JP4818752B2 - Injection molding die for outer cylinder for syringe, manufacturing method for outer cylinder for syringe, outer cylinder for syringe and prefilled syringe - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an injection mold for an outer cylinder for a syringe, a method for manufacturing an outer cylinder for a syringe, an outer cylinder for a syringe, and a prefilled syringe.

When forming an outer cylinder for syringes, for injection molding comprising an outer mold (cavity) for forming the outer surface shape of the outer cylinder for syringes, and a core for forming the inner surface shape and the proximal end shape of the outer cylinder for syringes This is performed by an injection molding method in which a molten resin is injected between these molds using molds. The cavity is generally given a draft for drawing the molded product.
As a mold used for such injection molding, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-100862 (Patent Document 1) discloses a fixed mold 22 and a movable mold 23 that can be moved forward and backward with respect to the fixed mold 22. A runner 27 provided in the fixed mold 22 and communicating with the resin injection port 26; a peripheral surface portion 29 provided in the fixed mold 22 and forming the outer peripheral wall of the cylindrical molded product; and an end surface portion 30 forming the bottom wall. And a cavity 28 having a gate (resin injection port) 32 communicating with a runner at the boundary between the peripheral surface portion and the end surface portion, and a tip provided on the movable mold is concentrically inserted into the cavity. In addition, the core 35 is movable forward and backward in the axial direction, the first position where the core 35 is advanced and retracted in the axial direction, and the front end surface thereof is in contact with the end surface portion of the cavity 28, and the front end surface is separated from the end surface portion of the cavity Form the bottom wall space of the molded product Those composed of a hydraulic cylinder 41. switch to the second position is described that. By injection molding using such a mold, it is possible to prevent uneven thickness of a thin and long cylindrical molded product like a syringe, and a high-quality molded product can be obtained.
However, in the injection-molded product using the above mold, burrs caused by the runner may occur near the gate position, and conversely, cold slug may be formed near the gate. If cold slug is formed, the gate may be blocked by this, and there is a risk of hindrance to the next injection molding. There is a high risk of flowing into the cylindrical main body forming portion of the cylinder, causing a product defect.
Moreover, WO2003 / 4244 republication gazette (patent document 2) discloses a method for manufacturing a syringe outer cylinder. The manufacturing method of the syringe outer cylinder includes a cylindrical part, a tapered cylindrical tip part to which an injection needle provided at the tip of the cylindrical part is attached, and a finger hooking flange part provided at the rear end of the cylindrical part, A fixed mold having a hole portion having a shape along the outer shape of the syringe outer cylinder, the rear end edge of the portion forming the flange portion being a parting line, and the hole portion being provided perpendicular to the parting line Molten resin is injected into a cavity formed by a mold that includes a movable mold that closes the hole along the parting line and a core that passes through the movable mold and is inserted into the hole. And a manufacturing method for forming a syringe outer cylinder. The fixed mold includes a sprue that guides the molten resin and a runner that branches from the sprue, and the movable mold is provided perpendicular to the parting line to form the flange portion of the hole portion. And a submarine gate that communicates with the runner and connects to an intermediate position of the cylindrical cavity, the sprue, the runner, and the submarine gate through the cylinder. The molten resin is injected into the cylindrical cavity, and the molten resin is introduced into the cavity through the cylindrical cavity. Further, the mold includes a push pin that is slidable along the inner wall of the cylindrical cavity portion, and a tip portion of which can be advanced to the parting line, and the push pin is connected to the submarine gate. The molten resin is injected while waiting at a predetermined standby position opposite to the fixed mold with respect to the part, and when the molten resin is in a semi-molten state, the push pin is advanced to the parting line The molten resin in the cylindrical cavity is press-fitted into the cavity.
In the mold as in Patent Document 2, the problem as described in Patent Document 1 is solved. However, the mold has a cylindrical cavity, a submarine gate that communicates with the runner and connects to the middle position of the cylindrical cavity, and is slidable along the inner wall of the cylindrical cavity. It is necessary to provide a push pin that can be moved forward, the mold becomes complicated, and it is also necessary to perform a push pin operation step in addition to the injection step.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-100822 WO2003 / 4244 republication gazette

  The object of the present invention is to provide a simple structure without a complicated gate mechanism that requires a driving operation as in Patent Document 2, and that the gate is closed by a cold slug formed near the gate. The present invention provides a syringe outer mold that can be prevented, a method for manufacturing a syringe outer cylinder, a syringe outer cylinder, and a prefilled syringe.

What achieves the above object is as follows.
(1) An outer syringe body having an outer cylinder main body, a liquid discharge port provided at the distal end of the outer cylinder main body, and a flange provided along the entire circumference of the base end of the outer cylinder main body. An injection mold for injection molding of a cylinder, the injection mold including a cavity and a core for forming an outer surface shape and an inner surface shape of the outer cylinder for a syringe, the cavity and the core The core has a flange forming portion provided along the entire circumference of the base end portion of the outer cylinder main body forming portion, and the flange forming portion is a molten resin located at a front end side surface portion forming portion of the flange forming portion. An injection gate, a molten resin flow passage communicating with the molten resin injection gate, and a short resin inflow portion having the molten resin injection gate as an upper end, the resin inflow portion flowing in the resin inflow portion The cross-sectional area in the direction perpendicular to the direction increases toward the resin flow direction. A mold for injection molding of an outer cylinder for a syringe formed so as to be added.

(2) The resin inflow portion has a truncated cone shape in which a horizontal cross-sectional shape is a circle or an ellipse, or a polygonal frustum shape in which a horizontal cross-sectional shape is a polygonal shape with the molten resin injection gate as an upper surface. The injection mold of the outer cylinder for a syringe according to the above (1).
(3) The said flange formation part is provided with the cyclic | annular protrusion part which extends in the said resin flow direction from the said molten resin injection | pouring gate, and forms the side surface of the said resin inflow part. Mold for injection molding of outer cylinder.
(4) The injection of the syringe outer cylinder according to any one of (1) to (3), wherein the flange forming portion includes a rib forming groove formed so as to surround or sandwich the resin inflow portion. Mold for molding.
(5) The fused resin injection gate according to (4), wherein the molten resin injection gate is located closer to a rear end side surface portion forming portion side of the flange forming portion than a rib upper end forming portion of the rib forming groove portion. Mold for cylinder injection molding.
(6) The center axis of the resin inflow portion is located on an extension line of the center axis of the resin flow channel in the vicinity of the molten resin injection gate located at the end of the resin flow channel. 5) A mold for injection molding of an outer cylinder for a syringe according to any one of the above.
(7) The center axis of the resin inflow portion and the center axis of the resin flow channel in the vicinity of the molten resin injection gate are parallel to the center axis of the core according to any one of (1) to (6). Mold for injection molding of syringe outer cylinder.
(8) The center axis of the resin inflow portion and the center axis of the resin flow path in the vicinity of the molten resin injection gate are inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the center axis of the core (1) to (6) A mold for injection molding of an outer cylinder for a syringe according to any one of the above.
(9) The injection of the outer cylinder for a syringe according to any one of (1) to (8), wherein the rear end side surface forming portion of the flange forming portion and the lower end of the resin inflow portion are separated by a predetermined distance. Mold for molding.
(10) The injection molding of the outer cylinder for a syringe according to any one of (1) to (9), wherein an opening area of the molten resin injection gate is smaller than an opening area of the end portion of the resin flow path. Mold.

