JP6919196B2 - Fruit and vegetable transport container - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a transport container for transporting perishable fruits and vegetables in a state of being packed in a bottomed top opening container.

Perishable fruit vegetables such as strawberries, figs, and peaches, which are commercially available as a single unit, are the cheapest bottomed top-opening containers having a flange on the outer peripheral edge (Patent Document 1: Tray 101 for fruit vegetables, Patent Document 2: Packed in P, Patent Document 3: Packed Tray T, Patent Document 4: Soft Pack C) (hereinafter, the bottomed top opening container and the fruits and vegetables in this state are referred to as "packed fruits and vegetables"). There is a container for transporting fruits and vegetables (see, for example, Patent Documents 1 to 4).
The fruit and vegetable transport containers of Patent Documents 1 and 2 transport packed fruit and vegetables in a suspended state using a cardboard packaging box or tray.
The fruit and vegetable transport containers of Patent Documents 3 and 4 transport packed fruit and vegetables in a suspended state using a container made of foamed synthetic resin.

Further, there is a fruit vegetable transport container for transporting the fruit vegetables in a state of being packed in a dedicated bottomed top opening container (see, for example, Patent Document 5).
In the fruit and vegetable transport container of Patent Document 5, a flexible synthetic resin film having a storage recess formed therein is stretched on the upper surface opening of a dedicated bottomed upper surface opening container, and the fruit and vegetable are stored in the storage recess. By covering with a flexible elastic sheet and integrally joining the bottomed upper surface opening container and the elastic sheet with a lid plate, the fruits and vegetables are suspended and transported.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2005-015046 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2006-089062 JP 2015-040050 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2016-196319 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2013-001413

Since the fruit and vegetable transport container as in Patent Documents 1 to 5 accommodates perishable fruit and vegetables in a suspended state, vibration is not transmitted from the bottom of the container, so that a certain effect of suppressing damage to the fruit and vegetables is achieved. Play.

Further, the fruit and vegetable transport container as in Patent Documents 1 to 4 includes a bottomed top opening container having a flange portion on the outer peripheral edge, which is the cheapest, and a container made of corrugated cardboard or foamed synthetic resin, which are commercially available as a single substance. Since it is used, material cost, storage cost, transportation cost and the like can be reduced.
However, since the flange portion of the bottomed upper surface opening container is supported from below to form a suspended shape and there is no member that presses the bottomed upper surface opening container from above, depending on the magnitude of vibration during transportation or the like. Packed fruits and vegetables may dance in the transport container, for example, the inner packed fruits and vegetables are separated from the outer fruit and vegetables transport container, move upward, and then fall. As a result, the packed fruits and vegetables may be impacted and the fruits and vegetables may be damaged.
Therefore, there is room for improvement from the viewpoint of suppressing damage to perishable fruits and vegetables even when the vibration during transportation is large.
Further, the fruit and vegetable transport container using a corrugated cardboard packaging box or tray as in Patent Documents 1 and 2 requires a lot of time and effort to assemble.

In the fruit and vegetable transport container as in Patent Document 5, the fruit and vegetables stored in the storage recess of the flexible elastic sheet are pressed by the elastic sheet from above, and the dedicated bottomed top opening container and the elastic sheet are covered with a lid plate. It is joined together. As a result, the fruits and vegetables do not dance in the transport container even when the vibration during transportation is large, so that the effect of suppressing damage to the fruits and vegetables is increased.
However, the structure of the fruit and vegetable transport container as in Patent Document 5 needs to use a dedicated bottomed top opening container and to be plastically deformed so as to form a storage recess in a flexible synthetic resin film. Since there is a need for a flexible elastic sheet and a lid plate, material costs, storage costs, transportation costs, and the like increase.
Therefore, since the fruit and vegetable transport container as in Patent Document 5 is expensive, it is used for transporting large and particularly expensive varieties of strawberries, etc., but it is used for transporting general strawberries, etc. No.

