JP6470809B2 - Packing structure - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a packing structure for packing a large display device such as an information display.

  Thin panel displays such as liquid crystal display devices can be made larger, so that they can be used as information displays such as digital signage (digital signage) and multi-display systems in addition to usage forms such as television receivers and computer monitors. Usage forms are widespread.

  Digital signage is a tool for advertising and publicity to an unspecified number of people in public places. The digital signage is configured to include a display unit body capable of displaying an advertisement image created by a digital image, and can appropriately set a schedule such as a time zone for displaying the advertisement image, and the displayed advertisement image The contents of can be easily changed. Thus, the latest information can be provided to the viewer in an effective time zone, and the advertising effect is superior to that of the conventional signboard.

  It is also used as an information display device for groups by applying digital signage and displaying general communication items for specific groups such as schools and companies.

  The multi-display system is a system capable of displaying presentation images effectively in an exhibition hall as well as displaying information in public places. A plurality of displays are arranged in a line, matrix, etc. It can be applied to various display modes by dividing one image into a pseudo large single screen display or by linking images displayed on the respective display devices.

  Digital signage is often installed on a wall or suspended from the ceiling so that more people can see the screen, and so that people do not touch and the display falls. . In the case of a multi-display system, a plurality of displays must be installed at predetermined positions.

  In recent years, in a large display device such as an information display, a display unit body for displaying an image has been thinned, and more careful handling has been required for transportation and installation of the display device. As one of countermeasures, various techniques have been proposed for the packaging structure of the display device.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a state in which the display unit main body 1 of the display device housed in the conventional packing structure is installed in a vertical orientation. When the rectangular plate-shaped display unit main body 1 is installed in a vertical orientation, as a procedure for unpacking the packing structure, an operator first sets the display unit main body 1 accommodated in the packing structure to the packing structure. Remove from the body in a sideways posture. Next, the worker changes the posture of the display unit main body 1 taken out from the packing structure from the horizontal posture to the vertical posture, and installs it at a predetermined installation location.

  As described above, when the display unit main body 1 of the display device housed in the conventional packing structure is installed in the vertical orientation, the operator takes out the display unit main body 1 from the packaging structure in the horizontal orientation. Since it is necessary to change the posture to the vertical posture, it is necessary to take a wide unpacking space in the unpacking work of the packing structure, and there is a problem that the unpacking work is troublesome. For this reason, in the packaging structure of the display device, a technique for unpacking work safely and improving the work efficiency is required.

  For example, in Patent Document 1, in an office machine packing case that stores and accommodates an office machine having a caster on the bottom surface in a lying state on the bottom case, the attitude of the lying office machine is changed to a vertical posture. An office machine packaging case that can be removed from the packaging case is disclosed.

JP-A-8-143091

  When the technology related to the packaging case for office machines disclosed in Patent Document 1 is applied to a packaging structure for packaging a display device, an operator accommodates the packaging structure in an unpacking operation. The display unit body of the display device to be used can be taken out of the packing structure by changing the posture from the horizontal posture to the vertical posture.

  However, the rectangular plate-shaped display unit body is unstable in the vertical orientation, and therefore, the display unit body that is changed from the horizontal orientation to the vertical orientation and is taken out of the packing structure may fall down. There is.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a packaging structure for packaging a display device, which can be taken out in a state in which the display device is prevented from falling when the display device is taken out from the packaging structure. .

1st invention is a packing structure for packing a display apparatus, Comprising: The packaging box which accommodates a display apparatus, and the buffer material which hold | maintains a display apparatus in a packaging box are provided. Cushioning material includes a side cushioning material which is mounted detachably fitted to one side of the display device (the first middle buffer material in the embodiment), the side cushioning material, one side of the display device and the fitting portion fittable into parts, extending in a direction crossing the fitting portion, and has a fittable auxiliary fitting portion in a different other side from the one side of the display device.

The second invention is dependent on the first invention, and the side cushioning material is attached to the display device by fitting the auxiliary fitting portion to the other side portion which is the lower side of the display device outside the packaging box. Thus, the display device can also be used as a holding member for holding the standing posture.

