ARTICLE PROTECTING/SHOCK-ABSORBING APPARATUS, ARTICLE FIXING APPARATUS, AND ARTICLE PACKING APPARATUS

• Main Authors: ISHIHARA SATORU, MATSUMOTO SHIGEYO, ABE TAKESHI, AIDA HIDEYUKI, NARUISHI SUNAO, ISHIKAWA SAKAE, ARAI TOMOAKI, NAKAGAWA NORIYUKI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 19.01.2006
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS,e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES,DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; CONVEYING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; PACKAGES; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; STORING; TRANSPORTING

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an article protecting/shock-absorbing apparatus and a packing apparatus which relax an impact that an article may receive during its transportation, enable to reduce investment in equipment, cost, and time for packing/packaging, and to facilitate parts management. SOLUTION: The article protecting/shock-absorbing apparatus comprises an encircling body 4 which encircles the article 1 across a gap formed between the encircling body 4 and the outer peripheral surface of the article 1, and a shock-absorbing body 10 consisting of a plurality of shock-absorbing members 11 which are disposed between the gap between the encircling body 4 and the outer peripheral surface of the article 1 and are placed in a more curved state than its ordinary state or primarily formed into a curved shape. An article fixing apparatus is also provided, which is used to wind a belt gear around the article 1 on a base 202 to fix the article 1. The article fixing apparatus comprises corded members 231, 232, 233 and 234 which are attached to respective belt ends 211, and a guide member 204 which so guides the belt ends 211 as to be pulled down to the lower part of the article 1 on the base 202 as the corded members 231, 232, 233 and 234 are pulled. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI