JP6029604B2 - Paper tube - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a paper tube used as a winding core for winding a sheet material such as a plastic sheet, and more particularly to a paper tube excellent in protecting a paper tube end face and preventing generation of paper dust.

  Conventionally, paper tubes have been used for the cores of paper, cellophane, plastic films for packaging, various tapes, fabrics, photographic printing paper, and the like. As shown in FIG. 10, the paper tube is manufactured by winding a belt-like base paper 72 around an axis 71 of a mandrel 70 and using a belt 73 so as to be wound in layers in a spiral manner so that a part thereof overlaps. The paper tube manufactured by the mandrel 70 is sufficiently long for a desired dimension, and the produced cylindrical spiral paper tube is cut to a desired dimension to smooth the surface or prevent the generation of paper dust. In addition, it is manufactured by performing a predetermined process such as coating or polishing.

  Due to the above-described manufacturing process of the paper tube, the cut end surface is a rough surface where the forming material of the paper tube is exposed as compared with the surface. For this reason, when transporting the paper tube or winding the sheet material at a high speed, fine paper powder drops off from the end face and scatters, and sometimes a part of the paper powder that has fallen off and scattered is wound into the sheet material. Occurs. This inconvenience is one cause of generation of fine scratches and pinholes in a part of the wound sheet material.

  Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 7-23765 (Patent Document 1), Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-139893 (Patent Document 2), and the like are known as paper tubes subjected to the processing for preventing the generation of paper dust from the end face. There has been proposed a paper tube in which the end surface is protected by applying a coating agent to the end surface of the tube or attaching a film having the same shape as the end surface of the paper tube.

Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 7-23765 JP-A-11-139893

  However, paper tubes are often recycled depending on the application, and it is necessary to prevent paper dust from being generated during recycling. In use, the paper tube is fixed to the inner surfaces of both ends with chucks and rotated at high speed to feed out the sheet material. At this time, the chuck may be scratched inside the paper tube or dropped when the used paper tube is replaced. At this time, the corner may be bruised. Since these flaws also cause paper dust to be generated from the portion, the severely damaged paper tube was often discarded without being recycled.

  Further, at the time of cutting at the time of manufacturing the paper tube, as shown in FIG. 11, the cutting blade 76 is pressed deeply into the paper tube surface 75 while the paper tube is rotated around the axis A, as shown in FIG. Therefore, the end face of the paper tube is usually not perpendicular to the axis A but inclined in the direction in which the inner surface protrudes due to the thickness of the cutting blade 76. The inclination of the end face sometimes causes the corner of the paper tube and the sheet material to be caught when the sheet material is fed out, which may cause the sheet material to be cut.

  Therefore, the technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a paper tube that can prevent the occurrence of paper dust and improve the recyclability even when the paper tube is repeatedly used.

  In order to solve the above technical problem, the present invention provides a paper tube having the following configuration.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a paper tube in which end covering members are attached to both ends of the paper tube body,
The paper tube main body has a thin portion near the end of the inner surface,
The end portion covering member has a ring shape that is substantially equal to the end surface of the paper tube main body and is configured to gradually increase in thickness toward the outer diameter side, and a thin portion of the paper tube main body. Having a length and thickness for filling the cutout portion to be formed, and a flange portion fitted into the cutout portion ,
The collar portion is provided to the back side from the gripping position of the chuck where the winding core is used.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the paper tube according to the first aspect, wherein the flange portion is configured to have an outer diameter that is extremely smaller than an outer diameter dimension of the paper tube main body.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the flange portion includes a fixing pin on a surface facing the end surface of the paper tube main body, and the fixing pin is inserted into a fixing hole provided on the end surface of the paper tube main body. The paper tube of the first or second aspect is provided in which the paper tube main body and the end covering member are fixed.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a paper tube manufacturing apparatus for forming the thin portion in the paper tube main body of any one of the first to third aspects ,
A cylindrical round blade holder configured to have an outer diameter smaller than the inner diameter of the paper tube main body, and provided on one end surface of the round blade holder so that the center is located on the axis of the round blade holder; A knife unit having a round cutting blade provided so as to protrude from the outer surface of the blade holder;
A support arm that supports the other end surface of the round blade holder so as to be rotatable about the round blade holder and urges the outer surface of the round blade holder against the inner surface of the paper tube body;
And a paper tube support unit that rotatably supports the paper tube about its axis.