  A third invention is dependent on the first or second invention, and the cushioning material includes a plurality of corner cushioning materials that are detachably fitted to and attached to the corners of the display device, One of the corner cushioning materials is a curved surface in which the shape of the edge portion outside the corner of the display device to which the corner cushioning material is mounted is convex outward.

  A fourth invention is dependent on any one of the first to third inventions, and the packaging box has a bottom portion and a plurality of side wall portions erected from an edge of the bottom portion. One is separable from the side wall adjacent to the side wall.

  According to the present invention, since the side cushioning material in which the auxiliary fitting groove that can be fitted to the side portion of the display device is formed is included, when this display device is taken out from the packing structure, this side A part cushioning material can be used.

  As an example, in the unpacking operation of the packing structure, an operator first stands the display device upright in a horizontal posture so that the other side is on the lower side while being stored in the packing structure. Next, the operator removes the first box disposed on the upper side, and removes the side cushioning material attached to the intermediate portion of the one side exposed by removing the first box. Next, the worker attaches the removed side cushioning material along the auxiliary fitting groove to, for example, an intermediate portion of one short side portion extending in the short side direction of the display device. Then, the worker uses the corner cushioning material attached to the corner portion on one end side in the long side direction of the other side portion as a fulcrum so that one short side portion to which the side cushioning material is attached is on the lower side. Then, the display device is tilted to change the posture from the horizontal posture to the vertical posture.

  The display device that has been changed to the vertical posture in this way has a side cushioning material attached to the middle part of one short side that is on the lower side, so that the vertical posture is stable without falling down. Can be held. Therefore, the display device can be easily installed in the vertical orientation.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, one of the plurality of corner cushioning members has a shape in which the edge portion outside the corner portion of the display device to which the corner cushioning material is mounted is convex outward. It is a curved surface. When the operator performs the unpacking work as described above, the work of tilting the display device by making the shape of the edge of the corner cushioning material as a fulcrum when tilting the display device a curved surface Can be easily performed.

  According to the fourth invention, when the worker performs the unpacking operation as described above, one of the side wall portions is separable from the side wall portion adjacent to the side wall portion. Thus, when the display device is tilted with the corner cushioning material as a fulcrum, one side wall portion of the packing box is separated and opened, so that the operation of tilting the display device can be easily performed. .

It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the structure of the packing structure P which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the structure of the 1st intermediate | middle part shock absorbing material. 3 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a lower left corner cushioning material 21. FIG. It is a figure which shows the structure of the 2nd box 20. It is process drawing for demonstrating the unpacking method of the packing structure P by an operator. It is a figure for demonstrating the unpacking method of the packing structure. It is a figure for demonstrating the unpacking method of the packing structure. It is a figure for demonstrating the unpacking method of the packing structure. It is a figure which shows a mode that the display part main body 1 of the display apparatus accommodated in the packing structure of a prior art is installed with a vertical orientation.

  FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing a configuration of a packing structure P according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the configuration of the first intermediate cushioning material 13. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the configuration of the lower left corner cushioning material 21. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the second box 20. 4A is a development view of the second box 20, and FIGS. 4B and 4C are views showing a state when the side wall 20b of the second box 20 is angularly displaced. is there. The packing structure P of the present embodiment is for packing a display device D including a large and thin rectangular plate-like display unit body 1 such as an information display, and a display housed in the packing structure P. It is possible to take out the main body 1 simply by changing the posture from the horizontal posture to the vertical posture.

  Here, the horizontal orientation is an orientation in which the long side of the rectangular plate-shaped display unit main body 1 is substantially horizontal and the short side is substantially vertical. The vertical orientation is the vertical side of the long side of the display unit main body 1. The posture is such that the short side is substantially horizontal. Further, when the display unit main body 1 is installed in a horizontal posture, when the display surface on which an image is displayed is viewed from the front, one side portion (hereinafter referred to as “first long side”) extending in the long side direction of the display unit main body 1 is displayed. Part ”) is on the upper side, the other side parallel to the first long side part (hereinafter referred to as“ second long side part ”) is on the lower side, and the short side part on one end side of the first long side part ( Hereinafter, the “first short side portion” is on the left side, and the short side portion (hereinafter referred to as “second short side portion”) on the other end side of the first long side portion is on the right side. In addition, when the display unit body 1 is installed in the vertical orientation, when the display surface is viewed from the front, the first short side is the lower side, the second short side is the upper side, and the first long side is The second long side is the right side.