Therefore, in view of the above-mentioned situation, the present invention attempts to solve the problem by suppressing damage to perishable fruits and vegetables even when vibration during transportation is large, and at the same time, material cost, storage cost, and transportation. The point is to provide a container for transporting fruits and vegetables that is inexpensive and easy to spread by suppressing an increase in cost and the like.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the fruit and vegetable transport container according to the present invention includes a foamed synthetic resin container body having an open upper surface and a container body made of foamed synthetic resin.
A foamed synthetic resin lid that closes the upper surface opening of the container body,
Consists of
The container body
The flange portion is supported from below so that a plurality of bottomed upper surface opening containers having a flange portion on the outer peripheral edge containing perishable fruits and vegetables are suspended in the air.
It has a step on the inner surface of the side wall and a partition wall extending inward from the inner surface of the side wall.
The lid is
A container inner peripheral presser portion for pressing the flange portion of the bottomed upper surface opening container from above the step portion is provided , and further.
A concave-convex fitting portion for unevenly fitting a central support portion located at the central portion of the plane of the container body and connected to the partition wall and a central hanging portion hanging from the central portion of the plane of the lid body is provided.
Wherein around said convex-concave engagement portion of the central drooping section, characterized Rukoto comprises a container central pressing portion for pressing the flange portion of the bottomed top opening containers from above the partition wall.

According to such a configuration, since the container body is, for example, an integral product made of foamed synthetic resin molded by in-mold foaming, the assembly work of the container body is unnecessary.
In addition, the flange portion of the bottomed top opening container containing perishable fruits and vegetables is pressed from above the stepped portion on the inner surface of the side wall by the container inner peripheral holding portion provided on the lid, so that the bottomed portion in the fruit and vegetables transport container is bottomed. The vertical movement of the top opening container can be suppressed.
Therefore, even when the vibration during transportation is large, it is possible to prevent the packed fruit vegetables from dancing in the fruit vegetable transport container, so that the impact applied to the perishable fruit vegetables is alleviated and the damage is suppressed. The effect will be greater.
Furthermore, since the transport container is composed of the above-mentioned foamed synthetic resin container body and lid, it is possible to suppress the vertical movement of the bottomed upper surface opening container during transportation, etc. The cheapest commercially available bottomed top opening container with a flange on the outer peripheral edge can be used, and the fruits and vegetables can be stacked flat in one stage or packed in multiple stages (Ishigaki in the market). Since it is also possible to stack (referred to as stacking), it is not necessary to use an expensive dedicated bottomed top opening container or the like as in Patent Document 5, and material cost, storage cost, transportation cost and the like can be significantly reduced.
In addition, since the container body and lid made of foamed synthetic resin are elastic and have excellent shock absorption, the effect of suppressing damage to perishable fruits and vegetables is further enhanced.
Furthermore, since the container body and lid made of foamed synthetic resin have excellent heat insulating properties, the fruit vegetables that are easily damaged by storing the pre-cooled packed fruit vegetables and / or the cold insulating material in the container. It is possible to suppress the deterioration of quality of the kind.

Further, while pressing the flange portion of the bottomed upper surface opening container from above the stepped portion on the inner surface of the side wall by the container inner peripheral pressing portion provided on the lid, the container central pressing portion provided on the lid further increases the partition wall above the partition wall. Since the flange portion of the bottomed top opening container is pressed, the effect of suppressing the vertical movement of the bottomed top opening container in the fruit and vegetable transport container becomes greater.
Further , the central support portion of the container body and the central hanging portion of the lid body are unevenly fitted at the center of the plane of the container body and the lid body which are easily elastically deformed. Therefore, while suppressing elastic deformation in the direction in which the container body and the lid are separated from each other, the container body and the lid are more firmly connected to each other. The effect of suppressing movement is even greater and more reliable.

Further, the container body and the lid have a square shape in a plan view.
The bottomed top opening container has a rectangular shape in a plan view and has a rectangular shape.
In the four bottomed top opening containers, one long side flange portion is on the other short side flange portion in a pair of adjacent containers in which the plan view angle portion of the container is along the plan view corner portion of the container body. It is a more preferable embodiment that the partition wall is provided in the container body so that the container body can be arranged in a facing state.

