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US20100059521A1
US20100059521A1 US12/549,840 US54984009A US2010059521A1 US 20100059521 A1 US20100059521 A1 US 20100059521A1 US 54984009 A US54984009 A US 54984009A US 2010059521 A1 US2010059521 A1 US 2010059521A1
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Koji Shiraki
Toru Hosoi
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D81/00—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents
    • B65D81/02—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents specially adapted to protect contents from mechanical damage
    • B65D81/05—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents specially adapted to protect contents from mechanical damage maintaining contents at spaced relation from package walls, or from other contents
    • B65D81/127—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents specially adapted to protect contents from mechanical damage maintaining contents at spaced relation from package walls, or from other contents using rigid or semi-rigid sheets of shock-absorbing material
    • B65D81/133—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents specially adapted to protect contents from mechanical damage maintaining contents at spaced relation from package walls, or from other contents using rigid or semi-rigid sheets of shock-absorbing material of a shape specially adapted to accommodate contents, e.g. trays
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D21/00—Nestable, stackable or joinable containers; Containers of variable capacity
    • B65D21/02—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together
    • B65D21/0209—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together stackable or joined together one-upon-the-other in the upright or upside-down position
    • B65D21/0215—Containers with stacking feet or corner elements
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D25/00—Details of other kinds or types of rigid or semi-rigid containers
    • B65D25/005—Side walls formed with an aperture or a movable portion arranged to allow removal or insertion of contents

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  • the present invention relates to a package. More particularly, it relates to a honeycomb structure package capable of satisfactorily storing and transporting honeycomb structures without breaking down the structures.
  • a package for storing and transporting honeycomb structures is made of a plastic material, a cardboard material or the like, and a cardboard box is mainly used because it is lightweight and can easily be prepared at a low cost.
  • each honeycomb structure has been increased, and the product height (length) of the structure is increased to 30 cm or more on occasion.
  • the height of the package box increases.
  • the package boxes each having a large height are stacked up to the above limited height, due to the limitation of the height, the less number of stages of package boxes have to be stacked as compared with the conventional technology. In such a case, there are problems that a dead space increases, and the number of the honeycomb structures which can be stored in the ship's hold, the warehouse or the like is limited, thereby lowering a transport efficiency.
  • the honeycomb structure is characterized by having a high strength in a vertical direction (a direction along the through holes of the honeycomb structure) and a low strength in a lateral direction (a direction vertical to the through holes of the honeycomb structure). Therefore, in a case where a large number of stages of packages containing the laterally disposed honeycomb structures are stacked as in the conventional technology, when the load of the upper package is supported by the lower honeycomb structures to be packaged, the lower honeycomb structures might be damaged. In such a case, there is a problem that eventually the stacking of the packages in a large number of stages has to be avoided in order to avoid the damage of the lower honeycomb structures.
  • honeycomb structure package as follows.
  • a honeycomb structure package including: a plate base; a receiving member which is disposed on the base to support the side surface portions of honeycomb structures; and a rectangular parallelepiped box member constituted of five rigid panels which surround the lower surfaces and side surfaces of the base and the receiving member.
  • the honeycomb structure package of the present invention as compared with a conventional vertical storage technology, the height of the honeycomb structure package even when containing the honeycomb structures does not remarkably increase, and the deterioration of a transport efficiency can be prevented. Moreover, when the packages are stacked in a large number of stages, the load of the upper stage is not carried by the lower honeycomb structures to be packaged, but is carried by the side walls of the lower box member constituted of the rigid panels, which produces an effect that stacking in a large number of stages can be realized while avoiding the damage of the honeycomb structures.
  • FIG. 3 is a partially enlarged view from the side surface of one embodiment of the present invention showing that each honeycomb structure is laterally disposed on the receiving member and that two sets of honeycomb structures, receiving members and bases are stacked;
  • FIG. 4 is a partially enlarged view from the side surface of another embodiment of the present invention showing that each honeycomb structure is laterally disposed on each receiving member and that two sets of honeycomb structures, receiving members and bases are stacked;
  • FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing that three honeycomb structure packages of the present invention are stacked
  • FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing that three honeycomb structure packages of the present invention are stacked and that a part of the side walls of the middle box member is opened;
  • FIG. 8 is a schematic vertical sectional view showing a modification of the honeycomb structure package of the present invention.
  • FIG. 10 is an explanatory view showing the conventional package and is a partially sectional view cut along the A-A line of FIG. 9 .
  • FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view for explaining one embodiment of a honeycomb structure package according to the present invention.
  • the honeycomb structure package of the present invention includes a plate base 5 ; a receiving member 3 which is disposed on the base 5 to support the side surface portions (on a lower side) of honeycomb structures: and a rectangular parallelepiped box member 7 having five rigid panels which surround the lower surfaces and side surfaces of the base 5 and the receiving member 3 .
  • the outer shape of each honeycomb structure 11 is formed by the inlet-side end surfaces and outlet-side end surfaces of through holes of the structure and side surface portions connecting the inlet-side end surfaces to the outlet-side end surfaces of the through holes.
  • the honeycomb structures 11 are disposed on the receiving member 3 while the longitudinal direction of each honeycomb structure 11 is set to a lateral direction (the honeycomb structures are laterally disposed so that the direction of the through holes of the honeycomb structures is a horizontal direction).
