KR20080000291U - Egg Container Package - Google Patents

Abstract

The egg container package of the present invention consists of an egg container consisting of a lower case in which one or more eggs are placed, and an upper case disposed on an upper part of the lower case to cover the eggs, and a sleeve wrapped closely in contact with the outside of the egg container. According to the present invention, since the outside of the egg container is packaged with a heat shrink sleeve, it is possible to prevent the unexpected opening of the egg container, and to prevent the increase of contamination during egg damage to prevent the fall of the commodity value.

 Egg container, package

Description

Egg container package {EGG PACKAGE ASSEMBLY}

The present invention relates to an egg container package, and more specifically, by wrapping the outside of the egg container with a heat shrink sleeve, to prevent the unexpected opening of the egg container, and to prevent the increase of contamination during egg damage to prevent the fall of product value It relates to an egg container package that can be made.

Typically, egg containers are used to distribute eggs in a safe and stable state from producers to consumers. Since eggs are fragile and easily broken, egg containers are made of compression molded fiberboard or molded plastic.

1 is a perspective view showing a conventional egg container, Figure 2 is a view taken along the line A-A in Figure 1, a cross-sectional view showing the configuration of a conventional egg container.

As shown in these figures, the egg container 20 for storing a plurality of eggs is composed of a lower case 38 on which the eggs are placed, and an upper case 36 covering the lower case 38. The lower case 38 is provided with a partition 44 to prevent contact between the eggs and prevent them from breaking. The number of partitions 44 depends on the number of eggs housed in the egg container 20, and within the egg container 20, for example, 6, 12, 15, 18, 20, 24, Various eggs, including 30, are housed. In addition, the partition 44 may be formed in the upper case 36 as well as the lower case 38, and may be formed in both cases.

The upper case 36 may be integrally coupled to the lower case 38 by a coupling structure such as a hinge or injection molding, and may be rotated. The upper case 36 may include a plurality of fixing means 41 for preventing an arbitrary opening during storage or transportation. do. Usually, the fixing means 41 employ | adopts a snap method like a tick button. That is, the protrusions and the grooves are respectively made in the upper case 36 and the lower case 38, and they are fixed to each other by being coupled to each other, and when opened, the two states are separated by forcibly releasing the coupling state of the protrusions and the grooves.

In the conventional egg container packaging apparatus having such a configuration, when opened unexpectedly by the customer or unexpectedly opened due to the separation of the fixing means by the external force, it may cause a decrease in the freshness and safety of the egg. In addition, advertising stickers printed with a company name, a logo, and an egg brand are attached to the outer surface of the egg container, and the stickers may be contaminated due to contact with external materials or damage to the eggs during transportation or storage, thereby reducing the image of the product. There is concern.

In addition, when the egg container is stacked or stored in several layers, the eggs may be easily broken due to an external impact, and the broken eggs may spread to other egg containers, thereby degrading the merchandise. Due to these problems, the distribution cost of eggs can be increased, which can lead to customer complaints. Therefore, there is still a need in the market for a package of high quality egg containers which can store eggs more safely and increase the commerciality of eggs.

The present invention made in view of such a problem is to wrap the outside of the egg container with a sleeve, and then close the sleeve to the outside of the egg container by heat shrinkage, thereby preventing the unauthorized opening and unexpected random opening of the egg container by the customer of the egg The purpose of the present invention is to provide an egg container package that can maintain freshness and improve the quality of a product, and prevent the spread of contamination by a broken label or a broken egg.

The egg container package of the present invention for achieving the above object is an egg container consisting of a lower case on which one or more eggs are placed and an upper case disposed on the lower case to cover the eggs, and closely adhered to the outside of the egg container. It characterized in that it comprises a sleeve wrapped.