Moreover, what achieves the said objective is as follows.
(11) An outer syringe body having an outer cylinder main body, a liquid discharge port provided at the distal end of the outer cylinder main body, and a flange provided along the entire circumference of the base end of the outer cylinder main body. A method for manufacturing a cylinder, the method comprising: manufacturing an outer cylinder for a syringe by injection molding a molten resin using the injection mold according to any one of the above (1) to (10).
(12) The manufacturing method of the outer cylinder for a syringe includes a molten resin injection step of injecting the molten resin, and a resin micro suction step of sucking a small amount of the injected resin after the injection step (11) ) For producing a syringe outer cylinder.
Moreover, what achieves the said objective is as follows.
(13) An outer syringe body having an outer cylinder main body, a liquid discharge port provided at the distal end of the outer cylinder main body, and a flange provided along the entire circumference of the base end of the outer cylinder main body. An outer cylinder for a syringe which is a cylinder and is manufactured by injection molding a molten resin using the injection mold according to any one of the above (1) to (10).

Moreover, what achieves the said objective is as follows.
(14) By injection molding having an outer cylinder main body, a liquid discharge port provided at the distal end of the outer cylinder main body, and a flange provided along the entire circumference of the base end of the outer cylinder main body An outer cylinder for a syringe, which is provided with a protrusion provided on the front surface of the flange and having an upper end serving as a molten resin injection gate position, and the protrusion is formed on the central axis of the protrusion. On the other hand, the syringe outer cylinder whose cross-sectional area in the vertical direction increases toward the rear end surface of the flange.
(15) The protrusion has a truncated cone shape or a horizontal cross section in which the position of the molten resin injection gate is an upper surface and the cross section of the cross section in the direction perpendicular to the central axis of the protrusion is circular or elliptical The syringe outer cylinder according to (14), wherein the shape is a polygonal frustum shape having a polygonal shape.
(16) The syringe outer cylinder according to (14) or (15), wherein the flange includes an annular flat portion that surrounds a proximal end portion of the protrusion.
(17) The syringe outer cylinder according to any one of (14) to (16), wherein the flange includes a rib provided so as to surround or sandwich the protrusion.
(18) The syringe outer cylinder according to (17), wherein the protrusion does not protrude from the rib.
(19) The syringe outer cylinder according to any one of (14) to (18), wherein the protrusion is provided at a peripheral edge of the flange or a position slightly closer to the outer cylinder main body than the peripheral edge. .

Moreover, what achieves the said objective is as follows.
(20) The syringe outer cylinder according to any one of (14) to (19) above, a gasket slidably accommodated in the outer cylinder, and attached to or attachable to the rear end of the gasket A syringe provided with a pusher.
(21) Sealing the syringe outer cylinder according to any one of (14) to (19), a gasket slidably accommodated in the outer cylinder, and a nozzle portion of the syringe outer cylinder. A prefill comprising a sealing member, a medicine filled in a space formed between the sealing member, the syringe outer cylinder and the gasket, and a pusher attached to or attachable to the rear end of the gasket Syringe.

An injection mold for an outer cylinder for a syringe according to the present invention includes a resin flow path for injecting a molten resin into a gap between the cavity and the core in a front end surface portion forming portion of a flange forming section, and the resin flow path And a short resin inflow portion with the molten resin injection gate as an upper end, and the resin inflow portion has a cross-sectional area perpendicular to the direction of resin flow flowing into the resin inflow portion. Is formed to increase in the resin flow direction. For this reason, when the outer cylinder molded from the cavity is pulled out, the solidified resin located in the resin inflow portion is molded without shifting to the cavity side because the flange side is thick and the gate side is thin. It remains reliably on the flange side of the outer cylinder. For this reason, no cold slug remains on the cavity side.
Further, the manufacturing method of the outer cylinder for a syringe of the present invention includes an outer cylinder main body, a liquid discharge port provided at the distal end of the outer cylinder main body, and the entire circumference of the base end of the outer cylinder main body. A syringe outer cylinder having a flange provided in the above-described manner, which is manufactured by injection molding a molten resin using the injection mold described above. Therefore, the cold slug that may be formed in the vicinity of the gate is not moved to the cavity side, but can be reliably transferred to the molded outer cylinder side, and stable injection molding can be continued.

Hereinafter, an injection mold for an outer cylinder for a syringe according to the present invention will be described with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of an injection mold for a syringe outer cylinder according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the injection mold shown in FIG. 3 is an enlarged bottom view of the external mold with the core removed from the injection mold shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the vicinity of the gate of the injection mold shown in FIG. FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of the vicinity of the gate of the external mold shown in FIG.
FIG. 6 is a front view of the syringe outer cylinder according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a side view of the syringe outer cylinder shown in FIG. 6. FIG. 8 is an enlarged top view of the syringe outer cylinder shown in FIG. 6. 9 is a partially enlarged cross-sectional view of the vicinity of the flange of the syringe outer cylinder shown in FIG.

The syringe outer cylinder injection mold 1 of the present invention includes an outer cylinder main body 37, a liquid discharge port 38 c provided at the distal end of the outer cylinder main body 37, and a base end of the outer cylinder main body 37. This is a mold for injection molding of an outer cylinder 31 for a syringe having a flange 39 provided along the entire circumference. The injection mold 1 includes a cavity 2 and cores 3 and 14 for forming an outer surface shape and an inner surface shape of an outer cylinder 31 for a syringe, and the cavity (external mold) 2 and the cores 3 and 14 It has a flange forming portion 7 provided along the entire circumference of the base end portion of the tube main body forming portion 4. Further, the flange forming portion 7 includes a molten resin injection gate 5 located at a tip side surface portion forming portion of the flange forming portion 7 and a resin flow path (in other words, a hot runner portion) 51 communicating with the molten resin injection gate 5. And the short resin inflow part 20 which makes the molten resin injection | pouring gate 5 an upper end is provided. And the resin inflow part 20 is formed so that the cross-sectional area of the orthogonal | vertical direction (vertical direction) with respect to the resin flow direction which flows in into a resin inflow part may increase toward a resin flow direction.
According to this mold, when the outer cylinder molded from the cavity is pulled out, the solidified resin located in the resin inflow portion 20 has a thick flange side and a thin gate side, and therefore moves to the cavity side. Without any problem, it remains reliably on the flange side of the molded outer cylinder. For this reason, it does not remain as a cold slug on the cavity side.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the injection mold 1 includes a cavity 2, a core 3, and a core 14. By inserting the core 3 into the cavity 2, a gap 10 is formed between the cavity 2 and the cores 3 and 14 in which a syringe outer cylinder molded product is formed.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the cavity 2 includes an outer cylinder main body forming portion 4, a nozzle portion forming portion 8, a tip surface side portion forming portion 9 of the flange 39, and a molten resin injection gate 5. ing.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the core 3 includes an outer cylinder main body forming portion 6 and a nozzle portion forming portion 11. Further, the core 14 includes a proximal end side portion forming portion 12 of the flange 39. In addition, the core 14 includes two recessed portion forming portions 12 a provided in the proximal end side portion forming portion 12. The flange forming portion 7 is configured by a distal end surface side portion forming portion 9 of the flange 39 of the cavity 2 and a proximal end surface side portion forming portion 12 of the core 14.

