KR20040078323A - Package for protecting fruit - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: Provided is a packing tool for protecting fruits being made of soft sheet materials of plastic foam which makes it possible to quickly and easily pack the fruits by a guide portion, without turning over the packing tool; to pack the upper part of the fruits to maximumly prevent the fruits from being damaged; and to arouse customers' interests by the guide portion being bent outward to look better with respect to the appearance of the fruits. CONSTITUTION: The packing tool for protecting fruits made of soft sheet materials of plastic foam comprises an container portion of hemisphere shape for safely receiving fruits; a number of elastic pieces(130) being formed in an arc shape and extended toward the inside of the container portion and having elasticity; and a guide portion(140) being formed on the upper part of the elastic pieces(130) and being bent toward the outside of the container portion.

Description

Package for protecting fruit

The present invention relates to a fruit protective packaging, and more particularly to a fruit protective packaging for preventing the surface of the fruit from damage from impact from the outside during storage and transportation of the fruit having a spherical shape (球 形狀).

Currently used fruit protection packaging is divided into a net form, a cup form such as the Republic of Korea Utility Model Registration No. 2002-0019413, and a cosmos form such as the Republic of Korea Patent Application No. 1993-023890.

First, the net-shaped wrapper has a structure that wraps the outer peripheral surface of the fruit by having elasticity by extruded the synthetic resin material like a thread and at the same time to be entangled with each other. However, such a net-shaped packaging has the disadvantage of requiring a large-scale molding equipment for manufacturing, in particular, it is never easy for workers to push the fruit inside the elastic mesh.

Second, the cup-shaped packing device forms a corrugated contact portion at the upper circumference of the cover main body so that the upper end is closed inwardly, and a vent groove is formed on the wall of the cover, but is connected to the bottom, and the outer side of the vent groove protrudes to protrude. It is configured to be formed.

However, the cup-shaped packaging as described above is not a structure that wraps and stores the fruit, but simply puts the fruit on the packaging, so that only the middle of the fruit can be covered, and the protection of the upper part of the fruit is difficult. will be.

Third, the cosmos-shaped packaging tool 20 has a central seat portion 22 protruding as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and forms a capture piece 24 to the outside of the central seat portion to the central seat portion. When the worker puts the fruit, the inverted inclination portion 23 has the structure that allows the central seat and the capture piece to be turned upside down to wrap the outer circumferential surface of the fruit.

Therefore, the packaging device of the cosmos type as described above is widely used because it can be packaged up to the upper part of the fruit and has the advantage of preventing damage to the fruit to the maximum.

However, in the case of the above-described cosmos-shaped wrapper, the worker holds the wrapper in one hand, holds the fruit in the other hand, and then flips the inverted tilt portion while pressing the center left portion of the wrapper with the fruit. Since the worker has to touch the inclined part a couple of times, the packing work is slowed.

As described above, the present invention is devised to solve the disadvantages of the conventional packaging devices, and is made of a soft sheet mainly made of a synthetic resin foam, and has a hemispherical container part and a container part at the top of the container part to allow the fruit to settle. It is formed to extend in an arc shape toward the inside and is provided on the upper end of the plurality of elastic pieces having elasticity and the elastic piece to provide a fruit protective packaging consisting of the guide portion bent outward.

Figure 1-a perspective view of a conventional fruit packaging for protection.

2-a reference cross-sectional view for showing the operating state of FIG.

Figure 3-a perspective view showing a first embodiment of the fruit protective packaging according to the present invention.

4-3 is a sectional view taken along the line A-A.

5 to 7-a step-by-step reference sectional view for showing the packaging state of the fruit in the first embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 8-a perspective view showing a second embodiment of the fruit protective packaging according to the present invention.

9-Reference perspective view for showing the packaging state of the fruit in a second embodiment of the present invention.

10-a perspective view showing a third embodiment of the fruit packaging for the present invention.

11-Reference perspective view for showing the packaging state of the fruit in a third embodiment of the present invention.

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

100: fruit protective packaging (hereinafter referred to as packaging)

110: container part

120: incision 121: torsion incision

130: elastic piece

140: guide portion 141: torsion guide portion

140a: inclined surface

A: Fruit

The present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

3 to 7 illustrate a first embodiment of a fruit packaging device according to the present invention, and is for explaining the most basic structure of the packaging device according to the present invention.