According to the present invention, it is possible to prevent inadvertent opening and unexpected opening of the egg container by the customer, thereby maintaining the freshness of the egg and increasing the safety. In addition, it prevents the contamination of the chain of egg containers due to the breakage of eggs and improves the commerciality, and improves the image of the product by protecting the label sticker, etc., on which the egg's name or company logo is printed with external contaminants. It can be effective.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail for the egg container package according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

First, Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2, a cross-sectional view showing the configuration of the egg container made by the packaging device of the present invention, the same parts as the prior art are denoted by the same reference numerals.

As described above, the egg container 20 for storing a plurality of eggs consists of a lower case 38 in which the eggs are placed, and an upper case 36 covering the lower case 38, and fixing these plates. A plurality of fixing means 41 is provided for. The lower case 38 is provided with a partition 44 to prevent contact between the eggs and prevent them from breaking.

In the egg container of this configuration, in order to prevent the unauthorized opening and unexpected random opening of the egg container by the customer to improve the freshness and commerciality of the egg, the egg container packaging apparatus and packaging method according to the present invention in the egg container (20) The sleeve 14 was attached to the outside of the sleeve by heat shrink. As partially enlarged, the transparent film-shaped sleeve 14 is attached to the outside of the upper case 36 and the lower case 38 of the egg container 20 through a heat shrink process.

In the present invention, the sleeve 14 surrounding the outside of the egg container 20 is a transparent thin film. In addition, as described above, the lower case 38 and the upper case 36 of the egg container 20 has a snap-type fixing means that prevents any opening of the egg container 20 and separates when the egg is taken out.

The lower case 38 and the upper case 36 of the egg container 20 is made of a compression molded fiberboard or molded plastic. In addition, the sleeve 14 preferably includes a heat shrink film. The heat shrinkable film is made of any one selected from the group consisting of polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polyethylen terephthalate (PET), polylactide (PLA), and oriented polystyrene (OPS).

Hereinafter, a description will be given of the sleeve packaging and heat shrinkage process for manufacturing the egg container package of the present invention.

Figure 4 is a plan view showing the overall configuration of the egg container packaging apparatus used in the present invention.

Looking at the overall configuration of the egg container packaging device 10 used in the present invention, the first egg container transfer device 18 and the tube for transferring a plurality of egg containers 20 containing eggs to the insertion standby position (P1), and the tube A sleeve packaging portion (A) for pulling out the sleeve in the form, cutting the drawn sleeve to a predetermined size according to the size of the egg container 20, and then inserting the egg container 20 into the cut sleeve, and sleeve packing Egg transported by the second egg container transfer device 24 and the second egg container transfer device 24 for transferring the egg container 20 in which the sleeve is inserted in the portion (A) to the heating standby position (P2) The heating unit 26 for attaching the sleeve to the outside of the egg container 20 by heating the container 20 to heat shrink the sleeve, and the egg container in which the sleeve attachment is completed by the heating unit 26 is ready for shipment (P3). It includes a third egg container transfer device 25 for transferring to the . In this case, the shipping container may include all processes of storing, loading, transporting, etc., including storing the egg container 20 with the sleeve attached to the packing box and then shipping it for sale through a distribution network.

Next, Figures 5 to 10 are schematic diagrams showing the construction and the working process of the sleeve packaging (A).

First, as shown in Figure 5, the egg container packaging device 10 of the present invention includes a sleeve distributor 12, and a sleeve control unit. The sleeve 14 is made in the form of a tube that adheres both ends of the two films supplied from the rolls and is provided with a space having a size to accommodate the egg container 20 therein, and is distributed one by one by the sleeve distributor 12. .

