Package for apparatus set
A rectangular parallelepiped apparatus set is stored in a hollow rectangular parallelepiped outer casing and is held so as not to be in contact with the outer casing via cushioning body disposed at each of the four corners of the apparatus set. An instruction manual is accommodated in a clearance space between the apparatus set and the outer casing by the cushioning body. The cushioning body is divided into two pairs of cushioning body elements arranged in a first direction parallel to a longitudinal direction of the apparatus set. At least one of the cushioning body elements is formed with a concave portion by extending a distance of the cushioning body elements from the apparatus set in the first direction at both ends of the cushioning body elements in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction so as to accommodate the instruction manual therein.
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The disclosure of Japanese Patent Application No. 2006-089158 filed Mar. 28, 2006 including specification, drawings and claims is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
BACKGROUNDThe present invention relates to a package for an apparatus set such as a DVD recorder or a projector, and more particularly to a package for an apparatus set in which an instruction manual is accommodated together with the apparatus set in an outer casing.
The package as shown in
In this package, for the four divided elements 25 to 28 composing the cushioning body 2, the distances W in the longitudinal direction A and the distances H in the vertical direction from the apparatus set 100 are set as small as possible within the limits where the elements 25 to 28 can absorb a drop impact and protect the apparatus set 100 from the drop impact. Thus, the entire package can be made as compact as possible to suppress the stacking and transportation costs on the container.
By the way, in a case where an instruction manual is accommodated together with the apparatus set 100 in the outer casing 1, the upper and lower clearances S1 and S2 of the apparatus set 100 are used as an accommodating space for the instruction manual. However, since the apparatus sets 100 may be supplied to many places of destination having different languages, the instruction manual is thickened or the volumes of the instruction manual are increased. Then, the upper and lower clearances S1 and S2 of the apparatus set 100 are so narrow that it is difficult to use them as the accommodating space.
In this situation, the distances H of the elements 25 to 28 of the cushioning body 2 from the apparatus set 100 is extended to enlarge the clearances S1 and S2 so that the clearances S1 and S2 can be effectively utilized as the accommodating space of the instruction manual.
In addition, in the package for a plasma display apparatus, the cushioning material is interposed at two upper and lower positions between a package box and the plasma display apparatus stored in the package box, and the accommodating space for the instruction manual is formed on the cushioning material interposed on the lower side (e.g., refer to Japanese Patent Publication No. 2003-72845A). In addition, a space formed between a lower cushioning body arranged on a lower side of a product and an upper cushioning body arranged on an upper side of the product is used as the accommodating space for the instruction manual, and the instruction manual is accommodated in the accommodating space (e.g., refer to Japanese Patent Publication No. 2003-128146A).
However, in the package as shown in
Also, in the package as shown in
It is therefore an object of the invention to provide a package for an apparatus set in which the instruction manual is fully held inside the package so as not to move within the outer casing as much as possible without adding any new components and impairing the protection effect for the apparatus set with the cushioning body, so that the instruction manual does not collide against the top case of the apparatus set due to a drop impact to cause a flaw or damage on the wiring board.
It is also an object of the invention to provide a package for an apparatus set in which the constitution of the package as described with reference to the
It is also an object of the invention to provide a package for an apparatus set in which the number of stacks inside the container with limited stack height can be kept equivalently to the package as described in the package as shown in
In order to achieve the above described objects, according to the invention, there is also provided a package for an apparatus set in which the rectangular parallelepiped apparatus set is stored in a hollow rectangular parallelepiped outer casing and is held so as not to be in contact with the outer casing via cushioning body disposed at each of the four corners of the apparatus set and in which an instruction manual is accommodated in a clearance space between the apparatus set and the outer casing by the cushioning body, wherein;
the cushioning body is divided into two pairs of cushioning body elements arranged in a first direction parallel to a longitudinal direction of the apparatus set; and
at least one of the cushioning body elements is formed with a concave portion by extending a distance of the cushioning body elements from the apparatus set in the first direction at both ends of the cushioning body elements in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction so as to accommodate the instruction manual therein.
With this constitution, the cushioning effect exhibited by the cushioning body divided into two pairs of cushioning body elements is not lower than the package as described with reference to
Each of the cushioning body elements may be formed with the concave portion.
With this constitution, the instruction manuals can be accommodated in installments on both sides of the apparatus set.
Each of the cushioning body elements may be divided into a front side element and back side element which are arranged at a front corner and a back corner of the apparatus set respectively and disposed at a distance from each other in the second direction.
