JP3181309U - Fruit tray - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a fruit tray that avoids contact between adjacent fruits accommodated in a fruit accommodating portion, and that can easily accommodate and retain fruits in the fruit accommodating portion.
A fruit tray in which a plurality of fruit storage portions (12) for storing fruits is formed. The fruit accommodating part 12 is formed with an accommodating wall 13 for accommodating the fruit. A partition wall portion 16 is formed on the storage wall 13 so as to protrude from the boundary with each adjacent fruit storage portion 12. Further, the partition wall 13 is formed between the partition wall portions 13 and 13 from the bottom 12a of the fruit storage portion 12 so that the partition wall portion 13a that is a portion of the storage wall 13 including each partition wall portion 16 extends and contracts in the circumferential direction. A concave groove 18 is formed across the gap.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a fruit tray used for harvesting, selecting, shipping, transporting various fruits such as apples, pears and peaches, and particularly to a fruit tray suitable for fruit harvesting.

  Conventionally, in the harvesting, sorting, shipping, and transporting of various fruits, synthetic resin foam is used for the purpose of facilitating the handling of fruits and preventing and protecting them from damage due to contact between fruits and with other objects. A tray in which a plurality of fruit accommodating portions capable of accommodating and holding fruits in an individual packaging state is formed using a material having moderate elasticity such as a sheet or a pulp mold.

  By the way, the size and shape of the fruit contained in the tray differ depending on the type, and the size and shape of the same type of fruit vary. In particular, the range of variation in the size and shape of the fruit accommodated at the time of harvest increases. Therefore, in this kind of fruit tray, it is desired to avoid contact between fruits when the fruit is accommodated in the fruit tray due to the difference in size and shape of the fruit to be accommodated.

  As an example of such a fruit tray, a plurality of fruit storage units are continuously provided, a partition wall is integrally provided at a boundary portion where each fruit storage unit is adjacent, and a groove is formed on a side wall of the fruit storage unit. A formed fruit tray has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 1). According to such a fruit tray, since the partition is erected between the fruits accommodated in the adjacent fruit accommodating portions, it is possible to avoid contact between the adjacent fruits.

Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 62-31084

  However, in the tray described in Patent Document 1, although the groove portion is provided along the height direction of the side wall of the fruit accommodating portion, this groove portion acts as a reinforcing rib, and the fruit accommodating portion is It is not stretchable in the direction. For this reason, it may be difficult to accommodate the fruit in the fruit accommodating part due to variations in the size and shape of the fruit. In particular, when the fruit is large, the fruit has been lifted from the bottom of the fruit housing part, and even if the partition walls described above are provided, the fruits may come into contact with each other.

  In view of such a point, it may be preferable to provide a fruit container that is slightly larger than the fruit size. However, when a fruit is accommodated in such a fruit accommodating part, it may be difficult to hold | maintain a fruit with the side wall of a fruit accommodating part depending on the magnitude | size of a fruit.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and the object of the present invention is to avoid contact between adjacent fruits accommodated in the fruit accommodating portion and to easily add fruits to the fruit accommodating portion. The object is to provide a fruit tray which can be accommodated and held.

  In order to solve the above problems, a fruit tray according to the present invention is a fruit tray in which a plurality of fruit storage portions for storing fruits are formed, and the fruit storage portion stores the fruits. A partition wall is formed on the storage wall so as to protrude from the boundary with each adjacent fruit storage unit, and a portion of the storage wall including each partition wall is formed in the circumferential direction. A recess is formed between the partition walls from the bottom of the fruit container so as to expand and contract.

  According to the present invention, since the partition wall protruding from the boundary with each adjacent fruit storage part is formed on the storage wall formed to store the fruit, it is stored in the adjacent fruit storage part. A partition wall portion exists between the fruits. Thereby, the direct contact of the fruits accommodated in the fruit accommodating part can be avoided. As a result, it is possible to avoid the occurrence of hits between fruits.

  Furthermore, since the recessed part is formed between each partition part from the bottom part of a fruit accommodating part, when accommodating a fruit in a fruit accommodating part, the part of the accommodating wall containing each partition part becomes independent. It will expand and contract in the circumferential direction. Thereby, a fruit can be easily accommodated in a fruit accommodating part. Furthermore, even if the part of the accommodation wall including each partition part is opened at the time of accommodation, since these contract, the fruit can be held by the accommodation wall of the fruit accommodation part. In particular, by providing such a recess, it is possible to increase the contact area of the accommodation wall of the fruit accommodation unit with respect to the fruit surface, and to further improve the retention of the fruit.

  As a more preferred embodiment, the top of the partition wall is formed at a position higher than the maximum outer periphery of the fruit, and the base end of the partition wall is formed at a position lower than the maximum outer periphery. Yes.

  According to this aspect, since the top part of the partition part is formed in a position higher than the maximum outer peripheral part of the fruit, it is possible to avoid contact of the maximum outer peripheral part between adjacent fruits. On the other hand, since the base end portion of the partition wall portion is formed at a position lower than the maximum outer peripheral portion, the fruit can be easily accommodated in the fruit accommodating portion.

