JP7595332B2 - Packaging materials - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to packaging materials.

Conventionally, in a package for a cooking appliance that includes an outer box that can be separated into upper and lower parts by a cutting part, and a cushioning body that is stored inside the outer box while attached to both sides of the cooking appliance, the cushioning body has a separation part that can be separated into upper and lower parts above the cutting part (see, for example, Patent Document 1). The cushioning body is made of polystyrene foam, and the separation part is formed by a groove. A user can separate the cushioning body into upper and lower parts by breaking it at the separation part, which is the groove.

JP 2014-181052 A

In the packaging described in Patent Document 1, when removing the cooking appliance from the outer box, it was necessary to break the cushion at the separation section, which was troublesome. In addition, when breaking the polystyrene foam cushion, depending on the amount of force applied, it was possible that it would not break cleanly along the separation section. In addition, since it was necessary to break the cushion inside the outer box, there was a possibility that the outer box would get in the way of the work.

The object of the present invention is to provide a packaging member that allows the cushioning parts covering both sides of a cooking device to be easily separated into upper and lower parts.

The packaging material of claim 1 is a packaging material for a cooking appliance comprising a pair of cushioning parts attached to both sides of the cooking appliance, a box main body part formed in a box shape with an opening at the top surface, and a lid for opening and closing the opening at the top surface of the box main body part, and an outer box in which the cooking appliance is packaged with the pair of cushioning parts attached to the both sides, wherein the cushioning parts include a lower pad that covers a lower portion of the side of the cooking appliance, and an upper pad that is configured separately from the lower pad and covers at least the front and rear corners of the upper portion of the side, the upper pad has a protruding part that protrudes downward, and the lower pad has an inserting part into which the protruding part is inserted from above, and the cushioning part is attached to the side, with the protruding part of the upper pad being inserted from above into the inserting part of the lower pad, so that the upper pad and the lower pad are integrally formed, and the cushioning part covers at least the front and rear corners of the side over the entire vertical direction .

The upper pad of the packaging member of claim 2 may include a front upper pad that covers a front corner of the cooking device, and a rear upper pad that is separate from the front upper pad and covers a rear corner of the cooking device.

According to the packaging material of claim 1, the upper pad of the buffer section is configured to be separate from the lower pad, so that the cooking appliance can be removed alone while leaving the lower pad in the outer box. This allows the cooking appliance to be smoothly removed from the outer box. Also, by inserting the protruding portion of the upper pad into the receiving portion of the lower pad, the integrity of the upper pad and the lower pad can be ensured. This simplifies the process of attaching the side pads to the sides of the cooking appliance in the factory, improving the work efficiency of the attachment process.

According to the packaging material of claim 2, the upper pad is separated into a front upper pad and a rear upper pad, so the upper pad can be easily separated from the lower pad compared to a continuous, integrated structure.

1 is a perspective view of a packaging material 1 for packaging a gas stove 100. FIG. 1 is an exploded oblique view of the lower pads 40, 60, the front upper pads 51, 71, and the rear upper pads 52, 72 attached to the gas stove 100. FIG.

The following describes an embodiment of the present invention. The structures of the packaging materials (outer box, cushioning materials) described below are merely illustrative examples, and are not intended to be limiting unless otherwise specified. The drawings are used to explain the technical features that may be adopted by the present invention. The following description uses the left-right, front-back, and up-down directions shown in the drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, the packaging material 1 packages the gas stove 100 for transport and storage. The packaging material 1 includes an outer box 2. The outer box 2 is a well-known cardboard box, and is roughly rectangular parallelepiped long in the left-right direction to match the shape of the gas stove 100. The top surface of the outer box 2 is openable. The gas stove 100 is stored inside the open top surface of the outer box 2 with the right and left buffer parts 31 and 32 attached to both the left and right sides.

