JP6433292B2 - Synthetic resin round frame - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a synthetic resin round casing.

  Synthetic resin casings made of polyethylene terephthalate (hereinafter referred to as PET) resin by biaxial stretch blow molding are widely used for beverages and the like. For example, a synthetic resin casing described in Patent Document 1 below is a round PET resin casing (so-called PET bottle) 101 as shown in FIG. 3, and a mouth tube portion 102 provided at the uppermost end. A generally tapered cylindrical shoulder 103 that expands downward from the lower end of the mouth tube 102, a cylindrical body 104 provided at the lower end of the shoulder 103, and a lower end of the body 104 The bottom portion 105 is formed, and six decompression absorption panels 106 are formed in the peripheral wall of the body portion 104 so as to be recessed toward the inside of the housing 101. In addition, circumferential grooves 107A and 107B are provided in the upper and lower regions of the body portion 104, respectively.

  The decompression absorbing panel 106 is substantially flat, and when the inside of the housing 101 is in a decompressed state, it is easily deformed inwardly, so that the appearance of the housing is deformed in an irregular shape. It is possible to exhibit a function of absorbing (relaxing) a reduced pressure state (hereinafter referred to as a reduced pressure absorption function) without giving it, that is, not conspicuous. Further, the rigidity as the housing is mainly constituted by the column portion 108, the circumferential groove 107A, and the circumferential groove 107B that are formed to remain between the adjacent reduced pressure absorption panels 106.

JP 2010-30671 A

  Conventionally, this type of housing has been requested to be lighter by thinning from the viewpoint of resource saving and cost reduction for packaging, but the rigidity, buckling strength and housing of the housing are also required for this thinning. Naturally, there is a limit in terms of formability. When the thickness is too thin, when pressure is applied on the line after filling the content liquid, when packing, or when transporting, moving, or storing in a vending machine When the bodies collide with each other, the shoulder portion, the heel portion and the trunk portion formed with the maximum outer diameter may be crushed. Since a shrink label or the like is attached to the casing, if a part of the casing is crushed, there is a concern that the product image may be damaged, and that a trouble may occur in the filling process.

  In particular, when the casings collide with each other and receive a load (lateral load) from the lateral direction during transportation of the casings or packing into a vending machine, the substantially tapered cylindrical shoulder portion 103 and the trunk located therebelow. The boundary portion between the upper end wall portion 104a and the upper end wall portion 104a is easily deformed.

  In this regard, in Patent Document 1, the strength of the barrel upper end wall 104a is increased by providing a substantially arc-shaped concave rib 109 around the upper end side wall surface of the barrel upper end wall portion 104a. Yes.

  However, although the weight reduction and thinning of the casing 101 will continue to increase in the future, the structure in which the concave rib 109 is provided around the side wall surface of the conventional barrel upper end wall 104a, the strength of the casing 101, in particular the flange It has become difficult to ensure sufficient surface rigidity strength of the side wall surface of the body 101.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems in the prior art, the present invention aims to sufficiently increase the surface rigidity strength at the boundary portion between the lower end of the shoulder and the upper end wall of the trunk in the lighter and thinner casing. It is an object to create a synthetic resin-made round casing.

Of the means for solving the above problems, the main configuration of the present invention is as follows.
A round housing having a mouth tube, a tapered tube shoulder, a cylindrical body, and a bottom,
The shoulder portion, a plurality of isosceles triangle formed two oblique sides only folds are circumferentially provided with a bottom the lower end of the shoulder,
An isosceles triangle formed in a region sandwiched between two oblique sides (3a, 3b) of the isosceles triangle and at a boundary portion between the side wall of the upper cylindrical portion provided at the upper end of the trunk portion and the lower end of the shoulder portion . A stepped portion is provided around the bottom (3c), and the cross-sectional shape of the stepped portion is a concave shape formed with a predetermined radius of curvature .

