JP2006264759A - Method of manufacturing container - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of manufacturing a container in which a member is fixed within an opening by a simple method. <P>SOLUTION: A method of manufacturing a container 10 provided with an engagement part 6 for preventing a check valve (member) 7 inserted into an opening 3 from falling out of the opening 3 comprises a protrusion-forming step S1 for forming a thermal melting protrusion T at an opening edge 5, a member-inserting step S2 for inserting the check valve 7 into the opening 3 and engagement part-forming steps S3, S4 for pressing and heating the protrusion T and forming the engagement part 6 in the opening edge 5. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a container including a latching portion that prevents a member inserted into an opening from dropping out of the opening.

  In general, plastic tube containers filled with pharmaceuticals, quasi drugs, cosmetics, and food contents are laminated tubes (thinned laminated sheets with a cylindrical body, with a head attached to one end), A multi-layer extruded tube (a cylindrical body is formed by a multi-layer extrusion molding method and a head portion is attached to one end thereof) or a multi-layer blow tube (a multi-layer blow molding that forms the entire container) is used. In particular, for the contents that dislike contact with air, an aluminum tube having almost no air bag or a plastic tube with a check valve (backless tube) is used. In a container provided with such a check valve, the container is formed by injection molding, and the check valve is fitted and fixed to an undercut portion provided in advance inside the opening. (For example, patent document 1).

JP 2004-59046 A

However, in the above method, when the undercut is provided, not only the mold structure becomes complicated, but also it is necessary to prepare an injection mold for forming the undercut portion, and the manufacturing process becomes complicated. There was a problem.
Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing a container in which a member is fixed in an opening by a simple method.

For this reason, the invention according to claim 1 is a manufacturing method of a container provided with a latching portion that prevents a member inserted into the opening from dropping out of the opening.
A protrusion forming step for forming a heat-meltable protrusion on the opening edge;
A member insertion step of inserting the member into the opening;
And a hooking portion forming step of pressing and heating the protrusion to form the hooking portion inside the opening edge.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the container manufacturing method according to the first aspect, the latching portion forming step includes a sealing member covering step of covering the opening and the opening edge with a sealing member, and the sealing member The protrusion is pressed and heated from the upper surface of the substrate to form the latching portion on the inner side of the opening edge, and also includes a latching formation / seal bonding step for bonding the seal member to the opening edge.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the container manufacturing method according to the first or second aspect, the member is a check valve and the container main body constituting the container is a tube. .

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, in the method for manufacturing a container having a latching portion for preventing a member inserted into the opening from dropping out of the opening, a heat-melting protrusion is provided on the opening edge. Since it has a projection forming step to form, a member inserting step for inserting a member into the opening, and a latching portion forming step for pressing and heating the projection to form a latching portion inside the opening edge, the member can be formed by a simple method. Can be fixed in the opening.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, the latching portion forming step includes the sealing member covering step of covering the opening and the opening edge with the sealing member, and the protrusion is pressed and heated from the upper surface of the sealing member to be hooked inside the opening edge. Since it has a latch formation / seal adhesion step that forms a stop and adheres the seal member to the opening edge, the formation of the latch and the adhesion of the seal member can be performed simultaneously by melting the projection, An efficient container manufacturing method can be provided.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the member is a check valve and the container main body constituting the container is a tube, the tube is pressed to apply a constant internal pressure and the contents are opened from the opening via the check valve. When discharging an object, the latching portion of the check valve can be securely fixed.

Hereinafter, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is an overall view of a tube container manufactured by the manufacturing method of the present invention. The container 10 includes a head portion 1 and a container body 2, and a cap 9 is fitted to the head portion 1.
As shown in detail in FIG. 2, the head portion 1 includes an opening 3 and a shoulder 4, and a latching portion is provided on an opening edge 5 formed at the upper end of the opening 3. A male screw 3 </ b> A that fits with the cap 9 is formed on the outer periphery of the opening 3. A receiving portion 8 as a groove portion for receiving a check valve (member) 7 to be described later is provided on the inner lower portion of the opening portion 3 over the entire circumference. A discharge port 14 is provided further inside the receiving portion 8, and the outer edge of the discharge port 14 is an opening / closing portion 13. The opening / closing portion 13 is inclined inward and contacts the closing member 7 </ b> C of the check valve 7 to close the discharge port 14.

The lower end of the opening 3 is an attachment portion 3B to which the tip of the tube 2A constituting the container body 2 is attached. The attachment portion 3B and the tube 2A are attached by a conventionally known method such as heat fusion.
The check valve 7 is formed by integrally molding four elastic members 7B formed extending from the inner edge of the annular member 7D and a closing member 7C formed at the lower end of the elastic member 7B. A notch 7E having a width W and a depth D is formed on the entire circumference of the upper outer edge of the annular member 7D. A latching portion 6 formed integrally with the opening 3 is fitted in the notch 7E. The head portion 1 is molded from resin by an injection molding method or a compression molding method.

