JPH111224A - Packaging container - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To house and package a plurality of articles with different dimensions without chattering and sliding, in a packaging container for housing a plurality of articles. SOLUTION: A pressing surface part 31 which presses articles 12 of smaller dimensions while being inserted in a gap (a) generated when articles 11, 12 of different dimensions are housed in a container main body 21a of a packaging container 21, is integrally formed on the container main body 21a. This pressing surface part 31 is folded into a U-shape comprising a pressing surface 31a and both side supporting surfaces 31b, 31c, and is inserted in the gap (a) in the container main body 21a.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a packaging container for storing and packaging a plurality of articles, and more particularly to a packaging container for storing a plurality of articles having different heights or widths.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There are two types of so-called box packaging, in which a plurality of articles are housed in a packaging container and packaged, in which the same article is packaged and in which different articles are packaged as one set.

[0003] In order to package these different articles as one set, there are cases where articles having different heights or widths are stored in one packaging container. There is a space inside, and if it is packed as it is, the packaging container will be easily crushed, the appearance will be damaged, complaints will be issued from customers, and goods may be returned. It may rattle and vibrate, causing damage and performance damage to the article.

[0004] A print media cartridge used in a printer device for printing a recorded image such as a video image as a hard copy, so-called a color photograph, etc., as one set and packaging one of the different articles as described above. And photographic paper as a set in a packaging container for packaging.

[0005] This print media cartridge is configured as shown in FIG. 8 as an example. In FIG. 8, reference numeral 1 denotes a print media cartridge as a whole, and reference numeral 2 denotes a cartridge main body. In each of the cartridge main bodies 2, a lower shell 2a and an upper shell 2b made of synthetic resin are united and fixed by ultrasonic welding or the like. It is composed.

The lower shell 2a is integrally formed with a pair of semicylindrical storage portions 3 and 4 on the left and right sides of a front portion and a rear portion facing each other in the front and rear directions. An opening into which a platen or the like is inserted is formed.

On the front side of the lower shell 2a, a pair of arcuate half-holes 3a, 4a are formed corresponding to the storage portions 3, 4, and the half-holes 3a, 4a are formed.
A pair of engaging projections are provided on the inner surface of the front side below the a and 4a. Further, a pair of cylindrical bearing portions project from the inner surface of the rear side portion of the lower shell 2a in correspondence with the storage portions 3 and 4.

On the other hand, the upper shell 2b is formed integrally with a pair of storage portions 5 and 6 which are curved downward in an arc shape on both left and right sides of a front side portion and a rear side portion facing each other in the front and rear direction. Has an opening 7 into which a printer head, a platen and the like are inserted.

On the front side of the upper shell 2b, a pair of arc-shaped half holes 5a, 6a are formed corresponding to the storage portions 5, 6, respectively.
A pair of engaging projections is provided on the inner surface of the front side above the a and 6a.

The interior of the cartridge body 2 formed by combining the lower shell 2a and the upper shell 2b is provided with a synthetic resin between the storage portions 3, 4, 5 and 6 of the shells 2a and 2b. , A supply spool 8 and a take-up spool 9 are rotatably housed.

Each of the spools 8 and 9 has a cylindrical body 8.
Ink ribbon R as a print medium is wound around a and 9a. The ink ribbon R is provided with a continuous colored region composed of colored portions of yellow (Y), magenta (M), and cyan (C). It is exposed to the outside through the opening 7 and printing is performed at this portion.

One end of each of the body portions 8a, 9a of the spools 8, 9 is rotatably supported by a bearing hole formed by half holes 3a, 4a, 5a, 6a on the front side of the shells 2a, 2b. And is exposed to the front from this bearing hole.
Engagement projections 8a, 9a are provided on the inner peripheral surface at one end of the body portions 8a, 9a to engage with the rotary drive shaft of the printer.

In a state in which the print media cartridge 1 configured as described above is loaded in the printer, the spools 8 and 9 are pushed in by inserting the rotary drive shaft of the printer into one end of each of the spools 8 and 9. As a result, the engagement between the inner surfaces of the front portions of the shells 2a and 2b is released, and the shells 2a and 2b become rotatable.

A code ring 10 is fitted and attached to the other end of the supply side spool 30. A half portion of the outer peripheral surface of the code ring 10 is a gear portion 10a, and the other half portion is a code in which information (ink ribbon type, size, sensitivity, etc.) on the ink ribbon R is printed in a bar code format. The label 10b is stuck. Corresponding to this cord ring 10, both shells 2a and 2a
Notches 3b and 5b are formed at the rear of b.
From here, a part of the cord ring 10 is exposed to the outside.

The print media cartridge 1 constructed as described above is stored in a decorative box 11, while photographic paper is wrapped in a predetermined number to form a photographic paper package 12 as shown in FIG. ing.

As shown in FIG. 10, one set of the print media cartridges housed in the decorative box 11 and two or three photographic paper packages 12 packaged in a predetermined number are provided as shown in FIG. And packed in a packaging box 13.

In this packaging, since the height of the decorative box 11 of the print media cartridge and the height of the photographic paper package 12 are different, a space a is created in the packaging box 13 due to the step, and the space a is not filled. When wrapped, the packaging box 13 is liable to be crushed as described above, which may impair the appearance.

In the case of this example, the printing paper package 12 slides in the packaging box 13 due to a lot of vibrations in the physical distribution, and the sliding easily causes static electricity to be generated. This may cause double feeding of photographic paper.

As described above, if the space a occurs in the packaging box 13, there is a possibility that the stored articles may be damaged. Therefore, the space a is filled, and the articles, in this example, the photographic paper package 1 are filled.
2 needs to be suppressed. For this reason, the space a in the packaging box 13 is formed by folding a plurality of air caps and corrugated cardboards, or by fitting a foam block 14 or the like as shown in FIG. By restraining the paper package 12), it is configured to prevent rattling and sliding and also prevent the packaging box 13 from being crushed.

[0020]

As described above, when articles having different heights or widths are accommodated in one packaging box for packaging, a foam block, an air cap or an air cap is formed in a space generated in the packaging box. The article is held down by embedding a plurality of folded cardboard materials, but since the member that fills this space is formed separately from the packaging box, the number of members used increases. The number of man-hours for packaging work is large, and the work becomes complicated. It takes time and effort to dispose of the packaging box after taking out the stored articles. Depending on the member to be embedded in the space, for example, a resin material such as a styrofoam block affects the global environmental problem in disposal after use. And so on.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and a space created by storing articles can be buried by a member easily formed by a simple operation, and a common packaging container can be used and a distribution of stored parts can be realized. An object of the present invention is to provide a packaging container capable of preventing the above vibration.

[0022]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the present invention relates to a packaging container for storing a plurality of articles, which is formed in a container body in a state where a plurality of articles having different dimensions are stored. The holding member inserted into the space is formed integrally with the container body.

In the present invention, the holding member is formed in the container main body so as to be foldable in correspondence with the space.

Further, according to the present invention, the container main body is formed of a foldable plate material, and the holding member is formed as a holding surface by extending at least one of the six surfaces constituting the container main body. A plurality of folding curves are formed on the holding surface portion so as to fold in accordance with the space.

Further, according to the present invention, in the above structure, the pressing surface portion is formed to extend from a front surface portion opposite to a lid surface portion extending from a back surface portion of the container main body. It is configured such that it is folded into a required shape corresponding to the space and inserted therein.

[0026]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In this embodiment, the packaging container according to the present invention is configured so that a plurality of articles having different dimensions can be stored and packaged in a state where the articles are prevented from shaking and sliding.

This packaging container is formed from a paper plate as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, and reference numeral 21 in FIGS. 1 to 3 denotes the entire packaging container.

As shown in FIG. 2 and an exploded view of FIG. 3, this packaging container 21 has a container body 21a having a front portion 22, left and right side portions 23 and 24, a back portion 25, a lid portion 26 and a bottom portion 27. Left and right sides 23, 2
Folded surface portions 28 and 29 are continuously provided at the upper edge portion of the cover 4, and an insertion portion 26 a is formed to extend at a tip end portion of the lid surface portion 26. Further, the bottom surface portion 27 is formed by combining back surface forming pieces 27a, 27b, 27c, and 27d that are continuously provided at the lower edge portion of the front surface portion 22, the left and right side surface portions 23, 24, and the back surface portion 25. In addition, the code | symbol 30 in FIG.
5 is an adhesive surface portion continuously provided on the side edge of No. 5.

The thus-formed packaging container 21 of the present embodiment holds a plurality of articles having different heights and holds the articles so that they can be stored and packaged in a state where sliding or the like is prevented. A holding surface 31 as a member is formed.

The pressing surface portion 31 is connected to the upper edge of the front portion 22 via a folding line 32, and is folded so that it can be folded in the packaging container 21 in accordance with a space created by a step of an article. In the present example, the two fold lines 33a and 33b are formed in a parallel perforated shape so that they can be folded in a U-shape.