The right buffer section 31 covers and protects the five sides of the right side of the gas stove 100 from the outside, namely the right face, top face, bottom face, front face, and back face. The left buffer section 32 covers and protects the five sides of the left side of the gas stove 100 from the outside, namely the left face, top face, bottom face, front face, and back face. A front pad 33 is attached to the grill door 102 provided on the front of the gas stove 100. The right buffer section 31, the left buffer section 32, and the front pad 33 are buffer bodies that absorb external shocks to the gas stove 100, and are made of polystyrene foam. The structures of the right buffer section 31 and the left buffer section 32 will be described later.

A cardboard protective material 10 is placed on the top plate 103 of the gas stove 100. The protective material 10 is long in the left-right direction and covers and protects the right burner 111, the left burner 112, and the grill exhaust vent 113 on the top plate 103 from above. Two dry batteries 108 are housed on the top surface in the center of the protective material 10.

The outer box 2 comprises a box body 21, a right flap 22, a left flap 23, a front flap 24, and a rear flap 25. The box body 21 is a roughly rectangular box that is open at the top and houses the gas stove 100 inside. The right flap 22, the left flap 23, the front flap 24, and the rear flap 25 are rotatably connected to the right side, left side, front side, and rear side, respectively, which form the open end of the top of the box body 21, and form a lid for the open top of the box body 21.

The structures of the right and left buffer sections 31 and 32 will be described with reference to FIG. 2. Note that the outer box 2 is omitted from FIG. 2. In this embodiment, the right and left buffer sections 31 and 32 have symmetrical structures, so the structure of the right buffer section 31 will be described in detail below, and the structure of the left buffer section 32 will be described in a simplified manner.

The right buffer section 31 is attached to the right side of the gas stove 100 from the right, and includes a lower pad 40, a front upper pad 51, and a rear upper pad 52. The lower pad 40 is attached from the right so as to cover approximately half of the lower side of the right side of the gas stove 100. The lower pad 40 is formed in an approximately L-shape with left and right inverted sides when viewed from the front, and in an approximately rectangular shape that is long in the front-to-rear direction when viewed from above, and includes a lower section 41, a front support section 42, a rear support section 43, and a central wall section 44.

The lower part 41 is formed in a generally rectangular plate shape that is long in the front-rear direction when viewed from the bottom, and its left end side is located on the bottom side of the right side of the gas stove 100. The front support part 42 is erected vertically upward from the right front corner of the upper surface of the lower part 41, and is formed in a generally L-shape with the left and right reversed when viewed from above. As a result, the front support part 42 covers the right front corner of the gas stove 100. The upper surface 421 of the front support part 42 is a generally horizontal surface. The height of the upper surface 421 is lower than the top plate 103 of the gas stove 100, and is approximately three-quarters of the height from the bottom of the gas stove 100. A fitting hole 422 is provided in the curved part of the upper surface 421. The fitting hole 422 extends downward and is formed in a generally rectangular shape when viewed from above.

The rear support portion 43 has a symmetrical structure with the front support portion 42. The rear support portion 43 is erected vertically upward from the right rear corner of the upper surface of the lower portion 41, and is formed in a generally upside-down L-shape in a plan view. As a result, the rear support portion 43 covers the right rear corner of the gas stove 100. The upper surface 431 of the rear support portion 43 is a generally horizontal surface. The height of the upper surface 431 is the same as the height of the upper surface 421 of the front support portion 42. A fitting hole 432 is provided in the curved portion of the upper surface 431. The fitting hole 432 also extends downward and is formed in a generally rectangular shape in a plan view. The central wall portion 44 is erected approximately in the center of the left end of the upper surface of the lower portion 41, between the front support portion 42 and the rear support portion 43, and is formed in a plate shape extending vertically upward. The central wall 44 is positioned to cover the right side of the gas stove 100 from the right, and its height is higher than the heights of the front support 42 and the rear support 43, respectively, and lower than the top plate 103.

The front upper pad 51 and the rear upper pad 52 are separated from each other in the front-rear direction. The front upper pad 51 is formed in a roughly rectangular block shape and is arranged to cover the right front corner 104 of the top plate 103. The bottom surface of the front upper pad 51 is a roughly horizontal surface. A protrusion 511 is provided on the bottom surface of the front upper pad 51. The protrusion 511 protrudes downward and is a prism shape formed with a roughly rectangular cross section. The protrusion 511 is inserted into and fitted into a fitting hole 422 provided on the upper surface 421 of the front support portion 42 of the lower pad 40.

