JP3129379B2 - Packaging equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a packaging apparatus for packaging objects such as lighting equipment having a narrow portion provided with a step at a longitudinal end portion.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional packaging apparatus, for example, a packaging apparatus 41 shown in FIG. 5 is known.

[0003] The packaging device 41 is a box-shaped outer package 43 provided with a lid 42 which is open on the upper surface and which closes the opening at the opening edge.
A box-shaped appliance body 45 having an irradiation opening 44 on one side on which a lamp socket and a lighting device (not shown) are disposed.
In both ends in the longitudinal direction of the instrument body 45,
A buffer 47 made of a cardboard 46 or the like is mounted.

[0004] A buffer 47 is formed by bending both ends of a rectangular plate-like corrugated cardboard 46 substantially vertically in the same direction so as to cover the end of the instrument body 45, and has a buffer such as styrene foam on the outer surface.
48 is formed.

[0005]

However, in the conventional packaging device 41 shown in FIG. 5, the shape of the end portion of the tool body 45 is irregular, the step portion 49 is formed and the narrow portion 50 is provided. In this case, if only the end face of the narrow portion 50 of the appliance main body 45 is protected by the buffer body 47, when a longitudinal load is applied to the appliance main body 45, the load acts on the step portion 49 most and the appliance main body 45
May be deformed. Further, since the buffer body 47 is formed of a corrugated cardboard material 46 and a buffer material 48 such as styrene foam and is made of different materials, there is a problem in that disposal and the like become complicated and the cost increases.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a packaging apparatus capable of securely holding an article to be packaged with a simple configuration.

[0007]

According to the present invention, the packaging device is folded by a single plate material which protects the end provided with the narrow portion through the step at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the article to be packaged. A pair of bent shock absorbers, and the pair of shock absorbers are arranged to face both ends in the longitudinal direction, the object to be packaged is positioned between the shock absorbers, and the periphery of the object to be sealed and the shock absorber is wrapped. a packaging device equipped with an outer package, wherein the buffer body is once bent in the middle of the plate, a flat substrate portion which is placed on the bottom surface of the front Kisotogawa package, U-shaped Notches are provided
Is the edge of the end portion of the continuous leading edge to the substrate portion is contact with the end portion inner surface of the outer package, and a base end the articles to be packaged
The flat contact part that comes into contact and the base of the cut in this contact part
The edge becomes a flat shape continuous with the substrate portion, and the cut
The position where the tip of the sole comes into contact with the inner surface of the end of the outer package
A notch is provided in the vicinity of both sides of the plate member from the substrate portion to the contact portion, and a notch is provided so as to protrude and bend toward an inner corner side of the substrate portion and the contact portion, and opposing side edges formed by the notch. A fixed portion is provided between which a narrow portion of the packaged object is sandwiched and which comes into contact with a step portion of the packaged item on a surface continuous with the substrate portion.

[0008]

The packaging device according to the present invention comprises a pair of cushions disposed opposite to each other in the outer package to protect the ends of the package.
And once bent in the middle of plate members, the substrate portion is placed on the bottom of the outer package, the proximal end board of the notches provided in the contact portion
It becomes a continuous flat surface, and the tip of this cut is
Is brought into contact with the end portion inner surface of the side wrapping body, the positioning piece portion was determined position <br/>, the proximal end portion is brought into contact with the edge of the end portion of the packaged articles, to be packaged an abutment Between the object and the outer package, sandwich the narrow part of the object to be packaged between the opposing side edges formed by the cuts, and apply the fixing part to the step of the object to be packaged on the surface that is continuous with the substrate. With a simple configuration, the end having a narrow portion is protected through the step of the packaged object ,
Together securely holding <br/> lifting the width direction and the longitudinal direction of the articles to be packaged by the elastic, securely held without deforming the stepped portion to protect the packaged articles consuming load.

[0009]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a packaging apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a fixture body of a lighting fixture, for example, as a packaged object.
Is made of, for example, a steel plate, and a side plate portion 3 is provided by bending both sides in the longitudinal direction of a substantially rectangular top plate portion 2 substantially vertically. At both ends of the top plate 2 in the longitudinal direction, mounting portions 4 having a width smaller than the width of the intermediate portion are formed to protrude in a wall shape in the longitudinal direction. Furthermore, the instrument main body 1 is provided with end plates 5 at both ends in the longitudinal direction.