In the main configuration of the present invention, since the step portion functions as a rib, it is possible to increase the surface rigidity strength of the upper end wall portion of the trunk portion, which is the upper portion of the trunk portion, and to make the casing particularly resistant to lateral loads. it can.
Further, by providing a plurality of isosceles triangles with two oblique sides as folds on the shoulder, the surface rigidity strength of the shoulder itself can be increased.
Furthermore, since the step portion has a concave shape formed with a predetermined radius of curvature, that is, a curved shape, the step portion functions as a concave rib, so that it can be a strong body that resists not only lateral load but also vertical load.

  In another configuration of the present invention, a configuration in which the radius of curvature (R) of the stepped portion (9) is 1 mm or more and 10 mm or less is added to the above configuration.

  With the above configuration, it is possible to secure a sufficient surface rigidity against a lateral load, and it is possible to prevent the shoulder portion from being depressed and deformed in the upper cylindrical portion even when a large longitudinal load is applied.

  In another configuration of the present invention, the planar shape of the stepped portion is a convex arc shape protruding from the bottom side toward the mouth tube portion side.

  With the above configuration, the stepped portion can have a vertical wall, and the strength of each stepped portion can be increased.

  In addition, another configuration of the present invention is a configuration in which a circumferential groove is provided in the upper cylindrical portion, and a stepped portion is formed on the upper end of the upper end wall portion located above the circumferential groove. is there.

  In the above configuration, it is possible to suppress the collapse of the upper end wall portion to which the shrink label or the like is attached, so that it is possible to prevent the product image from being damaged and to prevent troubles in the filling process.

  Moreover, the other structure of this invention adds the structure of having arrange | positioned the some circumferential groove rib to the trunk | drum upper end wall part.

  In the said structure, the surface rigidity strength of a trunk | drum upper end wall part can be improved further.

  Another configuration of the present invention is a configuration in which at least the upper end wall portion of the trunk portion is formed with the maximum outer diameter.

  In the above configuration, when pressure is applied on the line after filling, when packing, or when a box packed with a large number of cases is transported, moved, or accommodated in a vending machine, etc. It becomes possible to make the upper end wall portion of the trunk portion collide first, and it is possible to suppress the other portion from being depressed and deformed.

Since the present invention has the above-described configuration, the following effects can be obtained.
The surface rigidity strength at the boundary portion between the lower end of the shoulder portion and the upper end wall portion of the trunk portion of the lightweight and thin frame can be sufficiently increased. Thereby, it can suppress that the boundary part of the lower end of a shoulder part and a trunk | drum upper end wall part deform | transforms in the line process after filling, a conveyance / movement process, or the process accommodated in a vending machine.

It is a front view which shows the Example of the synthetic resin round casings by this invention. It is a half-sectional view which expands and shows the principal part of a synthetic resin round casing. It is a front view of a synthetic resin round casing showing a conventional example.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
In the following description, the lateral load means a load acting from the vertical direction with respect to the container axis O passing through the center of the housing, and the vertical load means a load acting in the direction along the container axis O. .
A synthetic resin round casing 1 (hereinafter simply referred to as casing 1) shown in FIG. 1 as an embodiment of the present invention is a biaxially stretched blow molded article (pet bottle) made of PET (polyethylene terephthalate) resin.

  A mouth tube portion 2 is formed at the upper end of the housing 1, and a shoulder portion 3 is formed at the lower end of the mouth tube portion 2. A substantially cylindrical body 4 is connected to the lower end of the shoulder 3, and a bottom 5 is formed at the lower end of the body 4. The casing 1 is a light and thin round casing having a total height of 206 mm, a maximum outer diameter of 68 mm, an internal volume of 500 ml, and a weight of 22 g, and is heat resistant to heat-fill the high-temperature sterilized content liquid. It is used as a PET bottle.

  A male screw 2a and a neck ring 2b are engraved on the outer peripheral surface of the mouth tube portion 2 and a cap (not shown) can be screwed onto the male screw 2a.

As shown in FIG. 2, the shoulder portion 3 has a substantially tapered cylindrical shape that expands downward from the lower end of the neck ring 2 b, and has an approximately isosceles triangular shape with the lower end of the shoulder portion 3 as a base 3 c on the outer peripheral surface thereof. The surface rigidity strength of the shoulder portion 3 is enhanced by providing a plurality of fold lines 3A .