  The packing structure P includes a first box 10, a second box 20, an upper left corner cushioning material 11 and an upper right corner cushioning material 12 that are first corner cushioning materials, and a first intermediate cushioning material 13. And a lower left corner cushioning material 21 and a lower right corner cushioning material 22 which are second corner cushioning materials, and a second intermediate cushioning material 23.

  The upper left corner cushioning material 11 and the upper right corner cushioning material 12, which are the first corner cushioning materials, are detachably fitted to both corners on one side extending in the long side direction X of the display unit main body 1. Is attached. The upper left corner cushioning material 11 is formed with an upper left corner fitting groove 11a that is a first corner fitting groove that can be fitted to the upper left corner. The upper right corner cushioning material 12 is formed with an upper right corner fitting groove 12a that is a first corner fitting groove that can be fitted to the upper right corner. The upper left corner cushioning material 11 and the upper right corner cushioning material 12 are made of, for example, foamed synthetic resin.

  The first intermediate cushioning material 13 is detachably fitted to and attached to the intermediate portion of the first long side portion. The first intermediate cushioning material 13 is formed with a first intermediate fitting groove 13a that can be fitted into the intermediate portion, and in a direction intersecting the first intermediate fitting groove 13a (this embodiment). The auxiliary fitting groove 13b is formed, which extends in a direction orthogonal to each other and into which the display body 1 can be fitted. Moreover, the 1st intermediate part buffer material 13 consists of foaming synthetic resins, for example.

  The lower left corner cushioning material 21 and the lower right corner cushioning material 22 that are the second corner cushioning material are the corners of the second long side that is the other side parallel to the first long side of the display unit body 1. Each is detachably fitted and mounted. The lower left corner cushioning material 21 is formed with a lower left corner fitting groove 21a that is a second corner fitting groove that can be fitted to the lower left corner. The lower right corner cushioning material 22 is formed with a lower right corner fitting groove 22a that is a second corner fitting groove that can be fitted to the lower right corner. The lower left corner cushioning material 21 and the lower right corner cushioning material 22 are made of, for example, foamed synthetic resin.

(First embodiment and second embodiment)
In the packing structure P according to the first embodiment of the present invention, the lower left corner cushioning material 21 and the lower right corner cushioning material 22 attached to each corner of the second long side portion of the display unit main body 1 The shape of the end is not particularly limited. In the packing structure P according to the second embodiment of the present invention, among the lower left corner cushioning material 21 and the lower right corner cushioning material 22 attached to each corner of the second long side portion of the display unit main body 1, the long The lower left corner cushioning material 21 attached to the lower left corner, which is a corner on one side in the side direction, has a curved surface whose outer edge 21b outside the lower left corner is convex outward.

  The second intermediate cushioning material 23 is detachably fitted to and attached to the intermediate portion of the second long side portion of the display unit main body 1. The second intermediate portion cushioning material 23 is formed with a second intermediate portion fitting groove 23a that can be fitted to the intermediate portion.

  The second box 20 accommodates the second long side portion of the display unit body 1 to which the lower left corner cushioning material 21, the lower right corner cushioning material 22 and the second intermediate cushioning material 23 are attached. For example, it consists of cardboard. The second box 20 has a rectangular plate-shaped bottom 20a extending along the second long side and four edges of the bottom 20a in a state in which the second long side of the display unit body 1 is accommodated. And four side wall portions standing upright. In FIG. 4, three side wall portions 20 b, 20 c, and 20 d among the four side wall portions of the second box 20 are illustrated.

