JPH09142563A - Packaging structure for bathtub - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a packaging structure for a bathtub which is excellent in the economical efficiency and which improves the handling workability, by increasing the strength of handles for the handling work without increase of the cost. SOLUTION: In this packaging structure, a wooden frame body 30 is put on the bottom wall 21 of the lowerside packaging body 20 and a bathtub 10 is set thereon. And the upperside packaging body 40 is put on the upper side of the bathtub 10 and then both outer peripheries of the upper and lower side packaging bodies 40, 20 are bound by a band. In this case, handling holes 25 are provided at the lowermost positions of the side walls 22 of the lowerside packaging body 20. The outer girder 33 of the frame body 30 is set at the upper position than the handling hole 25 so that one can insert his hand in the handling hole 25 and hold the outer girder 33 of the frame body 30.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bathtub packaging structure.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An example of a conventional bathtub packaging structure will be described with reference to FIG. 11. As a member for packaging the bathtub 1, a lower package 2 made of cardboard or other cardboard and a lower package 2 are used. It is roughly composed of a wooden frame 3 placed on the bottom wall 2a and an upper package 4 made of cardboard or other cardboard that is packed from the upper surface of the bath 1.

More specifically, four sides of the rectangular bottom wall 2a of the lower package 2 are bent pieces 2b and 2c (a bent piece on the long side is 2b and a bent piece on the short side is 2c). Is formed so as to stand upright, a fork insertion opening 2d is formed in the bending piece 2b on the long side, and a joint fitting opening 2e is formed in the bending piece 2c on the short side. Has been established.

Next, the wooden frame 3 set on the bottom wall 2a of the lower package 2 is formed by assembling slender plate members in the vertical and horizontal directions, and engages with the bath leg 1a of the bath 1. Stop piece 3a
Are formed.

On the other hand, the upper wrapping body 4 for wrapping from the upper side of the bath tub 1 is made of cardboard or the like cardboard like the lower wrapping body 2 and has substantially the same shape and shape as the bottom wall 2a of the lower wrapping body 2. On the four sides of the dimension of the upper wall 4a, a side wall 4b is continuously formed on the opposite short side, and on the long side, an upper edge piece 4c is erected so as to stand in the downward direction. A side wall edge piece 4d is continuously formed at the edge so as to be able to stand inside.

The upper package 4 has a side wall 4b and an upper edge piece 4c, and a seal tape 5 is attached to a corner of the upper package 4 to fix the side wall 4b and the upper edge piece 4c in an assembled state.
In b, a joint fitting port 6a for fitting the joint 6 is formed.
Is opened, and the cushioning material 7 is inserted between the flange 1b of the bathtub 1 and the inner surface of the upper package 4.

When packing the bathtub 1, the frame 3 is placed on the bottom wall 2a of the lower package 2, the bath 1 is set on the frame 3, and then the lower package 2 is placed. The bent piece 2c on the short side of the container is erected, and then the upper package 4 is covered from the upper side of the bathtub 1, and the side wall 4b of the upper package 4 is placed on the lower package 2
The upper wrapping body 4 is placed at a position outside the bent piece 2c, and the joint 6 is fitted into the side wall 4b and the joint fitting openings 6a and 2e provided in the bent piece 2c.

Next, the bent piece 2b on the long side of the lower packaging body 2
12 is erected upward, and is superposed on the outside of the side wall edge piece 4d formed on both edges of the side wall 4b of the upper side packaging body 4, as shown in FIG.
As shown in (3), the band 8 is tied at three locations so that a force is applied in the bending direction of the bending piece 2b of the lower packaging body 2 to form the bathtub packaging body 9.

[0009]

However, in the conventional bathtub packaging structure, the following problems have been pointed out.

That is, particularly when the bathtub 1 is large and the weight of the package 9 is heavy, the load on the joint 6 is large when the package 9 is transported by hand, and the joint fitting ports 6a and 2e are not provided. There was a problem that it was torn, the joint 6 fell out, and the cargo handling work became difficult.

To prevent this, a reinforcing material is attached to the joint fitting openings 6a and 2e, or a strong but expensive corrugated cardboard material upgraded as a material for the lower package 2 and the upper package 4 is used. However, in such a case, the material cost is increased, which causes a cost increase.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and by strengthening the strength of the handle portion of the package of the bathtub without increasing the cost, it is possible to easily carry out the cargo handling work. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a packaging structure for a bathtub.

