The present disclosure relates to packaging cushion materials for holding articles, packaging materials, and packaged articles.
For example, JP 2001-348069 A discloses a packaging cushion material produced by cutting a cardboard sheet into a predetermined shape and folding the cut cardboard sheet in a predetermined manner. An article being held by the packaging cushion material is housed in a box body. This packaging cushion material suppresses displacement of the article in the box body.
However, in the case of the packaging cushion material described in JP 2001-348069 A, the article is held by the packaging cushion material so as not to be displaced with respect to the packaging cushion material. Therefore, impacts applied to the box body may be easily propagated to the article through the packaging cushion material.
For coping therewith, it is an object of the present disclosure to suppress impacts transmitted to an article when the article and a packaging cushion material are housed in a box body.
In order to solve the above problem, according to an aspect of the present disclosure, provided is a packaging cushion material to be housed in a box body together with an article, the packaging cushion material including:
Further, in another aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a packaging material including:
Further, in still another aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a packaged article including:
According to the present disclosure, it is possible to suppress impacts transmitted to an article when the article and a packaging cushion material are housed in a box body.
Hereinafter, embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the drawings as appropriate. However, unnecessarily detailed description may be omitted. For example, detailed descriptions of well-known matters and redundant descriptions of substantially the same structures may be omitted. This is for the purpose of avoiding unnecessary redundancy of the following description for enabling those skilled in the art to easily understand the following description.
Note that the inventor(s) provides the accompanying drawings and the following description in order for those skilled in the art to fully understand the present disclosure, and does not intend to limit the subject matter described in the claims by the accompanying drawings and the following description.
Hereinafter, a packaging cushion material according to an embodiment of the present disclosure will be described with reference to the drawings.
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The packaging cushion material 40 is made of a deformable material, in order to be deformed into the housed or developed state. In the present embodiment, the packaging cushion material 40 is a molded pulp body. The pulp molded body is a molded body formed by dissolving waste paper in water to prepare a pulp material, dehydrating the pulp material while molding the pulp material with a mold, and drying the molded pulp material. Since the pulp molded body is formed from waste paper and water and does not contain an adhesive agent or the like, the pulp molded body generates no toxic gas during incineration, thereby inducing less environmental loads.
The packaging cushion material 40 includes a holder portion 42 for accommodating the article 20, holder support portions 44 and 46 for supporting the holder portion 42, and hinge portions 48 and 50 connecting the holder portion 42 and the holder support portions 44 and 46 to each other. In the present embodiment, since the packaging cushion material 40 is a pulp molded body, the holder portion 42, the holder support portions 44 and 46, and the hinge portions 48 and 50 are integrally molded as one component.
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In the present embodiment, the bottom-closed cylindrical portion 42a in the holder portion 42 holds the article 20 in the depth-wise direction (X-axis direction) and the width-wise direction (Y-axis direction), while supporting one end of the article 20 in the height-wise direction (Z-axis direction). Namely, the bottom-closed cylindrical portion 42a has such a shape as to allow the article 20 to be detachably fitted therein in the height-wise direction. In the present embodiment, the bottom-closed cylindrical portion 42a also has a substantially cylindrical shape, in order to conform to the article 20 having a cylindrical shape.
The flange portion 42b in the holder portion 42 extends in the depth-wise direction (X-axis direction) and in the width-wise direction (Y-axis direction) from an opening end of the bottom-closed cylindrical portion 42a. In the present embodiment, as illustrated in
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In the present embodiment, the holder support portions 44 and 46 face each other in the width-wise direction (Y-axis direction), when viewed in the height-wise direction (Z-axis direction).
