JPH08268487A - Packing box for spark plug - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a packing box simple to pack and take out a spark plug. CONSTITUTION: A packing box for a spark plug is constituted of a tray 10 equipped with a lower box part 30 having housing holes 39 in which the screw parts 103 of the main metal fittings 102 of spark plugs 100 are inserted provided thereto and an upper box part 20 having the fixing holes 29 for the spark plugs 100 provided thereto and an outer box 2. Since a plurality of the spark plugs 100 are housed in the tray 10, they are simply housed in the outer box 2. Each of the spark plugs can be soon taken out only by taking out the tray 10 from the outer box 2. Even when the tray 10 is taken out of the outer box 2, the spark plugs 100 are brought together without being disjoined and, therefore, the handling of the spark plugs after opening is easy.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a spark plug packaging box containing a plurality of spark plugs.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in order to pack and wrap a plurality of spark plugs in a state where they can be shipped, for example, as shown in FIG. 6, each spark plug 100 has a cylindrical shape for protecting a spark gap. Protective spacer (protective cap) 11
The outer electrode 104 side is covered with 0, and then a plurality of small spark plugs 100 that are placed in a small paper box 200 that individually stores the spark plugs 100 are collectively stored in a large paper box 300. Alternatively, a plurality of spark plugs are arranged on a dedicated tray made of resin, which is molded according to the shape of various spark plugs, and placed in a packaging box together with the trays.

[0003]

However, when the spark plug 100 is put in a double box like the former, packing and packaging are troublesome, and when the spark plug 100 is taken out, a large box is required. After opening the lid of 300, the lid must be opened many times for each small box 200,
There is a problem that it takes time and effort. Also, when using a resin tray, the spark plugs tend to come apart once the tray is taken out from the packaging box. There is no problem when using all the spark plugs in the tray, but only a part is used. In some cases, there is a problem that the management of the remaining spark plug is troublesome.

According to the present invention, a large number of spark plugs can be packed and wrapped easily, and the spark gap can be protected with sufficient strength. At the time of use, the spark plugs can be easily taken out, and the spark plug can be easily opened. It is an object of the present invention to provide a spark plug packaging box in which the plug can be easily managed.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, a paper box having a small box portion for protecting each spark gap of a plurality of spark plugs and a fixing portion for fixing each spark plug is provided. The technical means comprises a tray and a packaging member that accommodates the tray. In Claim 2, the small box portion has a receiving hole into which a screw portion formed in each metal shell of the plurality of spark plugs is fitted.
While accommodating the screw portion and the outer electrode inside the accommodation hole, the fixing portion is formed so as to face the accommodation hole of the small box portion and presses the insulators of the plurality of spark plugs. The tray comprises a box-shaped fixing part having a fixing hole, and the tray has a technical means in which the insulator is exposed and accommodated between the small box part and the box-shaped fixing part.

A third aspect of the present invention provides a technical means in which the tray is provided with perforations capable of separating the plurality of spark plugs. According to a fourth aspect, the technical means is that the packaging member is a transparent packaging material that directly covers the outside of the tray. According to claim 5, the packaging member is
The technical means comprises a mount having a hole for hanging attached to the back surface of the tray.

[0007]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when a plurality of spark plugs are packed and packaged, a tray in which a plurality of spark plugs are housed and fixed in advance is packaged by a packing member. Therefore, since a plurality of spark plugs are housed and fixed in the tray, it is not necessary to individually package the spark plugs with a packaging member, and packaging with the packaging member is easy. When using the spark plug, the tray to which the spark plug is fixed appears by simply opening the packaging member. Therefore, the individual spark plugs fixed to the tray can be easily taken out as needed. Further, since there is a small box portion for protecting each spark gap of the spark plug, the spark gap can be protected even if an external force is applied.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the spark plug, the outer electrode and the screw part are housed in the small box part, and the insulator is fixed to the box-shaped fixing parts provided at the opposite positions. , Exposed between the small box part and the fixed part. Therefore, all the spark plugs can be confirmed on the tray taken out from the packaging member, and it can be easily recognized that there is no spark plug at the site where the spark plug is taken out for use. Therefore, after opening the packaging member, the spark plugs do not scatter on the tray, and the tray is cohesive, which facilitates management.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, each spark plug can be handled individually by separating the perforations of the tray.

[0010]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since a plurality of spark plugs are housed and fixed in advance in the tray at the time of packaging, the individually packaged spark plugs are packaged. It is not necessary to do so, and the packaging by the packaging member is easy. When using spark plugs, the individual spark plugs fixed to the tray can easily be taken out if necessary. Further, since there is a small box portion that accommodates the outer electrode and the screw portion, the spark gap can be protected even when an external force is applied.

