EP0895939A1 - Verpackungsschachtel für Zündkerzen - Google Patents

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EP0895939A1
EP0895939A1 EP98304964A EP98304964A EP0895939A1 EP 0895939 A1 EP0895939 A1 EP 0895939A1 EP 98304964 A EP98304964 A EP 98304964A EP 98304964 A EP98304964 A EP 98304964A EP 0895939 A1 EP0895939 A1 EP 0895939A1
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box
spark plug
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Yoshiaki Saiki
Mitsutaka Yoshida
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Niterra Co Ltd
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NGK Spark Plug Co Ltd
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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
    • B65D5/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper
    • B65D5/42—Details of containers or of foldable or erectable container blanks
    • B65D5/4208—Means facilitating suspending, lifting, handling, or the like of containers
    • 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
    • B65D5/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper
    • B65D5/42—Details of containers or of foldable or erectable container blanks
    • B65D5/44—Integral, inserted or attached portions forming internal or external fittings
    • B65D5/50—Internal supporting or protecting elements for contents
    • B65D5/5028—Elements formed separately from the container body
    • B65D5/5035—Paper elements
    • B65D5/504—Racks having upstanding ridges formed by folds, and provided with slits or recesses
    • 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
    • B65D5/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper
    • B65D5/42—Details of containers or of foldable or erectable container blanks
    • B65D5/54—Lines of weakness to facilitate opening of container or dividing it into separate parts by cutting or tearing

