JP6311481B2 - Rice cooker packing - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to packaging of rice cookers.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is a rice cooker packaging method that reduces shock from the outside when transporting a rice cooker by placing a cushioning material around the rice cooker and storing it in a packaging box. On the side surface of such a packaging box, a hand opening is formed for loading and unloading (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2001-213481 (FIG. 1)

  However, in the conventional configuration, when the rice cooker lid opening button is located in the vicinity of the handle opening when the rice cooker is housed inside the packing box, when inserting a hand into the handle opening to carry the packing box In addition, there is a problem that the lid opening button is accidentally touched and a malfunction of opening the lid of the rice cooker is caused.

  The present invention was made in order to solve the above-described problems, and can reduce the impact on the rice cooker during transportation, and can prevent erroneous operation of the lid opening button when carrying the rice cooker. The purpose is to provide.

In order to solve the above-described problems, a main body, a lid body that closes the upper surface of the main body, and a lid opening button that releases the state in which the lid body closed the upper surface of the main body, In the packing of rice cookers located on the side facing the bottom, the bottom cushioning material that covers the main body from the bottom to the side, the lid cushioning material that covers the lid from the top to the side, and the bottom cushioning material and the lid cushioning material It covers the side facing the front of the main body and has a rectangular plate shape. The surface is formed with a dent to be bent, and the height can be changed by bending the dent . And a packing box having a side opening formed on the side, with the bottom cushioning material, the lid cushioning material and the inner material covering the rice cooker, these are accommodated in the packaging box, the lid opening button and the handle If the inner material is located between the openings, There.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the packing of the rice cooker which can prevent the erroneous operation of a lid open button when carrying can be provided, reducing the impact to the rice cooker at the time of transport.

The disassembled perspective view which shows the rice cooker which concerns on Embodiment 1, and the packaging member which packs this rice cooker. The perspective view which shows the state by which the rice cooker which concerns on Embodiment 1 was packed. The perspective view of the inner material which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. Sectional drawing of the state which packed the rice cooker which concerns on Embodiment 1 (XX sectional drawing in FIG. 2) Sectional drawing of the state which packed the rice cooker which concerns on Embodiment 2.

(Embodiment 1)
With reference to FIGS. 1-4, the packing member and packing method of the rice cooker which concern on Embodiment 1 are demonstrated.
FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing a rice cooker and a packing member for packing the rice cooker. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state where the rice cooker is packed (inner material 23 located inside packing box 24 is indicated by a dotted line). FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the inner member. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line XX in FIG. 2 (a cross-sectional view in which the position passing through the center in the short direction of the packaging box 24 is cut in the longitudinal direction). (In addition, in FIG. 4, in order to make the positional relationship between the packing 20 and the rice cooker 10 easy to understand, the rice cooker 10 is not shown in a sectional view but is a side view.)

  A rice cooker 10 packed in a packing member to be described later includes a main body 11 and a lid 12 that opens and closes the upper surface of the main body. Inside the main body 11, there are provided an inner pot for holding cooked rice, a heating means (not shown) for heating the inner pot, and a control means (not shown) for controlling the heating means.

The lid 12 is connected to the main body 11 by a hinge 13 with a hinge spring 13 a interposed between the lid 12 and the main body 12. The hinge spring 13a is provided so that the spring contracts as the lid 12 is moved in the closing direction to the main body 11, and the opening force is applied to the lid 12 by the restoring force of the spring (hereinafter referred to as spring force).
That is, the lid 12 is attached to the main body 11 in a state in which force is always applied in the opening direction (biased state) by the hinge spring 13a when the lid 12 is not completely opened.

The main body 11 is provided with an engaging means (not shown) that is held in a state where the lid body 12 is closed when the lid body 12 is engaged. The engaging means moves in conjunction with a lid opening button 14 provided on the side facing the front of the main body 11 to release the engaged state with the lid 12. The disengaged lid 12 is opened by the spring force of the hinge spring 13a, and the upper surface of the main body 12 is opened.
The lid opening button 14 is provided on a side surface facing the front of the main body 11 so as to be able to appear and retract. The lid opening button 14 is engaged with the operation of the lid opening button 14 entering the inside of the main body 11 when pressed by the user as described above. Means move in conjunction.

