JP2005132440A - Packaging apparatus and packaging method - Google Patents

Abstract

【Task】
An object of this invention is to provide the packaging apparatus which can relieve external force while preventing the to-be-packaged body from moving.
[Solution]
The packaging apparatus 1 includes a packaging box 2, a first elastic body 4 provided on the bottom surface of the packaging box 2, a package body 3 placed on the first elastic body 4, and the package The second elastic body 5 placed on the body 3, the second elastic body 5 and the ceiling surface T of the packaging box 2 are brought into contact with each other, and the packaged body 3 is interposed via the second elastic body 5. And a cushioning material 6 containing air.
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Description

    The present invention relates to a packaging apparatus and a packaging method, and more particularly to a packaging apparatus and a packaging method that can prevent the movement of a packaged body and reduce external force.

There is a packaging device that presses and wraps an object to be wrapped with a cushioning material containing air (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP 7-315438 A

However, in the above-described packaging apparatus, the lower part of the packaged body is on a hard shelf, and the lower part of the packaged body is easily moved during the movement of the packaging apparatus. If an attempt was made to press the body with a strong force, there was a problem that the packaged body was damaged by the pressing force.
In addition, when an external force is applied to the packaging device, the lower part of the packaged body is on a hard shelf, so that the external force cannot be relaxed and the packaged body is damaged.
The present invention provides a packaging apparatus and a packaging method that eliminate the above-mentioned problems.

    In order to achieve the above object, a packaging device according to claim 1 includes a packaging box, a first elastic body provided on a bottom surface of the packaging box, and a cover placed on the first elastic body. The package body, the second elastic body placed on the package body, the second elastic body, and the ceiling surface of the packaging box are in contact with each other via the second elastic body. While pressing a to-be-packaged body, it is provided with a cushioning material containing air.

    The packaging device according to claim 2 is the packaging device according to claim 1, wherein the packaging box has a rectangular parallelepiped shape or a cubic shape, and the cushioning material has a square cylindrical shape, and the cushioning material has a second elastic body. The contact surface is one of the four surfaces of the cushioning material excluding the opening end of the cushioning material.

    Moreover, the packaging method of Claim 3 puts a 1st elastic body on the bottom face of a rectangular parallelepiped shape or a cube-shaped packaging box, then places a package body on this 1st elastic body, The second elastic body is placed on the package body, and then the cushioning material containing air is placed on the second elastic body, the lid of the packaging box is closed, and the cushioning material is The packaged body is brought into contact with the ceiling surface of the lid of the packaging box, and the packaged body is pressed through the second elastic body to prevent the packaged body from moving.

    According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the packaging method of the third aspect, the cushioning material is a square cylinder, and a contact surface of the cushioning material with the second elastic body is an open end of the cushioning material. The amount of air contained in the cushioning material is adjusted in accordance with the gap between the second elastic body and the ceiling surface of the packaging box. .

    According to the packaging apparatus of the first aspect, the packaged body is sandwiched between the first elastic body and the second elastic body by the cushioning material containing air, and can be easily packaged by preventing movement. At the same time, even if an external force is applied to the packaging box, the packaged body is sandwiched between the first elastic body and the second elastic body, so that the external force can be reduced.

    Further, according to the packaging device of the second aspect, in addition to the effect of the first aspect of the invention described above, the shock-absorbing material has a rectangular cylindrical shape, and the contact surface of the shock-absorbing material with the second elastic body is a shock-absorbing material. Since it is one of the four surfaces of the cushioning material, excluding the opening end of the material, even if an external force is applied to the packaging box, the cushioning material has a square cylindrical shape. The external force can be relaxed by using it.

    Further, according to the packaging method of claim 3, the packaged body is sandwiched between the first elastic body and the second elastic body by the cushioning material containing air, and the movement is prevented and the packaging is simply performed. In addition, even if an external force acts on the packaging box, the external force can be reduced because the packaged body is sandwiched between the first elastic body and the second elastic body.

    Moreover, according to the packaging method of Claim 4, in addition to the effect of the invention of Claim 3, the cushioning material is a square cylinder, and the contact surface of the cushioning material with the second elastic body is cushioned. Since it is one of the four surfaces of the cushioning material, excluding the opening end of the material, even if an external force is applied to the packaging box, the cushioning material has a square cylindrical shape. The external force can be relieved by using this, and the amount of air filled in the cushioning material can be adjusted according to the gap between the second elastic body and the ceiling surface of the packaging box. A single cushioning material can accommodate the size of the package.

A packaging apparatus and packaging method according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
1 to 6, reference numeral 1 denotes a packaging device. The packaging device 1 stores a packaged body 3 (for example, a cracked object) in a rectangular parallelepiped (or cubic) packaging box 2 having an openable / closable lid 21, for example. To do.

