Packing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9834357-B2
Application number	US-201414242132-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 1, 2014
Priority date	Apr 12, 2013
Publication date	Dec 5, 2017
Grant date	Dec 5, 2017

Abstract

A packing device includes: a packing box with an internal space capable of storing a packing target object with a protection target part, and with a packing box inner surface that is at least one inner surface positioned to face the protection target part of the packing target object; and a holding material configured to, when stored in the internal space together with the packing target object, maintain a space between the protection target part and the packing box inner surface by coming into contact with the packing box inner surface and a contact surface of the packing target object facing the packing box inner surface, while staying out of contact with the protection target part of the packing target object.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A package comprising:
a packing target object;
a packing box comprising: a first packing box panel and a second packing box panel facing each other; a third packing box panel connecting with the first packing box panel at a first corner which corresponds to one end of the first packing box panel and connecting with the second packing box panel at a second corner which corresponds to one end of the second packing box panel, the first, second and the third packing box panels defining an internal space capable of storing therein the packing target object, wherein the packing target object includes a convex protection target part facing an inner surface of the third packing box panel, a first contact surface closer to the first packing box panel than the protection target part, and a second contact surface closer to the second packing box panel than the protection target part; and
a holding material comprising: a first holding material panel provided along the first packing box panel; a second holding material panel provided along the second packing box panel; a first contact material extending linearly from a first folding part of the first holding material panel toward and contacting with the first contact surface of the packing target object; and a second contact material extending linearly from a second folding part of the second holding material panel toward and contacting with the second contact surface of the packing target object, wherein the first folding part is in contact with an inside of the first corner and the second folding part is in contact with an inside of the second corner, such that the holding material, when stored in the internal space together with the packing target object, maintains a space between the packing target object and the inner surface of the third packing box panel.

2. The package according to claim 1 , wherein
the holding material is configured to restrict movement of the packing target object toward the inner surface of the third packing box panel.

3. The package according to claim 1 , wherein
a distance of the first and second contact materials from the contact surfaces to the inner surface of the third packing box panel in a direction approximately perpendicular to the inner surface of the third packing box panel is longer than a distance from the contact surfaces to an end of the packing target object in the direction approximately perpendicular to the inner surface of the third packing box panel.

4. The package according to claim 1 , wherein
the packing target object further includes a first side surface facing the first packing box panel and a second side surface on an opposite side to the first side surface and facing the second packing box panel, the protection target part not being formed on the first side surface or the second side surface.

5. The package according to claim 4 , wherein
the first and second contact materials are biased toward the packing target object by a resilient force that returns the first and second contact materials to their original shapes from the folded state.

6. The package according to claim 1 , wherein
the first and second contact surfaces of the packing target object extend in a packing target object width direction in which the protection target part extends,
the first and second contact materials come into contact with the first and second contact surfaces, respectively, along the packing target object width direction, and
a length of the first and second contact materials in the packing target object width direction is ⅓ to ⅔ of a length of the packing target object in the packing target object width direction.

7. The package according to claim 4 , wherein
the protection target part is formed in an arc shape, and
the first contact surface is provided at a position farther from the first corner than a portion of the arc shape closest to the first holding material panel.

8. The package according to claim 4 , wherein
the protection target part is formed in an arc shape, and
the first contact material comes into contact with the packing target object at a position farther from the first corner than a portion of the arc shape closest to the first holding material panel in the arc-shaped protection target part.

9. The package according to claim 1 , wherein
the packing target object is a developer container having developer therein.

10. The package according to claim 1 , wherein
the protection target part includes an opening.

11. The package according to claim 1 , wherein
the packing target object is a developer container having developer therein and includes an opening as the protection target part through which the developer is to be supplied.

12. The package according to claim 1 , wherein
the first contact material is provided at an acute angle of not more than 20 degrees relative to the first packing box panel, and
the second contact material is provided at an acute angle of not more than 20 degrees relative to the second packing box panel.

13. The package according to claim 1 , wherein
the first contact material is fold at the first folding part from the first holding material panel at an acute angle of not more than 20 degrees relative to the first packing box panel, and
the second contact material is folded at the second folding part from the second holding material at an acute angle of not more than 20 degrees relative to the second packing box panel.

14. The package according to claim 7 , wherein
the second contact surface is provided at a position farther from the second corner than a portion of the arc shape closest to the second holding material panel.

15. The package according to claim 8 , wherein
the second contact material comes into contact with the packing target object at a position farther from the second corner than a portion of the arc shape closest to the second holding material panel in the arc-shaped protection target part.

16. The package according to claim 1 , wherein
the first contact material is not parallel to the first contact surface, and
the second contact material is not parallel to the second contact surface.

Assignees

• Oki Data Kk

Inventors

• Kawata Mitsuhiro

Classifications

• G03G21/181

  Manufacturing or assembling, recycling, reuse, transportation, packaging or storage · CPC title

• B65D5/5035 Primary

  Paper elements (in combination with wooden elements B65D5/5095) · CPC title

• B65D77/0433 Primary

  the inner container being a tray or like shallow container, not formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks (B65D81/3862 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G03G2221/1807

  Transport of supply parts, e.g. process cartridges · CPC title

• G03G2215/0141

  the linear arrangement being horizontal · CPC title