TWI772232B - Bundled belt-shaped variable module buffer material - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a bundled belt-shaped variable module buffer material, which is used for binding to a product, comprising at least a belt body, which is provided with a plurality of through holes and can be wound around the outside of the product; and at least one piece of body , which can be made of elastic material, and at least one groove is concave on its side, so that when each block is combined with the belt, the block can be deformed to extend into the through hole of the belt and make The belt is located at the groove, and the opposite end regions of the blocks are exposed. When two or more blocks are assembled to the belt, the blocks are separated from each other by a distance.

Description

Bundled belt-shaped variable module buffer material

The present invention relates to a buffer material, in particular to a bundled belt-shaped variable module buffer material, which can be used to bind a product.

Generally speaking, when transporting fragile goods, valuables or equipment, it is often necessary to pack the buffer material on the outside to form protection and prevent the product from being damaged due to collision during transportation. Moreover, the buffer material can be applied to various types of buffers according to the size and value of the product. Types of materials, such as: Styrofoam (EPS), bubble paper, foam, paper buffer materials, etc.

It is known that a foamed material A made of foamed polyethylene (EPE) includes a body B and a plurality of modules D, wherein a side surface of the body B is provided with an accommodating groove C, and the accommodating groove C is It will pass through the opposite sides of the body B, and the industry needs to first die-roll the foam material A to form the modules D, and the modules D are attached with hot stamping (or hot melt glue) supplemented by a jig On one of the opposite sides of the body B, a conventional protective buffer packaging material is formed, and a product E can be inserted into the accommodating groove C, so that the foam material A can be removed from the opposite side of the product E. Clad on both sides (e.g. left and right, top and bottom).

On the other hand, the disadvantages of the conventional buffer packaging materials are: molds and fixtures are multi-piece, low commonality, and high mold development costs; secondly, the laminating process is complicated, and the labor cost and finished product defect rate are both high; The volume of the buffer packaging material after lamination is large, and the relative transportation costs and storage space requirements are also large; in addition, if the foamed material adopts the hot stamping method in the lamination process, the surface material of the foamed material will be heated and then assembled into modules. fit. Due to the characteristics of EPE foam material, the thickness of the material will be lost due to factors such as bonding force and heating time during the hot stamping process. Therefore, a thicker EPE foam material needs to be prepared at the supplier side to deal with the material loss. In this way, at the same time, the cost of materials will increase, which will be passed on to the cost of packaging materials for enterprises.

Furthermore, for products with various sizes and forms and different appearance modules (exposed parts), the design of packaging buffer materials is bound to be customized for each product. However, the custom-designed buffer material has low commonality, and the price will be high due to the variation of shape and the difficulty of assembling sticky (hot) paste processing, as well as the cost of customized die and the problem of assembly and lamination yield. Therefore, , the cost of customized foam cushioning materials is high.

In view of solving the problems of high cost and material loss of conventional buffer materials, after repeated research and testing by the inventor, a bundled belt-shaped variable module buffer material of the present invention has finally been developed. When it comes out, it can effectively solve the known problems and provide users with a better experience.

The present invention provides a bundled belt-shaped variable module buffer material, which is used for binding to a product, comprising at least a belt body, which is provided with a plurality of through holes and can be wound around the outside of the product; and at least one piece , the system can be made of elastic material, at least one groove is concavely formed on its side, and when each block is combined with the belt, each block can be deformed to extend into each through hole of the belt and make the inner wall of the strip corresponding to each of the through holes at the position of each of the grooves, and expose the opposite end regions of each of the blocks.

Optionally, a plurality of blocks are assembled on the belt, and the adjacent blocks are separated from each other by a distance.

Optionally, the top surface area of each of the blocks is larger than the cross-sectional area of each of the through holes.

Optionally, the transverse cross-sectional shape of each of the through holes is X-shaped.

Optionally, each of the through holes is formed by staggering two elongated openings, and the included angle between the two elongated openings can be any angle greater than 0 degrees.

Optionally, each of the through holes is circular, but not limited to this shape.

