JPH07251836A - Packing container - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain a preferred packing container for transporting, storing and displaying synthetic resin bottles or the like such as PET bottles. CONSTITUTION:A packing container comprises a bottom plate tray T and a cover C having a peripheral wall 4 comprising at least four or more wall bodies coupled in a link, wherein the cover C is fitted to a periphery of the bottom plate tray T and also the bottom plate tray T and the cover C are coupled with each other by a coupling means. Thus the bottom plate tray T and the cover C are coupled by the coupling means, whereby an object to be packed can be easily and reliably packed and with the cover removed the object can be easily displayed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

This invention relates to soft drinks, especially PET.
The present invention relates to a packaging container suitable for transporting, storing and displaying synthetic resin bottles such as bottles.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when carrying soft drinks and the like contained in PET bottles, cardboard packaging containers C as shown in FIG. 9 have been mainly used because of the one-way property of PET bottles. . In this, a cardboard is cut out in a developed state of a three-dimensional box, bent and assembled integrally, and necessary parts are fixed by needles or an adhesive to form a packaging container.

[0003]

Although this conventional packaging container C has the advantage that it can be manufactured relatively easily and inexpensively, when it is displayed at a store, the packaging container C is opened and a PET bottle or the like is used. It was necessary to take out the unit packaged items g and arrange them, which was an extremely troublesome work. Therefore, depending on the packaging container C, perforations are provided along the predetermined height of the side wall, and when the display is performed, the
As shown in 0, the upper part is removed from the perforation, and it is displayed as it is. However, in any case, the conventional packaging container C has a major drawback that it cannot be reused as waste after use. . Moreover, since it is made of cardboard, the packaging container C itself is vulnerable to water and has no strength.

The present invention has solved the above problems and provides a packaging container suitable for transporting, storing and displaying soft drinks in synthetic resin bottles such as PET bottles. is there.

[0005]

The invention according to claim 1 comprises a bottom plate tray and a cover having a peripheral wall portion in which at least four wall members are connected in a link shape, and the cover member is a periphery of the bottom plate tray. And a bottom plate tray and a cover are connected by a connecting means.

The invention of claim 2 is characterized in that a connecting pin which penetrates the peripheral wall portion of the cover and engages with the bottom plate tray is used as the connecting means.

[0007]

With the above construction, in each of the first and second aspects of the present invention, each unit packaged object is placed on the bottom plate tray, and the cover is covered with the connecting means to cover the bottom plate tray. By connecting to the body, each unit to be packaged can be easily packaged. Also, when exhibiting at the store, you can display it as it is by removing the cover. The cover may be folded and stored separately.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in more detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a packaging container used in the present invention, and is a perspective view in which a top plate is omitted, and FIG.
-X sectional view, FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a procedure of assembling the packaging container of this embodiment, and FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a procedure of folding the cover of the packaging container of this embodiment.

The present invention is a packaging container comprising a rectangular bottom plate tray T and a cover C fitted around the bottom plate tray T as shown in the figure. The bottom plate tray T has a bottom portion 1 that is wide enough to carry a number of PET bottles (8 in this embodiment: 4 × 2 rows) suitable for transporting PET bottles that are unit objects to be packed g, It has an outer side surface 11 depending from the periphery of the bottom portion 1. The connecting holes 3 are provided at positions slightly closer to the center than both ends of the pair of outer side surfaces 11. Further, a concave portion 12 is provided on the surface of the bottom portion 1 so that the unit packaged object g can be stably held.

The cover C is for packing the unit packaged object g in the bottom plate tray T, and the unit packaged object g is packaged.
It has a peripheral wall portion 4 which surrounds the above and is connected to four wall bodies which are slightly higher than that in a link shape. Also the cover C
The top plate 5 may be attached to or detached from the peripheral wall 4 or openably and closably attached to the peripheral wall 4 as required. At this time, the top plate 5
If a concave portion 51 into which the head of the unit packaged object g is fitted is provided as necessary, the unit packaged object g can be reliably held together with the concave section 12 of the bottom 1. The recess 51 may be a plate-shaped or rod-shaped partition.

The peripheral wall 4 has a pair of L-shaped cross-section long walls 41, which face each other in point symmetry, and the long wall 41 is connected to the long wall 41 by a thin-walled bent portion 43 and the other end is cross-section L of the long wall 41. It is composed of a pair of short walls 42, 42 connected to the character side by pin joining. When the cover C is folded by adjusting the wall thickness of each peripheral wall portion 4 and the position of the pin, as shown in FIG.
The surfaces of the short wall 42 are flush with each other.
The number of peripheral wall portions 4 may be increased depending on the shape of the tray T or the folding method of the peripheral wall portion 4 itself.