According to the second aspect, all the spark plugs can be confirmed on the tray taken out from the packaging member, and it can be easily recognized that there is no spark plug at the site where the spark plug is taken out for use. Therefore, after the packaging member is opened, the spark plugs are collected on the tray, and the spark plugs do not scatter, which facilitates management.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, each spark plug can be handled individually by separating the perforations of the tray. In this case, each spark plug is protected from damage on both sides by the small box part and the box-shaped fixing part.

According to the present invention, since the transparent packaging material is used as the packaging member, the insulator can be visually recognized even in the packaged state, and therefore the type of the spark plug can be identified. According to the present invention, since the mount having the hanging holes is attached to the back surface of the tray, the tray can be hung on the wall or the like even after the packaging member is opened.

[0014]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will now be described based on the embodiments shown in the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a spark plug packaging box 1 according to a first embodiment of the present invention. The spark plug packaging box 1 is configured to accommodate a plurality of (for example, six) spark plugs 100, and includes a tray 10 and an outer box (packaging member) 2 that accommodates the tray 10 inside. .

The tray 10 is provided with an upper box portion 20 and a lower box portion 30, and is, for example, a cardboard or a thin corrugated cardboard, and a cutting paper 1 having a shape showing a development view as shown in FIG.
It is cut into 0A and assembled and molded.

In the cutting paper 10A shown in FIG. 2, the main surface 11 having a length set to be larger than the entire length of the spark plug 100 and a width set to be larger than 6 diameters of the spark plug 100 has a vertical direction in the figure. Box surfaces 21, 22, 23 for forming the upper box portion 20 and box surfaces 31, 32, 33 for forming the lower box portion 30 are provided, and further, the box surfaces 21 to 23, Margins 24 and 34 are provided at the ends of the extensions of 31 to 33.

Further, on both sides of the box surfaces 21 and 31, reinforcing surface portions 25 for reinforcing the box portions 20 and 30 at the time of molding,
26 and reinforcing surface portions 35 and 36 are provided, and margins 27, 28, 37 and 38 are also provided around each of them. The reinforcing surface portions 25, 26, 35, 3
6 may not be provided

In the cutting paper 10A, six elliptical shapes for pressing and accommodating the respective insulators 101 of the six spark plugs 100 on the box surfaces 22 and 23 for forming the upper box portion 20. The fixing hole 29 has the box surfaces 22 and 23.
6 for inserting the screw portions 103 formed on the metal shell 102 of the spark plug 100 for attachment to the engine on the box surface 33 of the lower box portion 30 respectively. Is formed with a receiving hole 39.

In the above embodiment, the reinforcing surface portion 25,
26 and the cutting paper 10A in which the reinforcing surface portions 35 and 36 are continuously formed from the box surfaces 21 and 31, respectively, are shown. However, they are continuous from the main surface 11 or other box surfaces 22, 23, 32 and 33. May be molded. Also, the margin 27, 2
8, 37 and 38 may be formed at other positions in relation to the continuous surface. Moreover, the number may be changed and provided.

The cutting paper 1 of the tray 10 having the above structure
In 0A, the dotted lines in FIG. 2 are valley-folded, and
An adhesive or the like is applied to each of the margins, and the tray 10 as shown in FIG. 1 is assembled and molded. As a result, the tray 10 includes a lower box portion 30 for accommodating the screw portion 103 of the metal shell 102 of the spark plug 100 and the outer electrode 104, and an upper box portion for accommodating the terminals 105 and the upper portion of the insulator 101. And part 20 is formed. The dashed-dotted lines A to E of the cutting paper 10A and the tray 10 are perforations for separating the stored six spark plugs 100 according to the required number.

The outer box 2 is formed to be slightly larger than the tray 10 so that the tray 10 formed as described above can be tightly accommodated therein. As a result, the spark plug packaging box 1 having improved strength against external force due to the combined force of the tray 10 and the outer box 2 is completed.

When the spark plug 100 is stored and packed in the spark plug packaging box 1 having the above structure,
First, the threaded portion 103 of the metal shell 102 of the spark plug 100 is fitted into the accommodation hole 39 of the lower box portion 30, and thereafter,
The insulator 101 is pushed into the fixing hole 29, and the spark plug 100 is fixed as shown in FIG. After the six spark plugs 100 are fixed in the tray 10, the tray 10 is housed in the outer box 2 and the spark plugs 100
Finish the packaging of.