The nozzle portion forming portion 8 of the cavity 2 is a portion that is provided at the distal end portion of the outer cylinder main body portion forming portion 4 and that forms the outer surface shape of the nozzle portion 38 having the liquid discharge port 38c at the distal end.
In this embodiment, the nozzle portion forming portion 8 is formed so as to have a tapered diameter toward the distal end side, the forming portion 8c of the liquid discharge port 38c is provided at the distal end portion, and the proximal end portion is provided. A forming portion 8a of the nozzle portion side screwing portion 38a and a forming portion 8b of the nozzle portion side engaging portion 38b are provided in this order from the tip side.
The outer cylinder main body forming portion 4 of the cavity 2 is a portion that forms the outer surface shape of the outer cylinder main body portion 37 of the syringe outer cylinder 31. As shown in FIG. 1, the outer cylinder main body forming portion 4 has a substantially reduced inner diameter portion 4 b and a reduced diameter portion 4 a that decreases in a tapered shape toward the distal end side formed on the distal end side of the substantially identical inner diameter portion 4 b. And. Moreover, it is preferable that the substantially identical inner diameter part 4b of the outer cylinder main body part forming part 4 has a draft angle. The cavity 2 is preferably provided with an air vent (not shown) so that air or gas in the mold can be smoothly discharged.

As shown in FIGS. 1, 2, 3, and 4, the flange forming portion 7 includes a gripping portion forming portion 7 a, a gripping portion connecting portion forming portion 7 b, a gripping portion forming portion 7 a, and a gripping portion connecting portion forming portion. 7b, an annular groove portion 15 for forming a peripheral rib, a molten resin injection gate 5 located at the front end surface portion forming portion of the flange forming portion 7, a resin flow channel 51 communicating with the molten resin injection gate 5, and a grip And an anti-slip rib forming groove 18 provided in the portion forming portion 7a.
In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the flange forming portion 7 protrudes in the radial direction from the outside of the base end portion of the outer cylinder main body portion forming portion 4 so as to be opposed to the central axis of the main body portion forming portion of the outer cylinder. And a gripping portion forming portion 7a for forming a gripping portion 39a for gripping the syringe outer cylinder 31, and a gripping portion connecting portion 39b for connecting the opposing gripping portions 39a. And a gripping part connecting part forming part 7b. The peripheral rib forming annular groove 15 is positioned at the peripheral edge of the front end side surface forming portion of the flange forming portion 7 and surrounds the peripheral edge of the base end portion of the outer cylinder main body forming portion 4. And the grip portion connecting portion forming portion 7b. Note that the peripheral rib forming annular groove may be provided in the base end surface forming portion of the flange forming portion.
Since the peripheral rib forming annular groove 15 is formed so as to surround the peripheral edge of the flange forming portion 7, the molten resin injected from the molten resin injection gate 5 easily spreads over the entire flange forming portion.

  The grip part forming part 7a and the grip part connecting part forming part 7b of the flange forming part 7 have a shape for forming the flange 39 as shown in FIGS. The flange forming part 7 is formed so as to protrude vertically along the entire circumference of the base end part of the outer cylinder main body part forming part 4. The shape seen from the upper surface of the flange forming portion 7 of the embodiment of the present invention is an elliptical shape as shown in FIG. 3 in order to form the flange 39 as shown in FIG. The both longitudinal side portions of the flange forming portion 7 in the longitudinal direction form gripping portion forming portions 7a, and the short side portion forms the gripping portion connecting portion forming portion 7b. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the gripping part connecting part forming part 7 b is formed so as to protrude slightly outward from the base end part of the outer cylinder main body part forming part 4.

The peripheral rib forming annular groove 15 is an annular groove for forming an annular peripheral rib 55 as shown in FIG. By having the peripheral rib forming annular groove 15, the molten resin injected from the molten resin injection gate 5 into the cavity 2 and the cores 3 and 14 can easily reach the entire flange forming portion. The annular groove portion 15 for forming the peripheral rib in the embodiment is formed along the outer edge portion shape of the flange forming portion 7 and has an elliptical shape in which both side portions in the longitudinal direction are crushed. Further, the shape of the peripheral rib forming annular groove portion is that the molten resin injected into the cavity 2 and the cores 3 and 14 is surely guided to the entire flange forming portion along the peripheral rib forming annular groove portion. Any shape may be used, and it may be a substantially elliptical shape or a substantially circular shape.
Note that the peripheral rib forming annular groove is preferably located at the periphery of the flange forming portion, but may be partially or entirely located slightly inside the flange periphery.

As shown in FIGS. 1, 3, and 4, the cavity 2 includes a molten resin injection gate 5 positioned at the front end side surface portion forming portion of the flange forming portion 7 and a short resin communicating with the molten resin injection gate 5. A flow path 51 is provided. And as shown in FIG. 4, the resin inflow part 20 is formed so that the cross-sectional area of the orthogonal direction with respect to the resin flow direction X which flows in into the resin inflow part may increase toward the resin flow direction. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, the resin inflow portion 20 has a truncated cone shape with the molten resin injection gate 5 as an upper surface and a horizontal sectional shape being circular. In this embodiment, the resin inflow portion 20 is a truncated cone having a circular cross-sectional shape in the horizontal direction. In addition, the resin inflow part 20 may be a truncated cone shape whose horizontal cross-sectional shape is an elliptical shape, or a polygonal frustum shape whose horizontal cross-sectional shape is a polygonal shape. The resin inflow portion 20 has an inclined side surface.
Thus, the short resin flow path 51 communicating with the molten resin injection gate 5 is provided, and the cross-sectional area in the direction orthogonal to the resin flow direction in which the resin inflow portion 20 flows into the resin inflow portion increases in the resin flow direction. Therefore, the solidified resin located in the resin inflow portion 20 is thicker on the flange side and thinner on the gate side. When the solidified outer cylinder is pulled out from the cavity, the resin in the resin inflow portion 20 is gated. Without shifting to the side (remaining in the cavity), it is surely transferred to the flange side of the molded outer cylinder. For this reason, no cold slug remains on the cavity side.