In the case where articles having different heights are stored in the packaging container 21 for packaging, the holding section surface 31 stores the low-dimensional articles on the front side and places the high-dimensional articles on the upper side of the articles. In the space formed by the two steps perforated lines 33a and 33b, folded into the U-shape from the folding line 32 and inserted into the space created by the two perforated lines 33a and 33b, the low-sized article can be placed on the upper surface. The part surface between the fold lines 33a and 33b is a holding surface 31a corresponding to the upper surface side of the low-sized article, and the two part surfaces sandwiching this part surface are supporting parts corresponding to the step of the high and low articles. Faces 31b and 31
c.

A circular finger insertion hole 34 is formed at the center of the pressing portion surface 31 and the front portion 22 at the center thereof.

The packaging container 21 of the present embodiment thus formed
Can be used as a storage container, for example, as a packaging container for storing and packaging a print media cartridge stored in the above-described decorative box 11 and a photographic paper package 12 in which photographic paper is packaged. The container body 21a is a print media cartridge. Is formed in a volume capable of accommodating a plurality of the decorative boxes 11 in which the print media cartridges are stored, and one or a plurality of the decorative boxes 11 in which the print media cartridges are stored and one or a plurality of the photographic paper packaging bodies 12. It is a set that can be stored and packed.

A packaging container 21 for containing and packaging one print media cartridge housed in the decorative box 11 and three photographic paper packaging bodies 12 each of which is packaged with a predetermined number of photographic papers will be described.

As described above, the specific size of the packaging container 21 for storing the print media cartridge and the printing paper package, that is, the inside dimension of the container main body 21a is the height 152.
mm, length 170 mm, and width 80 mm.
The holding surface portion 31 formed on the container body 21a is slightly smaller in length than the front portion 22 of the container body 21a, and is a surface between the two perforated fold lines 33a and 33b. The pressing surface 31a corresponds to the thickness of three packages of the photographic paper packaging body 12, that is, is formed to have a width of about 40 mm, which is approximately half the width of the container body 21a. Support surfaces 31b and 31c
Is a cosmetic box 1 containing a print media cartridge
It is formed to have a width of about 30 mm, which is a dimension corresponding to a difference (step) between the height of No. 1 and the height of the printing paper package 12.

In the packaging container 21 thus formed, as shown in FIG. 1, the decorative box 11 containing one print media cartridge is stored in the rear half, and the decorative box 11 is placed in the front half.
The photographic paper package 12 of the package is stored. In this storage state,
There is a step between the decorative box 11 of the print media cartridge and the printing paper package 12 due to the difference in the height dimension, so that a space a is created in the packaging container 21 on the front side.

The space a thus generated in the packaging container 21
The holding surface 31 is folded and fitted. That is,
The holding surface 31 is formed by folding the upper surface of the folding line 32 with respect to the front surface 22.
And the support surface 31b continuous with the front surface portion 22 is superposed on the inner surface side of the front surface portion 22 by bending outward at the perforated fold lines 33a and 33b, thereby suppressing the connection surface continuous with the support surface 31b. The surface 31a is in contact with the upper surface of the photographic paper package 12 in which it is stored.

In this state, the support surface 31c on the upper end side, which is continuous with the holding surface 31a, is in contact with the upper front surface of the decorative box 11 of the print media cartridge, and the holding surface 31 fits into the space a in the packaging container 21. Will be inserted. In this state, the circular finger insertion hole 34 formed across the front surface portion 22 and the holding surface portion 31 is formed on the upper edge side by the support surface 31b of the holding surface portion 31 being overlapped on the inner surface side of the front surface portion 22. It is formed as an open semicircular finger insertion recess.

Thus, the space a in the packaging container 21
With the holding surface 31 folded and fitted, the side surfaces 2
After turning back the folded surface portions 28 and 29 on the upper edge side of 3, 3 and 24 inward, the lid surface portion 26 is bent inward from a fold line between the rear surface portion 25 and the insertion surface portion 26a at the front end portion to the front surface portion 2.
2, that is, between the front edges of the folded surfaces 28 and 29 and the inside of the support surface 31 b of the holding surface 31, the cover 26 is held in a closed state.

By closing the lid 26 in this manner, as shown in FIG. 4, the holding surface 31 folded and inserted into the space a is held down by the lid 26, that is, the holding surface 31 is The rising support surface 31c is held by being pushed through the folded surface portions 28 and 29, and is held by the pressing surface 31.
a suppresses the three stored photographic paper packages 12, and the stored print media cartridge in the decorative box 11 and the three photographic paper packages 12 are loose and slide. Packaged in a prevented state. In this packaged state, the holding surface 31 is folded and inserted and held in the space a, so that the packaging container 21 is not unnecessarily crushed even when an external force is applied.