(Third and fourth embodiments)
In the packing structure P according to the third embodiment of the present invention, of the four side walls of the second box 20, the side wall 20b on the one end side of the second long side is adjacent to the side wall 20b. You may be comprised so that the state fixed to the end surface of the side wall part 20c and the side wall part 20d may be hold | maintained. In the packing structure P according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention, among the four side walls of the second box 20, the side wall 20b on one side in the long side direction of the display unit body 1 and the side wall 20b A pair of adjacent side wall portions 20c and 20d are separable from each other. Specifically, the side wall portion 20b can be angularly displaced around a boundary line with the bottom portion 20a.

  In the state in which the second box 20 houses the display unit body 1 in which the lower left corner cushioning material 21, the lower right corner cushioning material 22 and the second intermediate cushioning material 23 are mounted on the second long side portion, the lower left corner The height of the cushioning material 21 and the lower right corner cushioning material 22 is substantially the same, and the upper side is open.

  In addition, two locking pieces 20e and 20f are attached to the side wall portion 20b on the one end side of the second long side portion of the second box 20, and the side wall portion 20c and the side wall portion 20d adjacent to the side wall portion 20b. An auxiliary piece 20g and an auxiliary piece 20h are respectively attached to the. The side wall portion 20b has a boundary line with the bottom portion 20a so that the locking pieces 20e and 20f are accommodated inside in a state where the auxiliary piece 20g and the auxiliary piece 20h are bent so as to be perpendicular to the side wall portion 20c and the side wall portion 20d. By being angularly displaced around, it is fixed to the end faces of the side wall 20c and the side wall 20d. Further, the side wall portion 20b is angularly displaced around the boundary line with the bottom portion 20a so that the locking pieces 20e and 20f are exposed to the outside, and as shown in FIG. The fixing to the end face of the portion 20d is released and the open state is established.

  The first box 10 accommodates the first long side portion of the display unit main body 1 to which the upper left corner cushioning material 11, the upper right corner cushioning material 12, and the first intermediate cushioning material 13 are attached. For example, it consists of cardboard. The first box 10 is erected from a rectangular plate-like bottom extending along the first long side and four edges of the bottom in a state where the first long side of the display unit body 1 is accommodated. Four side walls.

  The first box 10 is housed in the second box 20 with the lower left corner cushioning material 21, the lower right corner cushioning material 22 and the second middle cushioning material 23 mounted on the second long side portion, In the state in which the display unit body 1 in which the upper left corner cushioning material 11, the upper right corner cushioning material 12, and the first intermediate cushioning material 13 are accommodated in one long side portion, the bottom 20a of the second box 20 is excluded. It has a shape that covers the whole, and the lower side is open.

  Next, a method for unpacking the packing structure P in which the display unit main body 1 is stored will be described. FIG. 5 is a process diagram for explaining a method of unpacking the packing structure P by an operator. 6A to 6C are views for explaining a method for unpacking the packing structure P. FIG.

  Since the packaging structure P of the present embodiment configured as described above includes the first intermediate cushioning material 13 in which the auxiliary fitting groove 13b into which the display unit main body 1 can be fitted is formed. The first intermediate cushioning material 13 can be used when the display unit body 1 is taken out of the packing structure P by changing the posture from the horizontal posture to the vertical posture.

  Specifically, in the unpacking operation of the packing structure P, in step s1, the operator places the display unit body 1 in the state of being housed in the packing structure P, and the second long side portion is on the lower side. Stand up in a sideways posture.

  Next, in step s2, as shown to FIG. 6A, an operator moves the 1st box 10 arrange | positioned above to the arrow A1 direction, and removes it. Next, in step s3, as shown in FIG. 6A, the operator opens the side wall portion 20b of the second box 20 by angular displacement in the direction of the arrow A2.

  Next, in step s4, the operator removes the first intermediate cushioning material 13 attached to the intermediate portion of the first long side exposed by removing the first box 10, and removes the first As shown in FIG. 6B, the intermediate cushioning material 13 is attached to the intermediate portion of the first short side portion of the display unit main body 1 along the auxiliary fitting groove 13b.

  Next, in step s5, as shown in FIG. 6C, the operator uses the lower left corner cushioning material 21 attached to the corner on one end side of the second long side portion as a fulcrum, and the first intermediate cushioning material 13 The display unit body 1 is tilted in the direction of the arrow A3 so that the attached first short side is on the lower side, and the posture is changed from the horizontal posture to the vertical posture.

