Package body for image forming apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10106312-B2
Application number	US-201514727014-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 1, 2015
Priority date	Jun 10, 2014
Publication date	Oct 23, 2018
Grant date	Oct 23, 2018

Abstract

A package body for packing a main body of an image forming apparatus is configured to be conveyed when the image forming apparatus is packed therein. The package body includes a packing box which covers the main body of the image forming apparatus, and a heat insulating portion, disposed between the packing box and a part of a plurality of exterior surfaces of the image forming apparatus, for insulating a toner bottle installed in the image forming apparatus. The heat insulating portion includes a first heat insulating portion, covering the toner bottle on a front side surface of the main body, a second heat insulating portion, covering the toner bottle on a second side surface of the main body included in the plurality of exterior surfaces, and meeting the first side surface, and a third heat insulating portion, covering a discharge tray portion of the image forming apparatus.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A package for an image forming apparatus that is configured to be conveyed in a state in which a toner bottle has been installed, the package comprising:
(A) an image forming apparatus including:
(a) a plurality of exterior surfaces;
(b) an installation portion in which a toner bottle is installed, the installation portion being disposed inside of the plurality of exterior surfaces;
(c) a sheet conveying portion configured to convey a sheet, the sheet conveying portion being disposed between the installation portion and a first side surface of the plurality of exterior surfaces;
(d) an image forming unit configured to form an image on the sheet, the image forming unit being disposed under the installation portion;
(e) a driving electrical portion configured to drive the image forming unit, the driving electrical portion being disposed inside of the plurality of exterior surfaces;
(f) in a supporting portion supporting the driving electrical portion, the supporting portion being disposed inside of the plurality of exterior surfaces and (ii) disposed between a back side surface of the plurality of external surfaces and the image forming unit; and
(g) a discharge tray portion onto which the sheet is discharged and which is one of the plurality of exterior surfaces, the discharge tray portion being disposed over the installation portion; and

(B) a package body, the package body including:
(a) a packing box that covers the image forming apparatus; and
(b) a heat insulating portion for insulating the toner bottle from a space outside of the heat insulating portion, the heat insulating portion being disposed between the packing box and a part of the plurality of exterior surfaces of the image forming apparatus, the heat insulating portion having:
(i) a first heat insulating portion that covers the toner bottle installed in the installation portion on a front side surface of the plurality of external surfaces of the image forming apparatus,
(ii) a second heat insulating portion that covers the toner bottle installed in the installation portion on a second side surface of the plurality of exterior surfaces of the image forming apparatus and that meets the first side surface, and
(iii) a discharge tray heat insulating portion that covers the discharge tray portion.

2. The package body according to claim 1 , wherein the heat insulating portion does not cover a surface of the plurality of exterior surfaces of the image forming apparatus other than the front side surface, the second side surface, and the discharge tray portion.

3. The package body according to claim 1 , wherein the heat insulating portion is a cellular porous medium.

4. The package body according to claim 1 , further comprising a heat insulating member that covers a surface that is one of the plurality of exterior surfaces other than the front side surface, the second side surface, and the discharge tray portion,
wherein the heat insulating member is lower in insulation performance than the heat insulating portion.

5. The package body according to claim 4 , wherein the heat insulating member is a corrugated carton.

6. The package body according to claim 1 , wherein the heat insulating portion contacts the image forming apparatus.

7. The package body according to claim 1 , wherein the heat insulating portion is configured not to contact the packing box.

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Sato Hiroki

Classifications

• B65D81/3813

  rigid container being in the form of a box, tray or like container · CPC title

• B65D81/02

  specially adapted to protect contents from mechanical damage {(containers of polygonal cross-section provided with internal protecting elements for contents B65D5/50; devices to locate articles in containers B65D25/10)} · CPC title

• B65D2585/6892

  photocopiers · CPC title

• B65D85/38 Primary

  for delicate optical, measuring, calculating or control apparatus · CPC title