The hinge portions 48, 50 connect the holder portion 42 and the holder support portions 44, 46 to each other, as illustrated in
These hinge portions 48, 50 allow the packaging cushion material 40 to be in the housed state illustrated in
In the present embodiment, the hinge portions 48 and 50 have a band shape extending in the depth-wise direction (X-axis direction) and having a C-shaped cross section, as illustrated in
When the packaging cushion material 40 is housed in the box body 30 with the hinge portions 48 and 50 folded, the holder support portions 44 and 46 are disposed at such positions as to face the holder portion 42 in the height-wise direction (Z-axis direction), as illustrated in
In the present embodiment, when the packaging cushion material 40 is in the housed state and, also, the article 20 is not accommodated in the holder portion 42 (or the article 20 has a light weight), the holder support portions 44 and 46 are not in direct contact with the holder portion 42. In
On the other hand, when the article 20 has a heavy weight, the holder portion 42 warps and comes into contact with the holder support portions 44 and 46. Namely, the holder support portions 44 and 46 come into direct contact with the holder portion 42 accommodating the article 20 with the heavy weight to support the holder portion 42. This suppresses excessive displacement of the holder portion 42 accommodating the article 20 with the heavy weight, thereby suppressing breakage of the holder portion 42.
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Further, the flange portion 42b in the holder portion 42 is provided with a plurality of protruding portions 42e protruding toward the holder support portions 44 and 46, in its portions that face the second facing surfaces 44c and 46c in the holder support portions 44 and 46, when the hinge portions 48 and 50 are folded. As illustrated in
If the holder portion 42 warps since the article 20 has a heavy weight, the bottom-closed cylindrical portion 42a in the holder portion 42 comes into contact with the first facing surfaces 44b and 46b of the holder support portions 44 and 46 to be supported thereby. Further, if the holder portion 42 warps, the plurality of protruding portions 42e provided on the flange portion 42b in the holder portion 42 comes into contact with the second facing surfaces 44c and 46c in the holder support portions 44 and 46. This suppresses excessive displacement of the holder portion 42, thereby suppressing the occurrence of breakage of the holder portion 42, such as tear at the portion of connection between the bottom-closed cylindrical portion 42a and the flange portion 42b, for example.
When there is a small distance between the flange portion 42b of the holder portion 42 and the second facing surfaces 44c and 46c of the holder support portions 44 and 46, the plurality of protruding portions 42e can be omitted. In this case, the flange portion 42b comes into direct contact with the second facing surfaces 44c and 46c, thereby suppressing excessive displacement of the holder portion 42. Also, a plurality of protruding portions may be provided on the second facing surfaces 44c and 46c of the holder support portions 44 and 46, instead of on the flange portion 42b, so as to protrude toward the flange portion 42b.
This packaging cushion material 40 inhibits an impact applied to the box body 30 substantially in the height-wise direction (Z-axis direction) (an impact having a component in the height-wise direction) from propagating to the article 20 accommodated in the holder portion 42.
Specifically, an impact in the height-wise direction (Z-axis direction) propagates from the box body 30 to the holder support portions 44 and 46 in the packaging cushion material 40, which are in contact with the box body 30. The impact is inhibited from directly propagating from the box body 30 to the holder portion 42, since the holder support portions 44 and 46 exist between the box body 30 and the holder portion 42, as illustrated in
Further, the hinge portions 48 and 50 inhibit vibrations from propagating from the holder support portions 44 and 46 to the holder portion 42. Specifically, the holder portion 42 and the holder support portions 44 and 46 are not directly secured to each other. Namely, the holder portion 42 is connected to the holder support portions 44 and 46 with the hinge portions 48 and 50 interposed therebetween so as to be displaceable in the height-wise direction (Z-axis direction). Therefore, since the holder portion 42 is displaced in the height-wise direction with respect to the holder support portions 44 and 46, vibrations propagating from the holder support portion 44 and 46 to the holder portion 42 can be absorbed thereby. This can attenuate an impact propagating to the article 20 accommodated in the holder portion 42.
Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the hinge portions 48 and 50 function as dampers for attenuating vibrations propagating from the holder support portions 44 and 46 to the holder portion 42.
