Packing box, packing method and unpacking method
10384826 ยท 2019-08-20
Assignee
Inventors
Cpc classification
B65B55/00
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B65B2220/18
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B65B5/10
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B65B43/265
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
International classification
B65B5/10
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B65B55/00
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B65B43/26
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
Abstract
A packing box including lattice members which are arranged in a stacked state into stages, a stage-partition plate which is arranged between the stages of the lattice members, two or more inner tubular-trunk frames which are provided in a stacking direction of the lattice members to surround one or more stages of the lattice members, an outer tubular-trunk frame surrounding an outside of two or more stages of the inner tubular-trunk frames, a bottom lid which is arranged under the outer tubular-trunk frame, and a top lid which is arranged on the outer tubular-trunk frame.
Claims
1. A packing box comprising: lattice members which are arranged in a stacked state into stages; a stage-partition plate which is arranged between the stages of the lattice members; two or more inner tubular-trunk frames which are provided in a stacking direction of the lattice members to surround one or more stages of the lattice members; an outer tubular-trunk frame surrounding an outside of two or more stages of the inner tubular-trunk frames; a bottom lid which is arranged under the outer tubular-trunk frame; and a top lid which is arranged on the outer tubular-trunk frame; wherein the respective inner tubular-trunk frames surround multiple stages of the lattice members.
2. The packing box according to claim 1, wherein the lattice members have a shape of belt plates crossing each other in lengthwise and crosswise; and a projecting length of an end part of the belt plates projecting around the lattice members is shorter than intervals between the belt plates.
3. The packing box according to claim 1, wherein a space between the inner tubular-trunk frames and the outer tubular-trunk frame is 3 mm or larger and 25 mm or smaller.
4. The packing box according to claim 1, wherein the inner tubular-trunk frames are formed of double wall corrugated cardboards in which corrugating mediums are arranged between at least three liners, the corrugating medium arranged at an inner peripheral side of the inner tubular-trunk frame is formed to have a thickness larger than that of the corrugating medium arranged at an outer peripheral side of the inner tubular-trunk frame.
5. The packing box according to claim 1, wherein the bottom lid is provided with an overlapping edge part which stands surrounding an outside of an opening-edge part of a lower end part of the outer tubular-trunk frame.
6. The packing box according to claim 1, wherein the packing box has a height adjustable to a height of all of stages of lattice members and all stage-partition plates inside; and the lattice members, the stage-partition plate, the inner tubular-trunk frames, the outer tubular-trunk frame, the bottom lid and the top lid are all separate and removable from each other.
7. The packing box according to claim 1, wherein each of the two or more inner tubular-trunk frames has a height equal to a height of a plurality of stages of lattice members and a plurality of stage-partition plates being surrounded therein, the stage-partition plates being flat.
8. The packing box according to claim 1, wherein the outer tubular-trunk frame has a height equal to a height of all of the stages of lattice members and all of the stage-partition plates therein, the stage-partition plates being flat.
9. The packing box according to claim 1, wherein the bottom lid is directly contacting a bottom surface of a lowest stage of lattice members.
10. The packing box according to claim 9, further comprising spacers disposed between the inner tubular-trunk frame surrounding the lowest stage of lattice members and the outer tubular trunk-frame.
11. The packing box according to claim 9, further comprising spacers disposed between the inner tubular-trunk frame surrounding the lowest stage of lattice members and an overlapping edge part of the bottom lid.
12. The packing box according to claim 10, wherein the spacers are members of the group consisting of L-shaped spacers and flat-plate shaped spacers.
13. The packing box according to claim 11, wherein the spacers are members of the group consisting of L-shaped spacers and flat-plate shaped spacers.
14. The packing box according to claim 1, wherein a top lid is directly contacting a top surface of an upper most lattice member.
15. A packing method which stores transportation objects in a stacked state into multiple stages in the packing box according to claim 1 as assembling the packing box, comprising the steps of: forming a plurality of small spaces of a lowest stage of the lattice members by arranging one of the inner tubular-trunk frames on the bottom lid and arranging one of the lattice members in the inner tubular-trunk frame; and after putting the transportation objects into the small spaces of at least the lowest stage, arranging the outer tubular-trunk frame at an outside of the inner tubular-trunk frame.
16. The packing method according to claim 15, wherein the transportation objects are packages in which polycrystalline silicon is packed.
17. A packing method which stores transportation objects in a stacked state into multiple stages in the packing box according to claim 5 as assembling the packing box, comprising the steps of: forming a plurality of small spaces of a lowest stage of the lattice members by arranging one of the inner tubular-trunk frames of a lowest stage on the bottom lid and arranging one of the lattice members in the inner tubular-trunk frame; keeping a space between the inner tubular-trunk frame of the lowest stage and the overlapping edge part of the bottom lid by arranging a spacer between the inner tubular frame of the lowest stage and the overlapping edge part of the bottom lid in a state before the outer tubular-trunk frame is arranged; and after putting the transportation objects into the small spaces at least the lowest stage, arranging the outer tubular-trunk frame at an outside of the inner tubular-trunk frame.