At this time, the sleeve control unit is provided with a first arm 28 and a second arm 30 for the withdrawal and rotation of the sleeve 14, the sleeve 14 is provided at one end of these arms (28, 30) Work is made in the state fitted to the outer peripheral surface of the blades (28a, 30a). The first arm 28 is fixed to one end of the rod 29a which is mounted by the first arm cylinder 29, and the second arm 30 disposed opposite to the first arm 28 is the second arm. It is fixed to one end of the rod 31a which is projected by the cylinder 31. Therefore, as the rods 29a and 31a float in response to the operation of the first and second arm cylinders 29 and 31, the first and second arms 28 and 30 move forward and backward so that the lower end of the sleeve 14 Fix it or release it. In this case, the blades 28a and 30a to which the lower end of the sleeve 14 is fitted are slightly inclined inward from the upper surfaces of the arms 28 and 30 so that the lower end of the sleeve 14 can be easily fitted. .

Initially, the sleeve 14 is supplied downward from the sleeve distributor 12 along the direction of the arrow, corresponding to the length of the egg container. At the same time, the first and second arms 28 and 30 move to the position smaller than the inner diameter of the sleeve 14 while advancing in the direction of the arrow by the operation of the first and second arm cylinders 29 and 31.

Next, as shown in FIG. 6, the lower end of the sleeve 14 supplied by the sleeve distributor 12 is formed on the outer surface of the blades 28a and 30a formed on the first and second arms 28 and 30. Is fitted. In this state, when the first and second arms 28 and 30 are slightly retracted by the first and second arm cylinders 29 and 31, the sleeve 14 fitted to the outer side surfaces of the blades 28a and 30a. The lower end of is in close contact with the outer surfaces of the blades 28a and 30a while expanding outward, whereby the blades 14 are kept in a state where flow is prevented by the first and second arms 28 and 30.

Next, as shown in FIG. 7, the upper end of the blade 14 is cut | disconnected by the cutter with which the blade distributor 12 was equipped.

The upper end of the sleeve 14 is cut to a predetermined size corresponding to the length of the egg container, and then the first and second arms 28 and 30 make the sleeve 14 shown in FIG. 8 at approximately 90 degrees. Rotate as In this case, the first and second arms 28 and 30 are horizontally disposed on the same center line as the egg container 20.

That is, as shown in Figure 9, the egg container 20 conveyed by the first egg container transfer device 18 is the first and second egg container transfer device (18, 24) under the control of the stopper 42 ) Is placed on the packaging table 21 disposed between, the sleeve 14 shown in Figure 8 is arranged in a state in which the egg container 20 and the center line is in agreement. As such, since the egg container 20 and the sleeve 14 are positioned on the same center line, the egg container 20 can be accurately inserted into the inner space of the sleeve 14.

9, the stopper 42 and the pressure rod 46 for restraining the transfer and flow of the egg container 20 is provided on the upper portion of the first egg container transfer device 18. That is, the stopper 42 is fixed to the lower part of the frame 40, and the actuator 44 is installed at the upper part, and the popper 42 moves up and down along the direction of the arrow by the operation of the actuator 44. While selectively inhibiting the movement of the egg container (20). Therefore, the stopper 42 is lowered by the actuator 44 while the packaging of the egg container 20 transferred first is in close contact with the side of the egg container 20. Therefore, even if the conveyor of the first egg container transfer device 18 is rotated, the egg container 20 is no longer advanced by the stopper 42 to stand by.

At this time, the frame 40 is provided with a pressure rod 46, the lower end of the pressure rod 46 is attached to the pressing plate 46a for pressing the egg container 20. Therefore, the egg container 20 placed on the first egg container transfer device 18 is held in place without being moved by the pressing plate 46a pressed downward by the coil spring 48.

When the packaging of the egg container 20 transferred first is completed, the stopper 42 and the pressing plate 46a are moved upward by the actuator 44, and the egg container 20 is the first egg container conveying apparatus ( 18) is moved onto the package 21.

