Spout pouch binding tool

Abstract

To provide a spout pouch binding tool capable of easily assembling and binding a plurality of spout pouches at a store front and displaying the bound spout pouches in a compact manner while securing appealability.SOLUTION: A plurality of spout pouches P with faces 21a of respective bag bodies 21 directed intersecting an arraying direction comprise: a substrate 1 extending in the arraying direction of the spout pouches P; and a pair of side plates 2 connected to both sides in the arraying direction. In the substrate 1, neck insertion holes 6 into which neck flanges 22b are inserted via caps 22a of mouth plug members 22 of the spout pouches P are formed. In the pair of side plates 2, neck fitting holes 7 engaged with the flanges 22b of the mouth plug members 22 of the spout pouches P through communication of neck fitting recesses 7a by notches from end edges are formed in the state of being folded on the upper surface of the substrate 1. The neck fitting holes 7 of the pair of side plates 2 pinch the necks of the spout pouches P from both sides to hold the spout pouches P.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This invention relates to a bundling tool for spout pouches that holds multiple spout pouches sold at retail stores together.

Background Art

[0002] Generally, drink agents that claim effects such as nourishment and tonification are sold in small bottles. When multiple bottles are sold together, they are bundled with a shrink film and sold as a unit. However, in recent years, considering changes in distribution forms and recycling costs of containers, etc., when using a plastic spout pouch with a stopper member attached to a bag body instead of a glass bottle as a container for drink agents, the number of such cases is increasing. In that case, since the spout pouch has an irregular shape, it cannot be bundled and packaged with a shrink film.

[0003] For this reason, instead of bundling with a shrink film, it is also considered to use a bundling tool made of cardboard to bundle multiple spout pouches.

[0004] For example, as shown in FIG. 6 in Patent Document 1 below, cardboard is folded to form a shape in which two rows of holding bodies 51 in the shape of triangular cylinders are connected in series. In the arrangement direction of the spout pouches P in each holding body 51, the face surface 21a of the bag body 21 of the spout pouch P is faced, and the flange 22b at the neck of the spout pouch P is engaged through the cap 22a of the stopper member 22 of the spout pouch P with the neck holes 52 drilled side by side in the holding body 51 to hold multiple spout pouches P together. A bundling tool B 2 is described.

Prior Art Documents

Patent Documents

[0005]

Patent Document 1

Summary of the Invention

Problems to be Solved by the Invention

[0006] However, in the fastener B as described in Patent Document 1 above 2 it is necessary to pre-assemble the holder 51 by gluing and attach the spout pouch P. There is a problem that it is not possible to quickly assemble by hand during the display work at the storefront and appropriately bundle and sell a plurality of spout pouches P together.

[0007] In addition, when displaying at the storefront, in order to ensure appeal, if the face surface 21a of the spout pouch P is directed forward, there is also a problem that it will occupy a wide area of the display shelf.

[0008] Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a fastener that can be easily assembled at the storefront to bundle a plurality of spout pouches, can ensure appeal, and can display the bundled spout pouches compactly.

Means for Solving the Problems

[0009] In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a fastener for bundling a plurality of spout pouches in which a mouth plug member is attached to a bag body, the plurality of spout pouches are set such that their face surfaces of the respective bag bodies face each other while intersecting in the arrangement direction, comprises a substrate extending in the arrangement direction of the spout pouches and a pair of side plates continuous with both sides in the arrangement direction, a neck insertion hole through which the flange of the neck portion is inserted via the cap of the mouth plug member of the spout pouch is formed in the substrate, neck fitting recesses that engage with the flange of the mouth plug member of the spout pouch are formed in the pair of side plates by cuts from the respective edges, the pair of side plates are folded over on the upper surface of the substrate, and in a state where the tip portions of the pair of side plates overlap each other, the portion facing the neck fitting hole where the neck fitting recesses of the pair of side plates communicate sandwiches the neck portion of the spout pouch from both sides, and thus the spout pouch is held.

[0010] Also, in the fastener of this spout pouch, a display board for performing promotional printing of the spout pouch as a product is continuously provided on the front end side of the front side of the substrate. The display board is made to stand up from the substrate.

[0011] Furthermore, a support plate and a polymer plate are successively and continuously provided on the display board, and a neck insertion hole corresponding to the neck insertion hole near the front end of the substrate is formed in the polymer plate. The support plate is bent downward and rearward from the display board erected from the substrate, and the polymer plate is overlapped on the upper surface of the substrate. The flange of the neck portion of the spout pouch is inserted through the cap of the spout member through the coincident neck insertion holes of the substrate and the polymer plate. The polymer plate is sandwiched between the substrate and the side plate to maintain the display board in an upright state.

Advantages of the Invention

[0012] In the fastener of the spout pouch according to this invention, when it is intended to sell a plurality of spout pouches together at a store, it is not necessary to pre-assemble them by gluing or the like, and they can be easily assembled to hold the neck portion of the spout pouch, and the processing cost can also be suppressed.

