JP5083649B2 - Cup container sleeve - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention belongs to the technical field of cup containers, and particularly relates to a cup container sleeve that is used when attaching to one cup container or combining a plurality of cup containers.

Conventionally, as a form of sales of foods such as yogurt, jam, peanut butter, ice cream, etc., in consideration of convenience when eating, foods in individual cup containers have been widely used. . If there is only one cup container, the cup should not be opened during transportation, so that the lid cannot be opened by mischief at the store, and in order to promote the sales promotion effect. A shrink film is put on the container, or a cup container is wound in a vertical direction with a strip-shaped sleeve. When a paperboard sleeve is used, the sleeve is wound around the cup container, and the tips of the sleeves are glued together or locked together at the bottom of the cup container.
Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 1-2126963

  Moreover, the form of the multipack which collected 2 or 3 said cup containers is also taken, for example, bundling using the sleeve made from a paperboard is performed. In addition, a multipack in which two to three are stacked in two upper and lower stages is also used, and in this case as well, bundling is performed using a paperboard sleeve. In the sleeve forming such a multipack, a slit for receiving the flange of the cup container is provided on both sides of the top surface portion, and a zipper for removing the sleeve is provided on the side surface. In the upper and lower multipacks, a hole for fixing the container is provided on the side surface of the sleeve so that the lower cup container does not come off.

  As described above, in the conventional cup container sleeve, when the sleeve is attached, the sleeve is wound around the cup container, and the tips of the sleeves are locked by hand at the bottom of the cup container. That is, the locking piece on the one end side of the sleeve is stuck and stuck in the slit on the other end side by hand. Therefore, the attaching process of the sleeve has to be performed manually, and it is difficult to secure personnel for that purpose, and there is a problem that the cost is increased. In addition, the upper and lower multi-packs have a hole for fixing the container on the side of the sleeve so that the lower cup container does not come off, but this hole limits the design of printing and the like applied to the sleeve. was there.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and the object of the present invention is to make the attachment process to the cup container mechanized, and the cup having improved design in the two-stage multipack. The object is to provide a sleeve for a container.

In order to achieve the above object, the cup container sleeve of the present invention is supplied in a sack-applied state, and after opening from the sack-applied state into a rectangular tube shape, it opens the cup container having legs in the vertical direction. The sleeve is attached to the cup container having a leg portion by being inserted in the vertical direction, and has a double-structured bottom portion including an inner bottom plate portion and an outer bottom plate portion. partial locking piece width is set to just fits size in the leg portion of the cup container perpendicular to the direction of circling the cup container is provided on, standing for the outer bottom plate portion pushing up the locking piece A piece is provided, and the standing piece can be locked with the lock piece in a state where the lock piece is pushed up obliquely.

  The cup container sleeve having the above structure may be a single type attached to one cup container, but is attached to a plurality of cup containers arranged in a row so as to circulate in the vertical direction in order to bundle them. It may be a multi-pack type or a multi-pack type that is attached in a state in which it circulates in the vertical direction to bundle a plurality of cup containers stacked in two upper and lower stages.

  After the cup container sleeve of the present invention is attached so as to surround the cup container, when the standing piece of the outer bottom plate part is pushed from the outside and the lock piece of the inner bottom plate part is pushed up, the lock piece is placed in the leg of the cup container. Since it is fixed by the standing piece in the fitted state and attached without being detached from the cup container, installation to the cup container is completed with a simple procedure of covering the cup container and pushing the standing piece on the bottom In addition, mechanization of the sleeve mounting process, which has been performed manually until now, can be achieved. Further, in the case of a sleeve for bundling two-stage multipacks, the hole for fixing the lower cup container is unnecessary, and the display surface on the sleeve side surface is enlarged, so that the design can be improved.

  Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a developed view showing an example of a cup container sleeve according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view showing the cup container sleeve of FIG. 1 with sack applied, and FIG. 3 is a bottom part of the cup container sleeve with sack applied. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the cup container sleeve of FIG. 1 in use, FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view of FIG. 4, and FIG. 6 is an explanatory view of the bottom in FIG. It is.

  The cup container sleeve 10 is a single-type sleeve that is attached to one cup container, and is formed by punching a paperboard on which a predetermined printing has been performed. As shown in FIG. Side plate portions 12 and 13 are connected to each other via folding lines a and b, an inner bottom plate portion 14 is connected to one side plate portion 12 via a folding line c, and a folding line d is connected to the other side plate portion 13. The outer bottom plate portion 15 is continuously provided through the intermediate portion. In addition, the fold line e provided near the outer bottom plate portion 15 of the other side plate portion 13 is a fold line required when the sack is applied.