On the other hand, Figure 10, in order to push the egg container 20 into the sleeve 14, the egg container packaging device 10 of the present invention includes an egg container inserter (33). The egg container inserter 33 serves to push the egg container 20 into the inner space of the sleeve 14 while advancing by a cylinder (not shown). A pressing plate 33a is attached to one end of the inserter 33, and a guide protrusion 35 is formed below the pressing plate 33a. The guide protrusion 65 guides the egg container 20 to move in a straight line while moving along the groove while being inserted into the guide groove 22 formed at the center of the packing table 21.

As described above, when the sleeve 14 is placed on the same centerline as the egg container 20 by the first and the arms 28 and 30, the pressing plate 33a is operated by the operation of the inserter 33. (20) is pushed into the sleeve (14). At this time, in order to smoothly operate the pressure plate 33a, the width of the pressure plate 33a is large enough to pass between the first and the arm 28, 30. When the egg container 20 is inserted into the inner space of the sleeve 14 by the pressure plate 33a, a product checking operation for checking whether the gap between the sleeve 14 and the egg container 20 is exactly matched is additionally performed. It is also possible to carry out.

After the inserter 33 continues to advance even after the egg container 20 is inserted into the sleeve 14 on the package 21, as shown in FIG. 11, the egg container inserted into the sleeve 14 ( 20 moves on the conveyor to the second egg container transfer device 24 disposed adjacent to the packing table 21 by the pressure plate 33a. On the other hand, a stop plate 54 is further disposed on one side of the second egg container transfer device 24 to face the pressure plate 33a. The stop plate 54 is attached to the rod 52 of the stop cylinder 50 so as to move forward and backward toward the second egg container transfer device 24. That is, when the stop plate 54 is located on the side of the second egg container transfer device 24 by the stop cylinder 50, the finished egg container is transferred to the second egg container transfer device 24 by the pressure plate 33a. In the process to be transferred to) the further movement of the egg container is prevented by the stop plate 54 to prevent the fall of the egg container.

When the insertion of the egg container 20 and the movement to the second egg container transfer device 24 is completed, the first arm 28 and the second arm 30 of the sleeve control unit is retracted and inverted to the original position, and then Waiting on the packaging 21 for work.

The egg container, which has been packaged into the sleeve 14, is transferred to the heating standby position (P3 of FIG. 4) by the second egg container transfer device 24.

As shown in FIG. 12, the egg container package 34 transferred to the heating standby position P3 is transferred to the tunnel-type heating unit 26 by the third egg container transfer device 25.

The heating unit 26 has an internal temperature in the range of about 65 to about 90 ° C., and the heating unit 26 heats the sleeve 14 for about 4 to 5 seconds to heat the sleeve 14 to the outside of the egg container 20. ), The package 34 is completed. In this case, the sleeve 14 may be a thin film packaging film or a heat shrink film.

The heat shrink film is made of PVC, PET or OPS, etc., and has a thickness of about 45 μm to about 60 μm. The sleeve 14 made of the heat shrinkable film has a tube shape before shrinking, and the width of the tube is preferably about 8 mm to about 14 mm larger than the width of the egg container 20. The heat shrinkable film is preferably about 35% wide and about 6% long.

The egg container package 34 in which attachment of the sleeve 14 is completed by heat shrinkage is transferred to the shipment standby position P3 by the third egg container transfer device 25, and the storage and shipment operation is performed.

Next, the egg container packaging method according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. First, a plurality of egg containers 20 containing eggs are transferred to the insertion standby position (P1) by the first egg container transfer device 18 (step 100). Next, when the sleeve is pulled out by the sleeve distributor 12, the lower end of the sleeve 14 is fitted to the outside of the blades 28a and 30a of the first arm 28 and the second arm 30. The sleeve 14 is cut (step 102) while the lower end of the sleeve 14 is kept taut with the retraction of the first arm 28 and the second arm 30. The vertical sleeve 14 cut by the cutter of the sleeve distributor 12 is rotated horizontally while being fitted to the blades 28a and 30a of the first arm 28 and the second arm 30 (step 104). ).