Next, the rice cooker 10 configured as described above is packed with the following members.
The packaging 20 that protects the rice cooker 1 includes a bottom cushioning material 21 that covers the main body 11 from the bottom surface to the side surface, a lid cushioning material 22 that covers the lid body 12 from the top surface to the side surface, and the bottom cushioning material 21 and the lid cushioning material 22. And an inner member 23 covering the side surface of the main body 11 and a packaging box 24 having a side opening 24a formed on the side surface.

The packaging box 24 is a so-called cardboard box having a rectangular parallelepiped shape in which a bottom surface 24b is closed, a side surface 24d rising from a peripheral edge of the bottom surface 24b, and an opening 24c facing upward. The opening 24c is closed by a lid 24e.
In addition, a handle opening 24 a that is a handle when carrying is carried on the surface of the packaging box 24 that faces in the longitudinal direction.

The bottom cushioning material 21 has a planar shape that is the same rectangular shape as the bottom surface shape 24b of the packaging box 24, and is formed with a recess 21a that opens upward. The recess 21a has a shape that allows the main body 11 of the rice cooker 1 to be fitted from the bottom side.
The bottom cushioning material 21 is made of a material that absorbs impact, such as foamed polystyrene or cardboard.

The lid cushioning material 22 has a planar shape that is the same rectangular shape as the opening 24c of the packaging box 24, and is formed with a recess 22a that opens downward. This recessed part 22a has comprised the shape into which the main body 11 of the rice cooker 1 can be fitted from the lid side.
The bottom cushioning material 21 is made of a material that absorbs impact, such as foamed polystyrene or cardboard.

The inner material 23 is made of cardboard and has a strength that can maintain its own shape even when pressed.
Referring to FIG. 3, the inner member 23 has a rectangular shape, and a depression 23 a serving as a bending position is formed on the surface. The recess 23a has a linear streak shape, and a plurality of adjacent recesses are formed so as to be parallel to each other. By bending the inner member 23 in this way, the inner member 23 is bent. It is possible to change the height H.

The rice cooker 10 is packed by the above members as follows.
The bottom cushioning material 21 covers from the bottom surface of the main body 11 to the side surface by fitting the main body 11 into the recess 21a from the bottom surface side. The lid cushioning material 22 covers from the upper surface of the lid 12 to the side surface by fitting the main body 11 into the recess 22a from the upper surface side of the lid body 12.
The inner member 23 is located between the bottom cushioning material 21 and the lid cushioning material 22 and covers the lid opening button 14 from the side surface. In addition, the inner material 23 is comprised larger than the surface of the lid opening button 14 which faces the front of the rice cooker 10, ie, the surface which a user presses.

Thus, the rice cooker 10 is accommodated in the inside of the packing box 24 in the state where the periphery was covered with each member. At this time, in the state where the rice cooker 10 is stored in the packing box 24, the inner member 23 is located between the handle opening 24 a and the lid opening button 14.
Since the rice cooker 10 is packed in this way, the lid opening button 14 is covered with the inner material 23 when the user puts his hand in the handle opening 24a when carrying it. 14 can be prevented from being operated.
In particular, since the inner member 23 is configured to be larger than the surface of the lid opening button 14, even if the lid opening button 14 is pushed together with the inner member 23, the engagement state of the lid body 12 with the main body 11 is released. Thus, it is possible to prevent the lid opening button 14 from being pressed.

Here, referring to FIG. 3, the inner material 23 can change the height H by changing the position of the recess 23 a to be bent. Thereby, even if the size of the rice cooker 1 to pack differs, it can respond by changing the position to be bent.
For example, referring to FIG. 4, like the rice cooker 10 shown in FIG. 4 (a), the height of the main body 11 is a normal height (for example, the amount that can be cooked with rice is 5.5 go) In this case, the inner material 23 having a height H1 that fits between the bottom cushioning material 21 and the lid cushioning material 22 can be formed by bending the two recesses 23 a of the inner material 23.

