JPH07315466A - Plastic container for eggs - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve on a container for eggs in a simple manner to utilize some dead space on the container effectively so that there will be a bar code, catchphrase, trade name, etc., related to the merchandise shown on the container. CONSTITUTION:Over the spaces between each adjacent two of a plurality of upper recesses 4 on the side of the off edge 2b of the upper container part 2 an upper labeling surface 6a is formed in a strip substantially on the same plane as the external top surfaces 4a of the upper recesses 4. A front labeling surface 8 is formed in a strip on the off edge 2b of the upper container part 2. A label 7 showing a bar code, catchphrase, trade name, etc., related to the merchandise is stuck from the upper labeling surface 6a across to the front labeling surface 8.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a synthetic resin egg container which can pack a plurality of eggs while keeping a constant interval.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional synthetic resin egg container 1'is provided with a plurality of upper recesses 4'for accommodating the upper half of an egg in an upper container 2'and an egg in a lower container 3 ', as shown in FIG. A plurality of lower recesses 5'for accommodating the lower half of the lower container are provided, and one end edge of each of the upper container 2'and the lower container 3'is rotatably supported by a pivotally supporting portion 10 ', and after the eggs are stored, the upper container is placed. It is known that the other end edges of the 2'and the lower container 3'are stopped by a stapler 50 or the like.

[0003]

By the way, the egg container 1 '.
In general, when the eggs are displayed at the store, they are generally displayed in a stack in a vertical stack, but the front surface of the conventional egg container 1 ′ has almost no flat surface. For example, it is not possible to directly attach a relatively large label that displays information about the product such as the product's barcode, catchphrase, product name, etc., and even if it is applied, it will come off immediately. However, there is a problem that the goodness of the product cannot be sufficiently appealed to the consumer side, and on the other hand, the consumer side is not able to fully grasp the product name and the quality content which are the criteria when selecting the product.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and its object is to make a simple improvement and to effectively use the dead space of the egg container so that a bar code, a catch phrase, and a product name of the product can be obtained. It is to provide a synthetic resin egg container that can display such as.

[0005]

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention comprises an upper container 2 having a plurality of upper recesses 4 for accommodating the upper half of an egg and a lower recess 5 for accommodating the lower half of an egg. 1. A synthetic resin egg container in which one end edges 2a, 3a with a plurality of lower containers 3 are pivotally supported by a pivotal support portion 10, and the other end edge 2b of the upper container 2 is a plurality of upper wales. Between adjacent upper recesses 4 of the recesses 4, a band-shaped upper attaching surface 6a which is substantially flush with the upper surface 4a of the upper recesses 4 is formed, and the upper container 2
Is characterized in that a strip-shaped front attachment surface 8 is formed on the other end edge 2b of the.

Further, it is preferable that a contact surface 20 extending vertically is formed on the front surface of the upper recess 4. Further, on the other end edge 3b of the lower container 3, a front attaching surface 9 which is substantially flush with the front attaching surface 8 of the upper container 2 in a state where the upper container 2 and the lower container 3 are closed is formed. Is preferred.

[0007]