The rear upper pad 52 is symmetrical in the front-rear direction to the front upper pad 51. The rear upper pad 52 is also formed in a roughly rectangular block shape and is arranged to cover the right rear corner 105 of the top plate 103. The bottom surface of the rear upper pad 52 is also roughly horizontal. A protrusion 521 is provided on the bottom surface of the rear upper pad 52. Like the protrusion 511 of the front upper pad 51, the protrusion 521 also protrudes downward and is a prism shaped with a roughly rectangular cross section. The protrusion 521 is inserted into and fitted into a fitting hole 432 provided on the upper surface 431 of the rear support portion 43 of the lower pad 40.

The left buffer section 32 is attached to the left side of the gas stove 100 from the left side. The left buffer section 32, like the right buffer section 31, has a lower pad 60, a front upper pad 71, and a rear upper pad 72. The lower pad 60 is attached from the left side so as to cover approximately the lower half of the left side of the gas stove 100. The lower pad 60 has a shape symmetrical to the lower pad 40 of the right buffer section 31. The lower pad 60 has a lower part 61, a front support part 62, a rear support part (not shown), and a central wall part (not shown) like the lower pad 40 of the right buffer section 31. A fitting hole 622 is also provided in the curved part of the upper surface 621 of the front support part 62. The fitting hole 622 extends downward and is formed in a substantially rectangular shape in a plan view. A fitting hole of the same shape as the fitting hole 622 is also provided in the curved part of the upper surface of the rear support part.

The front upper pad 71 and the rear upper pad 72 are also configured to be separated from each other in the front-rear direction, similar to the front upper pad 51 and the rear upper pad 52 of the right buffer part 31. The front upper pad 71 and the rear upper pad 72 are symmetrical to the front upper pad 51 and the rear upper pad 52. The front upper pad 71 is arranged to cover the left front corner 106 of the top plate 103. A protrusion 711 is provided on the bottom surface of the front upper pad 71. The protrusion 711 protrudes downward and is a prism shape formed with a substantially rectangular cross section. The protrusion 711 can be fitted into a fitting hole 622 provided on the upper surface 621 of the front support part 62 of the lower pad 60.

The rear upper pad 72 is symmetrical in the front-rear direction to the front upper pad 71. The rear upper pad 72 is positioned so as to cover the left rear corner 107 of the top plate 103. A protrusion 721 is provided on the bottom surface of the rear upper pad 72. Like the protrusion 711 of the front upper pad 71, the protrusion 721 also protrudes downward and is a prism with a roughly rectangular cross section. The protrusion 721 is inserted into and fitted into a fitting hole provided on the upper surface of the rear support part (not shown) of the lower pad 60.

With reference to Figures 1 and 2, an example of a method for storing the gas stove 100 in the outer box 2 will be described. Before storing the gas stove 100 in the outer box 2, the worker attaches the right buffer part 31 and the left buffer part 32 to both sides of the gas stove 100. At this time, in the right buffer part 31, the protrusion part 511 of the front upper pad 51 is inserted into the fitting hole 422 of the front support part 42 of the lower pad 40 to fit it, and the protrusion part 521 of the rear upper pad 52 is inserted into the fitting hole 432 of the rear support part 43 of the lower pad 40 to fit it. As a result, the front upper pad 51 and the rear upper pad 52 are fixed to the lower pad 40 and integrated, so that the integrated right buffer part 31 can be easily and quickly attached to the right side of the gas stove 100.

Similarly, for the left buffer section 32, the protrusion 711 of the front upper pad 71 is inserted into and fitted to the fitting hole 622 of the front support section 62 of the lower pad 40, and the protrusion 721 of the rear upper pad 72 is inserted into and fitted to the fitting hole of the rear support section of the lower pad 40. As a result, the front upper pad 71 and the rear upper pad 72 are fixed to the lower pad 60 and integrated, so that the integrated left buffer section 32 can be easily and quickly attached to the left side of the gas stove 100. This completes the installation process for the right buffer section 31 and the left buffer section 32.

