JPH0954398A - Packing method of film unit with lens - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily house a film unit with a lens and a strap in a packing bag, while keeping an outside shape compact by covering the front surface of a unit main body with a bay, so as to fit a photographic lens holding part, into a circular space and then, housing the tray and the unit main body in the packing bag. SOLUTION: The strap 14 is held like a ring, so as to form the circular space, on the circumference of the opening 17 of the inside surface side of the tray 16. Such a strap 14 is folded at an adequate length, arranged to surround the opening 17 and fixed on the inside surface side of the tray 16 with a thin resin sheet 21. In other words, the strap 14 is integrated to the tray 16 by a skin pack. The opening 17 of the tray 16 holding the strap 14 is fitted on the lens holding part 9 of the film unit with the lens 2 and an opening end 19a is sealed. Thus the film unit with the lens 2 and the strap 14 are compactly packed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a packaging method for a lens-fitted film unit, and more particularly to a packaging method for packaging a lens-fitted film unit and a strap together.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A lens-fitted photo film unit having an unexposed photo film and a simple photo-taking mechanism is well known so that anyone can easily take a photo.
Such a film unit with a lens is manufactured by the applicant of the present invention at a low cost, for example, "Shaken Runda Super 800" (trade name), and is widely offered to the public at a low cost.

With the widespread use of the lens-fitted photo film unit, many users have demanded that the photo film unit with a lens be attached with a strap to prevent the film unit from falling during photography and improve portability.

[0004]

As is well known, a lens-fitted photo film unit is loaded with a photographic film during the manufacturing process, so that the photo film is loaded after manufacturing until it is used by a user. The photo film should be protected from moisture and dust. Therefore, the lens-fitted film units are sealed one by one in a flexible packaging bag called a gusset bag having a moisture-proof and light-shielding function when shipped from the manufacturer.

However, if a strap is attached to a lens-fitted photo film unit for sale, the straps are fluttered at the time of packaging, making it difficult for the automatic packaging machine to perform a packaging process and causing problems in the automatic packaging process. Occurs.

Further, when the strap is wrapped around the lens-fitted film unit and wrapped, a part of the packaging bag covering the lens-fitted film unit is raised by the strap. And since the surrounding area is not supported from the inside, this part is uneven and wrinkles are prone to occur. If the packaging bag of the lens-fitted film unit is uneven or wrinkled, the display of the packaging bag becomes difficult to see and the appearance becomes unsightly, and the display effect at the store is significantly deteriorated. In addition, since the external shape can have a large direction, handling in packaging is troublesome, and
There is also a problem that it becomes difficult to load the vending machine.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above circumstances, and is a packaging for a lens-fitted film unit that allows the lens-fitted film unit and the strap to be easily stored in a packaging bag while maintaining a compact outer shape. The purpose is to provide a method.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, in the packaging method of the present invention, a strap is formed in a ring shape so that a circular space can be formed in the central portion on one surface of a tray in a sheet shape. The units are collectively held, and the tray is placed on the front surface of the unit main body so that the taking lens holding unit fits into the circular space, and then the tray is housed in the packaging bag. Further, in claim 2, the strap is held on the tray by a skin pack.

[0009]

2 is an external perspective view of a lens-fitted film unit packaged by the packaging method of the present invention. The lens-fitted film unit 2 is a unit body 3 in which a photographic film and a photographing mechanism (not shown) are incorporated, and is covered with an outer paper box 4. A finder 5, a strobe device 6, and a strobe charging switch 7 are exposed on the front surface 2a of the lens-fitted film unit 2. A lens holding portion 9 that holds the taking lens 8 projects from the center of the front surface 2a.

The upper surface 2b of the lens-fitted film unit 2
A release button 11 and a shot number display section 12 are provided on the. Also, a film unit with a lens 2
A strap attaching portion 13 is integrally provided on the left side surface 2c of the above, and a strap 14 having an annular braid is attached.

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing a form in which a lens-fitted film unit and a strap are stored in a packaging bag by the packaging method of the present invention. The tray 16 is formed by bending thick paper, and has a paper thickness of 310 g /
m ² thick paper is used, and an opening 17 is provided near the center. This opening 17 is a film unit 2 with a lens.
The lens holder 9 protruding from the front surface 2a of the
Cover the front surface 2a.

As shown in FIG. 3, the strap 14 is held in a ring shape around the opening 17 on the inner surface side of the tray 16 so as to form a circular space. Strap 14
For example, a nylon stone braid having a thickness of 3 cm and a length of 30 cm is used. Such a strap 14 is bent so as to have an appropriate length and is arranged so as to surround the periphery of the opening 17, and is fixed to the inner surface side of the tray 16 with a thin resin sheet 21. To be done.