According to the present invention, the other end edge 2b of the upper container 2 is substantially between the upper surface 4a of the upper recess 4 and the upper surface 4a of the upper recess 4 between the adjacent upper recesses 4 of the plurality of upper recesses 4. One strip-shaped upper attachment surface 6a
Since the strip-shaped front attaching surface 8 is formed on the other end edge 2b of the upper container 2, the label 7 displaying the barcode, the catch phrase, the product name, etc. of the product is attached to the upper attaching surface 6a. By sticking from the front sticking surface 8 to the other end edge b of the upper container 2 which becomes a dead space of the egg container 1 from the upper recesses 4 of the wa By effectively utilizing the space on the front side, it becomes possible to display product information at a glance. Moreover, the label 7 is not attached to the space on the upper surface side from the plurality of upper recesses 4 having the other end edge 2b of the upper container 2 to the plurality of upper recesses 4 having the other end of the upper container 2. Therefore, when the egg containers 1 are stacked and displayed in a multi-tiered manner, the space can be used to place the egg container 1 on the upper side as before, and the display of the egg container 1 does not cause any problems. is there.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The present invention relates to a synthetic resin egg container comprising a thin upper container 2 having a plurality of upper recesses 4 for accommodating the upper half of an egg and a thin lower container 3 having a plurality of lower recesses 5 for accommodating the lower half of an egg. 1, and the label 7 can be attached to the front side of the upper container 2.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 and 7, the synthetic resin egg container 1 is made by molding a synthetic resin sheet material by vacuum forming or the like, and comprises an upper container 2 and a lower container 3. Each end edge 2a, 3a is rotatably supported by a horizontally long pivotal support portion 10, and the upper container 2 has a plurality of upper recesses 4 for accommodating the upper half of the egg (three in this embodiment) in two rows. And lined up,
In the lower container 3, a plurality of lower recesses 5 for accommodating the lower half of eggs are arranged in two rows corresponding to the upper recesses 4. At the upper edge and the lower edge of the horizontally long pivotal support portion 10, bent portions bent in a cross-section Ω shape are formed over the entire length of the pivotal support portion 10. From these bent portions, the upper container 2 and the lower container 3 are formed. Are being serialized.
In FIG. 2, 11 is a cylindrical fitting protrusion provided on the upper container 2 side, and 12 is a cylindrical fitting hole 1 provided on the lower container 3 side.
2a is a fitted part, and the fitting projection 11 has a fitting hole 1
The upper container 2 and the lower container 3 can be held in a closed state by being fitted to the 2a, and the fitting protrusion 11 can be removed from the fitting hole 12a by pulling the upper container 2 and the lower container 3 in the opening direction. You can take out the eggs with.

Between the upper recesses 4 in the front row of the upper container 2, a continuous portion 6 to which the upper portion of the label 7 is attached is formed. In the present embodiment, the continuous portion 6 is formed in a hollow U-shaped cross-section, and a band-shaped upper attachment surface 6a that is substantially flush with the upper surface 4a of the upper recess 4 is formed in the upper portion. The upper portion of the label 7 can be attached along a flat surface extending from the attaching surface 6a to the upper surfaces 4a of the upper recesses 4 on both sides adjacent to each other. Further, the width between both side portions 6b of the continuous portion 6 is formed smaller than that of the upper recess 4 to prevent the upper half of the egg in the upper recess 4 from falling into the continuous portion 6. There is. on the other hand,
A front attachment surface 8 to which the lower portion of the label 7 is attached is formed in a band shape along the horizontal direction on the other edge 2b opposite to the one edge 2a on which the pivot portion 10 of the upper container 2 is provided. . In the present embodiment, one end edge 3a where the pivotal support portion 10 of the lower container 3 is provided
On the other side edge 3b on the opposite side, a front sticking surface 9 that is substantially flush with the front sticking surface of the upper container 2 in a state where the upper container 2 and the lower container 3 are closed is in a strip shape along the lateral direction. Which are formed on the upper surface 4 of the front attachment surfaces 8 and 9, the upper attachment surface 6a, and the upper recess 4.
The label sticking part L is constituted by a and the like.

Further, the front surface of each upper recess 4 in the front row of the upper container 2 is formed with an abutting surface 20 which is elongated in the vertical direction. These contact surfaces 20 are, as shown in FIG.
With the upper part of the label 7 stuck to the upper sticking face 6a and the lower part of the label 7 stuck to the front sticking face 8, the middle part of the label 7 is inclined at an angle that allows surface contact. It is configured so that the middle part of can be supported from the back surface. Also,
An intermediate portion of the label 7 can be attached to the contact surface 20. In this case, the contact surface 20 is an intermediate adhesive surface located between the upper adhesive surface 6a and the front adhesive surface 8. It is what constitutes.