Optionally, the grooves are respectively recessed on the front and rear opposite sides of each of the blocks.

Optionally, the side surface of each of the blocks can be recessed with the annular groove.

Optionally, one of the middle regions of each of the blocks is cylindrical.

Alternatively, each of the blocks can be made of foamed polyethylene or ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA).

Alternatively, the belt body can be made of foamed polyethylene, sheet-like low density polyethylene (LDPE), high density polyethylene (HDPE) or nylon (Nylon).

In order to facilitate your examination committee to be able to further understand and understand the purpose of the present invention, technical features and effects thereof, the following examples are given to coordinate the drawings, and the detailed description is as follows:

In order to make the purpose, technical content and advantages of the present invention clearer, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention will be described in further detail below in conjunction with the specific embodiments and with reference to the accompanying drawings. Those skilled in the art can understand the advantages and effects of the present invention from the content disclosed in this specification, and the present invention can be implemented or applied through other different specific embodiments, and the details in this specification can also be based on different viewpoints and applications. , various modifications and changes can be made without departing from the concept of the present invention. In addition, it is stated in advance that the accompanying drawings of the present invention are merely schematic illustrations and are not drawn according to the actual size.

It should be understood that the examples used anywhere in the specification of the present invention, including the use of any terms, are illustrative only and in no way limit the scope and meaning of the present invention or any terms. Likewise, the present invention is not limited to the various embodiments disclosed in the specification. Although the terms first, second, or third, etc. may be used herein to describe various elements, each such element should not be limited by the foregoing terms, which are primarily used to distinguish one element from another and should not be used for any The elements impose any substantial limitations and should not limit the order in which the various elements may be assembled or arranged in practical applications. In addition, the directional terms mentioned in the embodiments, such as "upper (top)", "lower (bottom)", "front", "rear", "left", "right", etc., only refer to the directions of the drawings. Therefore, the directional terms used are used to illustrate and not to limit the scope of protection of the present invention.

The present invention is a bundled belt-shaped variable module buffer material. Please refer to FIG. 2. The module buffer material 1 can be composed of at least one body 2 and at least one belt body 3. For the convenience of explaining each element The relative relationship between them is that the lower left of Figure 2 is the front position of the component, the upper right of Figure 2 is the rear position of the component, the upper left of Figure 2 is the left position of the following components, and the The lower right is the right position of the following components, the upper part of Figure 2 is the upper (top) position of the component, and the lower part of Figure 2 is the lower (bottom) position of the component. In addition, the aspect of the module buffer material 1 of the present invention is not limited to the drawings in Figures 2 to 5, and the industry can adjust the styles of each element according to product requirements. Therefore, as long as the module buffer material 1 has subsequent embodiments The relevant basic structures and functions of the , that is, the module buffer material 1 to be protected by the present invention will be described first.

Please refer to FIG. 2 again, in a first embodiment, the block 2 can be made of elastic material (eg: expanded polyethylene (EPE), ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (EVA)), Wherein, a groove 20 is recessed on the front and rear opposite sides of the block body 2, so that the side surface shape of the block body 2 can be an inverted H shape. The block 2 can be divided into a top area 21, a bottom area 22 and a middle area 23 according to its configuration, wherein, the top area 21 and the bottom area 22 can be rectangular bodies (that is, the top area 21 and the bottom area The shape of the front side of 22 can be rectangular), the middle area 23 is located between the top area 21 and the bottom area 22, and the front and rear length of the middle area 23 will be smaller than the top area 21 and the bottom area 22. The front and rear lengths of the groove 20 are respectively formed at the front and rear positions thereof.