  Furthermore, as a preferable aspect, six said fruit accommodating parts are formed at equal intervals around the said fruit accommodating part. According to this aspect, not only can the fruits be accommodated in the fruit tray in a close-packed state, but also the portion of the accommodating wall including the partition wall portion that expands and contracts in the circumferential direction independently, The fruit accommodating part can be made into a space close to a spherical shape matching the shape of the fruit. Thereby, the accommodation property and holding | maintenance property of the fruit to a fruit accommodating part can be improved.

  According to the packing material which concerns on this invention, while avoiding the contact of the adjacent fruit accommodated in the fruit accommodating part, a fruit can be easily accommodated in a fruit accommodating part and this can be hold | maintained.

The typical perspective view of the tray for fruits concerning the embodiment of the present invention. The top view of the tray for fruits shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional perspective view taken along line AA in FIG. 2. Sectional drawing of the storage wall containing the recessed part of the tray for fruits shown in FIG. The figure for demonstrating the state which accommodated the fruit in the fruit tray shown in FIG.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a fruit tray according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view of the fruit tray shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is an AA shown in FIG. FIG. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the housing wall including the concave portion of the fruit tray shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 5 is a view for explaining a state in which fruits are accommodated in the fruit tray shown in FIG. 1.

  The fruit tray 1 according to this embodiment is a tray for storing a plurality of spherical objects to be packed such as fruits. As a constituent material of the fruit tray 1, for example, a synthetic resin foam sheet is used. As the synthetic resin foam sheet, a polyolefin resin such as polypropylene or polyethylene, a polyester resin, a polystyrene resin, a polyvinyl chloride resin, or the like. Various synthetic resin foam sheets having appropriate elasticity and shape retention strength, or synthetic resin foam sheets obtained by laminating a non-foamed resin on one or both surfaces of these synthetic resin foam sheets are used.

  Among them, a polyethylene resin foam sheet having a good balance between rigidity and flexibility, excellent buffering properties, strength, and excellent shape retention, restoration property, and moldability is preferably used. That is, with this foamed sheet, even if the accommodation wall described later is deformed due to the accommodation of the fruit, when the fruit is taken out, it is restored to a gradually dimensional shape and can be used repeatedly. Therefore, it is suitable for repeated use as a harvesting tray.

The thickness of the synthetic resin foam sheet varies depending on the material used, but in the case of a polyethylene resin foam sheet, it is about 1.0 to 8.0 mm, preferably about 2.0 to 5.0 mm, and the density is 0.06. Those having foamed to about 0.03 g / cm ³ are preferable. If the thickness of the foamed sheet is smaller than the above, sufficient support strength cannot be obtained, and if the thickness is larger than the above, molding from the foamed sheet becomes difficult and bulky. Further, if the density due to foaming is larger than the above range, sufficient buffering properties cannot be obtained, the amount of resin used is large and uneconomical, and if the density is smaller than the above range, there is a problem in strength. The fruit tray 1 is integrally formed from the above-mentioned thermoplastic synthetic resin foam sheet having appropriate elasticity and shape retention by means of thermoforming such as vacuum forming or pressure forming.

  The fruit tray 1 is formed with a tray outer peripheral edge portion 11 and a plurality of fruit storage portions 12, 12,... Arranged at predetermined intervals on the inner side of the tray outer peripheral edge portion 11. The height of the tray outer peripheral edge portion 11 is substantially the same as the top portion of the partition wall portion 16 of the fruit accommodating portion 12 described later. Thereby, since the partition wall portion 16 does not protrude from the outer peripheral edge portion 11 of the tray, the partition wall portion 16 is hardly crushed and the partition wall portion 16 can be protected.

  Around the fruit accommodating part 12 of the fruit tray 1, the six fruit accommodating parts 12, 12,... Are formed at equal intervals. The fruit accommodating portion 12 is formed with an accommodating wall 13 for accommodating the fruit. The accommodation wall 13 is curved according to the shape of the fruit to be accommodated, and is inclined so as to spread upward from the bottom 12a of the fruit accommodation portion 12. By making the accommodation wall 13 into such a shape, the fruit accommodated in the fruit accommodating part 12 can be elastically hold | maintained from the circumference | surroundings.

  In addition, a protrusion 14 that protrudes in a disc shape is formed at the center of the bottom 12 a of the fruit storage portion 12. Providing the protrusion 14 makes it difficult for the fruit side to adhere to the bottom surface of the fruit container 12 other than the protrusion 14, ensures air permeability, and the protrusion 14 provides a buffering function. The buffer effect can be enhanced.