Reference numeral 4 denotes a first elastic body (for example, a sheet-like elastic body, more specifically, urethane having elasticity) provided on the bottom surface 22 of the packaging box 2, and on the first elastic body 4, Packaged bodies 3, 3, and 3 are placed. Adjacent packages 3, 3, 3 are arranged so as not to contact each other.
A second elastic body (for example, a sheet-like elastic body, more specifically, urethane having elasticity) 5 is placed on the packages 3, 3, 3.
Reference numeral 6 denotes a cushioning material containing air, and the cushioning material 6 contacts the second elastic body 5 and the ceiling surface T of the packaging box 2 and presses the packaged body 3 via the second elastic body 5. Is.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 1, first, the first elastic body 4 is placed on the bottom surface 22 of the rectangular parallelepiped or cube-shaped packaging box 2, and then the packaged body 3 is placed on the first elastic body 4. Put three, three.
Next, the second elastic body 5 is placed on the packages 3, 3, 3, and then the cushioning material 6 containing air is placed on the second elastic body 5, and the packaging box 2 2, the cushioning material 6 is brought into contact with the ceiling surface T of the lid 21 of the packaging box 2 and the packaged body 3 is pressed via the second elastic body 5 as shown in FIG. The movement of the packaged body 3 is prevented.

    As a result, the packaged body 3 is sandwiched between the first elastic body 4 and the second elastic body 5 by the cushioning material 6 containing air. For example, as illustrated in FIG. And the abutting portion of the first elastic body 4 and the abutting portion of the packaged body 3 and the second elastic body 5 are recessed and can be easily packaged by preventing movement, and external force is applied to the packaging box 2. Even if it acts, since the to-be-packaged body 3 is clamped by the 1st elastic body 4 and the 2nd elastic body 5, this external force can be relieved.

    Further, the amount of air enclosed in the cushioning material 6 can be adjusted according to the gap between the second elastic body 5 and the ceiling surface T of the packaging box 2. That is, in the state shown in FIG. 2, air is sufficiently injected into the cushioning material 6, but when it is smaller than the gap between the second elastic body 5 and the ceiling surface T of the packaging box 2 shown in FIG. The amount of air injected may be such that the cushioning material 6 is in contact with the ceiling surface T.

    The cushioning material 6 has a rectangular cylindrical shape, and the contact surface of the cushioning material 6 with the second elastic body 5 is the four surfaces 6C, 6D of the cushioning material 6 except for the opening end portions 6A, 6B of the cushioning material 6. It is one of 6E and 6F, and is 6E in the present embodiment (see FIGS. 1 and 2). As a result, even if an external force is applied to the packaging box 2, the buffer material 6 has a square cylindrical shape, and thus the external force can be reduced by utilizing the hollow space of the buffer material 6.

The buffer material 6 is produced as follows.
As shown in FIG. 3, the peripheral edges 61a, 61b, 61c, 61d of the opposing rectangular sheet-like members 61 (front) and 61 (back) are heat sealed. 61e is a horizontal heat seal and 61f is a vertical heat seal.
The cushioning material 6 is made by bending the member shown in FIG. 3 in the direction of the arrow and heat-sealing the overlapping edge 61g (see FIGS. 4 and 5). The cushioning material 6 shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 is used by injecting air (see FIGS. 1, 2 and 6).
In addition, 62 is a lid for air injection, 63 is a check valve for preventing the air injected into the buffer material 6 from being discharged outside, and 64 is a lid for air discharge.

FIG. 1 is a schematic exploded perspective view of a packaging device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a state in which the packaging device of FIG. 1 is incorporated. FIG. 3 is a schematic plan view showing a manufacturing process of the cushioning material of FIG. FIG. 4 is a schematic plan view of a cushioning material formed by folding the sheet-like member of FIG. 3 and heat sealing a part of the overlapping end portion. FIG. 5 is a schematic side view of the cushioning material of FIG. 4. 6 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a state where air is being injected into the cushioning material of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Packaging apparatus 2 ... Packaging box 3 ... Package body 4 ... 1st elastic body 5 ... 2nd elastic body 6 ...・ ・ ・ Buffer material T ・ ・ ・ Ceiling surface

Claims (4)

A packaging box,
A first elastic body provided on the bottom surface of the packaging box;
A packaged body placed on the first elastic body;
A second elastic body placed on the package body;
A cushioning material in contact with the second elastic body and the ceiling surface of the packaging box, pressing the packaged body through the second elastic body, and containing air. Characteristic packaging device. The packaging box has a rectangular parallelepiped shape or a cubic shape,
The shock-absorbing material has a rectangular cylindrical shape, and the contact surface of the shock-absorbing material with the second elastic body is one of the four surfaces of the shock-absorbing material, excluding the opening end of the shock-absorbing material. The packaging device according to claim 1, characterized in that:     A first elastic body is placed on the bottom surface of a rectangular parallelepiped or cube-shaped packaging box, and then a body to be wrapped is placed on the first elastic body, and then a second body is placed on the body to be wrapped. Place an elastic body, then place a cushioning material containing air on the second elastic body, close the lid of the packaging box, and contact the cushioning material with the ceiling surface of the lid of the packaging box The packaging method is characterized in that the packaged body is pressed through the second elastic body to prevent the packaged body from moving. The shock-absorbing material has a rectangular cylindrical shape, and the contact surface of the shock-absorbing material with the second elastic body is one of the four surfaces of the shock-absorbing material, excluding the opening end of the shock-absorbing material,
The packaging method according to claim 3, wherein an amount of air enclosed in the cushioning material is adjusted according to a gap between the second elastic body and the ceiling surface of the packaging box.

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