According to such a configuration, since the fruit and vegetable transport container has a square shape in a plan view, it can be easily adapted to the size of the square view pallet used when loading and unloading the container, and can be easily loaded on the pallet. Become.
Further, in the case where the container body is provided with the central support portion and the lid is provided with the central hanging portion that is unevenly fitted to the central support portion and the container central holding portion, there are four bottoms. Since the central support portion can be provided in the central space between the containers with the top opening container arranged in the container body, the space efficiency in the container body can be improved. Then, the four corners of the flanges of the four bottomed upper surface opening containers can be efficiently pressed by the container inner peripheral presser portion and the container central presser portion provided on the lid, so that the container can be used in the fruit and vegetable transport container. The effect of suppressing the vertical movement of the bottom top opening container is further enhanced.

Further, a convex portion that supports the flange portion of the bottomed upper surface opening container from below, and can hook the flange portion that approaches the outer peripheral edge and therefore is inclined downward to the upper surface of the step portion and the partition wall of the container body. Alternatively, it is a more preferable embodiment that the ridge portion is provided.

According to such a configuration, a flange portion that approaches the outer peripheral edge of the bottomed upper surface opening container and therefore is inclined downward can be hooked on the convex portion or the convex portion on the upper surface of the step portion and the partition wall of the container body. The bottomed top opening container can be held in the main body in a more stable state.
In addition, it is possible to prevent deformation or cracking of the flange portion when the flange portion is pressed from above by the container inner peripheral pressing portion of the lid, or the container inner peripheral pressing portion and the container central pressing portion of the lid. can.

As described above, the fruit and vegetable transport container according to the present invention mainly exerts the following effects.
(1) Since the flange portion of the bottomed top opening container containing perishable fruits and vegetables is pressed from above the stepped portion on the inner surface of the side wall by the inner peripheral holding portion of the container provided on the lid, the bottomed portion in the fruit and vegetables transport container is pressed. The vertical movement of the top opening container can be suppressed.
(2) Further, in the configuration in which the flange portion of the bottomed top opening container is pressed from above the partition wall by the container center holding portion provided on the lid, the vertical movement of the bottomed top opening container in the fruit and vegetable transport container is suppressed. The effect is greater.
(3) Therefore, it is possible to prevent the packed fruit vegetables from dancing in the fruit vegetable transport container when the vibration during transportation is large, so that the effect of alleviating the impact applied to the perishable fruit vegetables and suppressing the damage is suppressed. Becomes larger.
(4) A container made of foamed synthetic resin The transport container is composed of a main body and a lid, and is the cheapest container with a flange on the outer peripheral edge, which is commercially available as a container for filling the fruits and vegetables. It is not necessary to use an expensive dedicated bottomed top opening container or the like as in Patent Document 5, and the fruits and vegetables can be stacked flat or stone wall, and the material cost, storage cost, transportation cost, etc. Can be significantly reduced.

It is a perspective view which shows the state which the packed fruit vegetables were put in the container main body of the fruit vegetables transport container which concerns on embodiment of this invention, and then closed with a lid. It is also a plan view. (A) is a cross-sectional view of X1-X1 in FIG. 2, and (b) is a cross-sectional view of X2-X2 in FIG. It is an exploded perspective view which shows the container body, the lid body, and the bottomed top opening container. (A) is a perspective view of the container body viewed from above, and (b) is a perspective view of the container body viewed from below. It is a perspective view which looked at the lid body from below.

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
The perishable fruits and vegetables are, for example, strawberries, figs, peaches and the like, and in the following embodiments, the perishable fruits and vegetables are strawberries.
In this specification, the vertical direction is defined with reference to the state in which the fruit and vegetable transport container is placed on a horizontal plane.

<Fruit and vegetable transport container>
A perspective view of FIG. 1, a plan view of FIG. 2, a sectional view of X1-X1 in FIG. 2 of FIG. 3 (a), a sectional view of X2-X2 in FIG. 2 of FIG. 3 (b), and an exploded perspective view of FIG. As shown in the above, the fruit and vegetable transport container 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention has a container body 2 having a square upper surface in a plan view and a lid having a square shape in a plan view that closes the upper surface opening 2A of the container body 2. It consists of a body 3.
Since the fruit and vegetable transport container 1 has a square shape in a plan view, it can be easily adapted to the size of the square pallet in a plan view used when loading and unloading the container, and can be easily loaded on the pallet.