[0013]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention places a wooden frame on the bottom wall of a lower package made of cardboard or other cardboard, and mounts it on the wooden frame. In the packaging structure of the bathtub, the bathtub is set, the upper packaging body made of cardboard or the like is covered from the upper side of the bathtub, and the bathtub is bound by the band in the state of being packed with the lower packaging body and the upper packaging body. The wrapping body is provided with side walls that stand upright at both ends of a rectangular bottom wall, a handle hole is opened at the bottom of this side wall, and side wall edge pieces are provided on both edges of the side wall. The bottom wall edge piece is formed on the other end of the bottom wall of the lower package so as to overlap with the outer surface of the side wall edge piece of the side wall, and the frame is placed on the bottom wall of the lower package. Position the outer girder of the body above the handle hole provided on the side wall of the lower package. In addition, the upper wrapping body is formed with a bent piece continuously provided around the upper wall having substantially the same shape and size as the bottom wall of the lower wrapping body, and the bent piece forms a side wall of the lower wrapping body. And the upper packaging body is attached so as to surround the outer surface of the side wall edge piece, and the outer surfaces of the lower packaging body and the upper packaging body are applied so that force is applied in the bending direction of the bottom wall edge piece of the lower packaging body. Is bound by a band.

Here, the lower wrapping body is made of thick paper such as corrugated cardboard, and four side walls around the rectangular bottom wall on which the frame is placed have side walls standing upward on opposite short side sides. The side wall is provided with a handle hole at its lowermost portion, and side wall edge pieces are formed at both edges of the side wall.

Further, the bottom wall edge pieces are connected to the opposing long side edge pieces of the bottom wall of the lower package so as to stand upright,
The bottom wall edge piece is erected so as to overlap with the outside of the side wall edge piece.

Further, the frame body placed on the bottom wall of the lower package is constructed by assembling slender plate members in the vertical and horizontal directions, for example, between the upper edge plate and the lower edge plate and orthogonal thereto. The outer girders and inner girders are arranged in the same direction. Especially, the relationship between the lower edge plate and the outer girder is that the lower girder upper surface is upward from the lower edge plate upper surface by the spacer piece. The vertical dimension of the handle hole provided on the side wall of the lower package, the thickness of the lower edge plate, and the total thickness of the spacer pieces are set to be substantially equal.

On the other hand, the upper wrapping body, like the lower wrapping body, is made of thick paper such as corrugated cardboard, and the upper wrapping body has a rectangular upper wall having substantially the same shape and size as the bottom wall of the lower wrapping body. Bend pieces that stand upright are provided on four sides around the bottom of the bathtub. These bend pieces are fixed by seal tape in a state where they stand upright, and have a lid shape that covers the upper surface and side surface of the bathtub. I am doing it.

Further, the bent pieces on the four sides of the upper wall of the upper package surround the outer surface of the side wall and the outer surface of the side wall edge piece of the lower package.

After the bath is set on the frame body placed on the bottom wall of the lower package, the upper package is covered from the upper side of the bath, and when the band is bound, the bottom wall edge of the lower package is used. The bands tie the outer peripheries of the lower package and the upper package so that a force is applied in the bending direction of the piece.

As is apparent from the above structure, in the bathtub packaging structure according to the present invention, since the handle hole provided on the side wall of the lower package is located below the outer girder of the frame, By loading the hand through the handle hole and holding the outer girder,
The work of transporting the package can be easily performed.

Therefore, the conventional joint can be eliminated, and it is not necessary to provide a reinforcing material in the joint fitting port or use a corrugated cardboard material of which material is upgraded in order to strengthen the strength of the joint fitting port.

[0022]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of a bathtub packaging structure according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing each member used in the packaging structure according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a packaging body to which the packaging structure for a bath according to the present invention is applied, and FIG. The top view which shows the expansion | deployment state of the lower side package used for the packaging structure of the bathtub which concerns, FIG. 4 is a perspective view which shows the frame used for the packaging structure of the bathtub which concerns on this invention, FIG. 5 shows the packaging structure which concerns on this invention. FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a developed state of the upper package used, FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a handle hole provided in the lower package, and FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of an essential part showing a configuration near the handle hole in the packaging structure according to the present invention. FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a modification of the handle hole provided in the lower package, and FIGS. 9 and 10 are perspective views showing another embodiment of the frame body used in the packaging structure according to the present invention.

First, an embodiment of a bathtub packaging structure according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 7. First, as a packaging material for the bathtub 10, a lower package 20 made of cardboard or other cardboard, and a wooden body. The frame 30 and the upper package 40 made of thick paper such as corrugated cardboard are generally configured.