  In this embodiment, the flange forming portion 7 extends in the resin flow direction from the molten resin injection gate 5 and forms a side surface of the resin inflow portion 20 as shown in FIGS. 3, 4 and 5. 21 is provided. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the annular projecting portion 21 includes a side surface forming portion 21 a that forms the side surface (inclined side surface) of the resin inflow portion 20, an annular flat portion 21 b that surrounds the bottom of the resin inflow portion 20, and a resin And an annular inclined portion 21c surrounding the side surface of the inflow portion 20. For this reason, as shown in FIG. 4, the flange forming portion 7 includes a rib forming groove portion 19 that surrounds the resin inflow portion 20 by the annular projecting portion 21. As shown in FIG. 4, the molten resin injection gate 5 is located closer to the rear end surface portion forming portion side of the flange forming portion 7 than the rib upper end forming portion of the rib forming groove portion 19. That is, as shown in FIG. 4, the molten resin injection gate 5 is disposed at a position that does not protrude from the rib upper end forming portion of the rib forming groove portion 19. For this reason, the solidified resin located in the resin inflow portion 20 does not protrude from the rib formed by the rib forming groove portion 19, and the protrusion formed in the resin inflow portion 20 becomes an obstacle during use. To prevent.

  In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, the central axis of the resin inflow portion 20 is an extension of the central axis of the resin flow channel 51 in the vicinity of the molten resin injection gate 5 located at the end of the resin flow channel 51. Is located. Furthermore, in this embodiment, the central axis of the resin inflow portion 20 and the central axis of the resin flow path 51 in the vicinity of the molten resin injection gate 5 are parallel to the central axis of the core 3. For this reason, even if some cold slug remains in the vicinity of the gate, the cold slug is pressed against the rear end surface portion forming portion of the flange forming portion 7 of the core 14 by the resin flow at the next injection molding, and the main body portion It does not flow into the forming part 4.

In this embodiment, the resin inflow portion 20 is provided at a position slightly closer to the core 3 side than the peripheral edge of the flange forming portion 7. The rear end surface forming portion of the flange forming portion 7 and the lower end of the resin inflow portion 20 are separated by a predetermined distance to form a resin flow path. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, the opening area of the molten resin injection gate 5 is smaller than the opening area of the end portion of the resin flow path 51. In this way, as shown in FIG. 4, the periphery of the gate 5 forms a wedge-shaped portion located inside the end of the resin flow path 51. To move to the side.
As a magnitude | size of the resin inflow part 20, 0.3-2 mm is preferable and the length of the resin flow direction is preferable, and 0.4-1.5 mm is especially preferable. The area of the maximum cross-sectional area in the horizontal direction of the resin inflow portion 20 is preferably 1.1 to 9 times the opening area of the gate, and particularly preferably 1.2 to 4 times.

  Further, in this embodiment, the anti-slip rib forming groove portion 18 is formed in the tip surface side forming portion (cavity 2 in the embodiment of the present invention) of the grip portion forming portion 7a. The anti-slip rib forming groove portion 18 is provided inside the peripheral rib forming annular groove portion 15 as shown in FIGS. The anti-slip rib forming groove 18 is an arcuate groove. The anti-slip rib forming groove portion may have any shape as long as it can reinforce the flange. The rib formed by the anti-slip rib forming groove portion 18 also exhibits a reinforcing function of the flange. In this embodiment, the anti-slip rib forming groove 18 and the peripheral rib forming annular groove 15 are connected by a rib forming groove 19 surrounding the resin inflow portion 20.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the core 3 includes an outer cylinder main body forming part 6 and a nozzle part forming part 11.
The nozzle portion forming portion 11 is a portion that is formed on the distal end side of the main body portion forming portion 6 and forms the inner surface shape of the nozzle portion 38.
The main body portion forming portion 6 is a portion that forms the inner surface shape of the outer cylinder main body portion 37 of the syringe outer cylinder 31. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the main body portion forming portion 6 includes a reduced diameter portion 6a and a substantially identical outer diameter portion 6b. And the rib 13 is provided in the base end part of the substantially same outer diameter part 6b.
The reduced diameter portion 6 a is a portion that forms the inner surface of the reduced diameter portion 41 provided at the distal end portion of the outer cylinder main body portion 37 of the syringe outer cylinder 31. The reduced diameter portion 6a is tapered in a tapered shape toward the tip side. The same outer diameter portion 6 b is a portion for forming an inner surface excluding the proximal end portion of the cylindrical portion 42 of the outer cylinder main body portion 37 of the outer cylinder 31 for syringe. The same outer diameter part 6b is formed to the vicinity of the base end part continuously with the reduced diameter part 6a. The same outer diameter portion 6b may have a draft angle.
Moreover, it is preferable that the rib 13 provided in the main body part forming part 6 is an annular rib 13 formed on the circumference of the main body part forming part 6. The annular rib 13 has a substantially trapezoidal cross section in the embodiment of the present invention. Further, the annular rib 13 may have a substantially circular or substantially elliptical cross-sectional shape. Further, the base end side portion of the core 3 is expanded in diameter toward the base end side from the annular rib 13. By forming the annular rib 13 on the core 3, an annular groove 59 is formed in the syringe outer cylinder 31.

Next, the syringe outer cylinder of the present invention will be described.
FIG. 6 is a front view of the syringe outer cylinder according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a side view of the syringe outer cylinder shown in FIG. 6. FIG. 8 is an enlarged top view of the syringe outer cylinder shown in FIG. 6. 9 is a partially enlarged cross-sectional view of the vicinity of the flange of the syringe outer cylinder shown in FIG.
The syringe outer cylinder 31 of this embodiment includes an outer cylinder main body 37, a liquid discharge port 38 c provided at the distal end of the outer cylinder main body 37, and the entire circumference of the base end of the outer cylinder main body 37. It is formed by injection molding having a flange 39 provided. The syringe outer cylinder 31 of this embodiment includes a protrusion 56 provided on the front surface of the flange 39 and having an upper end serving as a molten resin injection gate position 57. The protrusion 56 is the center of the protrusion 56. The cross-sectional area in the direction perpendicular to the axis increases toward the rear end surface side of the flange.

  Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 6 to 8, the syringe outer cylinder 31 according to the present invention includes an outer cylinder main body portion 37, a nozzle portion 38 provided at the distal end portion of the outer cylinder main body portion 37, And a flange 39 provided at the base end portion of the tube main body portion 37. The nozzle portion 38 includes a liquid discharge port 38c at the tip thereof. As shown in FIGS. 6 to 8, the nozzle portion 38 is a cylindrical portion having a smaller diameter than the outer cylinder main body portion 37. The nozzle portion 38 is a tapered portion that decreases in diameter toward the tip side. The nozzle portion 38 is provided with an opening for discharging the chemical solution and the like in the outer cylinder 31 and is formed so as to be tapered toward the tip. In the embodiment of the present invention, a nozzle portion side screwing portion 38 a for screwing the seal cap 32 is provided at the base end portion of the nozzle portion 38. Further, a nozzle portion side engaging portion 38b for engaging with the seal cap 32 is provided on the proximal end side of the nozzle portion side screwing portion 38a. Moreover, it is preferable that the nozzle part 38 becomes a shape which can attach an injection needle.

Moreover, it is preferable that an annular groove 59 is formed on the inner surface of the base end portion of the outer cylinder main body portion 37 as shown in FIG. Since the groove portion 59 is formed on the inner surface of the base end portion of the outer cylinder main body portion 37, the gasket can be easily vacuumed.
In the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 8, the flange 39 includes a gripping portion 39a and a gripping portion connecting portion 39b. The flange 39 includes an annular peripheral rib 55 and an anti-slip rib 58.
As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the flange 39 is a plate-like portion formed so as to protrude in the vertical direction from the entire circumference of the base end portion of the outer cylinder main body portion 37. The shape seen from the upper surface of the flange 39 of the embodiment of the present invention is an elliptical shape in which both side portions in the longitudinal direction are crushed as shown in FIG. The both longitudinal portions of the flange 39 in the longitudinal direction form gripping portions 39a, and the short-side portions form gripping portion connecting portions 39b. The grip portion 39a protrudes from the base end portion of the outer cylinder main body portion 37 to the extent that it can be gripped, and the grip portion connecting portion 39b is formed to protrude slightly outward from the base end portion of the outer cylinder main body portion 37. .

And the annular peripheral rib 55 of an Example is formed along the outer edge part vicinity of the flange 39, and becomes the elliptical shape where both the side parts of the longitudinal direction were crushed. The shape of the annular peripheral rib 55 may be a substantially elliptical shape or a substantially circular shape. The cross-sectional shape of the inner surface of the annular rib is preferably a substantially semicircular shape, a substantially semielliptical shape, a substantially trapezoidal shape, or the like. The cross-sectional shape of the inner surface of the annular peripheral rib 55 according to the embodiment of the present invention is a substantially semicircular shape. In this embodiment, the annular peripheral rib 55 is provided on the front end side surface of the flange 39, but may be provided on the base end side surface.
The annular peripheral rib 55 is preferably formed along the vicinity of the outer edge portion of the flange 39. With such a configuration, the flow of the molten resin is sufficiently controlled at the time of injection molding. Therefore, the syringe outer cylinder 31 of the present invention has a uniform and sufficient strength. In this embodiment, the annular peripheral rib 55 is formed along the outer edge portion of the flange 39. In addition, the annular rib may be formed inside the outer edge portion in all the portions of the flange. In addition, a peripheral part contains the part inside said outer edge part and an outer edge part.

  In the syringe outer cylinder 31 of this embodiment, the cross-sectional area of the flange 39 is provided on the front surface of the flange 39 and has a cross-sectional area perpendicular to the central axis of the projection 56 (in this embodiment, the horizontal direction). A protrusion 56 that increases toward the rear end surface side is provided, and the upper end surface of the protrusion 56 is a molten resin injection gate position 57. In this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the protrusion 56 is a cone having a molten resin injection gate position 57 as an upper surface and a cross-sectional shape perpendicular to the central axis of the protrusion 56 having a circular shape. It is trapezoidal. In particular, in this embodiment, the projection 56 is a truncated cone having a circular cross-section. The protrusion 56 may have a truncated cone shape with the above-described cross-sectional shape being elliptical, or a polygonal truncated cone shape with the horizontal sectional shape being a polygonal shape. The protrusion 56 has an inclined side surface. The central axis of the protrusion is parallel to the central axis of the outer cylinder main body. In the illustrated embodiment, the molten resin injection gate position 57 is a flat surface, but may be a curved surface (for example, a dome shape or a hemispherical shape).

In this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the flange 39 includes an annular groove 59 that forms a side surface of the protrusion 56 and an annular rib 60 that surrounds the protrusion 56. As shown in FIG. 9, the protruding portion 56 is formed so that the molten resin injection gate position 57 that is the upper end of the protruding portion 56 does not protrude from the upper end portion of the annular rib 60. For this reason, it prevents that a projection part becomes an obstruction at the time of use.
In this embodiment, the protruding portion 56 is provided at a position slightly inside the peripheral edge of the flange 39. As the size of the protrusion 56, the axial length of the outer cylinder is preferably 0.3 to 2 mm, and particularly preferably 0.4 to 1.5 mm. The area of the maximum cross-sectional area portion in the direction perpendicular to the central axis of the protrusion 56 of the protrusion 56 is preferably 1.1 to 9 times the area of the upper end surface of the protrusion, and in particular 1.2 to It is preferably 4 times.
Further, the flange 39 is provided with a non-slip rib 58 on its front end surface. Specifically, the anti-slip rib 58 is provided inside the annular peripheral rib 55 of the flange 39. In the embodiment, the anti-slip ribs 58 are arc-shaped ribs. The anti-slip rib 58 may have any shape as long as it exhibits a non-slip function when gripping the syringe 30 (the syringe outer cylinder 31). In this embodiment, the anti-slip rib 58 and the peripheral rib 55 are connected by an annular rib 60 that surrounds the protrusion 56. Further, a recess 39 d is provided on the base end face side of the flange 39.

Next, an injection mold for an outer cylinder for a syringe according to another embodiment of the present invention will be described.
FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view of an injection mold for a syringe outer cylinder according to another embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view of the injection mold shown in FIG. 12 is an enlarged bottom view of the external mold in a state where the core is removed from the injection mold shown in FIG. 10, and FIG. 13 is an enlarged cross section near the gate of the injection mold shown in FIG. FIG. 14 is an enlarged view of the vicinity of the gate of the external mold shown in FIG.
The basic configuration of the syringe outer cylinder injection mold 100 of this embodiment is the same as the above-described syringe outer cylinder injection mold 1. The difference is only the configuration in the vicinity of the gate, and for the other points, refer to the description of the injection mold 1 for the syringe outer cylinder described above.

As shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, the injection mold 100 according to this embodiment includes a cavity 102, a core 3, and a core 14 as shown in FIGS. 10 and 11. By inserting the core 3 into the cavity 102, a gap 10 is formed between the cavity 102 and the cores 3 and 14 in which a syringe outer cylinder molded product is formed.
As shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, the cavity 102 includes an outer cylinder main body forming portion 4, a nozzle portion forming portion 8, a tip surface side portion forming portion 9 of the flange 39, and a molten resin injection gate 5. ing.
As shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, the core 3 includes an outer cylinder main body forming part 6 and a nozzle part forming part 11. Further, the core 14 includes a proximal end side portion forming portion 12 of the flange 39. The flange forming portion 7 includes a distal end surface side portion forming portion 9 of the flange 39 of the cavity 102 and a proximal end surface side portion forming portion 12 of the core 14.