Next, the worker attaches the front pad 33 to the grill door 102 on the front of the gas stove 100, and attaches the protective material 10 to the top surface of the top plate 103. The worker then stores the gas stove 100, with the right and left buffer parts 31 and 32 attached to both sides, inside the outer box 2 from above the open top surface. This completes the process of storing the gas stove 100 in the outer box 2, and the gas stove 100 is packaged in the packaging material 1. As described above, the packaging material 1 can simplify the process of attaching the right and left buffer parts 31 and 32 to the gas stove 100, and can therefore improve the work efficiency of the installation process, for example, in a gas stove 100 factory.

An example of a method for removing the gas stove 100 from the outer box 2 will be described with reference to Figures 1 and 2. As shown in Figure 1, a right buffer section 31 and a left buffer section 32 are arranged inside the outer box 2 between the gas stove 100 and the outer box 2, and the right buffer section 31 and the left buffer section 32 are in close contact with the inner surface of the outer box 2 without any gaps. This allows the packaging material 1 to prevent the gas stove 100 from moving and shifting position inside the outer box 2 during transportation. In addition, the right buffer section 31 and the left buffer section 32 prevent the outer box 2 from being compressed and crushed when the packaging material 1 is loaded.

If one were to try to remove the gas stove 100 from inside such an outer box 2 with the right buffer part 31 and the left buffer part 32 still attached, the gas stove 100 would not be easily removed due to friction between the inner surface of the outer box 2 and the right buffer part 31 and the left buffer part 32.

As shown in FIG. 2, the installer of the gas stove 100 separates the front upper pad 51 and rear upper pad 52, which cover the upper side of the right side of the gas stove 100, from the lower pad 40 of the right buffer section 31 and pulls them upward. Furthermore, the installer separates the front upper pad 71 and rear upper pad 72, which cover the upper side of the left side of the gas stove 100, from the lower pad 60 of the left buffer section 32 and pulls them upward. This allows the installer to easily remove only the gas stove 100 while leaving the lower pads 40, 60 inside the outer box 2. This allows the installer to smoothly complete the removal of the gas stove 100 from the outer box 2.

As described above, the protrusions 511, 521, 711, 721 are inserted into the corresponding fitting holes 422, 432, 622 between the front upper pads 51, 71 and the rear upper pads 52, 72 and the lower pads 40, 60, so that when removing the gas stove 100, the front upper pads 51, 71 and the rear upper pads 52, 72 can be easily separated from the lower pads 40, 60 by simply pulling them upward. This prevents the outer box 2 and other parts from interfering with the separation process.

In addition, in the right buffer section 31, the front upper pad 51 and the rear upper pad 52 are separated from each other in the front-to-rear direction, and in the left buffer section 32, the front upper pad 71 and the rear upper pad 72 are separated from each other in the front-to-rear direction, so that separation from the lower pads 40, 60 can be completed more easily than when each upper pad is an integral shape that is continuous from front to back.

In the above description, the right buffer section 31 and the left buffer section 32 are examples of the "buffer section" of the present invention. The fitting holes 422, 432, 622, and 632 are examples of the "inserted section" of the present invention.

As described above, the packaging member 1 of the above embodiment is used to package the gas stove 100. The packaging member 1 includes a pair of right and left buffer parts 31 and 32, and an outer box 2. The right and left buffer parts 31 and 32 are attached to both sides of the gas stove 100. The outer box 2 is formed in a box shape with an open top. Inside the outer box 2, the gas stove 100 is packaged with the right and left buffer parts 31 and 32 attached to both sides.

The right buffer section 31 includes a lower pad 40, a front upper pad 51, and a rear upper pad 52. The lower pad 40 covers the lower portion of the right side of the gas stove 100. The front upper pad 51 and the rear upper pad 52 are configured separately from the lower pad 40, and cover the right front corner 104 and the right rear corner 105 of the upper portion of the right side of the gas stove 100, respectively. The front upper pad 51 and the rear upper pad 52 include protrusions 511, 521 that protrude downward. The lower pad 40 includes fitting holes 422, 432 into which the protrusions 511, 521 are inserted from above. The left buffer section 32 also includes a lower pad 60, a front upper pad 71, and a rear upper pad 72, similar to the right buffer section 31.

