JPH09142564A - Packaging structure for bathtub - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate the handling work for a packaging structure of a bathtub without increase of the material costs. SOLUTION: A packaging body of a bathtub is constituted of the upperside packaging body 1, the lowerside packaging body 2, and a frame body 3. The upper and lower side packaging bodies 1, 2 are made of cardboard like corrugated cardboard and the frame body 3 is made of wood. Side walls 21 erected upward at both ends through folding lines 29 are continuously extended at the periphery of the bottom wall 20, in the lowerside packaging body 2. Handling holes 25 are provided so that the holes are positioned at almost the same lacation with the upper edge plate 31 of the frame body 3, when respective side walls 21 are erected upward. Accordingly, since the handling holes 25 are provided at almost the same position with the fitted position of the upper edge plate 31 of the frame body 3 set in the place, when inserting a hand in the handling hole 25 to carry the packaging body of bathtub by hands one can grip the upper edge plate 31 of the wooden frame body 3 through the handling holes 25.

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 packing structure will be described.

FIG. 7A is a perspective view of a conventional bathtub package,
7 (B) is a perspective view of the upper package in FIG. 7 (A),
FIG. 7C shows a perspective view of the lower package and the frame body in FIG. 7A and the bathtub placed on the frame body.

First, the structure of the conventional bathtub package shown in the figure will be described. In the figure, 8 is an upper package formed by bending cardboard or other cardboard, 8a is an upper wall, 8b is a side wall, and 8c. Is a side wall edge piece, 8d is an upper wall edge piece, and 8e is a joint fitting port. Further, in the figure, 9 is a lower package formed by bending cardboard or other thick paper, 9a is a bottom wall, and 9a is a bottom wall.
Reference numerals b and 9c are bent pieces, 9d is a fork insertion opening, 9e is a joint fitting opening, and 18 is a wooden frame.

Next, the packaging of the bathtub will be described. When packaging the bathtub, first, the frame body 18 is placed on the bottom wall 9a of the lower packaging body, and the cushioning material 5 is mounted on the frame body 18. After placing the bathtub 4, the bent piece 9c of the lower package 9 is erected, and the upper package 8 is covered so that the side wall 8b of the upper package 8 is outside the bent piece 9c. 8e,
The joint 7a having a grip function is fitted to 8e.

Next, the bent piece 9b of the lower package 9 is erected, abuts against the outside of the side wall edge piece 8c of the upper package 8, and the outer periphery and the outer periphery of the middle portion close to the side walls 8b are joined to the band 7. Are bound together to form a bathtub package.

[0007]

However, in the structure of the package body of the bathtub described above, the load burden on the joint 7a is increased by manual handling, especially when the bathtub is large and the package body is a heavy product. However, there has been a problem that the joint fitting port 8e or 9e is broken and the joint 7a is pulled out, which makes the handling work difficult.

In order to prevent this, a reinforcing material or the like is attached to the joint fitting opening, or the upper package 8
It may be possible to upgrade the cardboard material of the lower package 9 or the lower package 9, but in such a case, a new problem arises that the material cost increases.

The present invention has been made in order to solve such a problem, and provides a bathtub packaging structure that facilitates the handling work of a bathtub package without increasing the material cost. That is the purpose.

[0010]

According to the present invention for achieving the above object, a wooden frame having an upper edge plate on which a bathtub is placed and a cardboard or other cardboard are used. When the frame is placed on the bottom wall, a handle hole is provided at substantially the same position as the upper edge plate of the frame when the frame is placed on the bottom wall. The lower package is provided with an upper wall made of cardboard or other cardboard and having a shape substantially the same as the bottom wall of the lower package. The upper wall is bent downward around the upper wall. The upper wrapping body is formed by a series of folding pieces, and the both side walls of the lower wrapping body are abutted so as to be inside the folding pieces of the upper wrapping body, and the upper wrapping body is covered, and at least the lower wrapping body is covered. It is characterized in that the outer periphery of the side package close to both side walls is bound by a band or the like.

Therefore, according to the present invention, with the above configuration,
As shown in FIG. 5, the position of the handle hole 25 provided on the side wall 21 of the lower package 2 is located at the position of the upper edge plate 31 of the frame body 3, so that the handle hole 25 can be easily handled when carrying out cargo handling. When the hand is inserted, it becomes possible to hold the upper edge plate 31 on which the bathtub 4 is placed, and it is possible to handle the package of the bathtub by hand without having to reinforce the handle hole 25 by attaching a reinforcing material or the like. become.

[0012]

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

First, a brief description will be given with reference to FIG.
(A) is a perspective view of a bathtub package according to an embodiment of the present invention,
FIG. 1B is a perspective view of the upper package in FIG.
1C shows a perspective view of the bathtub, the frame body, and the lower package in FIG. 1A, and FIG. 2 shows a developed view of the lower package shown in FIG. 1C is a perspective view of the frame body shown in FIG. 1C, FIG. 4 is a developed view of the upper side wrapping body of FIG. 1B, and FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the lower side wrapping body and a main portion such as a handle hole of the frame body. 6 shows another example of the handle hole.