[0013] Also, since the flange of the spout member of the spout pouch engages with the neck fitting hole formed by the neck fitting recesses of the pair of overlapping side plates, the spout pouch is prevented from falling off.

[0014] Also, since the face surfaces of the bag body facing the front of the spout pouch are arranged to intersect in the arrangement direction, a plurality of spout pouches bundled together can be compactly displayed in a narrow space, and at the same time, the display board with promotional printing can be erected on the front side, so the appealing effect at the store can also be ensured.

Brief Description of the Drawings

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Embodiments for Carrying Out the Invention

[0016] Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described based on the accompanying drawings.

[0017] (Overview) As shown in FIG. 1, this fastener B 1 is for holding three spout pouches P together when selling at the store. The spout pouch P has a mouthplug member 22 attached to the bag body 21. The bag body 21 has a product name printed on the face surface 21a, and the mouthplug member 22 has a shape with two-stage flanges 22b at the neck below the cap 22a.

[0018] (Blank) The blank of the fastener B shown in FIG. 2 1 is, for example, made of 260 g / m white cardboard that is difficult to break even when bent, and includes a substrate 1 extending in the front-rear direction which is the arrangement direction of the spout pouch P, a pair of side plates 2 connected via ruled lines to the left and right sides which are both sides of the substrate 1, and a display plate 3, a support plate 4, and a polymerization plate 5 sequentially connected via ruled lines to the front end side of the substrate 1 on the front side. 2 The surface of the blank is entirely printed, and in particular, the display plate 3 is printed with product promotion printing to enhance appeal.

[0019]

[0020] ​On the substrate 1, three rectangular neck insertion holes 6 are formed side by side in the arrangement direction of the spout pouch P. The flange 22b of the neck portion can be inserted into the neck insertion hole 6 through the cap 22a of the stopper member 22.

[0021] On each of the pair of side plates 2, three neck fitting recesses 7a are formed corresponding to the neck insertion holes 6 of the substrate 1 by cuts from the edge. The neck fitting recesses 7a form a rectangular neck fitting hole 7 (described later) that is smaller than the neck insertion hole 6 with the tip portions of the pair of side plates 2 overlapping, and the neck fitting hole 7 is sized such that the flange 22b of the stopper member 22 cannot pass through.

[0022] Both side edges of the neck fitting recess 7a are cut in an arc shape on the opening side so that the neck portion of the stopper member 22 can be guided into the neck fitting recess 7a.

[0023] When the laminated plate 5 is folded over the substrate 1, the width between the left and right side edges is set to be slightly smaller than the width of the substrate 1 so as not to interfere with the boundary between the substrate 1 and the side plates 2. A rectangular neck insertion hole 8 identical to the neck insertion hole 6 of the substrate 1 is formed in the central portion of the laminated plate 5.

[0024] (Preparation process for assembly) Fastener B 1 To assemble the fastener B, as shown in FIG. 3, with the back surface of the blank facing upward, the support plate 4 is folded so as to overlap the back surface of the display plate 3, and the laminated plate 5 is overlapped on the back surface of the substrate 1. At this time, the neck insertion hole 8 of the laminated plate 5 is partially in communication with the neck insertion hole 6 near the front of the substrate 1, but most of them are in a displaced state.

[0025] In this process, the pair of side plates 2 may be bent slightly upward from the substrate 1 and creased along the grid line at the boundary with the substrate 1.

[0026] (Insertion of spout pouch) Then, as shown in FIG. 4, when the display board 3 is bent from the substrate 1 in the standing direction, the boundary between the support plate 4 and the overlapping plate 5 is valley-folded along the ruled line, the overlapping plate 5 slides backward along the substrate 1, and the neck insertion holes 8 of the overlapping plate 5 and the neck insertion holes 6 near the front of the substrate 1 substantially coincide.

[0027] In this state, the plug member 22 of the spout pouch P disposed at the front part on the front side is inserted into the front neck insertion holes 6, 8 from below upward. At this time, the spout pouch P is arranged such that the face surface 21a of the bag body 21 faces forward, and the flange 22b at the neck passes above the neck insertion holes 6, 8 through the cap 22a of the plug member 22.

[0028] Also, the orientation of the spout pouch P disposed near the middle part and the rear part is aligned with the spout pouch P disposed at the front part, and the plug member 22 thereof is inserted into the neck insertion holes 6 near the middle part and the rear part from below upward. At this time, the plug member 22 of the spout pouch P passes the flange 22b at the neck from below upward through the cap 22a of the plug member 22 above the neck insertion hole 6.

[0029] As a result, as shown in FIG. 5, the three spout pouches P cross in the front-rear direction which is the arrangement direction in the fastener B 1 and are arranged in a state where the face surfaces 21a of the respective bag bodies 21 face.

[0030] (Locking of the spout pouch) Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 1, the pair of side plates 2 are bent and overlapped on the upper surface of the substrate 1, the tip portions of the pair of side plates 2 are overlapped with each other, and the neck fitting recesses 7a of the respective side plates 2 pass below the flange 22b at the neck of the plug member 22 through the cap 22a of the plug member 22 of the three spout pouches P, and the bending of the pair of side plates 2 is restored.

