PACKING MEMBER, TONER STORAGE CONTAINER, AND PACKING METHOD

• Main Authors: TAMAKI SHUNTARO, KUBO TATSUYA, SHIBATA AKIO, SANO YOSHIO, TERASAWA SEIJI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 15.05.2024
• 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

To prevent toner agglomeration in a toner storage container due to vibration during transport.SOLUTION: A packing member 20 encloses a toner storage container 10 with a long container body part 11 and a large dimension part 12 whose outer diameter dimension is larger than that of the container body part at one end of the container body part. The packaging member 20 has: a box part 21 that encloses the toner storage container with a gap between the container body part and the large dimension part; a first pressing part 22 that presses the container body part so that the container body part is in contact with the first receiving part within the box part with a first contacting force; and a second pressing part 23 that presses the large dimension part against the second receiving part in the box part so that the large dimension part is brought into contact with a second contacting force that is smaller than the first contacting force.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2 【課題】輸送中の振動によってトナー収納容器内のトナー凝集が発生することを抑制する。【解決手段】長尺な容器本体部１１と該容器本体部の一端側に該容器本体部よりも外径寸法が大きい大寸法部１２とを備えるトナー収納容器１０を内包する梱包部材２０であって、前記容器本体部及び前記大寸法部との間に隙間をもって前記トナー収納容器を内包する箱部２１と、前記箱部内の第一受け部に対して前記容器本体部が第一当接力で当接するように該容器本体部を押圧する第一押圧部２２と、前記箱部内の第二受け部に対して前記大寸法部が前記第一当接力よりも小さい第二当接力で当接するように該大寸法部を押圧する第二押圧部２３とを有する。【選択図】図２