GLASS TUBE PACKAGE
Provided is a glass tube package that can suppress the occurrence of damage to glass tubes and prevent degradation of the quality of glass tubes. A glass tube package is provided with: a plurality of glass tubes that are arrayed in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns; a plurality of spacer members (bottom side spacer members and top side spacer members) that are arranged on the bottom side and/or top side of each column of the plurality of glass tubes; and a film wrapping that is obtained by shrinking and that covers at least both ends of the plurality of glass tubes.
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The present invention relates to an art of a glass tube package in which a plurality of glass tubes are arrayed in a plurality of rows and a plurality of stages.
BACKGROUND ARTFor example, glass tubes used as a medical ample, a fluorescent tube or the like are packaged as one glass tube package by arranging the plurality of the glass tubes with the same length in a plurality of rows and a plurality of stages. As an art configuring such a glass tube package, an art shrinking and binding both ends of a plurality of glass tubes with wrappings is known (for example, see the Patent Literature 1).
PRIOR ART REFERENCE Patent LiteraturePatent Literature 1: the Japanese Patent Laid Open Gazette Hei. 10-114382
DISCLOSURE OF INVENTION Problems to Be Solved by the InventionAccording to the prior art, since the glass tubes in the glass tube package contact each other, the glass tubes may be damaged at the time of conveying the glass tube package so as to degrade qualities of the glass tubes such as mechanical strength and external appearance.
The present invention is provided in consideration of the above problem, and the purpose of the present invention is to provide a glass tube package which suppress damage of glass tubes so as to prevent degradation of quality of the glass tubes.
Means for Solving the ProblemsThe problems to be solved by the present invention have been described above, and subsequently, the means of solving the problems will be described below.
According to claim 1 of the present invention, a plurality of glass tubes arrayed in a plurality of rows and a plurality of stages, a plurality of spacer members arranged on a bottom side and/or top side of each stage of the plurality of the glass tubes, and film wrappings covering at least both ends of the plurality of the glass tubes and shrunk are provided.
According to claim 2 of the present invention, the spacer members are arranged at top sides of the glass tubes of an uppermost stage and/or bottom sides of the glass tubes of a lowermost stage.
According to claim 3 of the present invention, the spacer members are arranged at positions covered by the film wrappings.
According to claim 4 of the present invention, centers of the glass tubes constituting each row of the plurality of the glass tubes are arrayed straightly in a vertical direction.
According to claim 5 of the present invention, each of the spacer members has a planar member and a plurality of projections which are provided in at least one of surfaces of the planar member so as to be projected perpendicularly to the surface, and the plurality of the glass tubes are arranged respectively between the plurality of the projections.
According to claim 6 of the present invention, the spacer members are made by paper.
According to claim 7 of the present invention, an outer diameter of each of the glass tubes is 5 mm to 12 mm.
Effect of the InventionThe present invention configured as the above brings the following effects.
According to the glass tube package concerning claim 1 of the present invention, damage of the glass tubes can be suppressed so as to prevent degradation of quality of the glass tubes.
According to the glass tube package concerning claim 2 of the present invention, damage of the glass tubes can be suppressed certainly so as to prevent degradation of quality of the glass tubes.
According to the glass tube package concerning claim 3 of the present invention, binding of the glass tubes can be strengthened.
According to the glass tube package concerning claim 4 of the present invention, shift of the position of the glass tubes in the horizontal direction can be prevented.
According to the glass tube package concerning claim 5 of the present invention, damage of the glass tubes in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction can be suppressed so as to prevent degradation of quality of the glass tubes.
According to the glass tube package concerning claim 6 of the present invention, damage of the glass tubes by the spacer member can be suppressed.
According to the glass tube package concerning claim 7 of the present invention, damage of the glass tubes of which quality and accuracy are required is suppressed so as to prevent degradation of quality of the glass tubes.
Next, embodiments of the present invention are explained.
[Glass Tube Package 10]
Firstly, a configuration of a glass tube package 10 according to a first embodiment of the present invention is explained referring to
The glass tube package 10 of this embodiment is configured by packaging a plurality of glass tubes P while accumulating the glass tubes P into a stable form. The glass tube package 10 has the plurality of the glass tubes P arrayed in a plurality of rows and a plurality of stages. Each of the glass tubes P is a long hollow glass tube used as a medical ample, a fluorescent tube or the like for example, and has a cylindrical shape whose outer diameter is 5 mm to 12 mm. The glass tube package 10 of this embodiment is configured by arranging the eight glass tubes P laterally and the nine glass tubes P vertically so as to package the seventy two glass tubes P. In other words, the glass tube package 10 is configured by packaging the seventy two glass tubes P which are arrayed in eight rows and nine stages. The method for arraying the glass tubes P in the glass tube package is not limited to this embodiment.
The glass tube package 10 has a plurality of spacer members S arranged at a bottom side and/or a top side of each stage of the plurality of the glass tubes P (bottom side spacer members Su and top side spacer members So). The bottom side spacer members Su and the top side spacer members So are configured by reversing vertically the spacer members S of the same shape (see
Each of the spacer members S is made by paper (for example, corrugated paper), and as shown in
In the glass tube package 10 of this embodiment, as shown in
The bundle of the glass tubes P may be bound by shrinking the film wrappings W while the whole bundle of the glass tubes P is covered by the film wrappings W. Namely, any state in which both the ends of the glass tubes P are closed by the film wrappings W is required for preventing foreign matters from entering insides of the glass tubes P.
A material of the film wrappings W is not limited especially and may be any heat-shrinkable plastic such as PVC (polyvinyl chloride), PP (polypropylene), or PE (polyethylene).