A connecting pin P is provided on each of the long walls 41 of the peripheral wall portion 4 at a position corresponding to the connecting hole 3 of the bottom plate tray T. As shown in FIG. 2, the connecting pin P has a tip portion P1.
By fitting into the connecting hole 3 of the bottom plate tray T,
The cover C can penetrate the peripheral wall portion 4 and be engaged with the bottom plate tray T. Further, when the connecting pin P has its head P2 and is pulled toward the front, the tip end P1 is pulled out from the connecting hole 3 and the cover C can be removed from the bottom plate tray T.

Now, in order to use the packaging container of the present invention, a unit packaged object g is placed on the bottom plate tray T as shown in FIG.
And the cover C is fitted around the bottom plate tray T. Then, the head P2 of the connecting pin P is pushed to push the tip P
When 1 is fitted in the connecting hole 3, the cover C and the bottom plate tray T are connected. This connection may be performed in advance before placing the unit packaged object g. When the product is displayed at the store after transportation, the connecting pin P is pulled out from the connecting hole 3 and the cover C is removed, so that the unit packaged object g can be displayed while being placed on the bottom tray T. If the concave fitting portion 2 into which the head of the unit article to be packaged g positioned at the lower stage is fitted is provided on the back bottom side of the bottom plate tray T, it is possible to safely stack in multiple stages. At this time, the cover C may be folded and stored separately, but in the folded state as described above, since the surfaces of the long wall 41 and the short wall 42 are flush with each other, a large number can be easily and surely provided. Can be stacked.

FIG. 5 shows another embodiment according to the present invention, in which a binding band B made of polypropylene or the like is used as the connecting means. In this embodiment, the cover C has a configuration in which the top plate portion 5 is connected to the peripheral wall portion 4 via the double hinge W, so that the double hinge W can be easily rotated.
The notches provided in the top plate portion 5 and the peripheral wall portion 4 function as they are to prevent the band B from shifting. Figure 6 shows the cover C
The procedure for folding is described below, and the pair of wall surfaces of the peripheral wall portion 4 is folded in the center to allow compact folding.

7 and 8 also show another embodiment according to the present invention, and FIG. 8 is a sectional view taken along line YY of FIG. In FIG. 8, a protrusion 6 is provided on the outer surface 11 of the bottom plate tray T, and locking protrusions 7 are provided on the peripheral wall portion 4 at positions corresponding to the protrusions 6 of the bottom plate tray T. The clip 8 is locked to the locking projection 7, but when the locking projection 7 is extended in the lateral direction to form the standby portion 71, the clip 8 is slid and moved as shown in the right side of FIG. Since it can be kept on standby, there is no risk of losing the clip. Then, as shown in the left side of FIG. 7, the peripheral wall portion 4 of the cover C is fitted around the bottom plate tray T, the lower end of the locking projection 7 and the lower end of the projection piece 6 are aligned, and the clip 8 is slid and moved. By doing so, the locking projection 7 and the projecting piece 6 can be held by the clip 8. As a result, the bottom plate tray T and the peripheral wall portion 4 of the cover C are
Can be connected to and used for transportation and storage.

The packaging container of the present invention is a bottom plate tray T.
Both the cover C and the cover C may be molded by injection molding or the like using a synthetic resin such as polyethylene or polypropylene. The wall body forming the cover C may have a mesh shape, a lattice shape, a cross shape, or the like, and the wall body itself may be formed into a bellows shape to be contracted. A mechanical hinge, a thin hinge, or the like may be appropriately selected as the link mechanism of the peripheral wall portion 4, and a structure in which the links can be separated from each other or one side wall may be a separate body. A metal may be used for the connecting pin P and the clip 8 or the pin or the like used for the pin connection, if necessary.

[0017]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, it has the following effects as compared with the conventional packaging container.

That is, in the packaging container of the present invention, if the bottom plate tray and the cover are connected to each other, the unit articles to be packaged can be easily and reliably packaged. Moreover, when displaying at the store, it is possible to display as it is by removing the cover,
Display work can be greatly reduced. In addition, when the cover is not in use, it can be folded into a flat plate shape so that it can be stacked without occupying a lot of space. It is a thing. Furthermore, since the packaging container of the present invention is durable and can be used repeatedly, it has various effects such as resource saving.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line XX of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a packing procedure of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a state in which the cover of FIG. 1 is folded.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a state in which the cover of FIG. 5 is folded.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of another embodiment of the present invention.

8 is a sectional view taken along line YY of FIG. 7.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing a conventional packaging container.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing a state in which an upper portion of a conventional packaging container is removed.

[Explanation of symbols]

 T bottom plate tray C cover J connecting means P connecting pin 4 peripheral wall

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A bottom plate tray (T) and a cover (C) having a peripheral wall portion (4) in which at least four wall members are connected in a link shape, and the cover (C) is a bottom plate tray (T). A packaging container characterized in that it is fitted around T) and that the bottom plate tray (T) and the cover (C) are connected by a connecting means (J). 2. A connecting pin (P) which penetrates the peripheral wall portion (4) of the cover (C) and engages with the bottom plate tray (T) is used as the connecting means (J). The packaging container described in 1. On-board packaging container.