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  • This invention relates to a package box in which a plurality of spark plugs are accommodated.
  • a spacer ring (protector cap) 110 has been used to cover an outer electrode 104 of each spark plug 100 so as to protect a spark gap against dimensional alteration. Then, the spark plugs are individually encased in corresponding caskets 200 which are packed all together by a carton 300.
  • a plurality of spark plugs are placed on a plastic tray which is preformed to correspond to each appearance of the spark plugs. Then, the spark plugs and the plastic tray are packed all together by a package case.
  • a package box with sufficient strength which is capable of readily packing or crating a plurality of spark plugs while protecting their spark gap against dimensional alteration and easily taking out the spark plug upon unpacking while easily managing the spark plugs left in the package box.
  • a package box for a spark plug comprising: a paper tray including an array of lower cellular boxes provided to accommodate lower portions of spark plugs to protect their spark gaps, and an array of upper cellular boxes provided to retain upper portions of said spark plugs in place; a casing package provided to accommodate said paper tray; said lower cellular boxes having circular crease lines each about the size so that individual thread portions of said spark plugs are to be inserted, and having a plurality of incision lines provided to orient radially toward central portions of said circular crease lines; accommodation holes being formed with pluralistic tabs by expanding said incision lines and bending along said circular crease lines so as to accommodate thread portions of metallic shells with said thread portions supportably engaged by said tabs when forcing outer electrodes and the thread portions of said spark plugs against regions surrounded by said circular crease lines; and said upper cellular boxes having upper open ended U-shaped retainer holes to admit head portions of insulators of said spark plugs so that said tray accommodates said spark plugs with said head portions of said insul
  • said circular crease lines of said accommodation holes are defined by circular perforations.
  • streaks of perforations are provided on the tray so as to be separable between the neighboring upper and lower cellular boxes.
  • said casing package is made of a transparent material directly encircling around the tray.
  • a mount board which has a hanging hole formed on an underside of said casing package.
  • a mount board which has a hanging hole formed on an underside of said tray.
  • stopper lugs are provided to protect the head portions of said insulators securely against the removal from said retainer holes of said array of the upper cellular boxes of said tray.
  • the spark plugs Upon using the spark plugs, the spark plugs appears with the tray only by opening the casing package. This makes it possible to readily take out any of the spark plugs with ease.
  • the tray With the streaks of the perforations provided on the tray, it is possible to individually handle the spark plugs by separating the tray along the perforations. Even after the tray is separated, the spark plug is protected against inadvertent damage because the lower and upper cellular boxes accommodates the lower and upper ends of the spark plug respectively.
  • the casing package made of the transparent material, it is possible to visually confirm the insulator outside of the casing package so as to distinguish the quantity and type (lot number) of the spark plugs.
  • a package box 1 for a plurality (e.g., six) of spark plugs 100 according to a first embodiment of the invention.
  • the package box 1 includes a paper tray 10 and a casing package 2 which accommodate the tray 10.
  • the tray 10 is made of a sheet of thin corrugated cardborad or a pasteboard to have an upper cellular box 20 and a lower cellular box 30 which in turn serves as a retainer portion and a compartment portion.
  • a development is depicted on a cutting board 10A as shown in Fig. 2.
  • the cutting board 10A has a main divisional area 11 including a vertical dimension greater than a lengthwise dimension of the spark plug 100, while at the same time, including a lateral dimension greater than a total width of the six spark plugs combined.
  • An upper part of the main divisional area 11 has sections 21, 22 and 23 for making the upper cellular box 20, while a lower part of the main divisional area 11 has sections 31, 32 and 33 for making the lower cellular box 30.
  • Each of the sections 23, 33 has a margin to paste up as designated by numerals 24, 34.
  • each of the reinforcing sections 25, 26, 35 and 36 there is provided a margin to paste up as designated by numerals 27, 28, 37 and 38.
  • an array of six accommodation holes 39 to admit a thread portion 103 formed on a metallic shell 102 of the corresponding spark plugs 100.
  • circular crease lines 41 are beforehand provided in corresponding to the accommodation holes 39 so that the thread portions 103 are to be inserted.
  • the circular crease lines 41 might change to polygon once the thread portions 103 are inserted to the accommodation holes 39 as described hereinafter.
  • a plurality of incision lines 42 are provided oriented in a radial direction.
  • the incision lines 42 are expanded to form multiple tabs 43 which are bent downward along the crease lines 41.
  • the thread portion 103 is accommodated into accommodation holes 39 with the thread portion 103 supportably engaged by the tabs 43.
  • the number of the incision lines 42 may be 3 ⁇ 10 in order to force the thread portion 103 against the section surrounded by the circular crease line 41.
  • the reinforcing sections 25, 26, 35 and 36 may be consecutively extended from the main divisional area 11 or other sections 22, 23, 32 and 33 instead of extending them from the sections 21, 31.
  • the paste-up margins 27, 28, 37 and 38 may be provided other area than the reinforce sections 25, 26, 35 and 36. The number the paste-up margins may be altered as desired.
  • the cutting board 10A is folded along crease lines (shown by CR in Fig. 2) with the margins 27, 28, 37 and 38 pasted up.
  • the tray 10 After folding the cutting board 10A into the tray 10, the tray 10 is folded to have the lower cellular box 30 to accommodate the thread portion 103 and the outer electrode 104 of the metallic shell 102, and at the same time, having the lower cellular box 20 to accommodate a terminal electrode 105 and an upper portion of the insulator 101 which serves as the head portion of the insulator 101 including the terminal electrode 105. As shown by dot-dash lines A ⁇ E in Fig. 2, five streaks of perforations are provided on the cutting board 10A to discretely separate any of the spark plugs as desired.
  • the casing package 2 is made dimensionally greater than the tray 10 so as to tightly accommodate the tray 10.
  • an entire strength becomes sufficient to hold the spark plugs in it by the double layer of tray 10 and the casing package 2.
  • the casing package 2 may be defined by a side open type instead of the upper open type.