Please refer to Figure 2 again, the belt body 3 can be made of elastic materials (such as: foamed polyethylene (EPE), film-like low density polyethylene (LDPE), high density polyethylene (HDPE), nylon (Nylon )), a plurality of through holes 30 are opened on it, in the first embodiment, the transverse cross-sectional shape of each through hole 30 can be cross-shaped or X-shaped when viewed from top to bottom (but It is not limited to this shape), it is particularly mentioned here that the aforementioned cross-shaped or X-shaped through-hole 30 means that the through-hole 30 is formed by staggering two elongated openings, and the two elongated The included angle between the openings can be any angle greater than 0 degrees, which will be shown first; when the block 2 is combined with the belt 3, the bottom region 22 of the block 2 can be deformed first to extend into the belt One of the through holes 30 of the body 3, until the strip body 3 corresponds to the inner wall of each through hole 30 and can be located in the groove 20, and the top area 21 and the bottom area 22 of the block body 2 are exposed outside, and , the distance between at least two side surfaces of the middle region 23 will be greater than the distance between the corresponding two inner walls of the through hole 30 , so that the middle region 23 of the block 2 can form an interference fit with the through hole 30 , so that the block body 2 can be stably positioned on the belt body 3 . Furthermore, in the first embodiment, the top surface area of the block 2 is larger than the cross-sectional area of the through hole 30 , so the block 2 and the band 3 will not be easily separated after being combined.

In addition, the configuration of the block body 2 of the present invention is not limited to that of the first embodiment. In another embodiment of the present invention, a single annular groove 20 can be recessed on the side surface of the block body 2 . , and the middle region 23 of the block body 2 can be cylindrical or columnar, and the aforementioned columnar shape includes the column body formed by the cross-sectional shape of the middle region of the block body 2 being any polygon or any shape, as long as The top surface area of the block 2 may be larger than the cross-sectional area of the middle region of the block 2 . In other words, the front and rear lengths and the left and right lengths of the middle region 23 will be smaller than the front and rear lengths of the top region 21 and the bottom region 22 . left and right length. In addition, in this other embodiment, each of the through holes 30 is circular to match with the middle region 23 of the block 2 , so the operator can adjust the middle region 23 of the block 2 according to actual needs The shape of the through hole 30 may be as long as it can achieve the effect of combining the block body 2 and the belt body 3 .

In addition to the module buffer material 1 of the first embodiment, the present invention also includes other embodiments. Please refer to FIG. 3. In the second embodiment, the module buffer material 1 includes a plurality of blocks 2 and Belt body 3, wherein, in this embodiment, the number of blocks 2 is three, when each of the blocks 2 is assembled to the belt body 3, the blocks 2 will be separated from each other by a distance, and each of the The blocks 2 will not be connected to each other, but it is not limited to this. In the third embodiment of the present invention, please refer to FIG. 4 , a connecting portion 24 can be provided between the blocks 2, In order to facilitate the staff to obtain a plurality of blocks 2 at one time, and assemble the blocks 2 to the belt body 3 .

Please refer to FIG. 5 , in the fourth embodiment, the module buffer material 1 includes a body 2 and a plurality of strip bodies 3 . The strip bodies 3 are respectively provided with a plurality of through holes 30 . In the embodiment, the number of the belt bodies 3 is two. When the belt bodies 3 are superimposed on each other, at least one through hole 30 on different belt bodies 3 can correspond to each other. : the bottom region 22 ) can be deformed to protrude into the through holes 30 corresponding to the above, so that the grooves 20 of the block 2 can be in the through holes 30 on different belts 3 at the same time, but not Limited by this, in the fifth embodiment of the present invention, please refer to Fig. 6, a single belt body 3 can be wrapped around the outer edge of the object to form a ring-shaped belt (the surrounded object is omitted in Fig. 6), The belt body 3 is surrounded to form an accommodating space 31, so that the objects can be placed in the aforementioned accommodating space 31, and a partial part of the block body 2 can extend into different through holes 30 on the same belt body 3 to achieve locking and The effect of fixing the position and length of the endless belt without adding other snap elements. In this way, the belt body 3 will be able to be inserted by the block body 2 to achieve the effect of being connected to each other in series, so as to extend the buffer material of the module. 1 length.