Hereinafter, a method of loading and fixing the check valve 7 in the opening 3 of the container 10 will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4.
Prior to this, the container body 2 is attached to a compression molding method mandrel, a predetermined amount of molten thermoplastic resin is extruded into the cavity or the core at the tip of the mandrel, and the cavity and the core are compressed, whereby the head portion 1 is At the same time as the integral molding, the container body 2 and the head portion 1 are fused. Alternatively, the head portion 1 is injection molded in advance using an injection molding thermoplastic resin, and is thermally bonded to the container body 2. Alternatively, the container main body 2 is mounted on the core side, one end of the container main body 2 is inserted into the core at the time of mold clamping, and the head part 1 is fused to the container main body 2 simultaneously with the injection molding of the head part 1, and the tube A container 10 is obtained. Next, contents P such as toothpaste paste and kneading are filled through the opening 3.

  Then, in the protrusion forming step S1, the protrusions T of the thermomeltable resin are formed over the entire inner peripheral side of the opening edge 5 (FIG. 4A). The protrusion T may be integrally formed when the head portion 1 is formed, or the protrusion T may be formed after the head portion 1 is formed. Further, the protrusion T may be formed discontinuously on the inner peripheral side of the opening edge 5.

Next, in the member insertion step S2, the check valve 7 is inserted into the opening 3 (FIG. 4B). Specifically, the lower end of the cylindrical member 7 </ b> A of the check valve 7 is inserted into the receiving portion 8 formed in the opening 3, and the closing member 7 </ b> C is attached to the opening / closing portion 13.
In the sealing member covering step S3, the opening 3 and the opening edge 5 are covered with a virgin seal (sealing member) 12 (FIG. 4C). Specifically, a metal seal member 12 larger than the opening edge 5 of the opening 3 is placed on the protrusion T.

Further, in the latch formation / seal adhesion step S4, the virgin seal 12 is adhered to the opening edge 5 and the latch portion 6 is formed. Specifically, an iron plate heated from above the virgin seal 12 is pressed. Since the virgin seal 12 is made of metal, the heat of the iron plate can be easily transferred downward, and the virgin seal 12 itself does not melt. The transmitted heat heats the resin protrusion T formed on the opening edge 5 while applying pressure.
Accordingly, the protrusion T is melted and crushed, and moves while flowing into the notch 7E of the check valve 7. Then, the inner periphery of the upper end of the opening 3 is consolidated while being melted to form the latching portion 6 in the notch 7E. Thereby, the latching | locking part 6 becomes integral with the opening part 3, and it prevents that the non-return valve 7 falls outside from the opening part 7. FIG.
On the other hand, a part of the projection T melted at the opening edge 5 remains on the opening edge 5, serves as an adhesive between the virgin seal 12 and the opening edge 5, and the virgin seal 12 falls off the opening edge 5. Deter it.

The container body 2 described above is a cylindrical body made of a laminated body, and a laminated sheet may be affixed to form a cylindrical body, or may be formed into a cylindrical body by multilayer extrusion molding. The laminate tube container is based on the former method.
The material of the innermost layer of the container body 2 uses a polyolefin resin such as polyethylene and polypropylene for general contents, and further includes pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical parts containing special medicinal ingredients, aromatic ingredients, highly volatile ingredients, etc. For external products, cosmetics, industrial products, etc., selective adsorption of such components, non-adsorbent resin with little selective permeation, such as polyacrylonitrile copolymer (hereinafter referred to as PAN) or ethylene / vinyl alcohol copolymer (hereinafter referred to as PAN). EVOH) and the like can be preferably used. In the container main body 2, materials other than the innermost layer can be selected, but it is preferable to use a polyolefin-based resin for the outer layer from the viewpoint of touch, texture, and economy.

An example of the laminated structure of the container body 2 is shown below.
1) Milky white PE / PE / PE / TIE / EVOH
2) Milky white PE / TIE / EVOH / TIE / PE
3) Milky white PE / TIE / EVOH / TIE / PAN Laminated tube container 4) PE / TIE / PET / TIE / AL / TIE / PE
5) PAN / TIE / PET / TIE / AL / PAN
6) PP / TIE / PET / TIE / AL / TIE / PP
Here, PE is a polyethylene resin, PP is a polypropylene resin, PET is a polyethylene terephthalate resin, AL is an aluminum foil, and TIE is an adhesive resin or an adhesive.