  Moreover, the partition wall part 16 is formed in the storage wall 13 so that it may protrude from the boundary of each adjacent fruit storage part 12 or the fruit tray 1 outside. The partition wall portion 16 is a wall portion projecting upward in a mountain shape, and is integrally configured as a part of the housing wall 13. In the case of the fruit tray 1 according to the present embodiment, the six fruit accommodating parts 12, 12,... Are formed around the one fruit accommodating part 12 at equal intervals. On the other hand, six partition walls 16 are formed.

  Furthermore, in the accommodating wall 13, the concave groove portion extends from the bottom of the fruit accommodating portion 12 to each of the partition wall portions 16 so that the portion of the accommodating wall 13 including the respective partition wall portions 16 independently expands and contracts in the circumferential direction. 18 is formed. That is, in the embodiment, the wall portion that comes into contact with the fruit of the accommodation wall 13 is partitioned into six divided wall portions 13a, 13a,... This corresponds to “the portion of the housing wall 13 including the partition wall 16”.

  As described above, in this embodiment, the housing wall 13 is partitioned into the six divided wall portions 13a, 13a,... By the concave groove portion 18, and between these divided wall portions 13a, 13a, these are continuous. The recessed groove portion 18 is formed. By adopting such a structure, as shown in FIG. 4, by applying a load in the circumferential direction so as to open the recessed groove portion 18, the recessed groove portion 18 is deformed, and the divided wall portions 13 a and 13 a are independent from each other. Extend in the circumferential direction (see arrows in the figure). On the other hand, by removing the above-described load, the divided wall portions 13a and 13a are contracted to the original state by the restoring force.

  Here, when the height from the top 16a to the base end 16b of the partition wall 16 is 10 mm or more, the vicinity of the maximum outer peripheral portion L of the fruit F is easily expanded and contracted.

  Fruits are accommodated using the fruit tray 1 described above. In the embodiment, the fruit tray 1 has the groove 18 formed between the partition walls 16 and 16 from the bottom 12a of the fruit container 12, so that the fruit F is stored in the fruit container 12. In other words, the divided wall portions 13a and 13a expand and contract independently in the circumferential direction. Thereby, a fruit can be accommodated in the fruit accommodating part 12 easily. Furthermore, even if the dividing wall portions 13a and 13a are opened at the time of accommodation, the fruit F can be held by the accommodation wall 13 of the fruit accommodation portion 12 because it shrinks to the original state after accommodation.

  In particular, around the fruit storage part 12, six fruit storage parts 12, 12, ... are formed at equal intervals, so that not only can the fruit be stored in the fruit tray in the most dense state, Since there are six divided wall portions 13 a that expand and contract independently in the circumferential direction, the fruit accommodating portion 12 can be made into a space close to a spherical shape that matches the shape of the fruit F. Thereby, the accommodation property and the retention property of the fruit to the fruit accommodating part 12 can be improved.

  Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 5, in this embodiment, the top part 16a of the partition part 16 is formed at a position higher than the maximum outer peripheral part L of the fruit F, and the base end part 16b of the partition part 16 is a fruit. It is formed at a position lower than the maximum outer peripheral portion L of F. Thereby, since the top part 16a of the partition part 16 is formed in the position higher than the largest outer peripheral part L of the fruit F, the contact of the largest outer peripheral part L of the adjacent fruit F can be avoided. On the other hand, since the base end portion 16 b of the partition wall portion 16 is formed at a position lower than the maximum outer peripheral portion L, the fruit F can be easily accommodated in the fruit accommodating portion 12.

  The embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, but the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention described in the claims of the registered utility model. The design can be changed.

  For example, in this embodiment, although the ditch | groove part was provided between each partition part from the bottom part of a fruit accommodating part, a division wall part (part of the accommodation wall containing each partition part) can be expanded-contracted in the circumferential direction. If it is a structure, it is not limited to a groove shape.

  The fruit tray of the present invention can be suitably used for fruit trays used for harvesting, selecting, shipping, transporting various fruits such as apples, pears and peaches, especially for fruit harvesting.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Fruit tray, 11 ... Outer peripheral edge part of a tray, 12 ... Fruit accommodating part, 12a ... Bottom part, 13 ... Accommodating wall, 13a ... Dividing wall part, 14 ... Projection part, 16 ... Partition part, 16a ... Top part, 16b ... Base end part, 18 ... concave groove part (concave part), F ... fruit

Claims (3)

A tray for fruits in which a plurality of fruit storage portions for storing fruits are formed,
The fruit storage part is formed with a storage wall for storing the fruit,
The storage wall is formed with a partition wall so as to protrude from the boundary with each adjacent fruit storage unit,
A fruit tray, wherein a recess is formed between each partition wall portion from the bottom of the fruit storage portion so that a portion of the storage wall including each partition wall portion expands and contracts in the circumferential direction.   The top of the partition wall is formed at a position higher than the maximum outer periphery of the fruit, and the base end of the partition wall is formed at a position lower than the maximum outer periphery. The fruit tray according to claim 1.   The fruit tray according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the six fruit accommodating portions are formed at equal intervals around the fruit accommodating portion.

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