Here, the container body 2 and the lid 3 are lightweight and have excellent heat insulating properties, such as a foamed polyolefin resin such as a foamed polystyrene resin, a foamed polyethylene resin, and a foamed polypropylene resin, and a polystyrene such as a polystyrene-modified foamed polyethylene. It is made of a foamed synthetic resin such as a modified foamed polyolefin resin and a hard foamed urethane resin, and expanded polypropylene is preferable mainly from the viewpoint of cost.
By making the container body 2 and the lid 3 made of foamed synthetic resin, the container body 2 and the lid 3 are elastic and have excellent shock absorption, so that the effect of suppressing damage to perishable fruits and vegetables is enhanced.
In addition, since the container body 2 and the lid 3 made of foamed synthetic resin have excellent heat insulating properties, precooled packed fruit vegetables should be stored in the fruit vegetable transport container 1 and / or a cold insulating material should be stored. As a result, deterioration of the quality of perishable fruits and vegetables can be suppressed.

<Container body>
As shown in the perspective views of FIGS. 5A and 5B, the container body 2 includes side walls 4, 4, ... And a bottom plate 5, and steps 6, 6 are provided on the inner surfaces of the side walls 4, 4, ... , ... Are provided, and an engaging step portion 2B is provided at the upper ends of the side walls 4, 4, ...
Further, the container body 2 is provided with a central support portion 8 connected to the partition walls 7, 7, ..., The partition walls 7, 7, ... Inward extending from the side walls 4, 4, ... In the central portion of the plane, and the central support portion. No. 8 is provided with a fitting recess 8A, which is a concave-convex fitting portion A, in the central portion thereof.
Further, the container body 2 has vents B that communicate the internal space with the outside, that is, through holes 11, 11, ... It is provided with through holes 12, 12, ...

<Cover>
As shown in the perspective views of FIGS. 4 and 6, the lid 3 is provided with an engaging step portion 3A at the lower part of the outer circumference, and is provided with a central hanging portion 9 hanging from the center of the plane, and the central hanging portion 9 is at the center thereof. The portion is provided with a fitting convex portion 9A which is a concave-convex fitting portion A.
Further, the lid body 3 is provided with the container inner peripheral pressing portion 10A inside the engaging step portion 3A, and is provided with the container central pressing portions 10B, 10B, ... Around the fitting convex portion 9A of the central hanging portion 9. ..
Further, the lid body 3 is provided with lid body through holes 13, 13, ... Which are vent holes B for communicating the internal space with the outside.

<Bottomed top opening container>
As shown in the cross-sectional views of FIGS. 3A and 3B and the exploded perspective view of FIG. 4, the bottomed top opening container P for accommodating the perishable fruits and vegetables S, S, ... It has a rectangular shape in a plan view, is made of a synthetic resin such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET) or polyethylene foam (EPE), and is commercially available as a single unit.
The bottomed upper surface opening container P has a flange portion F including long side flange portions F1 and F1 and short side flanges F2 and F2 on the outer peripheral edge thereof. The flange portion F (long side flange portion F1, short side flange F2) of the bottomed upper surface opening container P has a shape that is inclined downward as it approaches the outer peripheral edge as shown in FIGS. 3 (a) and 3 (b). Has.
For example, a urethane sheet (not shown) is laid in the container P to contain strawberries S, S, ... As shown in FIGS. 3 (a) and 3 (b), and the whole is covered with the cellophane film C. The P and the strawberries S, S, ... Contained in the container P are lightly pressed, and the movement and sliding of the strawberries are generally suppressed from each other.

<Arrangement of bottomed top opening container in the container body>
As shown in FIG. 4, in the present embodiment, for example, four bottomed upper surface opening containers P, P, ... Can be accommodated in the container body 2. That is, four bottomed upper surface opening containers P, P, ... Are one of the four containers P, P, ... Partition walls 7, 7, ... Are provided in the container body 2 so that the long side flange portion F1 can be arranged in the container body 2 in a state of facing the other short side flange portion F2.
As a result, the central support portion 8 can be provided in the central space between the containers P, P, ... With the four bottomed upper surface opening containers P, P, ... Arranged in the container body 2. Space efficiency in the container body 2 is improved.

