AN IMPROVED SHOCK ABSORBING PLATE MATERIAL
Technical Field
The present invention relates to an improved shock absorbing plate material, and more particularly, to an improved shock absorbing plate material which can recycle waste paper and have a series of wavelike configuration having a plurality of rib portions therein to absorb an external shock applied thereto, so that it can be widely used as a shock absorber such as sheets of paper in a packing box or a shock absorbing plate material or paper in various fields that a shock absorbing function should be exhibited.
Background Art
Generally, a shock absorbing plate material is comprised of liner paper which is attached on the both sides of approximate ~ shape of corrugated paper, respectively, thus to have a function of absorbing an external shock. Such the shock absorbing plate material has been widely used as a shock absorber such as sheets of paper in a packing box and a shock absorbing material in various kinds of industry fields.
As mentioned above, since a conventional corrugated cardboard constituting a packing box includes the liner paper attached on the both sides of the corrugated paper, respectively, there occurs a problem in that in use the attached portion of the liner paper may be separated from the corrugated paper. Furthermore, to manufacture a desired thickness of plate material, since the corrugated paper as well as the liner paper are one by one attached to each other in a multiple layer structure, there occurs a problem in that a troublesome working process should be required, which results in decrement of an amount of production of the plate material. Moreover, if the corrugated paper has a predetermined thickness or more, there is a difficulty in molding the corrugated paper into a desired shape. This also results in limitation of the increment of thickness of the corrugated paper. As shown on the Fig. 1 , the prior art of this invention was
published as the International Publication Number of WO 99/41063. According to the prior art closely related to the present invention, to manufacture the shock absorbing plate material of the prior invention, various kind of paper such as waste paper is added to water, and then the waste paper and the water are mixed until they are in a pulpified state. Next, the mixture is inserted into a predetermined mold and pressurized to mold the mixture into the plate shape of plate material having the plurality of hollow portions and formed on the interior thereof. Finally, the plate material is subject to a dewatering treatment and then dried.
In fact, the manufacturing process of the prior art is hard to apply for the mass production. The main difficulty for making the production is related to the formation of hollow parts inside the shock absorbing plate material. The high deformation rate and the low production efficiency due to the difficult process in separating the hollow pins from the cavity parts inside of absorbing material deteriorate the industrial applications of the prior art.
Disclosure of Invention An object of the present invention is to provide an improved shock absorbing plate material which can recycle waste paper and have a series of wavelike configuration having a plurality of rib portions along the transverse direction of the wavelike faces therein, to thereby provide an excellent shock-absorbing characteristic due to the feature of the quality of the wood pulp, so that it can be widely used as sheets of paper in a packing box or a shock absorbing plate material or paper in various fields.
To achieve this and other objects according to the present invention, there is provided an improved shock absorbing plate material including : the plate material made by pouring waste paper such as wood pulp into water, mixing the waste paper and the water until they are in a pulpified state, molding the mixture into a plate shape and being subject to a dewatering treatment ; and a series of wavelike configuration having a plurality of rib portions formed along the transverse direction of the wavelike configuration 1 1 , to provide a
shock absorbing characteristic.
Brief Description of Drawings
Fig. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a shock absorbing plate material constructed according to the prior art ;
Fig. 2 is a perspective view illustrating a shock absorbing plate material constructed according to the main embodiment of the present invention ;
Fig. 3 is a sectional view illustrating a shock absorbing material constructed according to the main embodiment of the present invention ;
Fig. 4 is a perspective view illustrating a shock absorbing plate material constructed according to a second embodiment of the present invention ; Fig. 5 is a sectional view illustrating a shock absorbing plate material constructed according to a second embodiment of the present invention ;
Fig. 6 is a sectional view illustrating a shock absorbing plate material constructed according to a third embodiment of the present invention ;
Fig. 7 is a sectional view illustrating a shock absorbing plate material constructed according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention ; and
Fig. 8 is a perspective view illustrating a shock absorbing plate material constructed according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.
Best Mode for Carrying Out the Invention
Hereinafter, an explanation on the construction of an improved shock absorbing plate material constructed according to the preferred embodiments of the present invention will be in detail discussed with reference to Figs. 2 to 8.
Fig. 2 is a perspective view illustrating a shock absorbing plate material constructed according to the main embodiment of the present invention. As shown, the improved shock absorbing plate
material 1 0 includes plate materials 1 1 , 12 made by pouring waste paper to water, mixing the waste paper and the water until they are in a pulpified state, inserting the mixture into a predetermined frame and pressing the frame to mold the mixture into a plate shape having a series of wavelike configuration 1 1 and rib portions 12 formed along the transverse direction of wavelike configuration 1 1 , and being finally subject to a dewatering treatment. Such the shock absorbing plate material is used as sheets of paper in a packing box.