PE is used for maintaining flexibility and good touch as a tube container, and has the maximum thickness among the resins used. The adhesive resin used for multilayer extrusion molding is obtained by graft-polymerizing an unsaturated monomer having a carbonyl group to a polyolefin resin, or by adding a tackifier, and comprises PAN or EVOH and a polyolefin resin or EVOH. Used to increase the bond strength between PANs.
Moreover, milky white PE is a polyethylene blended with white pigment, and can thereby have an effect of enhancing the surface decoration effect of the container 10 according to the present invention. As this surface decoration means, any known means such as silk screen printing, offset printing, gravure printing (laminate tube) printing or foil pressing may be used. In addition, it is desirable to use the same resin as the innermost layer of the container body 2 as the material of the head portion 1 so that the head body 1 can be bonded well.

  The point of the manufacturing method of the container according to the present invention is that a protrusion T is provided on the opening edge 5 of the opening 3. As apparent from FIG. 4D, the circular protrusion T provided on the opening edge 5 is melted at the time of heat sealing to form the ring-shaped hooking portion 6 inside the opening 3. To fix the check valve 7. Therefore, when the contents are pushed out from the opening 3 by manually squeezing the tubular container body 2, an upward force is applied to the check valve 7, but an upward pressure is applied to the closing member 7C due to the contents. Arise.

  The closing member 7C is integrally formed with the annular member 7D via the elastic member 7B, but the elastic member is bent (or curved), and only the closing member 7C is lifted upward. Then, the discharge port 14 is opened, and the contents rise from the discharge port 14. The contents further rise and are discharged out of the container 10 from the center of the annular member 7D. In addition, when the hand which grasps the container main body 2 is loosened, the internal pressure of the container main body 2 is lowered, and the closing member 7C is pushed down by the elastic force of the elastic member 7B, and the discharge port 14 is closed.

Since the check valve 7 is fixed in the opening 3 by the latching portion 6, only the contents are poured out. Further, when the extrusion is stopped, the restoration of the container main body 2 is stopped in a state where some contents remain in the opening 3, and an air bag in which air flows into the container main body 2 can be prevented. In particular, the check valve 7 exhibits an excellent effect when the content is a gel fluid having a cohesive force.
The member 7 loaded in the opening 3 is not limited to the check valve 7 and can be applied when various members are held in the opening 3.
Further, the protrusion T formed in the opening edge 5 may have any shape.
The material of the protrusion T is preferably the same as that of the head portion 1, but is not limited to this. Further, the notch 7E of the check valve 7 is not limited to being formed over the entire circumference of the annular member 7D, and may be formed discontinuously.

Thus, the container manufacturing method of the present invention manufactures the container 10 including the latching portion 6 that prevents the check valve (member) 7 inserted into the opening 3 from dropping out of the opening 3. A method for forming a heat-meltable protrusion T on the opening edge 5; a member inserting step for inserting a check valve 7 into the opening 3; And a latch portion forming step for forming the latch portion 6.
Further, the latching portion forming step includes a sealing member covering step in which the opening 3 and the opening edge 5 are covered with the virgin seal (seal member) 12, and the protrusion T is pressed and heated from the upper surface of the virgin seal 12 to the inside of the opening edge 5. You may make it provide the latch formation and the seal | sticker adhesion | attachment step which adhere | attach the virgin seal 12 on the opening edge 5 while forming the latching | locking part 6. FIG.
Furthermore, the container body 2 constituting the container 10 may be a tube.

It is a partially broken side view of an example of the container manufactured with the manufacturing method of this invention. It is a partially expanded sectional view of the container of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the manufacturing method of the container of this invention. 4A to 4D are views for explaining the manufacturing method according to the flowchart shown in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Head part 2 Container body 2A Tube 3 Opening part 3A Male screw 3B Attaching part 4 Shoulder part 5 Opening edge 6 Hanging part 7 Check valve (member)
7A Cylindrical member 7B Elastic member 7C Closure member 7D Annular member 7E Notch 8 Receiving part 9 Cap 10 Container 12 Virgin seal (seal member)
13 Opening / closing part 14 Discharge port T Protrusion P Contents

Claims (3)

In the manufacturing method of the container provided with a latching portion that prevents the member inserted into the opening from dropping out of the opening,
A protrusion forming step for forming a heat-meltable protrusion on the opening edge;
A member insertion step of inserting the member into the opening;
A method for manufacturing a container, comprising: a latching portion forming step of pressing and heating the protrusion to form the latching portion inside the opening edge. The latch part forming step includes a seal member covering step of covering the opening and the opening edge with a seal member;
And a hook forming / seal bonding step of pressing and heating the protrusion from the upper surface of the seal member to form the hook portion inside the opening edge and bonding the seal member to the opening edge. The method for producing a container according to claim 1.   The container manufacturing method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the member is a check valve and the container body constituting the container is a tube.

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