However, when attaching the rectangular label 7 on which the product barcode, catchphrase, product name, etc. are displayed on the surface of the egg container 1, the label 7 is partially (at least at the label 7) on the back surface. (The upper part and the lower part of the label) or the entire surface of the label, the upper part of the label 7 is pressed against the upper sticking surface 6a of the upper container 2 to be bonded, and the middle part of the label 7 is brought into contact with the front surface of the upper recess 4. Label 7 while pressing against surface 20
The lower part of the is pressed against the front attachment surfaces 8 and 9 to be adhered. In this way, the labels 7 are individually attached to all the egg containers 1. Then, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the egg container 1 is formed by inserting the lower recess 5 of the upper lower container 3 into the upper recess 4 of the lower upper container 2. I will stack 1 closely and display it. At this time, the label 7 is attached to the space on the upper surface side from the upper recesses 4 of the other end 2b of the upper container 2 to the plurality of upper recesses 4 of the upper container 2. Since this space is not used, the egg container 1 on the upper side can be placed in the same manner as in the conventional case, the display of the egg container 1 is not particularly hindered, and the dead space of the egg container 1 is further increased. By effectively utilizing the space on the front side from the upper recesses 4 of the other end edge 2b of the container 2 to the other end edges 2b and 3b of the upper and lower containers 2 and 3, a bar code or a catch phrase of a product, Since the label 7 that displays the product name etc. is attached, the label 7 can be displayed at a glance, and the goodness of the product can be sufficiently appealing to the consumer side, while the consumer side also selects the product. You can fully understand the product name and quality contents that will be a guide when doing There is an advantage in that.

The egg container 1 made of synthetic resin of the present invention has a conventional egg container 1 '(FIG. 8) with an upper attaching surface 6a and an abutting surface 2a.
Since it is only necessary to add 0, the front attachment surface 8 and the like, when the egg container 1 of the present invention is produced in a factory, a part of the molding die of the conventional egg container 1'can be modified. The egg container 1 having the upper sticking surface 6a, the contact surface 20, and the front sticking surface 8 can be manufactured, and the production cost can be reduced. The upper sticking surface 6a and the front sticking surface 8 to which the label 7 is stuck are flat surfaces, and at least the upper and lower sides of the label 7 are pressed by the upper sticking surface 6a and the front sticking surface 8, respectively. Since it suffices to attach the label 7, the label 7 can be automatically attached to the upper container 2 by installing a machine for automatically attaching the label 7 in the middle of the existing production line of the factory. become. As a result, the egg container 1 of the present invention can be rationally manufactured by using the existing equipment as it is and does not require extra equipment investment.
There is also an advantage that the equipment cost can be reduced.

Further, since the contact surface 20 extending in the vertical direction is formed on the front surface of the upper recess 4, the contact is made in the state where the label 7 is adhered to the upper attaching surface 6a and the front attaching surface 8. Since the middle portion of the label 7 can be supported from the back surface by the surface 20, the label 7
There is no concern that the middle part of the label 7 floats up from the container surface to cause wrinkles on the label 7 or the label 7 is cut off from the middle part. In addition, the intermediate portion of the label 7 can be attached to the contact surface 20, and in this case, the attachment force of the label 7 to the upper container 2 can be further enhanced. Further, since the front attachment surface 9 is also formed on the other end edge 3b of the lower container 3, the lower portion of the label 7 is attached from the front attachment surface 8 of the upper container 2 to the front attachment surface 9 of the lower container 3. By attaching the label 7, the label 7 itself also has a function of closing the other end edge b of the upper container 2 and the other end 3b of the lower container 3,
Therefore, since the egg container 1 cannot be opened unless the label 7 is broken, it is possible to prevent a third person from opening the egg container 1 and playing a trick on the product.

In the above embodiment, the continuous portion 6 is integrally molded with the egg container 1, but the continuous portion 6 may be formed separately from the egg container 1. In short, the upper sticking surface 6a of both sides is adjacent to each other. The shape of the continuous portion 6 does not matter as long as it can be formed so as to be substantially flush with the upper surface 4a of the upper recess 4. As an example thereof, for example, the continuous portion 6 may be formed of a thin plate piece, and the continuous portion 6 may be bridged between the upper surfaces 4a of the adjacent upper recesses 4 on both sides to be bonded with an adhesive or the like. In this case, there is a demerit that the number of parts is increased by the amount of the continuous portion 6, but on the other hand, there is a merit that it is not necessary to modify the molding die.