The end plate portion 5 has a substantially equal leg trapezoidal end plate 7.
And a side surface portion 8 which is formed in the same direction from the oblique side of the end plate 7 so as to be substantially perpendicularly bent into a wall shape, and a substantially right-angled triangle which is bent substantially in parallel with the end plate 7 from a leading edge of the side surface portion 8. And a side end surface portion 9 formed in a shape. Also, the end plate 5
A joint piece 11 is formed from the edge of the side end face 9 to be bent substantially in parallel with the side face 8 and joined to the side plate 3 and the top plate 2 by spot welding 10, respectively. The end plate portion 5 is joined to the side plate portion 3 and the top plate portion 2 by joining pieces.
11 is welded, and the instrument body 1 is formed in a box shape having an irradiation opening 12 formed on the lower surface.

The attachment of the end plate 5 allows the longitudinal end of the instrument body 1 to be moved from the side plate 3 to the end plate 5.
Is formed stepwise over the side end face 9 and the side face 8 of the end face, and is shorter and narrower than the distance between the side faces 8 and 8 where the side face 8 and the end plate 7 of the end plate 5 face each other. Part 14

The instrument body 1 is located on the lower surface of the mounting portion 4 of the top plate portion 2 and between the side portions 8 and 8 of the end plate portion 5.
A lamp socket to which a not-shown straight tube type fluorescent lamp is mounted is attached, and a lighting device (not shown) for lighting the fluorescent lamp is provided on the lower surface substantially at the center of the top plate 2.

On the other hand, reference numeral 16 denotes a packaging device.
Has a box-shaped outer package 18 provided with a lid 17 that is opened in the upper surface and provided in a flange shape from the opening edge and closes the opening in the upper surface.

A pair of buffers 19 are detachably mounted on the outer wrapping body 18 at the inner ends in the longitudinal direction so as to face each other.

The buffer 19 is provided in FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 7, a substantially rectangular plate-shaped corrugated cardboard material 20 which is a plate material is formed by being bent at a predetermined position. The longitudinal direction of the corrugated cardboard material 20 is perpendicular to the flute of the core material 20a, which is a corrugated flute. As shown in FIG. 3, this corrugated cardboard material 20 has a first center substantially at the center thereof along a longitudinal direction which is a direction intersecting the direction of the core material 20a.
Of the substrate section 22 by the first fold curve 21.
And a contact portion 23 are provided.

The abutting portion 23 is provided with a U-shaped notch 24 toward the first folding curve 21, and the base end is continuous with the substrate portion 22 to form a one-plane positioning piece 25. Have been. The first bent curve 21 is not provided at the base end of the positioning piece 25.

Further, in the vicinity of an end in the longitudinal direction which is a direction along the direction of the core material 20a of the corrugated cardboard material 20, a first cut is formed in a substantially rectangular shape from the substrate portion 22 to the contact portion 23. A line 27 and a second score line 28 are cut. And the first
From the end of the cut line 27, the end of the second cut line 28, and the space between the first cut line 27 and the second cut line 28 to the longitudinal end of the corrugated cardboard material 20. The second to fourth fold curves 29 to 31 are provided substantially in parallel with the first fold curve 21, the leg 32 is provided by the second and third fold curves 29 and 30, and the third and fourth fold curves 29 and 30 are provided.
The holding surface portion 33 is provided by the folding curves 30 and 31.

The angle θ between the second cut line 28 and the fourth folding curve 31 is the base angle α of the substantially plate-like end plate 7 of the end plate 5.
A second cut line 28 is cut so as to have substantially the same angle as that of FIG.

Then, the first fold curve 21 is valley-folded so that the positioning piece 25 is cut and raised from the contact part 23 in the same plane as the substrate part 22, and the second and fourth fold curves are formed.
29 and 31 are folded in a valley, and the third fold curve 30 is folded in a mountain. The first and second cut lines 27 and 28 cause the fixing portion 34 to contact the substrate portion 22 at the leg 32 and the holding surface 33. It is bent so as to be cut and raised on the bending direction side which is the inner angle side with the contact part 23,
A buffer 19 is formed.