18. The packing method according to claim 17, wherein the transportation objects are packages in which polycrystalline silicon is packed.
19. An unpacking method for unpacking transportation objects from the packing box according to claim 1, the transportation objects stored in a plurality of small spaces formed by partitioning an inner space of the inner tubular-trunk frame of the packing box by the lattice members and the stage-partition plates, wherein the outer tubular-trunk frame is removed before the transportation objects are taken out from the small spaces in any of the inner tubular-trunk frames under a top stage.
20. The unpacking method according to claim 19, wherein the transportation objects are packages in which polycrystalline silicon is packed.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
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DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS
(21) Below, embodiments in which the present invention is applied to a packing box for silicon for storing packages of pieces of polycrystalline silicon will be explained referring drawings. Following embodiments are examples of the packing box according to the present invention.
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(23) The packing box 100 has a rectangular parallelepiped shape as shown in FIG. 1. As shown in
(24) In the illustrated packing box 100, four stages of the lattice members 10A to 10D are provided. In the packing box 100, among the four stages of the lattice members 10A to 10D, upper two stages of the lattice members 10A and 10B are surrounded by the upper inner tubular-trunk frame 30A, and lower two stages of the lattice member 10C and 10D are surrounded by the inner tubular-trunk frame 30B. That is to say, upper and lower two stages of the inner tubular-trunk frames 30A and 30B are provided.
(25) Next, members constructing the packing box 100 will be explained.
(26) As shown in
(27) The inner tubular-trunk frames 30A and 30B are formed to have a tubular shape of a rectangular parallelepiped shape with openings at an upper end part and a lower end part from corrugated paper (e.g., thickness thereof is about 8 mm), as shown in
(28) As shown in
(29) The stage-partition plates 20A to 20C are formed from corrugated paper to have a flat plate shape.
(30) The lattice members 10A to 10D is formed from corrugated plastic made from plastic resin such as polypropylene or the like. Alternatively, the lattice members 10A to 10D can be formed from corrugated paper. However, if the lattice members 10A to 10D are made from the corrugated paper, when the transportation objects are heavy, the lattice members may be deformed by vibration while transportation or contact between the transportation objects and the lattice members, and a stability of the transportation objects in small spaces may be deteriorated due to deformation of the lattice members because of moisture absorption. Therefore, in order to reduce damage to the transportation objects, the lattice members 10A to 10D are preferably made from the corrugated plastic.
(31) The lattice members 10A to 10D are assembled into a lattice shape by crossing each other belt plates 11 in lengthwise and crosswise for example, as shown in
(32) By assembling these lattice members 10A to 10D and the stage-partition plates 20A to 20C in an alternate stacking manner, as shown in
(33) The top lid 50A and the bottom lid 50B has the same shape, are made from corrugated paper, and symmetrically arranged at a top and bottom as shown in
(34) The members constructing the packing box 100 are mainly made from the corrugated paper. As this corrugated paper, the double faced corrugated cardboard, the double wall corrugated cardboard, the triple-wall corrugated cardboard and the like can be appropriately used. The members constructing the packing box 100 are not limited to be made from the corrugated paper, it can be made from other materials.
(35) Next, a packing method of assembling the packing box 100 constructed as above and storing a number of the packages 90 and an unpacking method of unpacking the packages 90 from the packing box 100 storing the packages 90 will be explained.
(36) The packages 90 stored in the packing box 100 are, for example, made by storing pieces of polycrystalline silicon W with a maximum side length about 3 mm to 140 mm which are material of single-crystalline silicon in the packing bag 91 by about 5 kg as shown in
(37) First, as shown in
(38) Next, the lattice member 10D is inserted into the inner space of the inner tubular-trunk frame 30B and disposed on the bottom lid 50B. Subsequently, each of the packages 90 is stored in respective the small spaces 15 partitioned by the lattice member 10D. After storing the packages 90 into the respective small spaces 15 partitioned by the lattice member 10D of the lowest stage, the stage-partition plate 20C is inserted into the inner tubular-trunk frame 30B and placed on the lattice member 10D. Moreover, the lattice member 10C is inserted into the inner tubular-trunk frame 30B so as to be placed on the stage-partition plate 20C, so that the lattice member 10D is stacked on the lattice member 10C with the stage-partition plate 20C therebetween. As a result, a number of the small spaces 15 partitioned by the inner tubular-trunk frame 30B and the lattice member 10C are formed.