In the right buffer section 31, the front upper pad 51 and the rear upper pad 52 are configured separately from the lower pad 40, and in the left buffer section 32, the front upper pad 71 and the rear upper pad 72 are configured separately from the lower pad 60, so that the gas stove 100 can be removed alone while leaving the lower pads 40, 60 in the outer box 2. This allows the gas stove 100 to be smoothly removed from the outer box 2. In addition, in the right buffer section 31, the protrusions 511, 521 of the front upper pad 51 and the rear upper pad 52 are inserted into the fitting holes 422, 432 of the lower pad 40, ensuring the integrity of the front upper pad 51, the rear upper pad 52, and the lower pad 40. The same is true for the left buffer section 32. This simplifies the process of mounting the right buffer section 31 and the left buffer section 32 to both sides of the gas stove 100 in the factory, improving the work efficiency in the mounting process.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications are possible. The above embodiment describes the packaging material 1 for packaging the gas stove 100, but it can also be applied to packaging materials for packaging cooking appliances other than the gas stove 100.

In the above embodiment, the front upper pad 51 and the rear upper pad 52 are configured separately in the front and rear in the right buffer section 31, but the front upper pad 51 and the rear upper pad 52 may be configured as one continuous unit. Similarly, in the left buffer section 32, the front upper pad 71 and the rear upper pad 72 may be configured as one continuous unit.

In the right buffer section 31, the protrusions 511, 521 of the front upper pad 51 and the rear upper pad 52 are formed with a rectangular cross section, but may be other shapes, such as polygonal shapes such as triangles or pentagons, or may be circular or elliptical. The shape of the fitting hole provided in the lower pad 40 can be determined according to the cross-sectional shape of the protrusions. By making the cross-sectional shape of the protrusions and the shape of the fitting hole polygonal, the front upper pad 51 and the rear upper pad 52 do not rotate relative to the lower pad 40 and can be positioned in a specified direction.

In the process of attaching the right buffer part 31 to the right side of the gas stove 100, in the above embodiment, the right buffer part 31, which is formed by fixing the front upper pad 51 and the rear upper pad 52 to the lower pad 40 and integrating them, is attached to the right side of the gas stove 100, but for example, the lower pad 40 may be attached to the right side of the gas stove 100, and then the front upper pad 51 and the rear upper pad 52 may be fixed to the lower pad 40. The same applies to the process of attaching the left buffer part 32.

REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 Packing material 2 Outer box 31 Right buffer section 32 Left buffer section 40, 60 Lower pad 51, 71 Front upper pad 52, 72 Rear upper pad 100 Gas stove 104 Right front corner section 105 Right rear corner section 106 Left front corner section 107 Left rear corner section 422, 432 Fitting holes 511, 521 Protruding section 622, 632 Fitting holes 711, 721 Protruding section

Claims (2)

A pair of buffer parts attached to both sides of the cooking device;
A packaging member for a cooking device , comprising: a box body formed in a box shape with an upper surface portion open; a lid for opening and closing the opening of the upper surface portion of the box body; and an outer box in which the cooking device is packaged with the pair of buffer parts attached to both sides,
The buffer section is
A lower pad covering a lower portion of a side of the cooking device;
an upper pad configured separately from the lower pad and covering at least the front and rear corners of the upper portion of the side portion;
The upper pad has a protruding portion protruding downward,
the lower pad includes an insertion portion into which the protrusion is inserted from above ,
the protruding portion of the upper pad is inserted from above into the inserted portion of the lower pad to form the buffer portion, and the upper pad and the lower pad are integrally formed into the buffer portion,
The packaging material is characterized in that the buffer portion covers at least the front and rear corners of the side portions over the entire vertical direction . The upper pad is
A front upper pad for covering a front corner portion of the cooking device;
2. The packaging member according to claim 1, further comprising a rear upper pad configured separately from the front upper pad and covering a rear corner portion of the cooking device.

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