JPH10297624A - Packaging device for lighting appliance - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To minimize parts which are required for the packaging, and package a lighting appliance at a low cost by a method wherein at the end parts in the longitudinal direction, a side cushioning body and an end cushioning body which are formed by bending a plurality of wall parts, are provided, and the packaging device including the cushioning bodies are manufactured of one sheet of corrugated fiberboard material. SOLUTION: At the time of a building up, after bending eighth-tenth wall parts 28-30 which are formed on both sides of a fourth wall part 24 inward, an engaging protruding part 34 at the tip end of the tenth wall part 30 is inserted in an engaging hole part 33 on the fourth wall part 24, a side cushioning body of an approx. triangular shape is formed. Then, by bending third-fifth wall parts 23-25 at a right angle, an approx. cylindrical end part cushioning body is formed, and the end part cushioning body is bent at an approx. right angle based on a first wall part 21. Then, an engaging piece part 38 on the eighth wall part 28 is bent outward, and is engaged with an engaging notch part 37 on a sixth wall part 26, and then, a lighting appliance is inserted from the top, and the appliance main body is placed on the first wall part 21. Then, wall parts 31-32 are bent inward, and the butting part of the wall part 32 is sealed with a tape to complete the packaging.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a lighting apparatus packaging apparatus made of a single piece of corrugated cardboard for packaging, for example, a substantially rectangular parallelepiped embedded lighting apparatus embedded and installed in a ceiling.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIGS. 9 and 10 show a packaging apparatus for a lighting apparatus according to the prior art for packing a substantially rectangular parallelepiped lighting apparatus.
This will be described with reference to FIG.

A packaging device for a lighting fixture includes a box-shaped packaging box 13 made of a single piece of corrugated cardboard, two sets of U-shaped end buffer plates 10 and 10 formed by folding a corrugated cardboard, and a corrugated cardboard. And a U-shaped central backing plate 11 formed by bending the above.

U-shaped end buffer plates 10 are accommodated in both ends of the individual box 13, respectively. Then, a box-shaped appliance main body 2 opened downward between these end cushions,
The lighting fixture 1 composed of the reflector 3 housed in the fixture main body 2 is placed in an upside-down packaging posture, and the central patch 11 is straddled from above in the longitudinal center of the lighting fixture 1. After that, the lighting fixture 1 is stored in the individual packaging box 13.

Finally, the inner flaps 14, 1 of the individual packaging box 13
After closing the outer flaps 15 and 15, respectively, the tape 17 is applied to the abutting portions of the outer flaps 15 and 15 to complete the packaging.

[0006]

As described above, in the conventional packaging apparatus for lighting equipment, in addition to the individual packaging box, two sets of end buffer plates and one set of buffer parts for buffering the lighting equipment are provided. Requires a central patch. Therefore, the number of parts is large,
There has been a problem that packaging costs are high.

In addition, there is a problem that when the packaging device is discarded after use, a large amount of waste is generated and the disposal process is troublesome.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and provides a packaging apparatus for lighting equipment which is low in cost, can easily treat waste materials, and has a sufficient cushioning function even with a single corrugated cardboard material. That is the task.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above object, a lighting apparatus packaging apparatus according to the present invention is a lighting apparatus packaging apparatus comprising a single corrugated cardboard material for packaging a substantially rectangular parallelepiped lighting apparatus. A rectangular bottom wall portion and a pair of side wall portions and an upper wall portion are provided on both sides of the bottom wall portion, and the width of the second wall portion is smaller than the width of the second wall portion from both ends in the longitudinal direction of the bottom wall portion. And a fourth wall and a fifth wall each of which covers an end of the substantially rectangular parallelepiped lighting device having the same width as the third wall and having engagement holes at both ends. The second
Sixth wall portions are provided which are bent at right angles inward from both sides of the wall portion and have engagement recesses or engagement piece portions at the ends, respectively, and the seventh wall portion and the second wall portion are provided from both sides of the fourth wall portion. Eighth, ninth and ninth wall portions having an engagement piece or an engagement recess to be engaged with the engagement recess or engagement piece provided on the six wall portion, and an engagement hole portion of the fourth wall portion at the tip. And a tenth wall portion having an engaging projection that engages with the eighth wall portion, the ninth wall portion, and the tenth wall portion.
Each of the side cushions is bent by bending each of the side walls inward and inserting the engagement projections provided at the tip of the tenth wall into the engagement holes provided in the fourth wall. The second wall, the third wall, the fourth wall, and the fifth wall are respectively inwardly disposed such that the eighth wall of the side shock absorber is located inside the sixth wall. And the sixth wall portion and the eighth wall portion are held by an engagement piece and an engagement recess, respectively, and the sixth wall portion and the end portion are formed. The pair of side wall portions and the upper wall portion are each formed by bending so as to cover the third wall portion of the buffer.