  • the thread portion 103 of the metallic shell 102 is firstly forced against the section within the circular crease lines 41 to expand the incision lines 42 so as to open the accommodation hole 39 on the lower cellular box 30. Then, the thread portion 103 is accommodated into the accommodation hole 39 with the thread portion 103 supportably engaed by the tabs 43. Thereafter, the upper portion of insulator 101 is admitted into the retainer hole 29 of the upper cellular box 20 as shown in Fig. 3a. After accommodating the six spark plugs into the tray 10, the tray 10 is encased into the casing package 2 so as to complete the packing operation.
  • the thread portion 103 is sufficiently protected by the tabs 43, and the outer electrode 104 is protected by the lower cellular box 30 so that no influence is given on the spark gap between the center and outer electrodes 106, 104.
  • the spark plugs 100 are doubly protected by the tray 10 and the casing package 2 which accommodates the tray 10, the package box 1 positively protects the spark plugs 100 against the damage caused by the exterior force while roughly handling the package box 1.
  • the cellular box 20 When taking out any of the spark plugs 100, the cellular box 20 is turned along a direction of arrow (Ar) to expose the terminal electrode 105 with the tray 10 withdrawn from the casing package 2 as shown in Fig. 3b. Then, the desired spark plug is taken out by grabbing the metallic shell 102 of any of the spark plugs 100.
  • the spark plugs are readily packaged in the package box 1, while easily taken out when in use.
  • the outer electrode 104 is accommodated by the lower cellular box 30, and at the same time, the package box 1 is physically strengthened by the double structure of the tray 10 and the casing package 2, thus protecting the spark gap against mechanically adverse influence since the package box 1 is unlikely to be easily squashed. Since it is possible to visually confirm the presence or absence of any of the spark plugs only by pulling out the tray 10 from the package box 1, the number of the spark plugs left on the tray 10 is readily confirmed.
  • Fig. 4 shows a second embodiment of the invention in which a transparent wrapper 3 is used to pack the tray 10 instead of the casing package 2.
  • the spark plugs 100 are visually confirmed from outside through the transparent wrapper 3 which is made from a thin sheet of plastic material. This makes it possible to further confirm a type of the spark plugs 100 accommodated by the package box 1.
  • Fig. 5 shows a third embodiment of the invention in which a mount board 5 having a hanging hole 4 is fixedly provided on the underside of the lower cellular box 20.
  • the tray 10 is encircled by a transparent wrapper 6 which substantially holds a J-shaped configuration.
  • any of the spark plugs 100 are readily taken out from the tray 10 in use and the rest of the spark plugs are kept by hanging the tray 10 on an appropriate wall even after the transparent wrapper 6 is removed from the tray 10.
  • the stopper lugs 51 provided on the periphery of the retainer holes 29 of the upper cellular boxes 20, it is possible to firmly hold the head portion of the insulator 101 in place.
  • Fig. 6 shows a fourth embodiment of the invention in which the mount board 5 having the hanging hole 4 is adhered to the underside of the tray 10. By grabbing the mount board 5, it is possible to readily take out the spark plugs from the tray 10, and replenish the needed number of spark plugs by observation.
  • Figs. 7 and 8 show a fifth embodiment of the invention in which the perforations A ⁇ E of Figs. 1 and 2 are omitted.
  • the circular crease lines 41 and the excisable lines 42 are provided at the regular intervals to form the accommodation holes 39 of the lower cellular boxes 30 so as to accommodate the thread portions 103 and the outer electrodes 104 of the spark plugs 100 in the same manner as described in the first embodiment of the invention.
  • the U-shaped retainer holes 29 are also provided with the upper cellular boxes 30 at the regular intervals to accommodate the terminal electrode 105 and the head portion of the insulator 101.
  • the thread portions 103 of the spark plugs 100 are accommodated by the accommodation holes 39 with the thread portion 103 supportably surrounded by the pluralistic tabs 43, it is possible to positively stabilize the spark plugs 100 within the cellular boxes 20 and 30. It is also possible to take out the spark plugs 100 by grabbing the exposed portion of the metallic shell 102.
  • Fig. 9 shows a sixth embodiment of the invention in which a single stopper lug or a pair of opposed stopper lugs 51 is provided on a periphery of the retainer holes 29 of the section 23 to retain the head portion of the insulator 101 of the spark plugs when making the package box 1 from the cutting board 10A of Fig. 8.
  • the diametrically opposed stopper lugs 51 extend laterally by a predetemined length (t) across a somewhat upper part over a middle of the retainer holes 29 toward the central area of the retainer holes 29.
  • the stopper lugs 51 are such that they protect the head portion of the insulator 101 securely against the removal so as to positively retain it when the head portion of the insulator 101 is accommodated into the retainer hole 29.
  • stopper lugs 51 are applied to the tray 10 of the first through fifth embodiment of the invention in order to positively retain the spark plugs themselves with the help of the pluralistic tabs 43 defined around the accommodation holes 39 of the lower cellular box 30.
  • Figs. 10, 11a and 11b show a seventh embodiment of the invention in which the reinforce sections 25, 26, 35 and 36 of Fig. 8 are omitted from the tray 10B.
  • the reinforce sections 25, 26 of the upper cellular boxe 20 are left out, and the reinforce sections 35, 36 of the lower cellular box 30 are left out from the cutting board 10C.
  • the thread portion 103 of the metallic shell 102 of the spark plug 100 is accommodated by the accommodation hole 39 via the pluralistic tabs 43 as shown in Fig. 11b. Then, the head portion of the insulator 101 is admitted by the retainer hole 29 as shown in Fig. 11a.
  • the upper cellular box 20 devoid of the reinforce sections 25, 26 is in an upper open position with its cross section as a lozenge-shaped configuration, the upper cellular box 20 is turned downward (closed) to admit an entry of the head portion of the insulator 101 into the retainer hole 29.
  • the tray 10 is finally accommodated into the casing package 2 to complete the package of the spark plugs 100.
  • the upper cellular box 20 is turned upward to expose the head portion of the insulator 101 outside as shown in Fig. 11a.
  • tray structure of the seventh embodiment of the invention may be incorporated into the tray 10 of Figs. 2 and 9 in order to readily turn the upper cellular box 20 downward and upward respectively.
  • the tray is made from a piece of paper so that the tray 10 is readily put into automatic assembling.
  • the thread portion 103 and the outer electrode 104 are accommodated by the lower cellular box 30 via the tabs 43. This makes it possible to positively retain them so as to effectively protect the spark gap against accidental damage due to the exterior force.
  • the spark plugs Upon taking out any of the spark plugs by opening the upper cellular box 20, the spark plugs are readily grabbed since the spark plugs are visually confirmed.
  • the perforations A ⁇ E are provided on the tray 10 it is possible to handle the spark plugs individually by separating the tray 10 along the perforations A ⁇ E.