  As shown in FIG. 1, the body 4 is divided into three regions of an upper cylindrical portion 4A, an intermediate cylindrical portion 4B, and a lower cylindrical portion 4C in order from top to bottom. The portion 4C is formed to have a maximum outer diameter dimension φ. Circumferential grooves 7a and 7b are provided above and below the upper cylindrical portion 4A to which a shrink label or the like is attached, and circumferential grooves 7c and 7d are provided above and below the lower cylindrical portion 4C, respectively. The circumferential grooves 7a, 7b, 7c and 7d are formed of concave ribs, and the surface rigidity of the entire housing 1 is enhanced. A barrel upper end wall 4a is provided at the uppermost portion of the upper cylindrical portion 4A, that is, at a position above the circumferential groove 7a, and a plurality of circumferential groove ribs 10 (FIG. 2) are provided on the barrel upper end wall 4a. Reference) is provided around, and the surface rigidity strength of the upper end wall portion 4a of the trunk portion is enhanced.

A step portion 9 is formed at a boundary portion between the upper end side wall of the upper cylindrical portion 4A and the shoulder portion 3, that is, at the position of the side wall of the trunk upper end wall portion 4a and the lower end of the shoulder portion 3.
The step portion 9 shown in the present embodiment has a convex arcuate planar shape that protrudes from the bottom 5 side toward the mouth tube portion 2 side, and has a predetermined radius of curvature R, and the internal direction of the housing 1. It is the structure which has the concave cross-sectional shape by which depression was formed. Such a stepped portion 9 is formed at a position below the fold 3A formed on the shoulder portion 3, that is, in a region sandwiched between the two oblique sides 3a and 3b of the isosceles triangle and at the position of the base 3c. . By disposing the step portion 9 at this position, the surface rigidity strength of the boundary portion between the shoulder portion 3 and the trunk upper end wall portion 4a can be sufficiently increased, and a large lateral load acts on the housing 1. In addition, it is possible to suppress the occurrence of the depression deformation at the boundary between the shoulder 3 and the trunk upper end wall 4a as in the prior art.

  Here, when the curvature radius R of the stepped portion 9 is larger than 10 mm, sufficient surface rigidity cannot be ensured with respect to the lateral load, and when it is less than 1 mm, when the longitudinal load is received. There is a possibility that the stepped portion 9 is buckled and the shoulder portion 3 is depressed and deformed in the upper cylindrical portion 4A. For this reason, the radius of curvature R of the step portion 9 is preferably in the range of 1 mm or more and 10 mm or less.

  On the side wall of the intermediate cylindrical portion 4B, six vertically elongated oblong-shaped reduced pressure absorption panels 6 are recessed in parallel in the circumferential direction. Between the reduced pressure absorption panels 6 adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction, six column portions 8 that bear the rigidity and buckling strength of the housing 1 are left and formed in the vertical direction. The reduced pressure absorption panel 6 effectively absorbs the reduced pressure generated in the housing 1 by the depression deformation during cooling after the high temperature sterilized content liquid is heat-filled.

  By forming the upper cylindrical portion 4A and the lower cylindrical portion 4C with the maximum outer diameter φ, when carrying pressure on the line after filling, when packing, or when transporting or moving a box packed with many cases Or in the process etc. accommodated in a vending machine, it can be urged so that upper cylindrical parts 4A and lower cylindrical parts 4C may collide. Thereby, it becomes possible to prevent the deformation | transformation by the collision of the decompression absorption panel 6 provided in the intermediate | middle cylindrical part 4B, for example.

Here, for the case 1 of the present invention and the case of the conventional shape (conventional product) (see FIG. 3), the yield point when the surface compression is performed on the upper end wall portion of the trunk is measured, and the result is shown. .
The yield point is measured by filling the casing 1 of the present invention and the conventional product with a content liquid of 87 ° C., sealing with a cap, and cooling to room temperature. And the front-end | tip of a predetermined | prescribed compression jig | tool is loaded with the compression speed of 10 mm / min to the trunk | drum upper end wall part of each housing. At this time, a load when the upper end wall portion of the trunk portion of each housing is deformed by depression is defined as a yield point.