Further, the cushioning bodies 19, 19 are arranged such that the holding surface portion 33 of the fixing portion 34 is opposed to the substrate portion 22, and the substrate portion 22 is placed on the bottom of the outer package 18. The leading edge of the contact portion 23, which is the edge on the side of the contact portion 23 in the direction, is in contact with the inner surfaces of both ends of the outer package 18 in the longitudinal direction, and the contact portions 23 are arranged in a pair as inclined. These buffers 19,
In 19, the holding surface 33 is substantially perpendicular to the substrate 22.

The end of the instrument body 1 is held as shown in FIG. That is, the side plate 8 of the end plate 5 of the device main body 1 and the side portion 8 of the step 13 of the end plate 5 of the device main body 1 are attached to the side edges of the fixing portion 34 of the buffer 19 by the second cut line 28. The instrument body 1 is inserted between the fixing portions 34 and 34 until it abuts, the width direction of the instrument main body 1 is held, and the end plate 7 of the end plate portion 5 and the top plate portion 2 which are edges of the narrow portion 14 of the instrument main body 1. The edge with the contact part 23
, And the side end surface 9 of the end plate portion 5 abuts against the holding surface portion 33 of the fixing portion 34, and the longitudinal direction of the instrument body 1 is held. Is a pair of buffer 1
It is held at 9, 19.

Further, the lid 17 of the outer package 18 is bent at the base end to close the opening on the upper surface of the outer package 18 that houses the instrument body 1, and the instrument body 1 is packaged in the packaging device 16. Have been.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described.

First, at the time of assembling the buffer 19, the positioning piece 25 is valley-folded along the first fold curve 21 so as to be cut and raised from the contact portion 23 on the same plane as the substrate 22.
Valley fold at the second and fourth fold curves 29 and 31 and third fold curve
The fixing portion 34 is abutted to the substrate portion 22 at the leg portion 32 and the holding surface portion 33 by the first and second cut lines 27 and 28 by mountain folding at 30.
It is cut and raised on the bending direction side, which is the inner angle side with 23, and bent to assemble and form the buffer 19.

In packaging the lighting device main body 1, the pair of cushioning bodies 19, 19 are placed on the bottom of the outer packaging body 18 with the holding surface 33 of the fixing portion 34 facing the base member 22. At the same time, the leading edge of the positioning piece 25 and the leading edge of the contact portion 23, which is the edge of the corrugated cardboard material 20 on the longitudinal contact portion 23 side, are brought into contact with the inner surfaces of both ends in the longitudinal direction of the outer wrapping body 18 to make contact. The portion 23 is inclined and the holding surface portion 33 is disposed so as to be substantially perpendicular to the substrate portion 22.

The side surface 8 constituting the step 13 of the end plate 5 of the instrument body 1 is the second cut line of the fixing portion 34 of the buffer 19.
The end plate portion 5 of the instrument body 1 is inserted between the fixing portions 34, 34 to hold the instrument body 1 in the width direction until it comes into contact with the side edge of the instrument body 1, and the edge of the narrow portion 14 of the instrument body 1 End plate part 5
The edge of the end plate 7 and the top plate 2 are in contact with the base end of the contact portion 23, and the side end surface 9 of the end plate 5 is held by the holding surface of the fixing portion 34.
33, the longitudinal direction of the instrument body 1 is held, and both ends of the instrument body 1 are held by a pair of cushions 19,19.

Thereafter, the lid 17 of the outer package 18 is bent at the base end to close the opening on the upper surface of the outer package 18 and the instrument body 1 is closed.
Is packed in a packaging device 16.

By the way, the instrument body 1 is provided with an end plate 5 at an end in the longitudinal direction of the instrument body 1 by attaching the end plate 5, and the side end faces 9 to the side end faces 9 of the end plate 5 from the side plate 3. The step portion 13 is formed over the side surface portion 8, and the side portion 8 of the end plate portion 5 and the end plate 7 have a narrow portion 14 shorter than the distance between the opposing side portions 8, 8. For example, when stress is applied to the end face of the instrument body 1 along the longitudinal direction, stress acts on the end plate 7 of the end plate portion 5 so that the end plate 7
Step 13 so that the device falls into the irradiation opening 12 of the instrument body 1.
Stress acts on

On the other hand, in the device main body 1, the side surface 8 forming the step 13 of the end plate portion 5 of the device main body 1 is
End plate 5 until it abuts against the side edge of the second cut line 28 of 34
Is inserted between the fixing portions 34, 34 to maintain the width direction of the instrument body 1, and the end plate 7 of the end plate portion 5, which is the edge of the narrow portion 14 of the instrument body 1, and the top plate portion 2 The edge is in contact with the base end of the contact portion 23, and the side end surface 9 of the end plate 5 is the holding surface of the fixing portion 34.
33, the longitudinal direction of the instrument body 1 is held, and both ends of the instrument body 1 are held by a pair of cushions 19,19.