Next, the bathtub packaging structure of the present embodiment will be briefly described. In the bathtub packaging structure of the present embodiment, the frame body 3 is placed on the bottom wall 20 of the lower packaging body 2, and the frame body is mounted. After placing the bathtub 4 on the upper surface of the upper packaging body 3, the side walls 21 and the side wall edge pieces 22 of the lower packaging body 2 are brought into contact with each other so as to be inside the bent pieces 11, 12, and 13 of the upper packaging body 1. The upper wrapping body 1 is covered, and at least the outer periphery near the both side walls 21 of the lower wrapping body 2 is covered with the band 7.
It is a structure united by.

Next, the respective configurations of the upper package 1, the lower package 2, and the frame 3 which compose the bath package will be described in detail.

First, the structure of the lower package 2 will be described.

The lower package 2 is made of thick paper such as corrugated cardboard and has a developed shape shown in FIG. In FIG.
Reference numeral 20 denotes a rectangular bottom wall having a size capable of mounting the frame body 3 shown in FIG. 3, and the bottom wall 20 has side walls 21 for standing upright at both ends thereof through folding curves 29. It is connected.

The reference numeral 25 of each side wall 21 is provided at substantially the same position as the upper edge plate 31 of the frame body 3 when the frame body 3 is placed on the bottom wall 20 and the side walls 21 are erected upward. It is a handle hole for loading and unloading. The size of the handle hole 25 is such that the wrist can be inserted, and the width dimension is 120 mm and the height dimension is 180 m.
About m is preferable.

It should be noted that the bottom wall 20 and the side walls 21 have both edges,
The bottom wall edge piece 23 or the folding curve 2 through the folding curve 28, respectively.
The side wall edge pieces 22 are sectioned by the notch portion 26 and are connected to each other through 7. Further, 24 is a fork insertion port provided on the left and right of the opposing bottom wall edge piece 23 along the folding curve 28.

By the way, each side wall 21 and each bottom wall edge piece 2 are
3 and each side wall edge piece 22 are bent as shown in FIG. 1C, the bottom wall edge piece 23 and the side wall edge piece 22 are bent at the bent portions of the bottom wall 20 and the side walls 21. The edge piece 23 is bent and overlapped so as to be outside the side wall edge piece 22. The vertical dimension of the bottom wall edge piece 23 is preferably about 150 mm, and the opening dimension of the fork insertion port 24 is preferably 75 to 80 mm in the height direction and 200 to 300 mm in the width direction.

Next, the structure of the frame body 3 on which the bathtub 4 is placed will be described.

The frame 3 on which the bathtub 4 is placed is made of wood, and is composed of an upper edge plate 31, a lower edge plate 32, an outer girder 33, and an inner girder 34, as shown in FIG. Plate 31 and lower edge plate 32
The inner girder 34 and the outer girder 33 are arranged between the
On the upper edge plate 31 on which 0 is placed, as shown in FIG. 1 (c), a locking piece 35 for preventing the lateral displacement of the bathtub 4 is provided in accordance with the outer position of the bathtub leg 40.

Further, the dimension L between the inner girders 34 shown in FIG.
₁ corresponds to the dimension L ₂ between the fork insertion openings 24 shown in FIG. 2 to guide the fork claws (not shown).

Next, the structure of the upper package 1 will be described.

The upper package 1 is made of cardboard or other cardboard and has the developed shape shown in FIG.

In FIG. 4, 10 is a rectangular upper wall having substantially the same shape and size as the bottom wall 20 of the lower package 2.
Bending pieces 11 bent downward at both ends are connected to the upper wall 10 via folding curves 15.

Further, on both edges of the upper wall 10 and each of the bent pieces 11, a bent piece 12 having a bending curve 16 and a bending piece 13 having a bending curve 17 are notched. It is divided by the section 14 and is continuously provided.

The bent pieces 11, the bent pieces 12, and the bent pieces 13 are bent as shown in FIG.
The bent piece 12 and the bent piece 13 are the upper wall 10 and the both bent pieces 11.
In the bent portion, the bent piece 12 is bent and overlapped so as to be outside the bent piece 13, and the bent piece 12 and the bent piece 11 are connected by the seal tape 6.

Next, the procedure for packing the bathtub will be described.

In packaging the bathtub, as shown in FIG. 1C, first, the frame 3 is placed on the bottom wall 20 of the lower package 2, and then the upper edge plate 31 of the frame 3 is placed. Place the bath 4 with the buffer 5 attached. At this time, the bathtub leg 40 of the bathtub 4 is prevented from being laterally displaced by the locking piece 35 on the upper edge plate 31 provided at the outer position of the bathtub leg 40.