That is, the present invention is made of a soft sheet mainly composed of a synthetic resin foam, but the lower portion is made of a semi-spherical container portion 110 to allow the fruit to be seated.

At the upper end of the container portion 110 is formed in the shape of an arc (탄성) toward the inner direction of the container portion 110 and a plurality of elastic pieces 130 having elasticity, wherein the elastic piece 130 They are connected only to the upper end of the container 110, and each of the resilient pieces 130 are separated from each other by the incision 120, so that it has elasticity to return to its original position.

In addition, the upper end of the elastic piece 130 is formed with a guide portion 140 bent in the direction opposite to the extension direction of the elastic piece 130, that is, the container portion 110.

The guide portion 140 is configured to facilitate the entry of the fruit to be seated in the interior of the packaging (100), as shown in Figure 5 also forms an oblique guide to the lower portion of the fruit (A) When the inclined surface 140a of the portion 140 and the lower portion of the fruit are in close contact with the pressure from the upward direction, the guide portion 140 is pushed outward and eventually the elastic pieces 130 open outward. Since the fruit will be able to easily enter the inside of the packaging (100).

At this time, the elastic pieces 130 that are opened are in close contact with the upper outer circumferential surface of the fruit while the fruit A is retracted inward by elasticity when the fruit A is seated inside the packaging device 100 as shown in FIG. Will be able to protect.

At this time, in the case of the first embodiment, according to the surface state and shape of the fruit, friction force may act between the contact surfaces of the guide part 140 or a jamming phenomenon may occur. It is preferable to insert the fruit with a slight rotation rather than simply inserting A).

This is the inclined surface 140a of the fruit (A) and the guide portion 140 is rubbed out of the elastic piece 130 and facilitates the entry of the fruit so that the packaging operation itself can be eased.

However, since the guide portion 140 of the same structure as the first embodiment is in close contact with the lower surface of the fruit, the friction force is minimal, so that the guide portion 140 can maximize the friction force with respect to the rotational direction of the fruit. do.

To this end, the present inventors have made the guide portion 140 slightly twisted in the horizontal direction as shown in FIGS. 8 to 9 so that the torsion guide portion 141 is formed to maximize the frictional force with respect to the rotational direction of the fruit. To facilitate the opening of the elastic piece 130 by friction.

In addition, in order to further facilitate the opening of the elastic piece 130, as shown in Figures 10 to 11, each elastic piece 130 is formed to be inclined by the torsion incision 121 in the rotational direction of the fruit Opening of the elastic piece 130 for the easier.

The material of the soft sheet used in the packaging 100 of the present invention is preferably a material having a slight elasticity while being able to mitigate the impact applied to the surface of the packaged article such as fruit and prevent damage to the epidermis. For this purpose, it is most suitable to use a synthetic foam made of polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, polyurethane, etc. as the main material. Therefore, the packaging tool of the present invention can be manufactured by various known molding methods, but the vacuum molding method is most suitable in view of moldability and economical efficiency.

Thus, the present invention is very quick and convenient by allowing the packaging of the fruit simply by pushing the fruit in the packaging without the operator to overturn the packaging like the conventional packaging by the guide portion formed on the elastic piece. Fruit packaging is to be done.

In another aspect, the present invention can be provided to the upper portion of the fruit by the elastic piece having a guide shape and having an arc shape without overturning the packaging, it is possible to prevent the damage of the fruit to the maximum.

In addition, the present invention, unlike the conventional packaging equipment that is in close contact with the upper surface of the fruit is wrapped around the upper part of the fruit in a state slightly folded outwards to further enhance the appearance of the fruit when the display can increase the aesthetics and consumer's desire to purchase It is a very useful invention.

Claims (3)

In the packaging that is made of a soft sheet mainly made of synthetic resin foam to wrap and protect the fruit, Hemispherical container portion 110 to allow the fruit to be seated, and formed on the upper end of the container portion 110 extending in an arc shape toward the inner side of the container portion 110 and a plurality of elastic pieces 130 having elasticity And, fruit packaging for packaging characterized in that formed on the upper end of the resilient piece 130 is composed of a guide portion 140 bent in the outward direction of the container portion (110). The fruit packaging device according to claim 1, wherein the inclined surface 140a of the guide portion 140 is slightly twisted in the horizontal direction to form a torsion guide portion 141. According to claim 1, wherein each of the elastic piece 130 is a fruit protective packaging, characterized in that configured to be inclined by the torsion incision (121).