[0010] In the above configuration, there is provided a lighting device packaging device made of one piece of corrugated cardboard for packaging a substantially rectangular parallelepiped lighting device, wherein the packaging device has a first wall portion as a bottom portion and the first wall portion. A second wall portion bent at right angles from both ends in the longitudinal direction of the wall portion, a sixth wall portion continuously formed from both sides of the second wall portion, and an engagement recess in the sixth wall portion. As an engagement notch. A third wall portion formed continuously from the longitudinal direction of the second wall portion; and a fourth wall portion having the same width as the third wall portion and covering an end surface of the substantially rectangular parallelepiped lighting device.
A wall portion, a seventh wall portion, an eighth wall portion continuous from both sides of the fourth wall portion.
A wall portion, a ninth wall portion, and a tenth wall portion are respectively formed, and the eighth wall portion is provided with an engagement piece that engages with an engagement notch as an engagement recess of the sixth wall portion. An engaging projection is formed at the tip of the tenth wall. The fourth wall has a slit-shaped engagement hole having the same width as the tenth wall engagement protrusion, and is bent at a right angle from both ends in the longitudinal direction of the fourth wall. A fifth wall formed in parallel with the third wall and the second wall;
An integrated eleventh wall portion bent from both sides of the first wall portion at the same height as the wall portion, and a twelfth wall portion bent at a right angle from the eleventh wall portion and covering the lighting fixture. doing.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. Note that the same components as in the prior art will be described with the same reference numerals.

FIG. 1 is an exploded view showing a lighting apparatus packaging apparatus according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 7, the lighting apparatus packaging apparatus 20 is packaged with the opening side of the lighting apparatus 1 turned upward. , Made of one piece of cardboard. At the center of the lighting device packaging device 20, a first bottom wall portion having a rectangular shape is provided.
The wall portion 21 is formed, and the first wall portion 21 extends continuously from both ends of the first wall portion 21 in the longitudinal direction.
And the second wall portions 22 having the same width are formed via the bending lines 40, respectively.

A third wall portion 23 having a width smaller than that of the second wall portion 22 and a fourth wall portion 24 having the same width as the third wall portion 23.
And the fifth wall portion 25 are formed via a bending line 41, a bending line 42, and a bending line 43, respectively.

On both side ends of the fourth wall portion 24, slit-like engagement holes 33, 33 are formed in the longitudinal direction, respectively. The third wall portion 23 and the fifth wall portion 25 have the same length. The first wall portion 21 as the bottom wall portion has a length greater than that of the entire length of the lighting fixture 1.
It has a flat plate portion having a size corresponding to twice as large as 3.

On both sides of the second wall portion 22, a bending line 4
Fourth, rectangular sixth wall portions 26 are respectively formed,
At the outer end of the sixth wall 26, an engagement notch 37 is formed as an engagement recess.

On both sides of the fourth wall portion 24, bending lines 4
5, the seventh wall 27, the eighth wall 28, the ninth wall 29, and the seventh wall 27 having the same length as the fourth wall 24 via the bending lines 46, 47, and 48. The ten wall portions 30 are formed continuously. Further, an engagement hole 33 formed in the fourth wall 24 is formed at a tip of the tenth wall 30.
Is formed in the engagement convex portion 34 which is inserted and engaged with the second member. In addition,
The engagement hole 33 is formed to have the same length as the engagement protrusion 34 and is formed to have the same width as the thickness of the engagement protrusion 34. An engagement piece formed in a substantially C-shape to be engaged with an engagement notch 34 formed at an outer end of the sixth wall 26 is formed at an inner end of the eighth wall 28. 38 are formed.