When the cover 26 is closed, the center of the front surface of the insertion surface 26a of the cover 26 is the front surface 2
2, the finger insertion concave portion 34 formed at the center of the upper edge side, so that when the lid surface portion 26 is opened, a finger can be directly put on the insertion surface portion 26a through the finger insertion concave portion 34, The surface 26 can be easily opened.

The packaging container 21 constructed as described above
Represents a plurality of articles of the same size, for example, as shown in FIG.
A plurality of print media cartridges, two in this example, stored in the decorative box 11 can be stored in the packaging container 21 and packaged.

In this case, the pressing surface portion 31 is bent inward only from the fold line 32 at the upper edge of the front portion 22 without being bent from the perforated fold lines 33a and 33b and overlaps the inner surface of the front portion 22. In this state, the print media cartridges housed in the decorative box 11 are inserted and housed in a back-and-forth direction and packed by closing the cover surface part 26.

The packaging container 21 has three different heights.
In order to store and package _two types of articles, for example, a decorative box 11 containing a print media cartridge and two types of photographic paper packages 12 ₁ and 12 ₂ having different heights as shown in FIG. by changing the folding shape, in the space a of the packaging container 21 is to suppress contact with the dressing 11 accommodating different paper wrapper 12 ₁ and 12 ₂ and the print medium cartridge height dimension.

That is, in the case of the present embodiment, since three steps occur between the stored articles, the holding surface portion 31 of the packaging container 21 is formed to extend from the holding surface portion 31 of the above-described example, and this holding member is formed. clamping surfaces 31a which forms the surface portion 31, so formed as bent stepwise to abut toward the upper surface of the photographic paper wrapper 12 ₂ low dimension from the upper surface of the paper wrapper 12 ₁ of high dimensional, wider And forming perforated fold lines 33c and 33d in the holding surface 31a.
In addition, a support surface 31b superposed on the inside of the front surface portion 22
Wider formed also in response to the step of printing paper wrapper 12 ₂ of low dimensions.

The holding surface 31 of the packaging container 21 formed in this manner is replaced with perforated fold lines 33a, 33b, 33c.
And 33d, that is, bent outward at the perforated fold lines 33a, 33b and 33c and bent inward from the perforated fold line 33d from the fold line 32 at the upper edge of the front surface 22. by fitted into the space a in the packaging container 21 is folded inwardly, the support surface 31b is superposed on the inner surface of the front portion 22, clamping surfaces 31a is photographic paper wrapper 12 ₂ on the upper surface side of the lower dimension From the upper front of the photographic paper packaging 12 ₁
The support surface 31c is in contact with the upper surface side, and is in contact with the upper front surface of the decorative box 11 of the print media cartridge.

In this manner, the space a in the packaging container 21
As in the case of the example described above, the folded surface portion 29 (2
8), the lid 26 is bent inward, and the insertion surface 26a at the tip is turned back.
By inserting between the front edge of (28) and the inside of the support surface 31b of the holding surface portion 31, the lid surface portion 26 is held in a closed state, and the holding surface portion 31 is held in a state of being inserted into the space a. As a result, the printing paper packages 12 ₁ and 12 ₂ are suppressed.

Thus, three types of articles having different height dimensions, in this example, the print media cartridge accommodated in the decorative box 11 and the two types of photographic paper packaging bodies 12 ₁ and 12 ₂ having different height dimensions are packaged. The container 21 is packaged in a state in which rattling, sliding and the like are prevented. Also, in this case, in the packaging state, the holding surface 31 is folded and inserted and held in the space a, so that the packaging container 21 is not unnecessarily crushed even when an external force is applied. FIG. 7 shows another embodiment of the present invention, in which a low-sized article is formed at the bottom of a packaging container with a suppressing portion for suppressing rattling, sliding, and the like.

That is, in this example, the packaging container 21
A pressing surface portion 41 is continuously provided on the bottom surface portion 27 via a fold line 35. The pressing surface portion 41 is folded in a U-shape to form a pressing surface 41a and supporting surfaces 41b and 41c. 42a and 42b are formed.

The pressing surface portion 41 is formed by bending one supporting surface 41b, which is continuous with the bottom surface portion 27, from the folding line 35 to the bottom surface portion 27 in a state of being bent outward at each perforated folding line 42a, 42b. Bent toward the other support surface 4
1c is brought into contact with the inner surface side of the front portion 22 so as to be superimposed, so that one support surface 41b rises vertically, and the holding surface 41a is positioned parallel to the bottom portion 27, and is a low-sized article. The storage surface of the photographic printing paper package 12 is placed between the support surface 41b and the back surface 25. It is formed as a storage section of the decorative box 11 storing the print media cartridge.