  The display unit body 1 that has been changed to the vertical posture in this way is stable without falling because the first intermediate cushioning member 13 is attached to the intermediate portion of the first short side portion on the lower side. Thus, the vertical orientation can be maintained. Therefore, the display unit main body 1 can be easily installed in the vertical orientation.

  In the packing structure P of the first embodiment described above, the shape of the edge portions of the lower left corner cushioning material 21 and the lower right corner cushioning material 22 is not particularly limited, but the second embodiment described above. In the packing structure P, the lower left corner attached to the corner on one end side in the long side direction among the lower left corner cushioning material 21 and the lower right corner cushioning material 22 attached to each corner of the second long side. The part cushioning material 21 is a curved surface in which the shape of the edge part 21b outside the corner is convex outward. When the worker performs the unpacking work as described above, the shape of the edge 21b of the lower left corner cushioning material 21 that serves as a fulcrum when the display unit body 1 is tilted is a curved surface. The operation of tilting the main body 1 can be easily performed.

  In the packaging structure P of the third embodiment described above, the second box 20 includes a side wall 20c and a side wall adjacent to the side wall 20b. Although it may be configured to hold the state fixed to the end face of the portion 20d, in the packing structure P of the above-described fourth embodiment, when the operator performs the unpacking work as described above, As for the 2nd box 20 arrange | positioned on the lower side, the side wall part 20b of the long side direction one end side of the display part main body 1 can be angularly displaced around a boundary line with the bottom part 20a. Thus, when the display unit body 1 is tilted with the lower left corner cushioning material 21 attached to the corner on one end side of the second long side as a fulcrum, one end in the long side direction of the second box 20 Since the side wall portion 20b on the side is angularly displaced and opened, the operation of tilting the display portion main body 1 can be easily performed.

(Fifth embodiment)
Although the packing structure P for packing the display device D has been described, the object to be packed by the packing structure P is not limited to the display device D. In the fifth embodiment, the packing structure P can be used as a packing structure for a vertically long electronic device such as an electric heater. For example, a vertically long electronic device usually includes an electronic device main body and a stand, and the electronic device main body and the stand are taken out of the packing structure and attached to each other. In such a case, by using the packing structure P according to the present invention, it is possible to change the posture of the electronic device from the horizontal posture to the vertical posture with the stand mounting surface facing upward. The electronic device that has been changed to the vertical orientation in this way has the first intermediate cushioning material 13 attached to the intermediate portion of the lower short side portion, so that the electronic device can be stably oriented vertically without falling down. The posture can be maintained. Therefore, the stand can be easily attached to the electronic device that is held in the vertical posture with the stand attachment surface facing upward.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 1st box 20 2nd box 11 Upper left corner cushioning material 12 Upper right corner cushioning material 13 First middle cushioning material 21 Lower left corner cushioning material 22 Lower right corner cushioning material 23 Second middle cushioning material P Packing Structure

Claims (4)

A packing structure for packing a display device,
A packing box for storing the display device; and a cushioning material for holding the display device in the packing box,
The cushioning material includes a side cushioning material that is detachably fitted to one side of the display device,
The side cushioning material is a fitting portion that can be fitted to the one side portion of the display device, and extends in a direction crossing the fitting portion, and is different from the one side portion of the display device. A packaging structure having an auxiliary fitting portion that can be fitted to the portion. The side cushioning material is attached to the display device by fitting the auxiliary fitting portion to the other side portion, which is the lower side of the display device, outside the packaging box. The packing structure according to claim 1, which can also be used as a holding member that holds a standing posture. The cushioning material includes a plurality of corner cushioning materials that are detachably fitted to each corner of the display device,
2. One of the plurality of corner cushioning materials is a curved surface having an outward convex shape at an edge portion outside the corner of the display device to which the corner cushioning material is attached. Or the packing structure of 2. The packaging box has a bottom portion and a plurality of side wall portions erected from an edge of the bottom portion,
The packing structure according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein one of the plurality of side wall portions is separable from a side wall portion adjacent to the side wall portion.

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