On the other hand, like the rice cooker 10 shown in FIG.4 (b), the height of the main body 11 is larger than the rice cooker 10 shown in FIG. In this case, the inner material 23 having a height H2 (H2> H1) that fits between the bottom cushioning material 21 and the lid cushioning material 22 can be formed by bending one recess 23a of the inner material 23.
In other words, by providing a plurality of foldable recesses 23 a in the inner material 23, it is possible to handle packing of a plurality of types of rice cookers having different sizes with one type of inner material 23.

(Embodiment 2)
Next, Embodiment 2 will be described with reference to FIG.
In the second embodiment, a clearance C is formed between the inner member 23 and the lid opening button 14. FIG. 5A and FIG. 5B are cross-sectional views showing examples of structures for forming the clearance C, respectively. The cross-sectional position is the XX cross section shown in FIG. (In addition, in FIG. 5, in order to make intelligible the positional relationship of the packing 20 and the rice cooker 10, the rice cooker 10 is not shown by sectional drawing, but is made into the side view.)
Further, the same components as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted.

Referring to FIG. 5A, the inner member 23 is formed with a recess 23 b by recessing a portion facing the lid opening button 14. Thereby, even if the inner material 23 approaches the side surface of the rice cooker 1, a clearance C is formed between the inner material 23 and the lid opening button 14, and the inner material 23 and the lid opening button 14 are in direct contact with each other. Can be prevented.
That is, when the user carries the handle opening 24a with his / her hand, the lid opening button 14 is covered with the inner member 23 with the clearance C opened. Operation can be prevented.

Referring to FIG. 5 (b), the bottom cushioning material 21 has a first protrusion 21 h that protrudes upward on the side close to the rice cooker 1 on the upper surface. Moreover, the 2nd protrusion part 22h which protrudes below is formed in the lid | cover cushioning material 22 at the side close | similar to the rice cooker 1 in the lower surface.
The distance R of the position where the first protrusion 21 h and the second protrusion 22 h face each other is configured to be smaller than the height H of the inner member 23.

Therefore, the inner member 23 provided in the portion sandwiched between the bottom cushioning material 21 and the lid cushioning material 22 is positioned closer to the handle opening 24a than the first projection 21h and the second projection 22h. A clearance C is formed between the inner member and the lid opening button 14, and the inner member 23 and the lid opening button 14 can be prevented from coming into direct contact.
As a result, when the user carries the handle opening 24a with his / her hand, the lid opening button 14 is covered with the inner member 23 with the clearance C opened. Can be prevented from operating.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Rice cooker, 11 Main body, 12 Lid body, 13 Hinge, 13a Hinge spring, 14 Lid opening button, 20 Packing, 21 Bottom cushioning material, 22 Lid cushioning material, 23 Interior material, 24 Packing box, 24a Hand opening

Claims (4)

A main body, a lid for closing the upper surface of the main body, and a lid opening button for releasing the state in which the lid closes the upper surface of the main body, and the lid opening button is located on a side facing the front of the main body In packing rice cooker,
A bottom cushioning material that covers the main body from the bottom surface to the side surface, a lid cushioning material that covers the lid body from the top surface to the side surface, and a side surface that is located between the bottom cushioning material and the lid cushioning material and faces the front of the main body The inner plate has a rectangular plate shape, and has a recess that is a folding position formed on the surface. The inner material can be changed in height by being bent at the recess, and a hand opening on the side surface. Has a formed packaging box,
With the bottom cushioning material, the lid cushioning material and the inner material covering the rice cooker, these are accommodated in the packing box, and the inner material is located between the lid opening button and the handle opening. Rice cooker packaging characterized by   The packing of the rice cooker according to claim 1, wherein the inner material is formed of a plate-like member that is larger than a surface facing the front of the lid opening button. The packing of the rice cooker according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of the recesses are linear streak recesses, and a plurality of adjacent recesses are parallel to each other. Packaging cooker according to claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the formation of the clear lance between the lid opening button and the inner member.

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