The number of the upper recesses 4 and the lower recesses 5 and the number and shape of the upper attachment surfaces 6a are not limited to those in the above embodiment. Further, the label 7 is not limited to a quadrangular shape, and may have any shape as long as it extends from the upper attachment surface 6a to the front attachment surface 8 and can be attached, for example, a circle, an ellipse, a triangle, or any other shape. It can be applied to shapes. Also, what is displayed on the label 7 is not limited to the barcode, catchphrase, and product name of the product, but any information related to the product such as quality, origin, sales company name, efficacy, expiration date, etc. Can be widely included.

[0017]

As described above, according to the invention described in claim 1, the other upper end of the upper container is provided between adjacent upper recesses among the plurality of upper recesses of the hollow. Since a strip-shaped upper sticking surface that is substantially flush with the upper surface of the upper container is formed and a strip-shaped front sticking surface is formed at the other end edge of the upper container, the upper container becomes a dead space for the egg container. By effectively utilizing the space on the front side from the upper recesses of the other end of the above to the other end of the upper container, it is possible to attach a label displaying the barcode, catchphrase, product name, etc. of the product, Information about the product can be displayed at a glance, and since no label is attached to the space from the upper recesses on the other end of the upper container to the upper recesses on the one end of the upper container, Using this space, egg containers can be stacked vertically in multiple stages as in the past. As a result, although the other end edge of the upper container is provided with an upper attachment surface between the upper recesses of the upper container and the other end edge of the upper container is provided with the front attachment surface, the barcode of the product or A label with a catchphrase, product name, etc. is directly attached to the front side of the upper container, and information about the product can be displayed to the consumer side at a glance, and a high advertising effect can be expected at low cost, while the consumer side For this reason, it is possible to easily understand the product name and the quality content, which can be a guide when selecting products.

Further, according to the invention of claim 2, since the abutment surface extending in the vertical direction is formed on the front surface of the upper recess of claim 1, in addition to the effect of claim 1, With the labels attached to the upper and front attachment surfaces, the abutting surface can support the middle part of the label from the back side, so the middle part of the label floats up from the container surface and wrinkles occur. ,
Alternatively, there is no fear that the label will be cut off from the middle part, and the middle part of the label can be attached to the contact surface, so that the force of attaching the label to the upper container can be further enhanced.

Further, according to the invention of claim 3, the other end of the lower container of claim 1 is substantially flush with the front attachment surface of the upper container with the upper container and the lower container closed. Since the front attachment surface is formed, in addition to the effect of claim 1, by attaching the lower portion of the label from the front attachment surface of the upper container to the front attachment surface of the lower container, The label itself can also have a function of closing the other end edge of the upper container and the other end edge of the lower container, and as a result, the upper container and the lower container cannot be opened unless the label is broken, and a third party It is possible to prevent mischief on the product due to, and it is possible to obtain high reliability of the product.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the above egg container.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the above egg container.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing a state in which the above egg container is opened.

FIG. 5 is a front view for explaining a display state of an egg container to which the above label is attached.

FIG. 6 is a side view for explaining a display state of an egg container to which the above label is attached.

7A is a sectional view taken along line CC of FIG. 2, and FIG. 7B is FIG.
FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a conventional egg container.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 synthetic resin egg container 2 upper container 2a one end edge 2b other end edge 3 lower container 3a one end edge 3b other end edge 4 upper recess 4a upper surface 5 lower recess 6a upper bonding surface 8 front bonding surface 10 pivotal support 20 Abutment surface

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An upper container having a plurality of upper recesses for accommodating an upper half of an egg and a lower container having a plurality of lower recesses for accommodating a lower half of an egg are pivotally supported by a pivotal support so as to be freely opened and closed. In the synthetic resin egg container, the other end of the upper container is substantially flush with the upper surface of the upper recess between adjacent upper recesses of the upper recesses. A synthetic resin egg container, wherein a strip-shaped upper sticking surface is formed and a strip-shaped front sticking surface is formed at the other end edge of the upper container. 2. The synthetic resin egg container according to claim 1, wherein a contact surface extending vertically is formed on the front surface of the upper recess. 3. A front sticking surface which is substantially flush with the front sticking surface of the upper container when the upper container and the lower container are closed is formed on the other end edge of the lower container. The synthetic resin egg container according to claim 1.