  According to the present invention, since the flange portion of the end covering member configured in the same shape as the end surface of the cylindrical paper tube main body is provided, the end surface of the paper tube can be covered smoothly and completely. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the paper powder from the end face of the paper tube from dropping and scattering. Further, since the flange portion of the end covering member is provided in the vicinity of the end of the paper tube main body, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of scratches by the chuck that supports the paper tube during use. In addition, since the collar portion has a length and thickness that fills the notch portion formed by the thin portion of the paper tube main body, the boundary portion with the inner peripheral surface of the paper tube does not have a level difference and is generally spread. The chuck can be used as it is. Furthermore, since the thickness of the flange portion increases toward the inner side, it is possible to absorb the inclination of the end face that occurs when the paper tube body is cut, and it is possible to eliminate the inclination of the end face of the paper tube.

  Further, according to the second aspect of the present invention, the flange portion is configured to be extremely smaller than the outer diameter of the paper tube main body, so that the paper tube main body is reduced with a decrease in moisture content over time after manufacture. Even in this case, the flange portion does not protrude from the outer surface of the paper tube main body, and no wrap marks are generated on the sheet material.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, the hook is configured to be long and disposed farther than the gripping position of the chuck, so that the chuck does not directly contact the paper tube body and does not cause scratches or the like. Therefore, generation | occurrence | production of paper dust can be prevented.

  According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, by inserting the fixing pin into the paper tube main body and fixing the paper tube main body and the end covering member, the end covering member rotates around the axis of the paper tube main body and is positioned. Since no deviation occurs, the adhesive between the two can be reduced and the two can be easily detached, so that convenience during recycling can be improved.

  According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the length and thickness of the thin portion provided on the inner surface side of the paper tube main body can be easily set by adjusting the insertion width of the round blade holder and the protruding width of the cut circular blade. Therefore, the thin part can be formed easily and with high accuracy.

It is an external appearance perspective view of a paper tube concerning a 1st embodiment of the present invention. It is the elements on larger scale in the II-II line of FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the structure of the edge part protection cover used for the paper tube of FIG. It is a partial expanded sectional view which shows the assembly structure of the edge part of the paper tube of FIG. 1, and an edge part protection cover. It is a schematic diagram which shows the structure of the round blade cutting device for forming the thin part of the paper tube of FIG. It is a side view which shows the typical structure of the round blade cutting device of FIG. It is a partial expanded sectional view of the paper tube concerning a 2nd embodiment of the present invention. It is a perspective view which shows the structure of the edge part protection cover used for the paper tube of FIG. It is a figure which shows the typical structure of the fixed hole punching apparatus used for manufacture of the paper tube of FIG. It is a figure which illustrates the manufacturing process of a paper tube typically. It is a figure which illustrates typically the cutting process of a paper tube.

  Hereinafter, a paper tube according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

(First embodiment)
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an external configuration of a paper tube according to a first embodiment of the present invention. 2 is a partially enlarged sectional view taken along line II-II in FIG. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the configuration of the end protection cover used in the paper tube of FIG. FIG. 4 is a partially enlarged cross-sectional view showing the assembly configuration of the end of the paper tube and the end protection cover of FIG.

  The paper tube 1 according to the present embodiment includes, for example, a paper tube main body 2 configured by a spiral paper tube and end protection covers 3 provided at both ends of the paper tube main body 2.

  In the present embodiment, the paper tube main body 2 uses a spiral paper tube that is formed by winding a paper band in a spiral shape. Further, the paper tube main body 2 may be obtained by performing a smoothing process on the outer surface such as polishing the surface irregularities formed by the coating process or overlapping of the strip-shaped base paper. Moreover, in order to prevent the deformation | transformation accompanying drying at the time of use, it is preferable to perform a drying process beforehand and to make a moisture content into 10% or less, Preferably it is about 6%.

  What is necessary is just to determine suitably the paper tube main body 2 used for the paper tube of this embodiment according to a use about both thickness and an internal diameter. For example, an inner diameter of φ50 to φ300 and a wall thickness of about 5 to 30 mm can be used, and it is preferable that the wall thickness is slightly increased for cutting a thin portion described later.

  At both ends of the paper tube main body 2, there are provided thin portions 7 formed by cutting the inner peripheral surface. The length L of the notch 8 defined by the thin-walled portion 7 is not particularly limited, and can be, for example, up to a width fixed by the chuck when the paper tube 1 is used. Further, the thickness dimension T may be appropriately determined according to the thickness of the paper tube main body 2.