(39) Next, as shown in
(40) Next, as shown in
(41) In addition, the packing box 100 in which the packages 90 are stored is tied with strings 92 or the like in the vertical direction so as to maintain the vertical positions thereof, as shown in
(42) Conversely, when the packages 90 are unpacked from the packing box 100, by reverse processes of the processes of the packing method, as shown in
(43) Then, after extracting the packages 90 stored in the small spaces 15 partitioned by the lattice member 10C placed in the upper part of the inner tubular-trunk frame 30B, as shown in
(44) In the packing box 100 constructed as above, the inner space of the inner tubular-trunk frames 30A and 30B is partitioned into a number of the small spaces 15 by the lattice members 10A to 10D, and the stage-partition plates 20A to 20C, the packages 90 (the transportation objects) are respectively stored in the small spaces 15, as a result, a number of the packages 90 are arranged in the plane direction and the stacking direction. Accordingly, space efficiency can be improved and a plurality of the packages 90 can be efficiently transported.
(45) The packing box 100 is constructed to have a double structure at the tubular-trunk part by providing the outer tubular-trunk frame 40 outside the inner tubular-trunk frames 30A and 30B which are stacked in two stages. Accordingly, before extracting the packages 90 from the small spaces 15 in the inner tubular-trunk frame 30B of the lower stage side among the inner tubular-trunk frames 30A and 30B of two stages, by detaching the outer tubular-trunk frame 40, the inner tubular-trunk frame 30A of the upper stage, the lattice members 10A and 10B in the part surrounded by the upper inner tubular-trunk frame 30A, and the stage-partition plates 20A and 20B, the inner tubular-trunk frame 30B of the lower stage except the top stage, the lattice members 10C and 10D surrounded by the inner tubular-trunk frame 30B, and the stage-partition plate 20C are remained, so that the whole height of the packing box 100 can be reduced. As a result, the packages 90 stored in the inner tubular-trunk frame 30B of the lower stage can be easily extracted.
(46) In the above embodiment, when the packages 90 are packed in the packing box 100, as shown in
(47) In other words, if the packages 90 are stored at least in the small spaces 15 in the inner tubular-trunk frame 30B of the lower stage among the inner tubular-trunk frames 30A and 30B provided in two stages, the outer tubular-trunk frame 40 may be disposed before the inner tubular-trunk frame 30A is disposed as shown in
(48) Similarly, when the packages 90 are extracted from the packing box 100, the outer tubular-trunk frame 40 may be detached before extracting the packages 90 from the small spaces 15 in the inner tubular-trunk frame 30A of the upper stage of the two stages of the inner tubular-trunk frames 30A and 30B, and then the inner tubular-trunk frames 30A and 30B may be detached sequentially. Before the outer tubular-trunk frame 40 is detached, the packages 90 in the inner tubular-trunk frame 30A of the upper stage may be extracted, and after detaching the inner tubular-trunk frame 30A of the upper stage, the lattice members 10A and 10B in a part surrounded by the inner tubular-trunk frame 30A, and the stage-partition plates 20A and 20B, then the outer tubular-trunk frame 40 may be detached. Timing of detaching the outer tubular-trunk frame 40 is not limited to a case of the above embodiment, if the outer tubular-trunk frame 40 is detached before extracting the packages 90 from the small spaces 15 in the inner tubular-trunk frame 30B of the lower stage of the two stages of the inner tubular-trunk frames 30A and 30B, the inner tubular-trunk frame 30B of the lower stage, the lattice members 10C and 10D in a part surrounded by the inner tubular-trunk frame 30B, and the stage-partition plate 20C are remained, so that whole height of the packing box 100 can be reduced. As a result, the packages 90 stored inside the inner tubular-trunk frame 30B of the lower stage can be easily extracted.
(49) Since the inner tubular-trunk frames 30A and 30B and the outer tubular-trunk frame 40 are constructed to have separated tubular-structures, the packages 90 are packed double by the inner tubular-trunk frames 30A and 30B and the outer tubular-trunk frame 40, so that packing strength can be maintained enough and impact from the outside is not directly transmitted to the packages 90. That is to say, since the certain interval C is provided between the inner tubular-trunk frames 30A and 30B and the outer tubular-trunk frame 40, vibration and the impact by vibration of the packing box 100 while transporting can be easy to absorbed, the packages 90 can be prevented from breakage. If the space C is smaller than 3 mm, the impact from the outside is easy to be directly transmitted, or if the space C is larger than 25 mm, the inner tubular-trunk frames 30A and 30B and the outer tubular-trunk frame 40 are easy to be deformed when the impact is applied from the outside. In both cases, impact-absorbing effect is small. Therefore, the space C is preferably provided with 3 mm or more and 25 mm or less.