  The inner bottom plate portion 14 is formed with a perforation α for bending near the side plate portion 12 from the center, and a portion closer to the tip from the perforation α constitutes a lock piece 14a. A recess 14b having a cutout shape is provided at the tip of 14a, and an opening 14c is formed so as to surround the recess 14b. On the other hand, the outer bottom plate portion 15 is partitioned with an upright piece 15a having a convex portion 15b at the tip for fitting and engaging with the concave portion 14b of the lock piece 14a near the side plate portion 13. The standing piece 15a is provided at a position corresponding to the opening 14c of the inner bottom plate portion 14, and can stand up with the perforation β as the bottom side. Instead of forming the opening 14c, the portion corresponding to the opening 14c may be a flap having a perforation for folding at the line indicated by γ in the figure. Does not occur.

  The cup container sleeve 10 is supplied with the sack shown in FIG. Specifically, the sleeve 10 is sequentially bent at the folding lines a and e, and the root of the inner bottom plate portion 14 and the tip of the outer bottom plate portion 15 are bonded together. That is, as shown by the oblique lines in the figure, the vicinity of the tip of the outer bottom plate portion 15 is glued to the inner side of the perforation α in the inner bottom plate portion 14. Thereby, the perforation β of the standing piece 15a is located in the opening 14c, and the convex portion 15b of the standing piece 15a is located closer to the perforation α than the bottom of the concave portion 14b.

  The procedure for attaching the sleeve 10 to the cup container C is as follows. First, the sack-attached sleeve 10 is raised in a rectangular tube shape, and the cup container C having legs is inserted from the opening of the sleeve 10 in the vertical direction. Next, the upright piece 15a of the outer bottom plate portion 15 is pushed from the outside to push up the lock piece 14a of the inner bottom plate portion 14, and the convex portion 15b at the tip of the upright piece 15a is moved over the bottom of the concave portion 14b of the lock piece 14a, As shown in FIGS. 4-6, the convex part 15b in the front-end | tip of the standing piece 15a is engaged with the recessed part 14b of the lock piece 14a. At this time, the standing piece 15a of the outer bottom plate region 15 is easily bent at the perforation β, and the lock piece 14a of the inner bottom plate portion 14 is easily bent at the perforation α. In this manner, the lock piece 14a of the inner bottom plate portion 14 is fitted into the leg portion of the cup container C, and the sleeve 10 is attached to the cup container C in a state where it cannot be easily removed. The above procedure can be automatically performed by modifying the horizontal cartoner.

  FIG. 7 is a development view showing another example of the cup container sleeve according to the present invention, FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a state in which the cup container sleeve of FIG. 7 is attached to the cup container, and FIG. 9 is a state in which the cup container sleeve is attached to the cup container. 10 is a perspective view showing the cup container sleeve in use, FIG. 11 is a longitudinal sectional view of FIG. 10, and FIG. 12 is an explanatory view of the bottom in FIG.

  The cup container sleeve 20 is a multi-pack type sleeve that bundles two cup containers, and is formed by punching a paperboard on which a predetermined printing has been performed. As shown in FIG. Side plate portions 22 and 23 are connected to both sides via fold lines a and b, respectively, and one side plate portion 22 is connected to a narrow inner bottom plate portion 24 via a fold line c, and the other side plate portion 23 is connected to the other side plate portion 23. The outer bottom plate portion 25 is continuously provided via a broken line d.

  Two perforations α are formed side by side in the middle of the inner bottom plate portion 24 in the width direction, and lock pieces 24a are respectively provided in a shape protruding from the inner bottom plate portion 24 starting from each perforation α. Each of the lock pieces 24a is provided with a notch-shaped recess 24b at the tip thereof. On the other hand, on the outer bottom plate portion 25, two upright pieces 25a having protrusions 25b at the tips for fitting and locking into the recesses 24b of the respective lock pieces 24a are arranged side by side near the side plate portion 23. Has been. These standing pieces 25a can stand up with the perforation β as the base.

  The cup container sleeve 20 is attached so as to wrap two cup containers C, as shown in FIG. Specifically, two cup containers C are wrapped while the sleeve 20 is bent at each folding line a to d, and the tip back side of the outer bottom plate part 25 is pasted on the surface of the inner bottom plate part 24 as shown by the oblique lines in the figure. Match. As a result, as shown in FIG. 9, the bottom of the recess 24b of the lock piece 24a crosses the middle of the projection 25b of the upright piece 25a, and the perforation β of the upright piece 25a is located outside the tip of the lock piece 24a. Thus, the standing piece 25a overlaps the lock piece 24a.