In the glass tube package 10 of this embodiment, as shown in
In the glass tube package 10 of this embodiment, as shown in
In the glass tube package 10 of this embodiment, as shown in
In the glass tube package 10 of this embodiment, the spacer members S are made by the paper. Since the paper is softer than the glass tubes P, damage of the glass tubes P by the spacer members S can be suppressed. Since dirt of the paper is hardly to move to the glass tubes P and any binding member does not adhere to the glass tubes such as styrene foam, the spacer members S are preferably made by the paper.
In the glass tube package 10 of this embodiment, the outer diameter of each of the glass tubes P is 5 mm to 12 mm. Namely, in the glass tube package 10 of this embodiment, damage of the small-diameter glass tubes P having the outer diameter of 5 mm to 12 mm of which quality and accuracy are required is suppressed so as to prevent degradation of quality of the glass tubes P.
[Glass Tube Package 110]
Next, a configuration of a glass tube package 110 according to a second embodiment of the present invention is explained referring to
In below explanation, the same configurations as the glass tube package according to the above embodiment are shown by the same reference letters and explanations thereof are omitted, and different configurations are explained mainly.
The glass tube package 110 of this embodiment has a plurality of spacer members arranged at a bottom side and/or a top side of each stage of the plurality of the glass tubes P (bottom side spacer members Su, top side spacer members So and middle spacer members Sm). The bottom side spacer members Su and the top side spacer members So are configured by reversing vertically the spacer members S of the same shape. As shown in
Each of the middle spacer members Sm is made by paper (for example, corrugated paper), and as shown in
According to the glass tube package 110 of this embodiment, each stage of the glass tubes P cannot be displaced laterally by the middle spacer members Sm. Accordingly, at the time of conveying the glass tube package 110, change of the shape of the glass tube package 110 caused by sliding relatively the stages of the glass tubes P can be prevented. Namely, in the glass tube package 110 of this embodiment, the binding of the glass tubes P in the glass tube package 110 can be strengthened further.
[Glass Tube Package 210]
Next, a configuration of a glass tube package 210 according to a third embodiment of the present invention is explained referring to
The glass tube package 210 of this embodiment has a plurality of spacer members arranged at a bottom side and/or a top side of each stage of the plurality of the glass tubes P (bottom side spacer members Su, top side spacer members So and middle spacer members Sm′). The bottom side spacer members Su and the top side spacer members So are configured by reversing vertically the spacer members S of the same shape. As shown in
Each of the middle spacer members Sm′ is made by paper (for example, corrugated paper), and as shown in
According to the glass tube package 210 of this embodiment, each stage of the glass tubes P cannot be displaced laterally by the middle spacer members Sm′. Accordingly, at the time of conveying the glass tube package 210, change of the shape of the glass tube package 210 caused by sliding relatively the stages of the glass tubes P can be prevented. Namely, in the glass tube package 210 of this embodiment, the binding of the glass tubes P in the glass tube package 210 can be strengthened further.
[Glass Tube Package 310]
Next, a configuration of a glass tube package 310 according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention is explained referring to
The glass tube package 310 of this embodiment has a plurality of spacer members Sw arranged at a bottom side and/or a top side of each stage of the plurality of the glass tubes P. Each of the spacer members Sw is made by paper (for example, corrugated paper), and as shown in
According to the glass tube package 310 of this embodiment, intervals between the glass tubes P can be made small, whereby the many glass tubes P can be arrayed in a limited space. In other words, arrangement efficiency of the glass tubes P can be improved. Accordingly, when the glass tubes P of the same number are packaged, the glass tube package 310 can be made compact so as to improve efficiency of conveyance of the glass tubes P.
INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITYThe glass tube package of the present invention can be used for conveying a plurality of glass tubes with the same length used as a medical ample, a fluorescent tube or the like for example.
DESCRIPTION OF NOTATIONS
- 10 glass tube package
- 110 glass tube package
- 210 glass tube package
- 310 glass tube package
- P glass tube
- S spacer member
- Sm middle spacer member
- Sm′ middle spacer member
- So top side spacer member
- Su bottom side spacer member
- Sw spacer member
- W film wrapping
Claims
1. A glass tube package comprising:
- a plurality of glass tubes arrayed in a plurality of rows and a plurality of stages;
- a plurality of spacer members arranged on a bottom side and/or top side of each stage of the plurality of the glass tubes; and
- film wrappings covering at least both ends of the plurality of the glass tubes and shrunk.
2. The glass tube package according to claim 1, wherein the spacer members are arranged at top sides of the glass tubes of an uppermost stage and/or bottom sides of the glass tubes of a lowermost stage.
3. The glass tube package according to claim 1, wherein the spacer members are arranged at positions covered by the film wrappings.
4. The glass tube package according to claim 1, wherein centers of the glass tubes constituting each row of the plurality of the glass tubes are arrayed straightly in a vertical direction.
5. The glass tube package according to claim 1,
- wherein each of the spacer members has a planar member and a plurality of projections which are provided in at least one of surfaces of the planar member so as to be projected perpendicularly to the surface, and
- wherein the plurality of the glass tubes are arranged respectively between the plurality of the projections.
6. The glass tube package according to claim 1, wherein the spacer members are made by paper.
7. The glass tube package according to claim 1, wherein an outer diameter of each of the glass tubes is 5 mm to 12 mm.
Type: Application
Filed: Aug 1, 2014
Publication Date: Aug 4, 2016
Applicant: NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS CO., LTD. (Otsu-shi, Shiga)
Inventors: Hitoshi HAYASHI (Otsu-shi, Shiga), Masahiro ICHIKAWA (Otsu-shi, Shiga), Kenichi HOSHIBA (Otsu-shi, Shiga)
Application Number: 15/021,831