(50) Since the inner tubular-trunk frames 30A and 30B and the outer tubular-trunk frame 40 have structures of easy assembling/disassembling, a burden of working can be lighten. Moreover, it is not necessary to use cushionings or the like, so that an environmental influence can be reduced in a process after using the packing box 100.
(51) Furthermore, in the packing box 100, when the packages 90 are packed in the packing box 100, by arranging the spacers 60 between the overlapping edge part 52 of the bottom lid 50B and the inner tubular-trunk frame 30B of the lowest stage, the inner tubular-trunk frame 30B can be arranged on an appropriate position with respect to a surface position of the bottom lid 50B, and a space can be maintained between the inner tubular-trunk frame 30B and the overlapping edge part 52 with a size of thickness of the spacers 60. By detaching the spacers 60 when disposing the outer tubular-trunk frame 40 around the inner tubular-trunk frame 30B, the space between the overlapping edge part 52 of the bottom lid 50B and the inner tubular-trunk frame 30B is formed, so that the outer tubular-trunk frame 40 can be easily inserted into this space at an appropriate position with respect to the surface position of the bottom lid 50B. Accordingly, the members of the packing box 100 and the packages 90 prevent a load from collapsing while transporting, so that the packages can be stably transported.
(52) In the packing box 100 of the above first embodiment, the inner tubular-trunk frames 30A and 30B each surround two stages among the lattice members 10A to 10D, however, it is not limited to this.
(53) For example, as a packing box 101 of a second embodiment shown in
(54) The inner tubular-trunk frame is not limited to the structure of surrounding a half of the lattice members. For example, as a packing box 103 of a fourth embodiment shown in
(55) Although the inner tubular-trunk frames 30A and 30B are provided at two stages in the packing box 100 of the above first embodiment, the present invention is not limited to the structure having two stages of the inner tubular-trunk frames. As shown in
(56) For example, in a case in which the inner tubular-trunk frame is constructed of three stages, as a packing box 105 of a sixth embodiment shown in
(57) As described above, in the packing boxes 105 to 107 having three stages of the inner tubular-trunk frames 30A to 30C, when packing the packages 90, after storing the packages 90 in the small spaces 15 in the inner tubular-trunk frame 30B of a second stage from the top or in the inner tubular-trunk frame 30C of a third stage from the top among the inner tubular-trunk frames 30A to 30C which are provided in two or more stages, the outer tubular-trunk frame 40 is disposed, as a result, whole height of the packing boxes 105 to 107 can be reduced, and the packages 90 can be easily stored inside the inner tubular-trunk frames 30B and 30C of the lower stages.
(58) Similarly, when the packages 90 are extracted from the packing boxes 105 to 107, detaching the outer tubular-trunk frame 40 before extracting the packages 90 from the small spaces 15 inside the inner tubular-trunk frame 30B of a second stage form the top or inside the inner tubular-trunk frame 30C of a third stage from the top among the inner tubular-trunk frames 30A to 30C which are provided in two or more stages, the inner tubular-trunk frames 30B and 30C of the lower stages and a part surrounded by the inner tubular-trunk frames 30B and 30C are remained, so that whole heights of the packing boxes 105 to 107 can be reduced. As a result, the packages 90 stored inside the inner tubular-trunk frames 30B and the 30C of the lower stages can be easily extracted.
(59) The inner tubular-trunk frame is not limited to the structure of two stages or three stages, three or more stages can be applied.
(60) In the packing boxes 100 to 107 of the above first to eighth embodiments, the projecting length L2 of the end parts of the belt plates 11 projecting from the periphery of the lattice members 10A to 10F are the same as the space L1 between the belt plates 11 arranged so as to cross each other, and the small spaces 15 are partitioned by evenly dividing the inner space of the inner tubular-trunk frames 30A and 30B. However, as a packing box 108 of a ninth embodiment shown in
(61) In the present embodiments, the packages 90 storing the pieces of polycrystalline silicon W was described as an example of packing targets, however, it is not limited to this. For example, rod-shaped objects formed by cutting rod-shaped polycrystalline silicon, packages of single crystalline silicon, or the other objects than silicon member are applicable for packing targets. In this invention, these packing targets including the packages are described as the transportation objects.
REFERENCE SIGNS LIST
(62) 10A-10D lattice member 11 belt plate 15 small space 18 shock absorption space 20A-20C stage-partition plate 30A, 30B inner tubular-trunk frame 31, 32, 41, 42, 43 corrugating medium 33, 34, 35, 44, 45, 46, 47 liner 40 outer tubular-trunk frame 50A top lid 50B bottom lid 51 plane part 52 overlapping edge part 60 spacer 80 work bench 90 package (transportation object) 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108 packing box