<State of packed fruits and vegetables in the transport container>
As shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, bottomed top opening containers P, P, ... Containing strawberries S, S, ... Are housed in the container body 2, and the container body 2 is engaged. In a state where the engaging step portion 3A of the lid 3 is engaged with the step portion 2B, the fitting convex portion 9A of the lid 3 is fitted into the fitting recess 8A of the container body 2.
In the state where the packed fruits and vegetables are stored in the transport container 1 in this way, the flange portion F (long side flange portion F1, short side flange F2) of the container P is located above the step portion 6 and the partition wall 7. , The containers P, P, ... Supported by the step portions 6, 6, ... And the partition walls 7, 7, ... Are suspended in the air.

<Structure to prevent vertical movement of the bottomed top opening container>
As shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, the bottomed top opening containers P, P, ... Containing the strawberries S, S, ... Are flange portions F (long side flange portions F1, short side flanges). F2) is pressed by the container inner peripheral holding portions 10A from above the step portions 6, 6, ..., And is pressed by the container central pressing portions 10B, 10B, ... From above the partition walls 7, 7, .... Thereby, the vertical movement of the packed fruit vegetables in the fruit vegetable transport container 1 can be suppressed.
Further, as shown in FIGS. 3A and 6, the four bottomed upper surface opening containers P, P, ... Since the four corners of the flange portion F of the above can be efficiently pressed, the effect of suppressing the vertical movement of the packed fruit vegetables in the fruit vegetable transport container 1 is enhanced.
Therefore, even when the vibration during transportation is large, it is possible to prevent the packed fruit vegetables from dancing in the fruit vegetable transport container 1, so that the impact applied to the perishable fruit vegetables is alleviated and the damage is suppressed. The effect of doing is increased.
Further, in the central portion of the plane of the container body 2 and the lid 3 which are easily elastically deformed, the central support portion 8 of the container body 2 and the central hanging portion 9 of the lid 3 are fitting recesses which are uneven fitting portions A. 8A and the fitting convex portion 9A are unevenly fitted. Therefore, the container body 2 and the lid 3 are more firmly connected to each other while suppressing elastic deformation in the direction in which the container body 2 and the lid 3 are separated from each other. The effect of suppressing the vertical movement of fruits and vegetables becomes even greater and more reliable.

<Example of deformation of the shape of the container body>
In the cross-sectional views of FIGS. 3A and 3B, the stepped portion of the container body 2 that supports the flange portion F (long side flange portion F1, short side flange F2) of the bottomed upper surface opening container P from below. A convex portion or a convex portion (not shown) on which the flange portion F (long side flange portion F1, short side flange F2) that approaches the outer peripheral edge of the bottomed upper surface opening container P and therefore is inclined downward can be hooked on the upper surface of the partition wall 7 and the partition wall 7. It is a more preferable embodiment that the strip is provided.
By providing the convex portion or the convex portion on the upper surface of the step portion 6 and the partition wall 7 of the container body 2, the flange portion F of the bottomed upper surface opening container P can be hooked, so that the bottomed upper surface of the container body 2 can be hooked. The open container P can be held in a more stable state.
In addition, the container inner peripheral pressing portion 10A and the container central pressing portion 10B of the lid 3 can prevent the flange portion F from being deformed or cracked when the flange portion F is pressed from above.

<Cost>
The transport container 1 is composed of a container body 2 and a lid 3 made of foamed synthetic resin, and a bottomed upper surface having a flange portion on the outer peripheral edge, which is the cheapest and is commercially available as a container for filling perishable fruits and vegetables. Since an open container can be used, it is not necessary to use an expensive dedicated bottomed top open container or the like as in Patent Document 5, and it is possible to stack fruits and vegetables flat or stone wall, and material cost, storage cost, and transportation cost. Etc. can be significantly reduced.