The nozzle portion forming portion 8 of the cavity 102 is a portion that is provided at the distal end portion of the outer cylinder main body portion forming portion 4 and forms the outer surface shape of the nozzle portion 38 having the liquid discharge port 38c at the distal end.
In this embodiment, the nozzle portion forming portion 8 is formed so as to have a tapered diameter toward the distal end side, the forming portion 8c of the liquid discharge port 38c is provided at the distal end portion, and the proximal end portion is provided. A forming portion 8a of the nozzle portion side screwing portion 38a and a forming portion 8b of the nozzle portion side engaging portion 38b are provided in this order from the tip side.
The outer cylinder main body forming part 4 of the cavity 102 is a part that forms the outer surface shape of the outer cylinder main body 37 of the syringe outer cylinder 31. As shown in FIG. 10, the outer cylinder main body forming portion 4 has a substantially reduced inner diameter portion 4b and a reduced diameter portion 4a that decreases in a tapered shape toward the distal end side formed on the distal end side of the substantially identical inner diameter portion 4b. And. Moreover, it is preferable that the substantially identical inner diameter part 4b of the outer cylinder main body part forming part 4 has a draft angle. The cavity 102 is preferably provided with an air vent (not shown) so that air or gas in the mold can be smoothly discharged.

As shown in FIGS. 10 to 14, the flange forming portion 7 includes a gripping portion forming portion 7 a, a gripping portion connecting portion forming portion 7 b, and peripheral edges provided on the gripping portion forming portion 7 a and the gripping portion connecting portion forming portion 7 b. Provided in the annular groove portion 15 for rib formation, the molten resin injection gate 5 located at the front end side surface portion forming portion of the flange forming portion 7, the resin flow path 51 communicating with the molten resin injection gate 5, and the grip portion forming portion 7a The anti-slip rib forming groove 18 is provided.
In the embodiment shown in FIG. 10, the flange forming portion 7 protrudes in the radial direction from the outside of the base end portion of the outer cylinder main body portion forming portion 4 so as to be opposed to the central axis of the outer cylinder main body portion forming portion. A gripping part 7a for forming a gripping part 39a for gripping the syringe outer cylinder 31 and a gripping part for forming a gripping part connecting part 39b for connecting the opposing gripping parts 39a Part connection part formation part 7b. The peripheral rib forming annular groove 15 is positioned at the peripheral edge of the front end side surface forming portion of the flange forming portion 7 and surrounds the peripheral edge of the base end portion of the outer cylinder main body forming portion 4. And the grip portion connecting portion forming portion 7b. Note that the peripheral rib forming annular groove may be provided in the base end surface forming portion of the flange forming portion.
Since the peripheral rib forming annular groove 15 is formed so as to surround the peripheral edge of the flange forming portion 7, the molten resin injected from the molten resin injection gate 5 easily spreads over the entire flange forming portion.

  The gripping part forming part 7a and the gripping part connecting part forming part 7b of the flange forming part 7 have a shape for forming the flange 39 as shown in FIGS. The flange forming part 7 is formed so as to protrude vertically along the entire circumference of the base end part of the outer cylinder main body part forming part 4. The shape seen from the upper surface of the flange forming portion 7 of the embodiment of the present invention is an elliptical shape as shown in FIG. 12 in order to form the flange 39 as shown in FIG. The both longitudinal side portions of the flange forming portion 7 in the longitudinal direction form gripping portion forming portions 7a, and the short side portion forms the gripping portion connecting portion forming portion 7b. As shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, the gripping part connecting part forming part 7 b is formed so as to protrude slightly outward from the base end part of the outer cylinder main body part forming part 4.

The peripheral rib forming annular groove 15 is an annular groove for forming an annular peripheral rib 55 as shown in FIG. The annular groove portion 15 for forming the peripheral rib in the embodiment is formed along the outer edge portion shape of the flange forming portion 7 and has an elliptical shape in which both side portions in the longitudinal direction are crushed. Further, the shape of the peripheral rib forming annular groove portion is that the molten resin injected into the cavity 102 and the cores 3 and 14 is surely guided to the entire flange forming portion along the peripheral rib forming annular groove portion. Any shape may be used, and it may be a substantially elliptical shape or a substantially circular shape.
Note that the peripheral rib forming annular groove is preferably located at the periphery of the flange forming portion, but may be partially or entirely located slightly inside the flange periphery.

  As shown in FIGS. 10, 13, and 14, the cavity 102 includes a molten resin injection gate 5 located at the front end surface portion forming portion of the flange forming portion 7 and a resin flow communicating with the molten resin injection gate 5. A path 51 is provided. And as shown in FIG. 13, the resin inflow part 20 is formed so that the cross-sectional area of the orthogonal direction (vertical direction) may increase toward the resin flow direction with respect to the resin flow direction X which flows in into the resin inflow part. ing. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 13, the resin inflow portion 20 is a cone having a circular cross section cut along a plane parallel to the gate surface formed by the gate 5 with the molten resin injection gate 5 as an upper surface. It is trapezoidal. In particular, in this embodiment, the resin inflow portion 20 is a truncated cone having a circular cross-section. In addition, the resin inflow part 20 may be a truncated cone shape in which the above-described cross-sectional shape is an elliptical shape, or a polygonal frustum shape in which a horizontal cross-sectional shape is a polygonal shape. The resin inflow portion 20 has an inclined side surface.

  Further, in this embodiment, the flange forming portion 7 includes a gate surrounding portion 105 formed so as to sandwich the molten resin injection gate 5 from the side portion as shown in FIG. The gate surrounding portion 105 includes a flat portion 105 a that surrounds the gate 5. The flat surface 105a of the gate enclosure 105 and the end surface of the gate 5 are formed to be on the same plane. In this embodiment, the resin inflow portion 20 and the annular projecting portion 105 are provided in the grip portion forming portion 7a. However, the resin inflow portion 20 and the gate surrounding portion 105 may be provided in the gripping portion connecting portion forming portion 7b. In this embodiment, the resin inflow portion 20 is located at the peripheral edge of the flange forming portion 7.