Next, as shown in FIG. 4, the bent pieces 11, 12, and 13 of the expanded upper package 1 are bent, and the upper package 1 shown in FIG.
As shown in (B), the folded piece 11 and the folded piece 12 are connected to each other with the sealing tape 6 to complete the upper package 1, and the upper package 1 is placed under the bathtub 4. The side wrapping body 2 is covered with the side wall 21 of the lower side wrapping body 2 standing upright, and the side wall 21 and the side wall edge piece 22 are placed inside the folding pieces 11, 12, 13 of the upper side wrapping body 1 at that time. The upper packaging body 1 is covered by abutting so that

Then, the positions of the handle holes 25 formed in the both side walls 21 of the lower package 2 become substantially the same as the position of the upper edge plate 31 of the wooden frame 3 on which the bathtub 4 is placed.

After the upper package 1 is covered, at least the outer peripheries of the lower package 2 which are close to the side walls 21 are bound by the band 7. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, the outer periphery of the lower package 2 close to both side walls 21 and the outer periphery of the middle portion are bound by a band 7,
The bathtub package shown in (A) can be formed.

For this reason, when a hand is inserted into the handle hole 25 of the side wall 21 as shown in FIG. 5 in order to carry this bathtub package by hand, the handle hole 25 is formed in the upper edge plate 31 of the frame body 3. Since it is almost at the same position as the position, it becomes possible to hold the upper edge plate 31 of the wooden frame 3 on which the bathtub 4 is placed through the handle hole 25, and the strength of the handle portion including the handle hole 25 and the like is improved. The workability of the load is improved.

Therefore, according to the bathtub packaging structure of this embodiment, the handle hole 25 is provided as in the prior art shown in FIG.
There is no need to use a joint or to attach a reinforcing material to the joint fitting port to improve the strength of the grip part, and to upgrade the corrugated board material of the upper package and the lower package. Therefore, the number of parts of the package of the bathtub is reduced, and the package of the bathtub can be manufactured at low cost, which is economical.

The handle hole 25 is, as shown in FIG.
It may be formed by providing a bendable tongue piece 25a that can be bent.

[0037]

As described above, according to the present invention, the handle hole on the side wall of the lower package is provided at substantially the same position as the position of the upper edge plate of the frame placed in the lower package. Because
When handling a bathtub package, if you put your hand in the handle hole, you can have the upper edge plate of the wooden frame on which the bathtub is placed, which can improve the strength of the handle and make the bathtub heavy. Workability of packages such as packages is improved.

For this reason, it is not necessary to use a joint for the grip portion or to attach a reinforcing material to the joint fitting port to improve the strength of the grip portion, and the cardboard material of the upper package or the lower package can be used. Since there is no need to upgrade, the number of parts of the package of the bathtub is reduced, and the package of the bathtub can be manufactured at low cost, which is economical.

[Brief description of the drawings]

1A is a perspective view of a bathtub package according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1B is a perspective view of an upper package in FIG.
(C) is a perspective view of the bathtub, the frame, and the lower package in (A).

FIG. 2 is a development view of the lower package shown in FIG. 1 (C).

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the frame body shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a development view of the upper package shown in FIG. 1 (B).

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of a main part of a handle hole portion of a lower package and a frame body.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a main part according to another embodiment of the handle hole of the lower package according to the present invention.

7A is a perspective view of a conventional bathtub package, FIG. 7B is a perspective view of an upper package in FIG. 7A, and FIG. 7C is a bathtub, a frame, and a lower package in FIG. It is a perspective view.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Upper side wrap 2 ... Lower side wrap 3 ... Frame 4 ... Bathtub 5 ... Buffer 6 ... Seal tape 7 ... Band 7a ... Joint 8 ... Upper side wrap 8a ... Upper wall 8b ... Side wall 8c ... Side wall edge piece 8d ... Upper edge piece 8e ... Joint fitting port 9 ... Lower package 9a ... Bottom wall 9b, 9c ... Bending piece 9d ... Fork insertion port 9e ... Joint fitting port 10 ... Top wall 11, 12, 13 ... Bending piece 14 ... Notch 15, 16, 17 ... Folding curve 18 ... Frame 20 ... Bottom wall 21 ... Side wall 22 ... Side wall edge piece 23 ... Bottom wall edge piece 24 ... Fork insertion opening 25 ... Handle hole 25a ... Bending tongue piece 26 ... Notch portion 27, 28, 29 ... Folding curve 31 ... Upper edge plate 32 ... Lower edge plate 33 ... Outer girder 34 ... Inner girder 35 ... Locking piece 40 ... Bath leg

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A wooden frame body having an upper edge plate on which a bathtub is mounted, and a cardboard or other cardboard, and side walls that stand upward at both ends of a bottom wall on which the frame body is mounted, On the side wall, when the frame is placed on the bottom wall, the lower side packaging body is provided with a handle hole at substantially the same position as the upper edge plate of the frame body, and a cardboard or other cardboard. A bottom wall of the lower wrapping body having a top wall having substantially the same shape as the bottom wall, the upper wall of the upper wrapping body is provided with a bent piece that bends downwardly around the top wall, Both side walls of the lower package are brought into contact with each other so that they are inside the bent pieces of the upper package, and the upper package is covered, and at least the outer periphery in the vicinity of both side walls of the lower package is bound by a band or the like. The packing structure of the bathtub characterized by the above.