The packaging bag 19 is also called a gusset bag,
Film unit with lens 2 by wrapping a resin sheet with aluminum coating on the inner surface in a 3 way pillow package
Packaging.

Then, the opening 17 of the tray 16 holding the strap 14 is fitted into the lens holding portion 9 of the lens-fitted photo film unit 2 as described above, and the front surface 2a is formed.
And insert it into the packaging bag 19 as it is, opening end 19a
The film unit with lens 2 by sealing the
And the strap 14 are compactly packaged.

The operation of the above configuration will be described. In order to wrap the lens-fitted film unit 2 and the strap 14 by the wrapping method of the present invention, first, the opening 17 of the tray 16 is opened.
A strap 14 bent to an appropriate length is arranged around the circumference of the. Then, a thin resin sheet 21 for skin pack is put on the strap 14 and the resin sheet 21 is heated to skin-pack the strap 14 on the tray 16. LDPE (low density polyethylene) is used for the resin sheet 21, for example.

In this way, the tray 16 holding the straps 14 is set such that the surface holding the straps 14 is inside and the opening 17 is formed in the lens-fitted film unit 2.
It is fitted in the lens holding part 9 of. As a result, as shown in FIG. 4, the front surface 2a of the lens-fitted photo film unit 2 is covered, and the strap 14 is housed so as to surround the lens holding portion 9 without protruding from the tray 16.

The lens-fitted film unit 2 covered with the tray 16 is inserted into the opening end 19a of the packaging bag 19 whose two sides are sealed in advance, and then the opening end 19a.
Is sealed, and the packaging of the lens-fitted film unit 2 and the strap 14 is completed.

In this way, the strap 14 is attached to the tray 16
Since it is stored so as to surround the lens holding portion 9, the packaging bag 9 does not partly rise up due to the strap 14 or does not become uneven and wrinkle, and almost the entire packaging bag 9 is covered. It is always held in a rectangular parallelepiped. Further, since the entire front surface 2a of the lens-fitted film unit 2 is covered with the hard tray 16, the packaging bag 9 is pressed from the outside, the strobe charging switch 7 is accidentally turned on, and the battery is wastefully consumed. Also prevent.

Then, the user who has purchased the lens-fitted photo film unit 2 tears the packaging bag 9 and takes out the lens-fitted photo film unit 2 together with the tray 16, and then the tray 16
The resin sheet 21 on the back surface of the is removed and the strap 14 is taken out. Then, by tying the taken-out strap 14 to the strap attachment portion 13 provided on the left side surface 2c of the lens-fitted film unit 2, the strap-fitted lens-fitted film unit is obtained.

In the above embodiment, the strap and the lens-fitted film unit are stored in the packaging bag in a separated state. However, of course, the strap is stored in the packaging bag while being connected to the lens-fitted film unit. You may.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the strap is held on the tray by the skin pack, but other than this, for example, it is fixed by an adhesive tape or a removable adhesive, or cut out on the tray. Any method may be used as long as it is possible to hold the strap on the tray, for example, by providing the strap and passing the strap. Further, although an opening for fitting the lens holding portion is provided near the center of the tray, such an opening may not be provided in particular.

[0022]

As described above, according to the method for packaging a lens-fitted film unit of the present invention, the strap is formed in a ring shape so that a circular space can be formed in the center of one surface of the sheet-shaped tray. The units are collectively held, and the tray is placed on the front surface of the unit main body so that the taking lens holding unit fits into the circular space, and then the tray is housed in the packaging bag. Further, in claim 2, since the strap is held on the tray by the skin pack, the lens-fitted film unit and the strap can be easily stored in the packaging bag while keeping the outer shape compact. become.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing a form in which a lens-fitted film unit and a strap are stored in a packaging bag by the packaging method of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an external perspective view of a lens-fitted film unit packaged by the packaging method of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a tray holding a strap.

FIG. 4 is a partial cross-sectional view showing a state in which a tray is placed on the front surface of a lens-fitted film unit.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Film unit with lens 2a Front face 3 Unit body 9 Lens holding part 13 Strap attaching part 14 Strap 16 Tray 19 Packaging bag 21 Resin sheet

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A lens-fitted film unit in which a film is built in a unit body in which a photographing mechanism is incorporated, and a photographing lens holding portion projects from the front surface of the unit body, and a portable unit mounted on the unit body when used. In a packaging method of a lens-fitted film unit in which a strap and a strap are stored in a packaging bag, the straps are collectively held in a ring shape so that a circular space can be formed in a central portion on one surface of the sheet-shaped tray, A packaging method for a lens-fitted photo film unit, characterized in that the tray is covered on a front surface of a unit main body so that the photographing lens holding portion fits in the circular space, and then the tray is stored in a packaging bag. 2. The method of packaging a lens-fitted film unit according to claim 1, wherein the strap is held on the tray by a skin pack.