  As a result of the measurement, the yield point of the conventional product was 34.0 [N], but the yield point of the casing 1 of the present invention was 43.7 [N]. From this result, it was confirmed that the case 1 of the present invention can reinforce the surface rigidity strength by about 28.5% compared to the conventional product.

  As mentioned above, although the structure of this invention and its effect were demonstrated along the Example, embodiment of this invention is not limited to the said Example.

  For example, in the above embodiment, the upper cylindrical portion 4A and the lower cylindrical portion 4C have been described with the configuration having the maximum outer diameter dimension φ, but the embodiment of the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. However, it is sufficient that at least the upper cylindrical portion 4A has the maximum outer diameter dimension φ.

  As described above, by setting at least the upper end wall portion 4a of the trunk portion to the maximum outer diameter φ, even if the casings 1 collide with each other, the shoulder portion 3 and the upper end portion of the trunk portion, which are sufficiently secured in surface rigidity, are obtained. Deformation of the boundary portion with the wall 4a can be suppressed. As a result, it is possible to effectively prevent damage to the product image due to deformation of the shrink label attached to the upper end wall portion 4a and troubles in the filling process.

  In the above-described embodiment, the upper cylindrical portion 4A is described with the configuration including the upper end wall portion 4a and the circumferential grooves 7a and 7b provided with the circumferential groove rib 10. However, the upper cylindrical portion 4 includes only the circumferential groove rib 10. The structure which has may be sufficient, or the structure which has only the surrounding grooves 7a and 7b may be sufficient. Further, the number of the circumferential grooves 7a and 7b is not limited to two, and may be one or three or more.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be used in a wider area in the field of synthetic resin round casings having a shape that continues from a tapered cylindrical shoulder to a cylindrical body in a cylindrical shape.

1: Synthetic resin round frame (frame)
2: Mouth tube part 3: Shoulder part 3 A: Creases 3 a and 3 b: Oblique side 3 c: Bottom side 4: Body part 4 A: Upper cylindrical part 4 B: Intermediate cylindrical part 4 C: Lower cylindrical part 4 a: Body upper end wall part 5: Bottom part 6 : Pressure reducing panels 7a, 7b, 7c, 7d: Circumferential groove 8: Column 9: Stepped portion 10: Circumferential groove rib

Claims (6)

A round housing having a mouth tube (2), a tapered tube shoulder (3), a cylindrical body (4), and a bottom (5),
Said shoulder portion (3), two oblique sides (3a, 3b) are folds (3A) only a plurality of isosceles triangle circumferentially provided which is formed in addition to the bottom of the lower end of the shoulder portion (3) (3c) Has been
The side wall of the upper cylindrical portion (4A) provided at the upper end of the trunk portion (4) and the lower end of the shoulder portion (3) in a region sandwiched between two oblique sides (3a, 3b) of the isosceles triangle A stepped portion (9) is provided around the base (3c) of the isosceles triangle formed at the boundary portion of the step , and the cross-sectional shape of the stepped portion (9) has a predetermined radius of curvature (R). A synthetic resin round casing characterized by being formed into a concave shape. Synthetic resin round bottle body according to claim 1, wherein the curvature radius (R) was 1mm 10mm or more or less of the stepped portion (9). The synthetic resin round casing according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein a planar shape of the stepped portion (9) is a convex arc shape protruding from the bottom (5) side toward the mouth tube portion (2) side. The upper cylindrical portion (4A) is provided with a circumferential groove (7a), and the stepped portion (9) is formed on the upper end of the trunk upper end wall portion (4a) located above the circumferential groove (7a). The synthetic resin round casing as described in any one of 1 to 3 . The synthetic resin round casing according to claim 4 , wherein a plurality of circumferential groove ribs (10) are arranged on the upper end wall portion (4a) of the trunk portion. The synthetic resin round casing according to claim 4 or 5, wherein at least the upper end wall portion (4a) of the trunk portion is formed with a maximum outer diameter (φ).

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