  The end protection cover 3 is made of, for example, general-purpose plastic such as polystyrene, polyethylene, polypropylene, and the like. The end portion of the flange portion 4 that covers the end surface 6 of the paper tube main body 2 and the inner peripheral surface 2b of the paper tube main body 2 is used. A collar 5 is provided to cover the vicinity.

  The flange portion 4 is configured in the same ring shape as the end surface of the paper tube main body 2 to be used, and covers the entire end surface of the paper tube. However, the outer diameter dimension Ro is configured to be slightly smaller than the outer diameter dimension R1 of the paper tube main body 2 at the time of manufacture in consideration of the shrinkage of the paper tube due to a decrease in moisture content.

  The thickness dimension of the flange portion is not particularly limited, but is preferably about 10 mm. Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 4, the lower surface 4a is inclined with respect to the upper surface 4b so as to correspond to the inclination of the end surface 6 that occurs during cutting in the manufacturing process of the paper tube main body 2, and the thickness dimension on the inner diameter side is gradually reduced. It is comprised so that it may become.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the flange portion 5 is loaded and arranged in a notch 8 defined by a thin portion 7 provided in a portion near the end of the inner peripheral surface 2 b of the paper tube main body 2. The inner diameter Ri of the end protective cover 3 is the same as the inner diameter of the paper tube main body R2 and the length of the flange 5 is substantially equal to the notch 8 provided on the inner peripheral surface of the paper tube main body 2 near the end. It has a thickness dimension and is attached to the paper tube so as to be flush with the inner peripheral surface 2b of the paper tube body 2.

  The paper tube main body 2 used for the paper tube 1 according to this embodiment is manufactured by forming a thin portion 7 on a general spiral paper tube. In order to form the thin portion 7 in the spiral paper tube, a round blade cutting apparatus 10 shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 is used.

  The round blade cutting apparatus 10 is an apparatus that forms a cut 51 having a predetermined depth at a predetermined position from both ends of a spiral paper tube 50 as a raw material. The round blade cutting apparatus 10 supports the spiral paper tube 50 by a pair of lower rollers 12 provided on a pedestal 11 and a pair of upper rollers 14 provided on the lower surface of the pressing plate 13. Each of the lower roller 12 and the upper roller 14 has a rotation axis parallel to the axis of the spiral paper tube, and the spiral paper tube 50 rotates around the axis as the rollers 12 and 14 rotate.

  Further, the round blade cutting apparatus 10 has a knife unit 17 having a cut round blade 15 and a round blade holder 16 in order to provide the cut 51 at a predetermined position on the inner surface of the spiral paper tube, and urges the knife unit 17 to a predetermined position. And an urging arm 18 to be arranged. The round blade holder 16 is formed in a cylindrical shape having an outer diameter smaller than the inner diameter of the spiral paper tube 50, and the cut blade 15 is fixed to the end surface. The cut circular blade 15 has a larger diameter than the circular blade holder 16, and the amount of protrusion from the outer surface of the circular blade holder 16 is the depth width of the cut 51.

  The outer surface of the round blade holder 16 is pressed against the inner surface of the spiral paper tube 50 by the urging arm 18. Further, the urging arm 18 is connected to the cylinder 19 so that the insertion width of the round blade holder 16 into the spiral paper tube 50 can be arbitrarily changed, and the notch 51 can be attached to an arbitrary position. it can.

  The round blade cutting device 10 can make a cut 51 perpendicular to the axis by pressing the knife unit against the inner peripheral surface of the spiral paper tube at a predetermined position and rotating the rollers 12 and 14. Then, the thin part 7 is formed by cutting the outer side from the notch 51 given by the round blade cutting apparatus 10 with a shaving machine (not shown).

  After that, the end protection cover 3 corresponding to the shape of the paper tube main body 2 created by a method such as injection molding is attached to both ends of the paper tube main body 2 using an adhesive or the like to manufacture the paper tube 1. By applying the adhesive to the lower surface 4a of the flange portion 4 of the end protection cover 3, the end surface of the paper tube main body 2 can be coated with the adhesive to prevent the generation of paper dust.

  According to the paper tube of this embodiment, since the flange portion of the end protection cover 3 is provided on the end surface of the cylindrical paper tube main body 2, the end surface of the paper tube 1 can be covered smoothly and completely. it can. Further, since the collar portion is provided at the end of the paper tube main body, it is possible to protect the inner peripheral surface of the paper tube from scratches. Therefore, paper dust is not generated from use scratches or end faces even when the paper tube is repeatedly used.