Please refer to FIG. 7, in the sixth embodiment, the module buffer material 1 includes a plurality of blocks 2 and a plurality of belts 3, and can be wound around the outside of a product 4, wherein the belt 3 A plurality of through holes 30 are respectively opened on the belt body 3. In the fourth embodiment, the belt body 3 is superimposed in the front-rear direction and the left-right direction, and at least one through-hole 30 on different belt bodies 3 can correspond to each other. Parts of the block body 2 (eg, the bottom area 22 ) can be deformed to protrude into the through holes 30 corresponding to the above-mentioned passages. Then, the product 4 is placed in the central part of the module buffer material 1 . Parts, respectively form ring-shaped belt bodies 3 by means of series connection, and use another block body 2 to respectively extend into and pass through the through holes 30 located at the opposite ends of the belt bodies 3 to be tied to the product 4 The bottom/top surface of each block 2 located on the top/bottom side, and the right/left side surface of each block 2 located on the left/right side will abut against the outside of the product 4 to cushion and protect the product 4 functions.

To sum up, the module buffer material 1 of the present invention can be bundled in a suitable position according to the appearance of the product 4, and when the outer surface of the product 4 is equipped with exposed protruding parts, the module buffer material 1 can produce Appropriate avoidance effect can effectively meet the protective buffer requirements of most products on the market4, and for a variety of small quantities, short-term turnaround experimental prototypes and Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA) products can greatly increase the commonality of product packaging materials, while reducing the cost of The cost of packaging and developing cushioning material molds between industry and customers. According to the above, it is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, but the scope of the rights claimed by the present invention is not limited to this. The equivalent changes that can be easily considered should all belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

[acquaintance] A: Foam material B: body C: accommodating slot D: module E: product [this invention] 1: Module buffer material 2: Block 20: Groove 21: Top area 22: Bottom area 23: Middle area 24: Connection part 3: Belt body 30: Through hole 31: accommodating space 4: Products

[Figure 1] is a schematic diagram of the explosion of conventional foam materials and products; [Fig. 2] is an exploded schematic diagram of the first embodiment of the module buffer material of the present invention; [Fig. 3] is a perspective view of the second embodiment of the module buffer material of the present invention; [Fig. 4] is a perspective view of the third embodiment of the module buffer material of the present invention; [Fig. 5] is a perspective view of the fourth embodiment of the module buffer material of the present invention; [Fig. 6] is a perspective view of the fifth embodiment of the module buffer material of the present invention; and [Fig. 7] is a perspective view of the sixth embodiment of the module buffer material of the present invention.

1: Module buffer material

2: Block

20: Groove

21: Top area

22: Bottom area

23: Middle area

3: Belt body

30: Through hole

Claims (11)

A bundled belt-shaped variable module buffer material is used for bundling on a product, comprising: At least a belt body, which is provided with a plurality of through holes and can be wound around the outside of the product; and At least one piece, which can be made of elastic material, has at least one groove recessed on its side, and when each piece is combined with the belt, each piece can be deformed to protrude into each part of the belt. In the through hole, the inner wall of the belt body is located at the position of each of the grooves corresponding to the inner wall of each of the through holes, and the opposite end regions of each of the blocks are exposed. The module buffer material according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of blocks are assembled on the belt body, and the adjacent blocks are separated from each other by a distance. The module buffer material according to claim 1, wherein the top surface area of each of the blocks is larger than the cross-sectional area of each of the through holes. The module buffer material according to claim 1, wherein the transverse cross-sectional shape of each of the through holes is an X-shape. The module buffer material according to claim 1, wherein each of the through holes is formed by staggering two elongated openings, and the included angle between the two elongated openings can be any angle greater than 0 degrees. The module buffer material according to claim 1, wherein each of the through holes is circular. The module buffer material according to claim 1, wherein the grooves are respectively recessed on the front and rear opposite sides of each of the blocks. The module buffer material according to claim 1, wherein the annular groove can be concavely formed on the side surface of each of the blocks. The module buffer material according to claim 8, wherein a middle area of each of the blocks is columnar. The module cushioning material of claim 1, wherein each of the blocks can be made of foamed polyethylene or ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer. The module cushioning material according to claim 1, wherein the belt body can be made of foamed polyethylene, film-shaped low-density polyethylene, high-density polyethylene or nylon.

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