JPH05265142A - Outside case for film unit with lens - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make the separating work of the unit main body of a film unit with a lens and an outside case, efficient. CONSTITUTION:The right side surface cover part 16 of a carton is not stuck, but can be released. The left side surface cover part 15 forms a hole 24. The unit main body 3 is pushed out from the hole 24, so that the unit main body 3 can be taken out from the side of the right side surface.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an exterior body for a film unit with a lens, which covers a unit main body incorporating a film and incorporating a photographing mechanism.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The applicant of the present invention, "Sharing Run Hi",
Film units with lenses such as "Sharing Run Flash" (both are trade names) are provided. These lens-fitted film units are generally widely used because they can be taken immediately on the spot when they are purchased, and they can be taken to a developing shop as they are after shooting. From such a usage pattern, the lens-fitted film unit is required to be low in cost, and a paper box on which printing for cosmetics or the like is applied is used as an exterior body that covers the surface of the unit main body including the film and the photographing mechanism.

From the lens-fitted film unit sent to the developing station, the film cartridge with the photographed film taken up is taken out. For this reason, the bottom of the paper box is provided with perforations to make it easy to tear. After taking out the cartridge, well-known film development, print processing, etc. are performed, and the print photograph and the negative film are returned to the user.

On the other hand, in order to conserve resources and reduce industrial waste, an attempt has been made to collect the unit body after taking out the photographed film by the manufacturer and reuse it. Since most of the unit body is made of plastic molded products, even if the parts obtained by disassembling the unit body cannot be reused as they are, they can be recycled as raw materials by pelletizing and remelting them. Is. By such an attempt, the cost of the lens-fitted film unit can be further reduced.

[0005]

By the way, as mentioned above, in order to take out the film cartridge which has been photographed, it is easy to break because the perforation is provided on the bottom surface of the exterior body. Most of the unit body remains covered with the exterior body. Therefore, when considering the recycling use of the unit body described above, the manufacturer first needs to remove the exterior body from the unit body. However, the paper boxes that have been used so far as the above-mentioned exterior body are kept in a state of covering the unit main body by gluing required parts to each other.
Therefore, in order to remove the paper box from the unit body, the glued portion must be peeled off or the paper box must be torn off, which is troublesome and the above-described sorting work cannot be said to be efficient.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and provides an exterior body for a lens-equipped film unit in which the unit main body can be easily taken out from the exterior body to improve the efficiency of sorting work. With the goal.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention makes one surface of an exterior body that covers the unit main body of the lens-fitted photo film unit openable and closable, and the surface opposite to the openable and closable surface is provided. It has a hole for pushing out the unit body.

[0008]

EXAMPLE FIG. 3 shows the appearance of a lens-fitted film unit using a paper box to which the present invention is applied as an exterior body. The lens-fitted photo film unit 2 is composed of a unit main body 3 having a built-in film and a shutter mechanism, a winding mechanism, etc., and a paper box 4 covering the surface thereof.
The paper box 4 is provided with a hole for exposing the taking lens 5, the finder window 6, the release button 7, the film counter window 8, and the winding knob 9 to the outside, and the unit body 3 is covered with the paper box 4. A shooting operation can be performed.

FIG. 1 shows the external appearance of the paper box 4 assembled, and FIG. 2 shows the paper box 4 unfolded and viewed from the front side. In order to wrap each side of the box-shaped unit main body 3, the paper box 4 includes a left side cover section 15, a right side cover in addition to the back cover section 11, the top cover section 12, the front cover section 13 and the bottom cover section 14. Section 16, and flaps 17, 18, 19, 20 are further provided. A glue margin piece 14a is continuously provided on the bottom surface cover portion 14, and a cutout portion 22 that can be cut along the perforations 21 is provided at the left end portion. Left side cover part 1
5, a glue margin piece 15a is continuously provided, and the cover portion 15
A hole 24 is provided substantially in the center.

As shown in FIG. 2, a mountain fold line indicated by an alternate long and short dash line is formed at the boundary between the cover portions, the flaps, and the adhesive margin pieces. Then, glue 23 is placed on the glue allowance pieces 14a, 15a and the flap 19 and bent from the mountain fold line, and the flap 19 is glued to the back surface of the left side surface cover portion 15. The paper box 4 can be assembled as shown in FIG.