(Second Embodiment)
FIG. 7 is a partially enlarged assembly sectional view of a paper tube according to a second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a configuration of an end protection cover used in the paper tube of FIG. Since the paper tube 20 according to the present embodiment has the same configuration as that of the paper tube 1 according to the first embodiment, the description will focus on the differences.

  The paper tube 20 includes, for example, a paper tube main body 22 formed of a spiral paper tube and end protection covers 23 provided at both ends of the paper tube main body 22. At both ends of the paper tube main body 22, there are provided thin portions 27 formed by cutting the inner peripheral surface. The length L of the notch 28 defined by the thin portion 27 is longer than that of the first embodiment, and is up to a width fixed by the chuck when the paper tube 2 is used.

  A plurality of fixing holes 29 are provided in the end face 26 of the paper tube. The fixing hole 29 is a bottomed hole, and has a predetermined depth provided by a fixing hole punching device shown in FIG. 9 to be described later after the spiral paper tube is manufactured. The number of fixing holes 29 is not particularly limited, and can be about 2 to 12, and is provided on the end surface of the paper tube main body 22 so as to be evenly spaced in the circumferential direction.

  The fixed hole punching device 40 is a device for simultaneously drilling a plurality of fixing holes 29 in the end surface of the paper tube main body, and a drill head 41 having a diameter substantially the same as the end surface of the paper tube main body 22 is separated from the paper tube main body 22. It is configured to slide in contact. The drill head 41 is provided with a plurality of drilling drills 42 that rotate at equal intervals, and the drill head 41 is drilled by approaching the paper tube body 22 so as to be a fixed hole having a preset depth. The drill 42 drills a fixing hole in the end face 26 of the paper tube main body 22.

  The end protective cover 23 is made of, for example, general-purpose plastic such as polystyrene, polyethylene, or polypropylene. The end protective cover 23 covers the end surface 26 of the paper tube main body 22 and the end of the inner peripheral surface 2b of the paper tube main body 2. A collar 5 is provided to cover the vicinity.

  A fixing pin 30 to be inserted into a fixing hole 29 provided in the paper tube main body 22 is provided on the lower surface 24a which is a surface of the flange portion 24 facing the paper tube. The fixing pin is provided corresponding to the fixing hole 29 so as to be insertable into the fixing hole 29.

  Since the fixing pin 30 is inserted into the fixing hole 29, the positional shift of the end protection cover 23 around the axis of the paper tube is prevented. Therefore, the adhesive used for fixing both can be reduced.

  As described above, according to the paper tube of the present embodiment, the end surface of the cylindrical paper tube main body 22 can be covered and protected smoothly and the generation of paper dust can be prevented. It is possible to prevent the end protection cover 23 from falling off or being displaced in the axial direction.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment, It can implement in another various aspect.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1,20 Paper tube 2,22 Paper tube main body 3,23 End part protection cover 4,24 Flange part 5,25 Edge part 6,26 End surface 7,27 Thin part 8,28 Notch 29 Fixing hole 30 Fixing pin 30 Fixing pin

Claims (4)

A paper tube with end covering members attached to both ends of the paper tube body,
The paper tube main body has a thin portion near the end of the inner surface,
The end portion covering member has a ring shape that is substantially equal to the end surface of the paper tube main body and is configured to gradually increase in thickness toward the outer diameter side, and a thin portion of the paper tube main body. Having a length and thickness for filling the cutout portion to be formed, and a flange portion fitted into the cutout portion ,
The paper tube, wherein the collar portion is provided farther from a gripping position of a chuck where the winding core is used .   The paper tube according to claim 1, wherein the flange portion is configured to have an outer diameter that is extremely smaller than an outer diameter size of the paper tube main body. The flange portion includes a fixing pin on a surface facing the end surface of the paper tube main body, and the fixing pin is inserted into a fixing hole provided on the end surface of the paper tube main body so that the paper tube main body and the end covering member are The paper tube according to claim 1 , wherein the paper tube is fixed. A paper tube manufacturing apparatus for forming the thin portion in the paper tube main body of the paper tube according to any one of claims 1 to 3 ,
A cylindrical round blade holder configured to have an outer diameter smaller than the inner diameter of the paper tube main body, and provided on one end surface of the round blade holder so that the center is located on the axis of the round blade holder; A knife unit having a round cutting blade provided so as to protrude from the outer surface of the blade holder;
A support arm that supports the other end surface of the round blade holder so as to be rotatable about the round blade holder and urges the outer surface of the round blade holder against the inner surface of the paper tube body;
A paper tube manufacturing apparatus, comprising: a paper tube support unit that rotatably supports the paper tube about an axis.

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