At this time, the sleeve control unit arranges the sleeve 14 rotated horizontally by the first arm 28 and the second arm 30 at the same center line position as the egg container 20.

Next, the egg container 200 transferred to the insertion standby position is pushed horizontally by the pressing plate 33a of the egg container inserter 33 to be inserted into the sleeve 14 (step 106). The egg container package 34 in which the egg container 20 is inserted into the sleeve 14 is transferred to the heating standby position adjacent to the heating unit 26 by the second egg container conveying device 24 (step 108).

Next, the sleeve 14 is attached to the outside of the egg container 20 by heating the egg container package 34 in the heating tunnel of the heating unit 26 to heat shrink the sleeve 14 (step 110). . Finally, the egg container package 34 in which the attachment of the sleeve 14 is completed is transferred to the shipment standby position by the third egg container transfer device 25 (step 112).

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above, those of ordinary skill in the art may vary the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as set forth in the appended claims. It will be understood that modifications and variations are possible, and such modifications and variations are included in the present invention.

1 is a perspective view showing a conventional egg container.

Figure 2 is a view taken along the line I-I in Figure 1, a cross-sectional view showing the configuration of a conventional egg container.

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2, a cross-sectional view showing the configuration of the egg container according to the present invention.

Figure 4 is a plan view showing an egg container packaging apparatus according to the present invention.

5 is a front view of the sleeve control unit shown in FIG.

6 is a front view of the sleeve control unit showing a state in which the sleeve is gripped by the first and second arms by vacuum.

7 is a front view of the sleeve control unit showing a state in which the first and second arms are lowered.

8 is a front view of the sleeve control unit showing the egg container and the sleeve rotated 90 degrees placed on the first egg transfer device.

9 is a plan view of the sleeve control unit showing a process in which the egg container is inserted into the sleeve.

10 is a front view of the sleeve control unit showing a state in which the first arm and the second arm are separated from the sleeve.

11 is a front view showing the sleeve control unit and the second egg container transfer device.

12 is a front view showing a third egg container transfer device and a heating tunnel.

Figure 13 is a block diagram illustrating a method for packing an egg container according to the present invention.

♣ Explanation of symbols for main part of drawing ♣

10: Packing device 12: Sleeve dispenser

14: Sleeve 18, 24, 25: 1, 2, 3 egg container transfer device

20: egg container 22: guide groove

26: heating tunnel 28, 30: 1st, 2nd arm

28a, 30a: blade 33: inserter

33a: pressure plate 34: egg container package

36, 38: upper part, lower case 41: fixing means

Claims (10)

An egg container comprising a lower case in which one or more eggs are placed and an upper case disposed on an upper part of the lower case to cover the eggs; Egg container package characterized in that it comprises a sleeve wrapped close to the outside of the egg container. The egg container package of claim 1, wherein the sleeve is a transparent thin film. The egg container package according to claim 1, wherein the lower case and the upper case of the egg container have snap-type fastening means that prevents the egg container from being opened and is detached when the egg is taken out. The egg container package according to claim 1, wherein the lower case and the upper case of the egg container are made of compression molded fiberboard or molded plastic. The egg container package of claim 1, wherein the sleeve comprises a heat shrink film. The egg container package of claim 5, wherein the heat shrink film is made of any one selected from the group consisting of PVC, PET, PLA, and OPS. The egg container package of claim 5, wherein the heat shrinkable film has a thickness of about 45 μm to about 60 μm. 6. The egg container package according to claim 5, wherein the heat shrink film has a tube shape before shrinking, and the length and width of the tube are about 8 mm to about 14 mm larger than the length and width of the egg container. The egg container package of claim 5, wherein the heat shrinkable film is heated and shrunk at a temperature of about 65 ° C to about 90 ° C for about 4 to 5 seconds. 6. The egg container package according to claim 5, wherein the heat shrinkable film is about 30 to 40% wide and about 6% shorter after shrinkage than the original width and length.

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