  After the sleeve 20 is wound around the two cup containers C in this way, the two standing pieces 25a of the outer bottom plate portion 25 are pushed from the outside to push up the locking pieces 24a of the inner bottom plate portion 24, and the tip of each standing piece 25a is pushed up. As shown in FIGS. 10 to 12, a certain convex portion 25 b gets over the bottom of the concave portion 24 b of the lock piece 24 a and engages the convex portion 25 b at the tip of each standing piece 25 a with the concave portion 24 b of the lock piece 24 a. . At this time, the two upright pieces 25a of the outer bottom plate region 25 are easily bent at the perforation β, and the two lock pieces 24a of the inner bottom plate portion 24 are easily bent at the perforation α. In this way, the two lock pieces 24a of the inner bottom plate portion 24 are fitted into the leg portions of the two cup containers C, respectively, and the two cup containers C are easily detached by the sleeve 20. It will be in a bundled state without any.

  The cup container sleeve 20 described with reference to FIGS. 7 to 12 is a multi-pack type sleeve for bundling two cup containers. The cup container sleeve 20 is elongated in the direction in which the cup containers are arranged to increase the lock pieces 24a and the standing pieces 25a. It is also possible to bundle three or more cup containers.

  Further, by setting the height of the side plate portions 22 and 23 in the sleeve 20 to be two cup containers, it is possible to form a multi-pack type sleeve in which these are bundled with respect to the cup containers stacked in two upper and lower stages. In this case, in order to prevent the upper cup container from falling off, it is desirable to provide a slit into which the flange portion of the upper cup container enters at the boundary between the top plate portion 21 and the side plate portions 22 and 23.

  The embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail above. However, the cup container sleeve according to the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. It is natural that this is possible.

  For example, in the sleeve 10 described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 6, a notch-shaped recess 14b is provided at the tip of the lock piece 14a, and a protruding portion 15b that fits into the recess 14b is provided on the standing piece 15a. In the sleeve 20 described in FIG. 12, a notch-shaped recess 24b is provided at the tip of the lock piece 24a, and the raised piece 25 is provided with a protrusion 25b that fits into the recess 24b. It is not limited to this combination. In short, it is only necessary that the standing piece of the outer bottom plate part can be locked with the lock piece in a state where the lock piece of the inner bottom plate part is pushed up diagonally, so the shape of the lock piece and the standing piece to satisfy this condition May be appropriately designed.

  In addition, the lock pieces 14a and 24a and the standing pieces 15a and 25a are perforated α and β in consideration of ease of bending, but may be ruled lines. In short, it is only necessary to bend the lock pieces 14a and 24a together with the lock pieces 14a and 24a when the upright pieces 15a and 25a are pushed from the outside.

It is an expanded view which shows an example of the sleeve for cup containers which concerns on this invention. It is a top view shown in the state where the cup container sleeve of FIG. It is explanatory drawing shown in the state which looked at the bottom part of the sleeve for cup container which carried out the sack from the inner side. It is a perspective view which shows the sleeve for cup containers of FIG. 1 in a use condition. FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view of FIG. 4. It is explanatory drawing of the bottom part in FIG. It is an expanded view which shows another example of the sleeve for cup containers which concerns on this invention. It is a perspective view which shows a mode that the sleeve for cup containers of FIG. 7 is attached to a cup container. It is a bottom view shown in the state attached to the cup container. It is a perspective view which shows the sleeve for cup containers in a use condition. It is longitudinal direction sectional drawing of FIG. It is explanatory drawing of the bottom part in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

C cup container 10 sleeve 11 top plate portion 12, 13 side plate portion 14 inner bottom plate portion 14a lock piece 14b recess 14c opening 15 outer bottom plate portion 15a upright piece 15b convex portion 20 sleeve 21 top plate portion 22, 23 side plate portion 24 inner bottom plate portion 24a Lock piece 24b Concave portion 25 Outer bottom plate portion 25a Standing piece 25b Convex portion a to e Folded line α, β Perforation

Claims (3)

Supplied in a sack-attached state, and after raising from the sack-attached state into a rectangular tube shape, the cup container having legs is inserted through the opening in the vertical direction, so that the cup container having legs is longitudinal. The sleeve is attached in a state of wrapping around, and has a bottom having a double structure consisting of an inner bottom plate portion and an outer bottom plate portion, and the inner bottom plate portion has a width in a direction perpendicular to the direction of wrapping the cup container. A lock piece set to a size that fits exactly in the leg of the container is provided, and an upright piece for pushing up the lock piece is provided on the outer bottom plate part, and the upright piece pushed the lock piece diagonally. A cup container sleeve which can be locked with a lock piece in a state.   2. The cup container sleeve according to claim 1, wherein the sleeve is a multi-pack type that is attached to a plurality of cup containers arranged in a row so as to be bundled in a longitudinal direction in order to bundle them.   2. The cup container according to claim 1, wherein the sleeve is a multi-pack type attached to a plurality of cup containers stacked in two upper and lower stages so as to be bundled in a vertical direction in order to bundle them. sleeve.

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