As can be seen from FIG. 1, the right side cover portion 16
The flaps 17 and 18 are not glued to the other parts of the paper box 4. Therefore, with these open, the unit body 3 is inserted into the paper box 4, and the right side cover portion 16
Cover with flaps 17 and 18 and then insert piece 16a
Is inserted between the back surface of the unit main body 3 and the back surface of the back cover portion 11 to obtain the lens-fitted film unit 2 shown in FIG.

The lens-fitted photo film unit 2 is collected at the developing station after use. At the photo lab, the cartridge is taken out from the unit main body 3. At this time, the perforation 21 formed on the bottom cover portion 14 of the paper box 4 is broken, and the cut portion 22 together with the flap 20 is cut out from the paper box 4. As a result, the patrone take-out lid provided on the bottom surface of the unit main body 3 is exposed, so that the patrone can be taken out by opening the lid without removing the paper box 4 from the unit main body 3. It should be noted that glue piece 1
Since 4a extends to the cutout portion 22, if this portion is glued to the back surface of the back cover portion 11, the perforation 21
At the time of breaking, the cutout portion 22 remains connected to the back cover portion 11 at one end side, but by opening it like a lid, the cartridge can be taken out as in the above embodiment.

The unit body 3 after taking out the cartridge
Are collected by the maker while being covered with the paper box 4. In order to recycle the unit body 3 and the paper box 4, the maker first removes the paper box 4 from the unit body 3. At the time of this work, the unglued portion of the paper box 4, that is, the right side cover portion 16 is opened. Then, by inserting a finger or a jig into the hole 24 formed in the left side cover portion 15 and pushing out the unit main body 3 as shown by the chain double-dashed line in FIG. 1, the unit main body 3 can be easily removed from the paper box 4. Can be taken out. Therefore, it is not necessary to bother to peel off the glued portion of the paper box 4 as in the conventional case, and the work of separating the unit body 3 and the paper box 4 is simplified. It should be noted that even if the mount portion of the taking lens 5 or the like slightly protrudes from the opening formed in the paper box 4, the paper box 4 is easily deformed, so there is no effect on the work of taking out the unit body 3.

Further, the present invention can be implemented in the form shown in FIG. In the paper box 30 shown in FIG. 4, a hole 32 is provided in the top cover portion 31 and only the bottom cover portion 33 can be opened. Therefore, the bottom cover portion 33 is provided with a pair of insertion pieces 33a, which are not glued to the other parts of the paper box 30 together with the left and right flaps 34 and 35. Since the bottom cover 33 can be opened, the bottom cover 33 can be opened and the cartridge can be taken out at the developing station even without the perforations 21 as in the above-described embodiment.

Further, the manufacturer can separate the unit body 3 from the paper box 30 by pushing the unit body 3 from the bottom side using the hole 32. In addition, the paper box 30
The shutter button 7 is previously attached to the top cover portion 31 of the
Since holes for exposing the film and the film counter window 8 are provided, it is possible to omit the holes 32 and use these holes also for pushing out the unit main body 3.

As described above, if the paper boxes 4 and 30 are used as the exterior body of the unit main body 3, one surface of the paper box can be opened without peeling off the glued portion, and the opened surface is opposed. Since the surface is provided with a hole for pushing out the unit body, the work of separating the unit body 3 from the paper boxes 4 and 30 can be efficiently performed. Further, as the exterior body used in the present invention, not only the above-mentioned paper box but also a box-shaped thin plastic sheet may be used. Various methods such as sealing and double-sided tape can be used.

[0017]

As described above, according to the exterior body for a lens-fitted film unit of the present invention, one surface of the exterior body is openable. The unit body can be easily pushed out of the exterior body using the holes provided, eliminating the need for tearing the exterior body and peeling off the glued part, making the separation work between the unit body and exterior body efficient. Be converted. Also,
Since the outer casing can be easily separated from the unit main body without subdividing the outer casing, the fibers are not subdivided when a paper box is used as the outer casing, which is also advantageous for reuse as waste paper.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a paper box using the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front side development view of the paper box shown in FIG.

3 is an external view of a lens-fitted film unit using the paper box shown in FIG. 1 as an exterior body.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing another example of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 3 Unit main body 4,30 Paper box 15 Left side cover section 16 Right side cover section 24, 32 hole 31 Top cover section 33 Bottom cover section

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An exterior body for a film unit with a lens, which covers a unit main body in which a film is built-in and a photographing mechanism is incorporated in advance and which is used without being detached from the unit main body at the time of photographing, of an exterior body covering the unit main body. An exterior body for a film unit with a lens, wherein one surface is openable and closable, and a hole for pushing out the unit main body is provided on a surface facing the openable and closable surface.