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US907865 1986-09-16
JP212370/97 1997-08-07
JP21237097A JPH1149147A (ja) 1997-08-07 1997-08-07 スパークプラグの包装箱
US08/907,865 US5829587A (en) 1995-03-31 1997-08-11 Package box for a spark plug

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP1188677A1 (de) * 2000-09-11 2002-03-20 Ngk Spark Plug Co., Ltd. Verpackungsschachtel für Zündkerzen
EP2246273A1 (de) * 2009-04-29 2010-11-03 Dividella AG Verpackung

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US2442980A (en) * 1945-08-14 1948-06-08 Champion Spark Plug Co Spark plug display holder
FR2658787A1 (fr) * 1990-02-28 1991-08-30 Siemco Sa Barquette pour le conditionnement de produits fragiles.
EP0734959A1 (de) * 1995-03-31 1996-10-02 Ngk Spark Plug Co., Ltd Verpackungsschachtel für Zündkerzen
US5577606A (en) * 1993-04-15 1996-11-26 Robert Bosch Gmbh Packaging for spark plugs
DE29707921U1 (de) * 1997-05-02 1997-07-10 CD Cartondruck GmbH, 74182 Obersulm Verpackungsvorrichtung für Waren

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2442980A (en) * 1945-08-14 1948-06-08 Champion Spark Plug Co Spark plug display holder
FR2658787A1 (fr) * 1990-02-28 1991-08-30 Siemco Sa Barquette pour le conditionnement de produits fragiles.
US5577606A (en) * 1993-04-15 1996-11-26 Robert Bosch Gmbh Packaging for spark plugs
EP0734959A1 (de) * 1995-03-31 1996-10-02 Ngk Spark Plug Co., Ltd Verpackungsschachtel für Zündkerzen
DE29707921U1 (de) * 1997-05-02 1997-07-10 CD Cartondruck GmbH, 74182 Obersulm Verpackungsvorrichtung für Waren

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP1188677A1 (de) * 2000-09-11 2002-03-20 Ngk Spark Plug Co., Ltd. Verpackungsschachtel für Zündkerzen
US6533115B2 (en) 2000-09-11 2003-03-18 Ngk Spark Plug Co., Ltd Packaging box for spark plugs
EP2246273A1 (de) * 2009-04-29 2010-11-03 Dividella AG Verpackung

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