[0031] As a result, the neck fitting recesses 7a of the pair of side plates 2 communicate with each other to form a neck fitting hole 7, and the neck portion of the spout pouch P is sandwiched from both sides at the portion facing the neck fitting hole 7. The flange 22b of the plug member 22 of the spout pouch P engages with the neck fitting hole 7, and the three spout pouches P are bundled and held so as not to fall off.

[0032] Further, the display board 3 is pulled backward by the laminated board 5 and the support board 4, so that the forward fall of the display board 3 is suppressed. The front-rear interval between the display board 3 and the support board 4 gradually widens from top to bottom and stands up in a stable state.

[0033] (Effect) For the bundling tool B of the spout pouch P as described above 1 when attempting to sell multiple spout pouches P bundled together at the storefront, there is no need to pre-assemble them by gluing or the like. They can be easily assembled to hold the neck portion of the spout pouch P, and the processing cost can also be suppressed.

[0034] In addition, since the flange 22b of the plug member of the spout pouch P engages with the neck fitting hole 7 formed by the neck fitting recesses 7a of the pair of overlapping side plates 2, the spout pouch P is firmly prevented from falling off.

[0035] Also, since the face surfaces 21a of the bag body 21 facing the front of the spout pouch P are arranged to intersect in the arrangement direction, multiple bundled spout pouches P can be compactly displayed in a narrow space. At the same time, since the display board 3 with promotional printing can be erected on the front side, an appealing effect at the storefront can also be expected.

[0036] (Others) In the above embodiment, as the bundling tool B 1 when exemplifying the one that stands the display board 3 on the front side during display at the storefront, if a sufficient appealing effect can be obtained only by the design applied to the face surface 21a of the bag body 21 of the spout pouch P, the display board 3 and the support board 4 and the laminated board 5 connected thereto may be omitted.

[0037] Also, regarding the case where all the spout pouches P are attached to the fastener B so that the face surface 21a of the bag body 21 faces forward, 1 although an example was given, for the spout pouches P located other than the foremost part, they may be attached to the fastener B so that the face surface 21a of the bag body 21 faces rearward. 1

[0038] Also, regarding the fastener B 1 although an example was given of one that holds three spout pouches P together, the number of spout pouches P to be bundled is arbitrary. Appropriately expand and contract the lengths of the substrate 1 and the pair of side plates 2, and appropriately increase or decrease the number of neck insertion holes 6 and neck fitting holes 7. With the same configuration as above, it may be one that holds only two spout pouches P together or one that holds four or more spout pouches P together.

Explanation of Reference Numerals

[0039] B 1 Fastener 1 Substrate 2 Side plate 3 Display board 4 Support plate 5 Laminated plate 6 Neck insertion hole 7 Neck fitting hole 7a Neck fitting recess 8 Neck insertion hole P Spout pouch 21 Bag body 21a Face surface 22 Plug member 22a Cap 22b Flange​

Claims

1. In a fastener for spout pouches that holds a plurality of spout pouches (P) in which a spout member (22) is attached to a bag body (21), the plurality of spout pouches (P) are set such that their respective face surfaces (21a) of the bag bodies (21) face in directions intersecting in the arrangement direction, the fastener includes a substrate (1) extending in the arrangement direction of the spout pouches (P) and a pair of side plates (2) continuous with both side edges in the arrangement direction, a neck insertion hole (6) through which a flange (22b) at the neck portion is inserted via a cap (22a) of the spout member (22) of the spout pouch (P) is formed in the substrate (1), neck fitting recesses (7a) that engage with a flange (22b) of the spout member (22) of the spout pouch (P) are formed in the pair of side plates (2) by cuts from the respective edges, The pair of side plates (2) are folded on top of the upper surface of the substrate (1), and in a state where the tip portions of the pair of side plates (2) overlap each other, a portion facing a neck fitting hole (7) in which the neck fitting recesses (7a) of the pair of side plates (2) communicate sandwiches the neck portion of the spout pouch (P) from both sides, and the spout pouch (P) is held. A fastener for spout pouches, characterized in that.

2. A display board (3) for performing promotional printing of the spout pouch (P) as a product is continuously provided at the front end edge on the front side of the substrate (1), The fastener for spout pouches according to claim 1, characterized in that the display board (3) is erected from the substrate (1).

3. A support plate (4) and a superposed plate (5) are continuously provided on the display board (3) in sequence, and a neck insertion hole (8) corresponding to the neck insertion hole (6) near the front end of the substrate (1) is formed in the superposed plate (5), The support plate (4) is bent rearward and downward from the display board (3) erected from the substrate (1), and the superposed plate (5) is superposed on the upper surface of the substrate (1), The flange (22b) at the neck portion is inserted through the cap (22a) of the spout member (22) of the spout pouch (P) into the coincident neck insertion holes (6, 8) of the substrate (1) and the superposed plate (5), The fastener for spout pouches according to claim 2, characterized in that the superposed plate (5) is sandwiched between the substrate (1) and the side plate (2) to maintain the display board (3) in an erected state.

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