In more detail, to manufacture the improved shock absorbing plate material 10 of the present invention, various kinds of paper such as waste paper is added to water, and then the waste paper and the water are mixed until they are in a pulpified state. Next, the mixture is inserted into a predetermined mold and pressurized to mold the mixture into the plate shape of plate material 10 having the series of wavelike configuration 1 1 and a plurality of rib portions 12 formed along the transverse direction of wavelike configuration 1 1 thereof. Finally, the plate materials 1 1 , 12 are subject to a dewatering treatment and then dried.
The plate material 10 after the completion of the dewatering treatment is in an interoranically coupled state due to the quality of the material of the various kinds of paper, i. e. the qualities of the fibrous materials of the wood pulp, thus to be mould into a predetermined fixed shape. Accordingly, the plate materials 1 1 , 12 can be mould into a desired shape (for example, a wavelike plate shape), by the organic bonding force between the fibrous materials of the wood pulp, without an additional adhesive.
After the application of the plate material manufacturing method as discussed above, the plate materials 1 1 and 12, as shown in Figs. 2 to 8, which are in various shapes and have the series of wavelike configuration 1 1 having the plurality of rib portions 1 2 thereof, can be produced.
The height and thickness of rib portions 1 2 also can be variable. The variation in the height of rib portions 12 comparing with the height of wavelike configuration 1 1 can provides various shock absorbing performance to the plate material.
As shown on Fig. 4 and Fig. 5, the height of rib portions 1 2 being a supporting means of the shock absorbing plate 10 can be constructed having a same height comparing with the height of wavelike configuration 1 1 . Furthermore, the rib portions 12 as a supporting means also can be fabricated having a semi-cylindrical formation 13 below the half areas of wavelike configuration 12 as shown on the Fig. 6 and Fig. 7.
Meanwhile as shown on Fig. 8, the shock absorbing material also can be formed without the rib portions in a simple way.
According to the configuration of the wavelike formation under the present embodiments, the wave shape in a series form provides a stable structure for distributing and absorbing the external impact on the plate. Furthermore, the plurality of rib portions shaped transversely across the wavelike configuration play an important role for providing the coherent and the resilient force which are required for sustaining the original wavelike shape while in the external shock or impact on the plate. Having a simple and stable mechanical structure, the present invention is widely used for the sheets of paper of the packing box and in various kinds of industrial fields in which a shock absorbing performance is regarded as of great importance.
In case of the plate material 10 which forms the series of wavelike configuration 1 1 having the plurality of rib portions 1 2 thereof, it is thus used as sheets of paper of the packing box after the liner paper is attached on the both sides of the wavelike faces. In addition, the plate materials can be all used as various kinds of shock absorbing plate materials. Moreover, each of the plate materials, which forms the smooth faces or the wavelike faces formed on the both sides thereof , is cut into small fragments or is mould into an arbitrary shape. Thus, the fragment or the arbitrary shape is disposed within the interior of the packing box and is used as the shock absorbing members and such as existing Styrofoam for protecting the packed goods from the external shock.
Of course, the shock absorbing members 1 1 and 12 are not limited only in such the shapes as shown in Fig. 2 to Fig. 8, but may
be mould into various shapes in accordance with the external shape of the goods to be packed. On the other hand, the rib portions 12 may take different shapes and be disposed in various arrangement manners.
Industrial Applicability
As apparent from the foregoing, an improved shock absorbing plate material constructed according to the preferred embodiments of the present invention can recycle waste paper, mix the waste paper and water in a pulpified state and mold the mixture into a predetermined shape of plate material having a series of wavelike configuration and rib portions formed along the transverse direction of wavelike configuration thereof, so that it can be widely used as the sheets of paper of the packing box and as the cardboard or the plate material in various kinds of industrial fields in which a shock absorbing performance is regarded as of great importance. More particularly, the an improved shock absorbing plate material of the present invention can be effectively used as a shock absorbing member substituted for the existing Styrofoam, which is inserted into the packing box together with the packed goods. The an improved shock absorbing plate material of the present invention has the following advantages: 1 ) the waste paper is recycled, 2) if the finished shock absorbing plate material is worn, it can be recycled, 3) such the recycle can prevent the generation of environmental pollution, and 4) application possibility in the wide range of industrial fields.