  • the receiving member may be, for example, a square frame made of the side surface (and the bottom surface if necessary) of a rectangular parallelepiped member.
  • the receiving member more preferably has a receiving portion having a shape complementary to that of the side surface portion of the honeycomb structure 11 , whereby the side surface portions of the honeycomb structures are equally supported from the downside.
  • the receiving member 3 is preferably secured to the base 5 .
  • FIG. 1 eight honeycomb structures 11 are disposed on the receiving member 3 provided on the base 5 , and then two bases 5 are stacked and stored in the box member 7 .
  • FIG. 3 is a partially enlarged view showing the state of the stacked bases 5 .
  • the honeycomb structure has less strength in the vertical direction as compared with the longitudinal direction, but the weight of about one to ten honeycomb structures is sufficiently bearable.
  • the base 5 used in the present invention an inexpensive and lightweight material having an appropriate rigidity is preferable.
  • the preferable material of the base 5 include cardboard, wood, iron, aluminum, copper and a polyolefin-based resin.
  • the configuration of the base can appropriately be selected from the group consisting of flat plate, corrugated plate, perforated plate and lattice configurations.
  • FIG. 5 is a diagram showing still another embodiment of the present invention, and is a partially enlarged view from the side surface side, showing that two sets of honeycomb structures, receiving members and bases are stacked in a case where the honeycomb structures are laterally disposed on the receiving members.
  • the receiving members 3 are provided on both surfaces of the upper base 5 to protect the lower honeycomb structures in one example of the preferable embodiment of the present invention.
  • two bases 5 each having the receiving member 3 on the only one surface thereof are used, and the surfaces of the bases which are not provided with the receiving member 3 are stacked with each other, whereby a similar effect can be realized.
  • Such a constitution can specifically be realized as follows. Hinges are attached to the lower end of the rigid panel forming at least one side surface of the box member and the corresponding portion of the rigid panel forming the bottom surface of the box member, and the rigid panel forming the side surface of the box member is rotatable around the hinges. In this case, when engaging means and engaged means are provided around the upper end of the rigid panel forming the side surface and in the corresponding position of the adjacent rigid panel, respectively, the side surface can be opened only when necessary.
  • the box member 7 can be folded so as to superimpose the side surface on the bottom surface and can be made compact when the honeycomb structures are not stored.
  • Such a constitution can be realized, for example, by disposing engaging means and engaged means between the adjacent side surfaces and disposing a hinge between each side surface and the bottom surface.
  • the bottom surface of the box member 7 preferably has such a size that two to four honeycomb structures are arranged in the longitudinal direction of the honeycomb structures and that about two to eight honeycomb structures are arranged in the direction vertical to the longitudinal direction of the honeycomb structures.
  • the box member 7 preferably has such a height that about two to four honeycomb structures disposed so as to have through holes in the horizontal direction thereof are stacked.
  • each rigid panel of the box member 7 There is not any special restriction on the material of the rigid panels of the box member 7 .
  • a net-like material made of a metal such as iron, aluminum or copper is a preferable material because the material has a sufficient rigidity and is lightweight.
  • the configuration of each rigid panel can appropriately be selected from the group consisting of flat plate, corrugated plate, perforated plate and lattice configurations.
  • the connecting member 9 is disposed under the box member 7 .
  • This connecting member 9 has a shape complementary to that of a space formed by the upper ends of the side surfaces of the box member 7 , and has such a function that any deviation is not generated among stacked box members in a case where the plurality of box members 7 are vertically stacked. Moreover, when one box member is used alone, this connecting member 9 has a function of legs of the box member 7 . There is not any special restriction on a material of the connecting member 9 , but the same material as that of the box member 7 may be used.
  • an intermediate tray for stacking may be disposed between the lower honeycomb structures and the upper base 5 .
  • FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a modification of the present invention.
  • engaging members 15 are disposed on the corresponding portions of at least a pair of panels facing each other among rigid panels constituting side walls of a box member 7 .
  • the engaging members 15 are members which can engage the bases 5 with the rigid panels.
  • the bases 5 are supported by the rigid panels via the engaging members 15 .
  • the engaging members 15 may not be disposed on the side of the rigid panels, but may be disposed on the side of the bases 5 . According to such a constitution, when the plurality of honeycomb structures are vertically stored in the box member 7 , it is possible to obtain an effect that any load of the upper honeycomb structures or the like is not applied to the lower honeycomb structures. Moreover, an effect of eliminating the instability of the stacking can be produced. Furthermore, the intermediate tray for stacking or the like may not be used.
  • a buffer member or the like may be disposed between the box member 7 and the honeycomb structures 11 or the like. According to such a constitution, even when the rigid panels constituting the box member 7 directly come in contact with the honeycomb structures during transport or the like, the honeycomb structures can be prevented from being damaged. Moreover, dust or the like can be prevented from adhering to the honeycomb structures during storage.
  • a material of the buffer member and a generally broadly used buffer material such as a polyolefin-based resin may be used.
  • the outside of the box member 7 may be stretch wrapped in one of preferable embodiments.
  • the package of the present invention can satisfactorily store and efficiently transport the honeycomb structures as products which easily break down, and has a large industrial utility value.

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