With this constitution it is not required to greatly change the constitution of the package as described with reference to
According to the invention, there is also provided a package for an apparatus set in which the rectangular parallelepiped apparatus set is stored in a hollow rectangular parallelepiped outer casing and is held so as not to be in contact with the outer casing via cushioning body disposed at each of the four corners of the apparatus set and in which an instruction manual is accommodated in a clearance space between the apparatus set and the outer casing by the cushioning body, wherein:
the cushioning body is divided into two pairs of cushioning body elements arranged in a first direction parallel to a longitudinal direction of the apparatus set;
each of the cushioning body elements is formed with a concave portion by extending a distance of the cushioning body elements from the apparatus set in the first direction at both ends of the cushioning body elements in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction so as to accommodate the instruction manual therein; and
each of the cushioning body elements is divided into a front side element and back side element which are arranged at a front corner and a back corner of the apparatus set respectively and disposed at a distance from each other in the second direction; and
each of the front side element and back side element is formed with the concave portion by retracting a distance of the front side element and back side element from the apparatus set in the first direction and a distance of the back side element at a position excluding the both ends of the cushioning body elements in the second direction.
As described above, in the package for the apparatus set according to the invention, the instruction manual is accommodated in the clearance space formed sideways of the apparatus set within the outer casing, whereby the instruction manual does not collide against the top case of the apparatus set due to a drop impact to cause a flaw or damage on the wiring board. Accordingly, there is the advantageous effect of preventing the apparatus set from flaw on the top case or damage on the wiring board. Also, there is the advantageous effect that it is possible to easily handle the increased required volumes or increased thickness of the instruction manual without adding any new components and impairing the protection effect for the apparatus set with the cushioning body.
Further, since it is possible to easily handle the increased required volumes or increased thickness of the instruction manual without making the height of the package larger, there is the advantageous effect that the number of stacks on the container with limited stack height can be kept equivalently to the comparative example, and the greater transportation cost per unit package is suppressed.
In addition, since it is not required that the arrangement or number of the cushioning bodies is changed, there is no fear that the packaging operation efficiency is lower.
The above objects and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent by describing in detail preferred exemplary embodiments thereof with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein:
Hereinafter, an embodiment of a package for an apparatus set according to the invention will be discussed with reference to the accompanying drawings.
In the following explanation, the members or parts corresponding to the members or parts as shown in
The outer casing 1 is formed in the shape of flat hollow rectangular parallelepiped as shown in
As will be apparent from
In this embodiment, a cushioning body 2 is divided into two pairs of cushioning body elements 20 and 21 arranged in the transverse width direction of the apparatus set 100, and each pair of cushioning body elements 20 and 21 is further divided into a front side element 25, 27 and a back side element 26, 28. The front side elements 25, 27 and the back side elements 26, 28 comprise the recessed portions 25a, 26a, 27a and 28a into the corner. And the elements 25 to 28 on the front side and the back side are accommodated with the apparatus set 100 in the outer casing 1 in a state where the recessed portions 25a to 28a are fitted into the four left, right, front and back corners of the apparatus set 100. In this manner, the front side or back side elements 25 to 28 interposed between the outer casing 1 and the apparatus set 100 at the four corners of the outer casing 1 immovably holds the apparatus set 100 inside the outer casing 1 so as not to be in contact with the outer casing 1 and protects the apparatus set 100 against a drop impact by absorbing it in a state where the apparatus set 100 is stored together with the cushioning body 2 in the outer casing 1. Each of the elements 25 to 28 is formed of a compact of foam resin, for example. In
The left and right pairs of the cushioning elements 20 and 21 comprise the extended portions 31, 32, 33 and 34 jutting out in the longitudinal direction A at the front end part and the back end part in the depth direction D of the apparatus set 100 perpendicular to the longitudinal direction A, as shown in
And the instruction manuals 200, 200 are accommodated within the left and right concave portions 35 and 36, whereby the concave portions 35 and 36 are utilized as the accommodating space for the instruction manuals.
In the package with the above constitution, the instruction manuals 200 are accommodated in the left and right clearances S3 and S4 of the apparatus set 100, but not in the upper and lower clearances S1 and S2, whereby even if the package is subjected to a drop impact, the instruction manuals 200 are only moved within the left and right clearances S3 and S4 of the apparatus set 100. Therefore, there is no risk that the instruction manuals 200 collide against the top case or bottom case of the apparatus set 100, leaving a flaw, or the instruction manuals 200 collide against the top case or bottom case of the apparatus set 200 to damage the wiring board inside.