<Structure that stacks in multiple stages above and below, and cooling structure>
In the fruit and vegetable transport container 1 shown in FIGS. 1 and 3 (a) and 3 (b), an engaging convex portion 14 is formed on the lower surface of the container body 2, and an engaging concave portion is formed on the upper surface of the lid 3. 15 is formed.
Therefore, when the fruit and vegetable transport containers 1, 1, ... Are stacked in multiple stages up and down, the engaging convex portion 14 and the engaging concave portion 15 are engaged with each other, so that the position shift in the horizontal direction can be prevented. Then, by hanging the band using the band hanging recesses 16 and 16, the fall during transportation is prevented.
Moreover, as shown in FIGS. 1, 3 (a) and 3 (b), and FIG. 4, as described above, the fruit and vegetable transport container 1 has a side wall as a vent B for communicating the internal space and the outside. It is provided with lower through holes 11, 11, ..., partition wall lower bottom plate through holes 12, 12, ..., And lid through holes 13, 13, ....
Therefore, even when the fruit and vegetable transport containers 1, 1, ... Are stacked in multiple stages above and below and they are juxtaposed, vents that communicate with each other in the horizontal and vertical directions are formed. The circulation is improved, so the cooling performance is improved.
In addition, since the fruit and vegetable transport container 1 has good air permeability, it is suitable for precooling and can satisfactorily dissipate harmful gases such as ethylene gas generated during storage and transportation.
Then, when the packed fruit vegetables are taken out from the fruit vegetable transport container 1 after transportation, the work of opening the lid 3 can be easily performed by using the finger hook recess 17 of the container body 2 shown in FIG.

In the above description, the case where the fruit and vegetable transport container has a square shape in a plan view has been shown, but the fruit and vegetable transport container may have a rectangular shape in a plan view.
The fruit and vegetable transport container is a plurality of bottomed top opening containers (for example, 4, 6, 8, 10, 10) having a flange on the outer peripheral edge, which are commercially available as a single container in the container body. ) May be provided with a partition wall that can be suspended in the air by arranging them in a horizontal plane.

1 Fruit and vegetable transport container 2 Container body 2A Top opening 2B Engagement step 3 Lid 3A Engagement step 4 Side wall 5 Bottom plate 6 Step 7 Partition wall 8 Central support 8A Fitting recess 9 Central hanging 9A Fitting convex fitting parts 10A vessel circumferential pressing portion 10B container central presser portion 11 side wall lower through hole 12 partition wall lower bottom plate through hole 13 lid through hole 14 engaging projection 15 engaging concave recess 17 finger hanging recess A for unevenness 16 strapping Joint B Vent C Cellophane film D Corner E Corner F Flange F1 Long side flange F2 Short side flange P Bottomed top opening container S Strawberry (fragile fruits and vegetables)

Claims (3)

Effervescent synthetic resin container body with open top surface and
A foamed synthetic resin lid that closes the upper surface opening of the container body,
Consists of
The container body
The flange portion is supported from below so that a plurality of bottomed upper surface opening containers having a flange portion on the outer peripheral edge containing perishable fruits and vegetables are suspended in the air.
It has a step on the inner surface of the side wall and a partition wall extending inward from the inner surface of the side wall.
The lid is
A container inner peripheral presser portion for pressing the flange portion of the bottomed upper surface opening container from above the step portion is provided , and further.
A concave-convex fitting portion for unevenly fitting a central support portion located at the central portion of the plane of the container body and connected to the partition wall and a central hanging portion hanging from the central portion of the plane of the lid body is provided.
Around the uneven fitting portions of the central drooping section, characterized Rukoto comprises a container central pressing portion for pressing the flange portion of the bottomed top opening containers from above the partition wall,
Fruit and vegetable transport container. The container body and the lid have a square shape in a plan view.
The bottomed top opening container has a rectangular shape in a plan view and has a rectangular shape.
In the four bottomed top opening containers, one long side flange portion is on the other short side flange portion in a pair of adjacent containers in which the plan view angle portion of the container is along the plan view corner portion of the container body. The partition wall is provided in the container body so that the container body can be arranged in a facing state.
The fruit and vegetable transport container according to claim 1. A convex or convex portion that supports the flange portion of the bottomed upper surface opening container from below, and can hook the flange portion that approaches the outer peripheral edge and therefore is inclined downward to the upper surface of the step portion and the partition wall of the container body. It has a section
The fruit and vegetable transport container according to claim 1 or 2.

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