The structure of the lower package 20 will be described in detail with reference to both the assembled state shown in FIG. 1 and the developed state shown in FIG.
It has a rectangular bottom wall 21 having substantially the same shape and dimensions as the outer shape of 0, and the four sides of the bottom wall 21 are erected upward so that a vertical wall of a predetermined size can be formed on the short side. Side walls 22 are integrally formed continuously at opposite ends, and bottom wall edge pieces 23 are continuously formed so as to be able to stand upward at the opposite ends on the long side. Side wall edge pieces 24 are formed at both edges so as to be bent inward by approximately 90 °.

The bathtub packaging structure according to the present invention comprises:
A handle hole 25 is formed at the lowermost portion of the side wall 22 so that the cargo can be easily transported by hand without increasing the cost.

The bottom wall edge piece 23 is provided with a fork insertion port 26 for mechanical transfer, and the lower package 20 facilitates the standing operation of the side wall 22 and the bottom wall edge piece 23. For this purpose, a folding curve 27 shown by a dotted line in FIG. 3 is formed, and a notch 28 for preventing interference is formed.

Next, the wooden frame 30 placed on the bottom wall 21 of the lower package 20 is constructed by assembling slender plate members in the vertical and horizontal directions, and the upper edge plate on which the bath 10 is placed. An outer girder 33 and an inner girder 34 are respectively arranged between the upper edge plate 31 and the lower edge plate 32 in a direction orthogonal to the upper edge plate 31 and the lower edge plate 32 between the lower edge plate 32 and the lower edge plate 32 of the lower package 20. Is configured.

Further, locking pieces 35 for locking the bathtub legs 11 of the bathtub 10 to prevent lateral displacement of the bathtub 4 are provided at four positions on the upper surface of the upper edge plate 31, and the outer girder 33 is It is attached to the upper surface of the lower edge plate 32 via a spacer piece 36.

At this time, the dimension indicated by symbol A in FIG. 4, that is, the dimension from the lower surface of the lower edge plate 32 to the lower edge of the outer girder 33 is the vertical dimension of the handle hole 25 of the lower package 20 (in FIG. 6). (Indicated by symbol B), and is preferably 30 to 40 mm.

As for the distance between the inner girders 34 shown by L ₁ in FIG. 4, if the distance L ₂ between the fork insertion ports 26 provided in the lower package 20 shown in FIG. In this case, it can be used as a guide for the forklift claws.

The bottom wall edge piece 23 of the lower package 20 preferably has an upright dimension of about 150 mm, and the fork insertion opening 26 preferably has an opening dimension of 75 to 80 mm in the height direction and 200 to 300 mm in the width direction. .

Next, the structure of the upper package 40 to be put on the upper side of the bath 10 will be described with reference to the plan views in the developed state shown in FIGS. 1 and 5.

That is, the upper package 40 is provided with a rectangular upper wall 41 having the same shape and size as the bottom wall 21 of the lower package 20. The bending piece 42 is integrated on the side so that the bending piece 42 can be erected downwardly on the long side, and the bending piece 43 can be further formed on both sides of the bending piece 42 on the short side. 44 are arranged in series.

As shown in FIG. 5, the bent pieces 42, 4
Bending pieces 45 and notches 46 are formed so that the bending operation of 3, 44 can be performed smoothly.

When the bending pieces 42 and 43 are raised, the bending pieces 43 on the long side are positioned outside the bending pieces 44 provided at both ends of the bending piece 42 on the short side. The folding operation is performed, and the bending pieces 42 and 43 are adhesively fixed by the sealing tape 50 to form the lid shape shown in FIG.
Create 0.

Next, the packing operation of the bathtub 10 will be described. First, the lower package 20 is attached to the bottom wall 2 as shown in FIG.
After standing up the side wall 22 and the bottom wall edge piece 23 provided on the four sides around 1, the frame body 30 is attached to the bottom wall 21 of the lower packaging body 20.
Then, the bathtub 10 is placed on the frame body 30 so that the bathtub legs 11 of the bathtub 10 are locked to the locking pieces 35 provided on the upper edge plate 31 of the frame body 30, and then, After the cushioning body 51 is provided on the flange 12 along the peripheral edge of the opening of the bathtub 10, the bending pieces 42 and 43 are fixed by the sealing tape 50, and the upper packaging body 40 having a lid shape is covered.

At this time, the bent pieces 42 of the upper package 40 are attached to the outer surfaces of the side wall 22 and the side wall edge pieces 24 of the lower package 20.
Cover the upper wrap 40 so that the inner surface of 43 abuts,
Then, the bottom wall edge piece 23 of the lower package 20 is replaced with the side wall edge piece 24.
The outer peripheries of the lower packaging body 20 and the upper packaging body 40 are bound by the band 52 so that a force acts in the direction in which they are superposed on each other, and the packaging body 60 of the bathtub shown in FIG. 2 is obtained.