And as shown in FIG. 13, the upper end part of the molten resin injection | pouring gate 5 is located in the rear end side surface part formation part side of the flange formation part 7 rather than the upper end formation part of the annular groove part 15 for peripheral rib formation. . That is, as shown in FIG. 13, the molten resin injection gate 5 is disposed at a position that does not protrude from the rib upper end forming portion of the peripheral rib forming annular groove portion 15. For this reason, the solidified resin located in the resin inflow portion 20 does not protrude from the rib formed by the peripheral rib forming annular groove portion 15, and the protrusion formed in the resin inflow portion 20 becomes an obstacle during use. To prevent becoming.
In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 13, the central axis of the resin inflow portion 20 is on an extension line of the central axis of the resin flow channel 51 near the molten resin injection gate 5 located at the end of the resin flow channel 51. Is located. Furthermore, in this embodiment, the central axis of the resin inflow portion 20 and the central axis of the resin flow channel 51 near the molten resin injection gate 5 are inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the central axis of the core 3. By doing in this way, the resin flow path 51 which is a hot runner part can be kept away from the space | gap 10 in which the outer cylinder molded article for syringes is formed, and the thickness of a metal mold | die can be ensured.
The central axis of the resin inflow portion 20 and the central axis of the resin flow path 51 in the vicinity of the molten resin injection gate 5 may be parallel to the central axis of the core 3 as in the mold 1 described above.

As a magnitude | size of the resin inflow part 20, 0.3-2 mm is preferable and the length of the resin flow direction is preferable, and 0.4-1.5 mm is especially preferable. The area of the maximum cross-sectional area in the horizontal direction of the resin inflow portion 20 is preferably 1.1 to 9 times the opening area of the gate, and particularly preferably 1.2 to 4 times.
Further, in this embodiment, the anti-slip rib forming groove portion 18 is formed in the tip surface side forming portion (the cavity 102 in the embodiment of the present invention) of the grip portion forming portion 7a. As shown in FIGS. 10, 12 to 14, the anti-slip rib forming groove 18 is provided inside the peripheral rib forming annular groove 15. The anti-slip rib forming groove 18 is an arcuate groove. The rib formed by the anti-slip rib forming groove portion 18 also functions as a reinforcing portion of the flange portion of the syringe 30 (syringe outer cylinder 31).
The core 3 is the same as the mold 1 described above.

  Further, the injection mold for the syringe outer cylinder may be as shown in FIGS. 18 and 19. 18 is an enlarged bottom view of the outer mold of the injection mold of the syringe outer cylinder according to another embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 19 is an enlarged view of the vicinity of the gate of the outer mold shown in FIG. FIG. The injection mold 200 for the syringe outer cylinder of this embodiment is similar to the mold 100 described above. The only difference is the peripheral form of the resin inflow portion 20. The sectional view of the injection molding die 200 of the syringe outer cylinder of this embodiment is the same as that shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, and the enlarged sectional view near the gate of the injection molding die is shown in FIG. Is the same.

In the mold 200 of this embodiment, the flange forming portion 7 of the cavity 202 is formed with a defective portion 206 of the peripheral rib forming annular groove 15 as shown in FIG. The defect 206 is provided with a recess 205 that forms a resin inflow portion extending in the resin flow direction from the molten resin injection gate 5. The molten resin injection gate 5 is located at the center of the recess 205. Specifically, the gate 5 is located slightly closer to the peripheral side of the flange forming portion 7 than the central portion of the recess 205. Further, the opening end surface of the gate 5 is slightly inclined with respect to the horizontal surface of the flange forming portion, as in the case shown in FIG.
And the recessed part 205 which forms the resin inflow part is the state enclosed by the defect | deletion part of the annular groove part 15 for peripheral rib formation. In this embodiment, the concave portion 205 forming the resin inflow portion is provided in the grip portion forming portion. However, the recess 205 may be provided in the gripping part connecting part forming part. In this embodiment, the recess 205 is located at the peripheral edge of the flange forming portion, but may be provided at a position close to the outer cylinder main body forming portion side.

Next, a syringe barrel according to another embodiment of the present invention will be described.
FIG. 15 is a front view of a syringe outer cylinder according to another embodiment of the present invention. 16 is an enlarged top view of the syringe outer cylinder shown in FIG. 15. 17 is a partially enlarged cross-sectional view of the vicinity of the flange of the syringe outer cylinder shown in FIG.
The syringe outer cylinder 131 shown in FIGS. 15 to 17 is molded using the injection mold 100 shown in FIGS. 10 to 14 described above.
The syringe outer cylinder 131 of this embodiment includes an outer cylinder main body portion 37, a liquid discharge port 38 c provided at the distal end portion of the outer cylinder main body portion 37, and the entire circumference of the base end portion of the outer cylinder main body portion 37. It is formed by injection molding having a flange 39 provided. In the syringe outer cylinder 131 of this embodiment, a protrusion 156 (one of the annular peripheral ribs 55) is provided on the front end side surface of the flange 39 and the horizontal cross-sectional area increases toward the rear end side surface of the flange 39. And the upper end surface of the protrusion 156 is a molten resin injection gate position 57.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 15 and FIG. 16, the syringe outer cylinder 131 of the present invention includes an outer cylinder main body portion 37, a nozzle portion 38 provided at the tip of the outer cylinder main body portion 37, And a flange 39 provided at the base end portion of the tube main body portion 37. The nozzle portion 38 includes a liquid discharge port 38c at the tip thereof. As shown in FIGS. 15 and 16, the nozzle portion 38 is a cylindrical portion having a smaller diameter than the outer cylinder main body portion 37. The nozzle portion 38 is a tapered portion that decreases in diameter toward the tip side. The nozzle portion 38 is provided with an opening for discharging the chemical solution and the like in the outer cylinder 131 and is formed so as to be tapered toward the tip. In the embodiment of the present invention, a nozzle portion side screwing portion 38 a for screwing the seal cap 32 is provided at the base end portion of the nozzle portion 38. Further, a nozzle portion side engaging portion 38b for engaging with the seal cap 32 is provided on the proximal end side of the nozzle portion side screwing portion 38a. Moreover, it is preferable that the nozzle part 38 becomes a shape which can attach an injection needle.

Further, it is preferable that an annular groove 59 is formed on the inner surface of the base end portion of the outer cylinder main body portion 37 as shown in FIG. Since the groove portion 59 is formed on the inner surface of the base end portion of the outer cylinder main body portion 37, the gasket can be easily vacuumed.
In the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 16, the flange 39 includes a gripping portion 39a and a gripping portion connecting portion 39b. The flange 39 includes an annular peripheral rib 55 and an anti-slip rib 58.
As shown in FIG. 15, the flange 39 is a plate-like portion formed so as to protrude in the vertical direction from the entire circumference of the base end portion of the outer cylinder main body portion 37. The shape seen from the upper surface of the flange 39 of the embodiment of the present invention is an elliptical shape in which both side portions in the longitudinal direction are crushed as shown in FIG. The both longitudinal portions of the flange 39 in the longitudinal direction form gripping portions 39a, and the short-side portions form gripping portion connecting portions 39b. The grip portion 39a protrudes from the base end portion of the outer cylinder main body portion 37 to the extent that it can be gripped, and the grip portion connecting portion 39b is formed to protrude slightly from the base end portion of the outer cylinder main body portion forming portion 4. ing.
And the annular peripheral rib 55 of an Example is formed along the outer edge part vicinity of the flange 39, and becomes the elliptical shape where both the side parts of the longitudinal direction were crushed. The shape of the annular peripheral rib 55 may be a substantially elliptical shape or a substantially circular shape. The cross-sectional shape of the inner surface of the annular rib is preferably a substantially semicircular shape, a substantially semielliptical shape, a substantially trapezoidal shape, or the like. The cross-sectional shape of the inner surface of the annular peripheral rib 55 according to the embodiment of the present invention is a substantially semicircular shape. In this embodiment, the annular peripheral rib 55 is provided on the front end side surface of the flange 39, but may be provided on the base end side surface.