From both sides of the first wall 21, bend lines 4
9. The eleventh wall 3 as a side wall via the bending line 50
1 and the twelfth wall 32 as the upper wall are integrally connected to each other. The width of the eleventh wall portion 31 is the second width.
The length is formed to be the same as the length of the wall 22. In addition, part A illustrates the center direction of the corrugated cardboard material.

The procedure for assembling the packaging apparatus will be described with reference to FIGS.

As a first step, an eighth wall portion 28, a ninth wall portion 29, and a first
0 is bent inward along the folding lines 46, 47, and 48, and then the tenth wall 30 is bent.
The engaging protrusion 34 provided at the tip of the wall 30 is inserted into the engaging hole 33 formed in the fourth wall 24, and as shown in FIG. Are formed respectively.
In addition, the sixth wall portion 26 is bent in advance at a substantially right angle along the bending line 44 in advance.

As a second step, as shown in FIG.
The third wall portion 23, the fourth wall portion 24, and the fifth wall portion 25 are bent at right angles along the bending line 41, the bending line 42, and the bending line 43, respectively, and are formed in a substantially cylindrical shape. Cylindrical end buffer 6
0 and 60 are respectively formed. At this time, the side cushion 5
5 is bent outward along a bending line 45, and the seventh wall 27 is bent with respect to the fourth wall 24.
Is bent at a substantially right angle.

As a third step, as shown in FIG.
The end cushion 60 is bent along the folding line 40 to the first wall 2.
Each is bent substantially at right angles to 1. Finally, the engagement piece 38 of the eighth wall 28 is bent outward to engage and hold the engagement notch 37 as the engagement recess of the sixth wall 26.

FIG. 6 shows a procedure for packaging the lighting equipment in the packaging apparatus.
This will be described with reference to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 7, the lighting fixture 1 is turned upside down in a packaging position and the end faces 6, 6 of the fixture main body 2 are placed from above.
Is in contact with the fourth walls 24, 24 of the packaging device,
The top surface 4 of the instrument body is placed on a first wall 21 as a bottom wall. In addition, the lighting fixture 1 is a fixture main body 2 opened downward.
Inside the reflector 3 is fixed by a method not shown,
Lamp sockets 9, 9 are attached to both ends of the appliance body 2 so as to face each other. In this state, as shown in FIG. 6, the corner 7 of the lighting fixture 1
Abut.

Finally, the eleventh wall part 31 as the side wall part and the twelfth wall part 32 as the upper wall part are bent inward along folding lines 49 and 50, respectively. , 32 are sealed to complete the packaging.

The operation of the above embodiment will be described.

A lighting device packaging device made of a single piece of corrugated cardboard for packaging the substantially rectangular parallelepiped lighting device 1, wherein the packaging device 20 has a first wall portion 21 as a bottom portion and the first wall portion 21.
The second wall portion 22 is bent at right angles from both ends in the longitudinal direction of the wall portion, the sixth wall portion 26 continuously formed from both sides of the second wall portion, and the sixth wall portion is engaged. It has an engagement notch 37 as a recess. Further, a third wall portion 23 formed continuously from the longitudinal direction of the second wall portion, and a fourth wall portion having the same width as the third wall portion and covering the end surface portion 6 of the substantially rectangular parallelepiped lighting device 1.
A wall portion 24, a seventh wall portion 27, an eighth wall portion 28, a ninth wall portion 29, and a tenth wall portion 30 are formed continuously from both sides of the fourth wall portion, respectively. The tenth wall 30 has an engagement projection 34 at an end portion thereof for engaging with an engagement notch 37 as an engagement recess of the sixth wall.
Is formed. The fourth wall 24 has a tenth wall.
It has a slit-shaped engaging hole 33 having the same width as the wall engaging projection 34, and is bent at a right angle from both ends in the longitudinal direction of the fourth wall and formed in parallel with the third wall 23. The five eleventh wall part 31 and the eleventh wall part 31 which are bent from both sides of the first wall part 21 at the same height as the fifth wall part 25 and the second wall part 22 are bent at right angles, and Since the luminaire 1 and the twelfth wall 32 are configured to cover the luminaire 1, parts required for packaging can be minimized, and accordingly, the luminaire can be packaged at low cost. Further, the waste material can be easily treated. Thus, a function of buffering a load along the longitudinal direction of the lighting fixture from a single corrugated cardboard material is achieved.