Therefore, the outer girder 33 is located above the dimension A in the figure by the vertical dimension B of the opening of the handle hole 25 provided in the side wall 22 of the lower package 20 and the spacer piece 36 of the frame 30. , B dimensions are almost the same, so that the handle hole 25 and the lower surface position of the outer girder 33 in the frame body 30 coincide with each other as shown in FIG. 7, and the cargo worker puts his / her hand into the handle hole 25. By having the outer girder 33, the package 60 of the bathtub can be easily transported, the workability of hand-loading is significantly improved, and the conventional joint can be eliminated.
There is no need to install reinforcements at the joints,
There is an advantage that the handling workability is improved with a low-cost configuration without increasing costs such as upgrading the material of corrugated paper.

Next, FIGS. 8 to 10 show another embodiment of the bathtub packaging structure according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 8, a handle hole 25 provided in the side wall 22 of the lower package 20 is provided. A foldable tongue piece 25a that can be bent may be provided. In this way, water, foreign matter, and the like through the handle hole 25 can be packed 60.
There is an advantage that it can be prevented from entering the inside.

As shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the frame 3
Notches 33a and 33b may be provided in the outer girder 33 of 0, and if the notches 33a and 33b are formed to secure the A dimension, the spacer piece 36 can be eliminated.

[0042]

As explained above, the bathtub packaging structure according to the present invention has the following special effects.

(1) In the bathtub packaging structure according to the present invention, since the outer girder of the frame can be held by inserting a hand into the handle hole, the strength of the handle portion can be strengthened and the package can be handled easily. This has the effect that the work can be performed easily and quickly, and the handling workability of the package can be significantly improved.

(2) Since the bathtub packaging structure according to the present invention is such that the outer frame of the frame body can be grasped by inserting a hand into the handle hole, a method of attaching a reinforcing material to the joint fitting port or The effect that it can be manufactured at a lower cost and is more economical than the conventional structure that causes cost increase such as using upgraded material to strengthen the rigidity of the corrugated board material of the upper and lower packages. Have.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing each member used in a bathtub packaging structure according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a package of a bath according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a developed state of a lower package used in the bathtub packaging structure according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a frame body used in the bathtub packaging structure according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing a developed state of an upper package used in the bathtub packaging structure according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing the vicinity of a handle hole provided in a lower package used in the bathtub packaging structure according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing a configuration near a handle hole in the bathtub packaging structure according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the handle hole structure in the bathtub packaging structure according to the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of a frame body used in the bathtub packaging structure according to the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the frame body used in the bathtub packaging structure according to the present invention.

FIG. 11 is an exploded perspective view showing a conventional bathtub packaging structure.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view showing a conventional bathtub package.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 ... Bathtub 11 ... Bath leg 20 ... Lower package 21 ... Bottom wall 22 ... Side wall 23 ... Bottom wall edge piece 24 ... Side wall edge piece 25 ... Handle hole 30 ... Frame body 33 ... Outer girder 40 ... Upper side package 41 ... Upper wall 42, 43, 44 ... Bending piece 50 ... Seal tape 51 ... Buffer 52 ... Band 60 ... Package

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A wooden frame body is placed on a bottom wall of a lower packaging body made of cardboard or the like, a bath is set on the wooden frame, and the cardboard or the like is made of cardboard from the upper side of the bath. In the packaging structure of a bathtub in which the upper packaging body is covered and the bathtub is bound by the band in a state where the bathtub is packaged by the lower packaging body and the upper packaging body, the lower packaging body is a side wall that stands up at both ends of a rectangular bottom wall. Is provided at the lowermost portion of the side wall, and side wall edge pieces are provided at both edges of the side wall, while the side wall is provided at both ends of the bottom wall of the lower package. The bottom wall edge piece is formed so as to overlap with the outer surface of the side wall edge piece, and the outer girder of the frame body placed on the bottom wall of the lower package is provided on the side wall of the lower package. It is located above the hole, and the upper package is almost the same as the bottom wall of the lower package. A bent piece is formed so as to be continuously provided around the upper wall having a geometric dimension, and the bent piece attaches the upper package so as to surround the outer surface of the side wall and the side wall edge piece of the lower package, A packing structure for a bathtub, wherein the outer surfaces of the lower package and the upper package are bound by a band so that a force is applied in the bending direction of the bottom wall edge piece of the lower package.