetic disk device can be packed with fewer steps.

EXAMPLES Hereinafter, examples of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

First, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described.

1 to 3 show collective packaging materials for magnetic disk drives according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 1(a) to C1 show a plurality of magnetic disk drives in a collective state using collective packaging materials. A perspective view for explaining the order of packing, Figure 2 (a
) and (b) are partially cutaway rear and front views of the completed package,
FIG. 3 is a perspective view for explaining the process of packaging the magnetic disk device packed with the collective packaging material together with the collective packaging material.

As shown in FIGS. 1(a) to (C1), the collective packaging material 1 of the present invention includes a packaging material main body 2 and a compartment provided integrally in this packaging material main body 2 for accommodating a plurality of magnetic disk devices 3. The main body 2 of the packaging material 2 is made of cardboard or cardboard, and side faces 8.9 are connected to opposing edges of the bottom face 5 via folds 6.7. A top surface 11 is continuously provided on the side surface 8 of the paper sheet 1 through a fold line 1o on the opposite side of the fold line 6, and a narrow fixing piece 13 is continuously provided on the top surface 11 via a fold line 12 on the opposite side of the fold line 10. .Therefore, the packaging material body 2 has folds 6.7.1
The fixing piece 13 is assembled into a rectangular tube shape with a diameter of 0.12 mm, and the fixing piece 13 is overlapped with a part of the outer surface of the side surface 9. Partition pieces 4 are integrally provided on the rear edge of the bottom surface 5 in parallel with the fold line 6.7, and are cut and raised at a plurality of places (four places in the illustrated example) at equal intervals. A compartment is formed in which a plurality of units (in the illustrated example, five units) can be housed in parallel with straight corner edges.

A packing procedure using the collective packing material configured as above will be explained.

First, as shown in FIG. 1(a), each partition piece 4 is made to stand inward at right angles to form a compartment for storing a magnetic disk device. Next, as shown in Figure 1 (bl, (C+),
Five magnetic disk devices 3 are housed in each compartment. next,
Both side surfaces 8.9 are made to stand perpendicularly to the bottom surface 5 through the crease 6.7, then the top surface 11 is folded parallel to the bottom surface 5 via the crease 10, and then the fixing piece 13 is folded into the crease 12. Bend it at right angles through the edges and overlap it on the outer surface of the side surface 9. Next, as shown in FIGS. 2(a) and 2(bl), adhesive tape 14 is glued across the fixing piece 13 and the side surface 9, and the five magnetic disk drives 3 are packed by fixing both. At this time, as mentioned above, the partition piece 4 is provided only on the back side of the bottom surface 5, but this
The unstable protrusions 15 at the corners shown in detail in FIG. It is. The width of the side surface 8.9 on the bottom surface 5 is set to be about 1 circle narrower than the width of the five magnetic disk drives 3 stacked together, and the magnetic disk drive 3 is packed in the packing material main body 2 as described above. When doing so, it is preferable to prevent play from occurring between the magnetic disk device 3 and the packaging material body 2.

Then, as shown in FIG. 3, a plurality of packages (two in the illustrated example) are placed in parallel and their lower parts are fitted into shallow recesses 17 of a cushioning material 16 such as styrofoam. A shallow u-section 17 of a cushioning material 16 similar to that described above is fitted to the upper part of the body. Thereafter, the packaged body is stored together with the cushioning material 16 in a packaging box 18 made of cardboard or the like.

As described above, according to this embodiment, since the partition piece 4 is integrally provided on the packaging material main body 2, the packaging process of the magnetic disk device 3 is reduced, the packaging work is simplified, and the packaging work efficiency is improved. be able to. In addition, since the packaging material main body 2 and the partition piece 4 are integrated as described above, management becomes easier.
Furthermore, the structure is simple and costs can be reduced.

In the above embodiment, the fixing piece 13 is provided on the packaging material main body 2, but the fixing piece 13 is provided from only four sides, the bottom surface 5, both side surfaces 8.9 and the top surface 11 connected by parallel folds 6.7.10. Alternatively, the top surface 11 may be connected to the side surface 9 with an adhesive tape 14.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described.

4 and 5 show collective packaging materials for magnetic disk drives according to the second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a perspective view for explaining the order of packing, and FIG. 5 is a perspective view for explaining the process of packaging a magnetic disk device packed with the collective packaging material together with the collective packaging material.

In this embodiment, as shown in detail in FIG.
5.19, the partition piece 4 is integrally provided on the bottom surface 5 of the packaging material main body 2 by cutting and bending as in the first embodiment, and the partition piece 4 is provided on the back side edge of the top surface 11. Also, a partition piece 20 is integrally provided by cutting and raising the partition pieces 4 to face each partition piece 4, and the magnetic disk device 3 is connected to the bottom surface 5 and the top surface 1.
1 is partitioned by partition pieces 4 and 20 on both sides, and at this time, the protrusions 15 and 19 are connected in a stable state.Other structures and effects are the same as in the first embodiment. Since it is the same as that, the explanation thereof will be omitted.

Effects of the Invention As described above, according to the present invention, a plurality of partition pieces integrally provided on the packaging material main body by cutting and bending are made to stand up inwardly, and a magnetic disk device is placed in a compartment partitioned by the partition pieces. The magnetic disk device can be stored in a packaging material body assembled into a rectangular tube shape. In this way, by standing up the partition pieces that are integrated with the main body of the packaging material, it is possible to form a compartment for storing the magnetic disk drive, making it possible to easily pack magnetic disks with fewer steps, increasing packing efficiency. can be improved. Furthermore, since the entire device is integrated as described above, it can be easily managed, and since the structure is simple, costs can be reduced.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

1 to 3 show collective packaging materials for magnetic disk drives according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 1(a) to C1 show a plurality of magnetic disk drives in a collective state using collective packaging materials. A perspective view for explaining the order of packing, Figure 2 (a
) and (bl are partially cutaway rear and front views of the completed package,
FIG. 3 is an explanatory perspective view of a magnetic disk device packed in collective packaging material while it is being packaged together with collective packaging material, and FIGS. 4 and 5 are an assembly of magnetic disk devices in the second embodiment of the present invention. The packaging material is shown in Figure 4 (a) or C1.
is a perspective view for explaining the order in which a plurality of magnetic disk drives are packaged together using collective packaging material, and 'M5 is a perspective view for explaining the process of packaging a magnetic disk drive packed using collective packaging material together with collective packaging material. 6 and 7 show collective packaging materials for conventional magnetic disk devices, and FIG. 6(a)
or C) is a perspective view for explaining the order in which a plurality of magnetic disk devices are packaged together using collective packaging material, and FIG. It is a perspective view for explanation. l... Collective packaging material, 2... Packing material body, 3... Magnetic disk device, 4... Partition piece, 5... Bottom surface, 8.
9... Side surface, 11... Top surface, 14... Adhesive tape, 16... Cushioning material, 18... Packaging box, 20... Partition piece. Figure 1

Claims (1)

[Claims] A packaging material main body made of thick paper or corrugated cardboard that is connected by parallel folds on at least four sides and can be assembled into a rectangular tube shape, and a packaging material main body that is inwardly cut and bent at at least one side edge of at least one surface of the packaging material main body. A collective packaging material for magnetic disks, comprising a plurality of protruding partition pieces capable of packaging a plurality of magnetic disk drives in a parallel state with linear edges.