In order to store the decorative box 11 containing the print medium cartridge as a high-size article and the photographic paper package 12 as a low-size article in the packaging container 21 shown in FIG. First, a cosmetic box 11 containing a print media cartridge in a container body 21a.
Is stored by inserting its lower portion between the back surface portion 25 and one support surface 41b of the pressing surface portion 41. Next, the printing paper package 12 is placed and stored on the holding surface 41a of the holding surface portion 41, and in this state, the folded surface portion 29 (28) is folded inward, and then the lid surface portion 26 is folded inward and the leading end portion is inserted. The surface portion 26a is placed inside the front surface portion 22 and the folded surface portion 29
By inserting the front surface of (28) from the front edge to the upper front surface of the photographic paper package 12, the lid surface 26 is held in a closed state, and the photographic paper package 12 is held down via the folded surface 29 (28). And put it between them to make it
The package is packaged in a state in which rattling, sliding, and the like are suppressed together with the print media cartridge stored in the print media cartridge 1.

Further, in the packaging container 21, the holding surface 41 is folded and disposed in the space a formed below the low-size photographic paper packaging body 12, so that it is unnecessary even when an external force is applied. It does not collapse.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to this embodiment, and can be variously modified without departing from the gist of the present invention.

That is, the packaging container according to the present invention can be used not only for storing and packaging print media cartridges and photographic paper, but also for storing and packaging other parts.

In the case of storing and packaging other parts, the folded shape of the holding surface for suppressing the article in the space generated in the container body due to the step of the article is changed according to the shape of the article.

The material of the packaging container is not limited to a paper plate, but may be a plate material that can be folded, for example, a plastic plate, and the shape and size of the container may be changed depending on the articles to be stored and packaged. Things.

[0058]

As described above, in the packaging container according to the present invention, in the space due to the step caused by storing the articles having different dimensions in the container main body, the container can be integrated with the container main body without using any separate parts. The storage component can be reliably suppressed by the suppressing member, and it is possible to prevent rattling, sliding, and the like of articles in distribution.

Further, even in the case of storing and packaging a plurality of types of articles having different dimensions, the size of the container body can be reliably changed by simply changing the folding shape of the holding surface as a holding member integrated with the container body. It can be used in common without doing.

In addition, since the same packaging container is responsible for various functions such as article storage and article holding, the efficiency of storage and packaging operations is improved.

Further, disposal of the packaging container after use can be simplified.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an example of a package container according to the present invention in a state in which articles are stored.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the packaging container shown in FIG. 1 in an assembled state.

FIG. 3 is a development view of the packaging container shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a vertical cross-sectional view of a state where articles of the packaging container shown in FIG. 1 are stored and packaged.

FIG. 5 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing another example of storage and packaging of articles in the packaging container shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a state in which articles of another example of the packaging container according to the present invention are stored and packaged.

FIG. 7 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a state in which articles of a packaging container according to another embodiment of the present invention are stored and packaged.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a print media cartridge as an article stored in a packaging container according to the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a printing paper package as an article stored in the packaging container according to the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a state in which articles of a conventional packaging container are stored and packaged.

[Explanation of symbols]

21 ‥‥ packaging container, 21a ‥‥ container body, 22 ‥‥ front, 25 ‥‥ back, 26 ‥‥ lid, 31, 41 ‥‥
Suppression surface part, 31a, 41a ‥‥ Suppression surface, 31b, 31
c, 41b, 41c ‥‥ Supporting surface

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A packaging container in which a plurality of articles are stored, wherein a suppressing member to be inserted into a space generated in the container body in a state in which a plurality of articles having different dimensions are stored is formed integrally with the container body. A packaging container characterized by the following. 2. The packaging container according to claim 1, wherein the holding member is formed in the container body so as to be foldable corresponding to the space. 3. The container main body is formed of a foldable plate material, and the holding member is formed as a holding surface by extending at least one of the six surface portions forming the container body. The packaging container according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of folding curves are formed, and the folding container is folded corresponding to the space. 4. The holding surface portion is formed to extend from a front surface portion opposite to a lid surface portion extending from a back surface portion of the container main body, and the holding surface portion corresponds to the space in the container main body. 4. The packaging container according to claim 3, wherein the packaging container is folded and inserted into a required shape to suppress small-sized articles stored in the container body. 5. The folding surface portion is formed so that a supporting surface corresponding to a step with a large-sized article is formed with a holding surface in contact with a small-sized article stored in the container body interposed therebetween. 4. A fold according to claim 3, wherein the fold is a curve.
A packaging container according to item 1.