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Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the hinge portion 48 can also function as a damper for absorbing an impact in the width-wise direction (Y-axis direction), in addition to functioning as a damper for absorbing an impact in the height-wise direction (Z-axis direction). If an impact Fy is applied to the box body 30 in the width-wise direction, the holder support portion 44 being in contact with the box body 30 is displaced in the width-wise direction. This causes the hinge portion 48 to be compressed and deformed in the width-wise direction, thereby suppressing propagation of the impact from the holder support portion 44 to the holder portion 42.
Namely, in the present embodiment, the article 20 being held by the packaging cushion material 40 is in a state of being supported by the box body 30 with the dampers interposed therebetween in the width-wise direction (Y-axis direction) and in the height-wise direction (Z-axis direction).
Further, in the present embodiment, as illustrated in
According to the present embodiment described above, when the article 20 and the packaging cushion material 40 are housed in the box body 30, it is possible to suppress impacts transmitted to the article 20.
Although embodiments of the present disclosure have been described with reference to the aforementioned embodiment, embodiments of the present disclosure are not limited thereto.
For example, in the case of the packaging cushion material 40 according to the aforementioned embodiment, the two holder support portions 44 and 46 are connected to the holder portion 42 with the hinge portions 48 and 50 interposed therebetween. However, embodiments of the present disclosure are not limited thereto.
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In the aforementioned embodiments, the packaging cushion material 40 is a pulp molded body. However, embodiments of the present disclosure are not limited thereto. The packaging cushion member is required only to be made of a deformable material in order to constitute the hinge portions. For example, the packaging cushion material may be made of a plastic material.
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Namely, a packaging cushion material according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is a packaging cushion material to be housed in a box body together with an article, in a broad sense, in which the packaging cushion material includes: a holder portion for accommodating the article; a holder support portion for supporting the holder portion; and a hinge portion connecting the holder portion and the holder support portion to each other, the holder portion, the holder support portion, and the hinge portion are integrally molded as one component, and when the packaging cushion material is housed in the box body in a state where the hinge portion is folded, the holder support portion supports the holder portion with the hinge portion interposed therebetween such that the holder portion is displaceable.
Further, a packaging material according to another embodiment of the present disclosure includes, in a broad sense, a box body and a packaging cushion material housed in the box body together with an article, in which the packaging cushion material includes: a holder portion for accommodating the article; a holder support portion for supporting the holder portion; and a hinge portion connecting the holder portion and the holder support portion to each other, the holder portion, the holder support portion, and the hinge portion are integrally molded as one component, and when the packaging cushion material is housed in the box body in a state where the hinge portion is folded, the holder support portion supports the holder portion with the hinge portion interposed therebetween such that the holder portion is displaceable.
Furthermore, a packaged article according to still another embodiment of the present disclosure includes, in a broad sense, an article, a packaging cushion material for holding the article, and a box body for housing the article and the packaging cushion material, in which the packaging cushion material includes: a holder portion for accommodating the article; a holder support portion for supporting the holder portion; and a hinge portion connecting the holder portion and the holder support portion to each other, the holder portion, the holder support portion, and the hinge portion are integrally molded as one component, and when the packaging cushion material is housed in the box body in a state where the hinge portion is folded, the holder support portion supports the holder portion with the hinge portion interposed therebetween such that the holder portion is displaceable.
As described above, the aforementioned embodiments have been described as examples of the techniques according to the present disclosure. The accompanying drawings and detailed descriptions have been provided therefor. Therefore, the constituents described in the drawings and the detailed descriptions may include not only essential constituents for solving the problem but also constituents unessential for solving the problem, for the purpose of illustration of the aforementioned techniques. Thus, such unessential constituents should not be immediately recognized as being essential on the ground that those unessential constituents are described in the drawings or in the detailed descriptions.
Furthermore, since the aforementioned embodiments are intended to illustrate the techniques according to the present disclosure, various modifications, substitutions, additions, omissions, and the like can be made thereto within the scope of the claims or the equivalents thereto.
The present disclosure is applicable to housing a packaging cushion material in a box body together with an article.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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2023-147804 | Sep 2023 | JP | national |