[0027]

As described above in detail, the lighting apparatus packaging apparatus of the present invention is manufactured from a single piece of corrugated cardboard, so that the number of parts required for packaging can be minimized. Can be packaged with Further, the waste material can be easily treated.

Further, thereby, a function of buffering a load along the longitudinal direction of the lighting fixture from one corrugated cardboard material is satisfied.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a development view showing a lighting device packaging apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a first step of assembling the lighting apparatus packaging apparatus according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a side shock absorber created in a first step according to the above.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a second step according to the above.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a third step according to the above.

FIG. 6 is a top view showing a state where the lighting equipment is packaged in the lighting equipment packaging apparatus in the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is an exemplary perspective view showing a state in which the lighting apparatus is packaged in the lighting apparatus packaging apparatus according to the embodiment;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a state in which the packaging of the lighting fixture is completed in the lighting fixture packaging apparatus according to the embodiment;

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing a state in which a lighting device is packaged by a conventional lighting device packaging apparatus.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing a state in which a lighting device is completely packaged in a lighting device packaging device according to a conventional technique.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Lighting fixture, 21 ... 1st wall part (bottom wall part), 22 ... 2nd wall part, 23 ... 3rd wall part, 24 ... 4th wall part, 25 ... 5th wall part, 26 ... 6th wall Section 27 27th wall section 28 28th wall section 29 9th wall section 30 10th wall section 31 11th wall section (sidewall section) 32 32th twelfth wall section (upper wall) 33) engaging hole, 34 ... engaging convex part, 37 ... engaging notch (engaging concave part), 38 ... engaging piece part, 55 ... lateral buffer, 60 ... end buffer.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A lighting device packaging device comprising a single corrugated cardboard material for packaging a substantially rectangular parallelepiped lighting device, comprising: a rectangular bottom wall; a pair of side walls and an upper wall on both sides of the bottom wall; A second wall portion, a third wall portion narrower than the width of the second wall portion from both ends in the longitudinal direction of the bottom wall portion, and the substantially rectangular solid lighting device having the same width as the third wall portion. A fourth wall portion and a fifth wall portion, each of which covers an end portion of the second wall portion and has an engagement hole portion at each of both side ends, and which is bent at right angles inward from both sides of the second wall portion to form an end portion. A sixth wall portion having an engagement recess or an engagement piece is provided, and the seventh wall and the engagement recess or the engagement piece provided on the sixth wall are engaged from both sides of the fourth wall. Eighth and ninth wall portions having engaging pieces or engaging concave portions to be engaged, and an engaging convex portion which engages with the engaging hole portion of the fourth wall portion at the tip. The tenth wall portion is formed by bending the eighth wall portion, the ninth wall portion, and the tenth wall portion inwardly, respectively, and the engaging projection provided at the tip of the tenth wall portion is formed by the tenth wall portion. The side shock absorbers are respectively formed by being inserted into and engaged with the engagement holes provided in the four wall portions. The side shock absorbers are so formed that the eighth wall portions of these side shock absorbers are located inside the sixth wall portions. The second wall, the third wall, the fourth wall, and the fifth
The wall portions are respectively bent inwardly in a substantially cylindrical shape to form end buffer members, and the sixth wall portion and the eighth wall portion are held by an engagement piece and an engagement recess, respectively. The packaging device for a lighting fixture, wherein the pair of side walls and the upper wall are bent to cover the sixth wall and the third wall of the end buffer.