As a result, since the outer electrode 104 is protected by the lower box portion 30, the outer electrode 104 and the center electrode 10 are protected.
6 does not affect the spark gap formed between the 6 and Further, the terminal 105 is protected by the upper box portion 20. Also, the spark plug packaging box 1 includes a tray 10
The internal spark plug 10 by the combined force of the outer box 2 and
Since 0 is protected, even if some external force is applied, the spark plug 100 is not damaged.

On the other hand, when the spark plug 100 is to be taken out, the tray 10 is taken out from the outer box 2 and then, as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG.
Open, grab the metal shell 102, and pull out the required spark plug 100 from the lower box portion 30.

As described above, according to this embodiment, the packing of the spark plug 100 can be simplified, and the spark plug 100 can be easily taken out during use. Further, since the outer electrode 104 of the spark plug 100 is protected by the lower box portion 30 and is a composite box of the tray 10 and the outer box 2 during packaging, even if an external force is applied, the spark is easily generated. The spark gap can be protected without damaging the plug packaging box 1 such as being crushed. Further, since the presence or absence of the spark plugs 100 accommodated in the tray 10 can be directly visually recognized only by taking out the tray 10 from the outer box 2, it is easy to confirm the remaining number of the spark plugs 100 and the like.

FIG. 4 shows a second embodiment of the present invention. In this second embodiment, the spark plug packaging box 1 is replaced with a tray 1.
0 and a transparent pack 3 that wraps the tray 10. In this case, since the internal spark plug 100 can be visually recognized from the inside of the transparent pack 3, the spark plug 1
It is possible to easily determine the type of 00.

FIG. 5 shows a third embodiment of the present invention. In the third embodiment, a mount 5 having a hole 4 for hanging is attached to the back side of the tray 10 to form a transparent pack 6 having a substantially J shape.
Combined with. Therefore, even after removing the tray 10 from the transparent pack 6, the spark plug 100 can be stored in the wall-mounted state as it is, and when the spark plug 100 is used, the spark plug 100 can be easily removed from the tray 10. it can.

As described above, the tray 10 is used in this embodiment.
Is made of paper and has a shape that is easy to assemble automatically because it is made of one sheet of paper. Moreover, since the screw portion 103 and the outer electrode 104 of the spark plug 100 are housed in the lower box portion 30, the spark gap is not damaged by an external force. Further, the upper box portion 20 is opened to open the spark plug 100.
When trying to take out, the appearance of the spark plug 100 can be seen, and the terminal 105 of the spark plug 100 can be easily grasped. Further, since the tray 10 has perforations, the spark plugs 100 can be taken one by one, and can be handled in the same manner as individual packaging.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a spark plug packaging box according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a development view of a cutting paper forming a tray of the spark plug packaging box of the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a partial perspective view for explaining a fixed state and a taken-out state of the spark plug in the tray of this embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a spark plug packaging box showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a spark plug packaging box according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a conventional spark plug packaging box.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Packing box for spark plugs (packing box for spark plugs) 2 Outer box (packaging member) 3 Transparent pack 4 Hole for hanging 5 Mount 10 Tray 20 Upper box part (fixing part, box-like fixing part) 29 Fixing hole 30 Lower Box Portion (Small Box Portion) 39 Storage Hole 100 Spark Plug 101 Insulator 102 Metallic Shell 103 Screw Part 104 Outer Electrodes A to E Perforations

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A paper tray having a small box portion for protecting each spark gap of a plurality of spark plugs and a fixing portion for fixing each spark plug, and a packaging member for accommodating the tray. Spark plug packaging box. 2. The small box part has a housing hole into which a screw part formed in each metal shell of the plurality of spark plugs is fitted, and the screw part and the outer electrode are provided inside the housing hole. And the fixing portion is formed of a box-shaped fixing portion having a fixing hole that is formed to face the accommodation hole of the small box portion and presses the insulators of the plurality of spark plugs. The packaging box for a spark plug according to claim 1, wherein the tray accommodates the insulator by being exposed between the small box portion and the box-shaped fixing portion. 3. The spark plug packaging box according to claim 2, wherein the tray is provided with perforations capable of separating the plurality of spark plugs from each other. 4. The spark plug packaging box according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the packaging member is a transparent packaging material that directly covers the outside of the tray. 5. The spark plug packaging box according to claim 2, wherein the packaging member includes a mount having a hanging hole attached to the back surface of the tray.