For this reason, with a simple configuration in which the plate-shaped corrugated cardboard material 20 is simply bent once, the apparatus main body 1 can be held in both the width direction and the longitudinal direction, and the apparatus main body 1 can be securely protected and packaged. Even if the stress applied to the plate portion 5 acts on the step portion 13, the step portion 13 is protected by the fixing portion 34, so that the instrument body 1 can be prevented from being deformed.

In addition, since a separate material such as styrene foam is not required with a simple configuration, manufacturability is improved, costs can be reduced, and the processing work and processing cost of the disassembled packaging device 16 after use can be reduced. In addition, the efficiency of distribution can be improved.

Furthermore, since the edge of the end plate 7 of the end plate portion 5 which is the edge of the narrow portion 14 of the instrument body 1 and the edge of the top plate portion 2 abut on the base end of the abutment portion 23, Due to the elasticity of the portion 23, the holding of the instrument body 1 in the longitudinal direction is further ensured.

In the above embodiment, the lighting device 1 is wrapped and described. However, the present invention is not limited to the lighting device, and any packaged material having a step 13 at the end and a narrow portion 14 may be used. Can be packaged.

[0035]

According to the packaging device of the present invention, a pair of cushion that protects the ends of the packaged articles are arranged to face the outer wrapping body, once bent Mr middle of a plate material, The substrate is placed on the bottom of the outer package, and the cut
The edge becomes a flat surface that is continuous with the substrate, and this notch
Mino tip is brought into contact with the end portion inner surface of the outer package, the edge of the end portion of the positioning piece position-decided tanning, proximal end packaged articles and those
And the contact portion is positioned between the object to be packaged and the outer package body. The narrow portion of the object to be packaged is sandwiched between the opposing side edges formed by the cuts, and the surface is connected to the surface continuous with the substrate. to contact the fixed portion to the step portion of the package, with a simple structure, to protect the end portion having a narrow portion through the step portion of the packaged articles, the abutting portions
Due to the elasticity of the package, the width direction and the longitudinal direction of the package can be securely held, and the step to which the load is applied can be protected and the package can be securely held without deformation.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing a packaging state of a lighting device according to an embodiment of the packaging device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the same.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the upper corrugated cardboard material.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the cushioning member.

FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view showing a packaging state of a lighting fixture of the conventional packaging apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Apparatus body to be packaged 13 Stepped section 14 Narrow section 16 Packaging device 18 Outer package 19 Buffer 20 Corrugated cardboard material 22 Board section 23 Contact section 24 Cut 25 Positioning piece section 34 Fixed section

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A pair of cushions formed by bending a single plate material to protect an end provided with a narrow portion via a step at both ends in a longitudinal direction of a packaged object. In a packaging apparatus comprising: a pair of buffer bodies disposed opposite to both ends in the longitudinal direction, an outer package body that wraps around these packaged objects and the buffer body with the packaged object positioned between the buffer bodies, the buffer body is an intermediate in the bent one of the plate, before and flat substrate portion which is placed on the bottom surface of the Kisotogawa package, U-shaped notch is provided continuously on the substrate portion leading edge is abutting on the end inner surface of the outer package, and a base end
A flat plate-shaped contact portion that contacts the edge of the end of the packaged object, and a base end of a cut of the contact portion that is continuous with the substrate portion.
Become planar, and insert the tip of the cut into the outer package
A positioning piece portion to be brought into contact with the inner surface of the end portion, and a cut is provided in the vicinity of both sides of the plate member from the substrate portion to the contact portion, and is protruded and bent toward the inner corner side of the substrate portion and the contact portion. And a fixing portion in which a narrow portion of the packaged object is sandwiched between opposing side edges formed by the cuts and abuts on a step portion of the packaged object on a surface continuous with the substrate portion. And packaging equipment.