The operation of the package in this embodiment will be described below in contrast with the operation of the package (comparison example) as described with reference to
In
Under the above presupposition, for each of the elements 25 to 28, the distances W3 of the non-extended portion is defined to be equal to the distances W as shown in
A yield of the corrugated board 10 required to form the outer casing 1 of the embodiment on the basis of the necessary area of the corrugated board required to form the outer casing of the comparative example as described in
In making the outer casing 1 by combining two corrugated boards 10 as shown in
Accordingly, the distances W1 of the elements 25 to 28 in the longitudinal direction A from the apparatus set 100 as in the example shown in
Z1=X·(Y+ΔY) (1)
On the contrary, the upper or lower distances H2 of the elements 25 to 28 from the apparatus set 100 in the vertical direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction A and depth direction D in the embodiment shown in
Z2=(X+ΔX)·Y (2)
Herein, if the same instruction manual is packed in the example and the embodiment, ΔX can be set equal to ΔY in the expressions (1) and (2). In a case where the apparatus set 100 is the typical rectangular parallelepiped set such as a disk unit or a magnetic tape unit, there is a relationship of X>Y.
Accordingly, comparing the sizes of Z1 and Z2 from the expressions (1) and (2), Z1 is greater than Z2, whereby the area Z2 of the corrugated board 10 in this embodiment is smaller than the area Z1 of the corrugated board 10 in the example, so that the yield of the corrugated board 10 in the embodiment is increased correspondingly.
In the above embodiment, the cushioning body 2 is divided into two pairs of cushioning body elements 20 and 21, each pair of cushioning body elements 20 and 21 are formed with the concave portions 35, 35 with stage in which the instruction manuals 200, 200 are packed within the concave portions 35. However, the concave portion 35 may be formed on only one side of the two pairs of cushioning body elements 20 and 21 depending on the volumes of the instruction manual.
Also, in the embodiment, the two pairs of cushioning body elements 20 and 21 are further divided into the front side elements 25, 27 and the back side elements 26, 28. In this regard, the front side elements and the back side elements may be integrally molded so that the distances of the cushioning body elements 20 and 21 in the transverse direction may be extended at both ends of the apparatus set in the depth direction to form the concave portion and pack the instruction manual in the concave portion as the clearance space.
By the way, since the front side elements 25 and 27 have the extended portions 31 and 33, and the back side elements 26 and 28 have the extended portions 32 and 34, even if the distance of the non-extended portion in the longitudinal direction A is reduced, it can be said that the cushioning effect of the cushioning body 2 is not too lower. Therefore, if the distance of the non-extended portion for the front side elements 25, 27 and the back side elements 26, 28 in the longitudinal direction A is reduced below the comparative example as shown in
Claims
1. A package for an apparatus set in which the rectangular parallelepiped apparatus set is stored in a hollow rectangular parallelepiped outer casing and is held so as not to be in contact with the outer casing via cushioning body disposed at each of the four corners of the apparatus set and in which an instruction manual is accommodated in a clearance space between the apparatus set and the outer casing by the cushioning body, wherein:
- the cushioning body is divided into two pairs of cushioning body elements arranged in a first direction parallel to a longitudinal direction of the apparatus set;
- each of the cushioning body elements is formed with a concave portion by extending a distance of the cushioning body elements from the apparatus set in the first direction at both ends of the cushioning body elements in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction so as to accommodate the instruction manual therein;
- each of the cushioning body elements is divided into a front side element and back side element which are arranged at a front corner and a back corner of the apparatus set respectively and disposed at a distance from each other in the second direction; and
- each of the front side element and back side element is formed with the concave portion by retracting a distance of the front side element and back side element from the apparatus set in the first direction and a distance of the back side element at a position excluding the both ends of the cushioning body elements in the second direction.
2. A package for an apparatus set in which the rectangular parallelepiped apparatus set is stored in a hollow rectangular parallelepiped outer casing and is held so as not to be in contact with the outer casing via cushioning body disposed at each of the four corners of the apparatus set and in which an instruction manual is accommodated in a clearance space between the apparatus set and the outer casing by the cushioning body, wherein;
- the cushioning body is divided into two pairs of cushioning body elements arranged in a first direction parallel to a longitudinal direction of the apparatus set; and
- at least one of the cushioning body elements is formed with a concave portion by extending a distance of the cushioning body elements from the apparatus set in the first direction at both ends of the cushioning body elements in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction so as to accommodate the instruction manual therein.
3. The package as set forth in claim 2, wherein each of the cushioning body elements is formed with the concave portion.
4. The package as set forth in claim 2, wherein each of the cushioning body elements is divided into a front side element and back side element which are arranged at a front corner and a back corner of the apparatus set respectively and disposed at a distance from each other in the second direction.
Type: Application
Filed: Mar 28, 2007
Publication Date: Oct 4, 2007
Applicant: Funai Electric Co., Ltd. (Daito-shi)
Inventor: Shinichi Saito (Osaka)
Application Number: 11/729,330
International Classification: B65D 81/02 (20060101);