The annular peripheral rib 55 is preferably formed along the vicinity of the outer edge portion of the flange 39. With such a configuration, the flow of the molten resin is sufficiently controlled at the time of injection molding. Therefore, the syringe outer cylinder 131 of the present invention has a uniform and sufficient strength. In this embodiment, the annular peripheral rib 55 is formed along the outer edge portion of the flange 39. In addition, the annular rib may be formed inside the outer edge portion in all the portions of the flange. In addition, a peripheral part contains the part inside said outer edge part and an outer edge part.
In the syringe outer cylinder 131 of this embodiment, a protrusion 156 (annular peripheral rib 55) provided on the front surface of the flange 39 and having a horizontal cross-sectional area that increases toward the rear surface of the flange 39. And the upper end surface of the projection 156 is a molten resin injection gate position 57. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 17, the protrusion 156 has a substantially truncated cone shape with the molten resin injection gate position 57 as the upper surface. In addition, as shown in FIG. 16, a flat portion 160 that faces through the molten resin injection gate position 57 is formed. The molten resin injection gate position 57 and the flat portion 160 substantially form a single plane. The surface form of the molten resin injection gate position 57 preferably forms a substantially single plane as described above, but may be slightly protruded or slightly depressed from the flat portion 160. A part of the annular peripheral rib 55 is cut off obliquely by the molten resin injection gate position 57 and the flat portion 160.

  Further, the flange 39 is provided with a non-slip rib 58 on its front end surface. Specifically, the anti-slip rib 58 is provided inside the annular peripheral rib 55 of the flange 39. In the embodiment, the anti-slip ribs 58 are arc-shaped ribs. The anti-slip rib 58 may have any shape as long as it can exhibit anti-slip and function when the syringe 30 (syringe outer cylinder 131) is gripped. Further, a recess 39 d is provided on the base end face side of the flange 39.

Next, a syringe barrel according to another embodiment of the present invention will be described.
A syringe outer cylinder 231 shown in FIG. 20 is formed using the injection mold 200 shown in FIGS. 18 and 19 described above. The syringe outer cylinder 231 is similar to the syringe outer cylinder 131 described above. The only difference is the form near the gate. In addition, the front view of the outer cylinder for syringes of this Example is the same as FIG.
In the syringe outer cylinder 231 of this embodiment, the flange 39 is formed with a missing portion 161 of the annular peripheral rib 55 as shown in FIG. A protrusion 56 is formed in the defect 161. A molten resin injection gate position 57 is formed on the upper surface of the protrusion 56, and the protrusion 56 includes a gate position enclosing portion 158 formed so as to surround the gate position 57. Further, the missing portion 161 surrounds the protruding portion 56. Similarly to the one shown in FIG. 17, the molten resin injection gate position 57 formed on the upper surface of the projecting portion 56 has a form in which the upper surface of the projecting portion 156 is partially scraped off by the gate position 57. It has become. Furthermore, it is preferable that the upper end portion of the protruding portion 156 is formed so as not to protrude from the end portion of the missing portion of the annular peripheral rib 55. By doing in this way, it prevents that a projection part becomes an obstruction at the time of use.

  In all the embodiments described above, the material for forming the outer cylinder is a material with low chemical adsorption, oxygen permeability, water vapor permeability, and excellent sterilization resistance such as gamma ray resistance and autoclave resistance. preferable. Examples of the material for forming the outer cylinder for the syringe include polypropylene, polyethylene, polystyrene, polyamide, polycarbonate, polyvinyl chloride, poly- (4-methylpentene-1), acrylic resin, acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer, polyethylene terephthalate, etc. Among these, various resins such as polyester and cyclic polyolefin are preferable. Among them, resins such as polypropylene and cyclic polyolefin are preferable because they are easy to mold and have heat resistance.

Next, the manufacturing method of the outer cylinder for syringes of this invention is demonstrated.
The manufacturing method of the syringe outer cylinder according to the present invention includes an outer cylinder main body portion 37, a liquid discharge port 38 c provided at the distal end portion of the outer cylinder main body portion 37, and the entire circumference of the base end portion of the outer cylinder main body portion 37. A syringe outer cylinder having a flange 39 provided in the syringe, wherein the manufacturing method forms the syringe outer cylinder by injecting molten resin using any of the injection molds described above. To do.
The injection molding process is performed by injecting molten resin from the molten resin injection gate 5 into the gap 10 formed between the cavity 2 and the cores 3 and 14 with the core 3 inserted into the cavity 2. . The injection pressure is preferably 60 to 300 MPa, and particularly preferably 80 to 270 MPa.
As the injection speed is preferably 20~200cm ² / s, particularly preferably is in 30~180cm ² / s.
The mold temperature is preferably 15 to 140 ° C, and particularly preferably 20 to 120 ° C.

The molten resin injected from the molten resin injection gate 5 flows into the resin inflow portion 20 and then fills the gap 10. In addition, the flange forming portion includes a molten resin injection gate located at a front surface portion forming portion of the flange forming portion, a molten resin flow channel communicating with the molten resin injection gate, and a short resin inflow with the molten resin injection gate as an upper end. The resin inflow part is formed so that the cross-sectional area in the direction orthogonal to the resin flow direction flowing into the resin inflow part increases in the resin flow direction, so that the resin inflow part may be formed near the gate. A certain cold slug can be reliably transferred to the molding outer cylinder side without being transferred to the cavity side, and stable injection molding can be continued.
And it is preferable that the manufacturing method of the outer cylinder for syringes performs the resin trace suction process which sucks a small amount of injected resin after the molten resin injection process which injects molten resin. The resin micro-aspiration step is performed before releasing the molded product from the mold.
Further, in this resin micro-aspiration step, the resin in the resin flow channel 51 is removed from the molten resin injection gate 5 after being taken out of the mold by releasing the pressure of the molten resin in the resin flow channel 51 near the gate 5. Prevents drooping and suppresses the generation of cold slugs. And after said suction process is complete | finished and the inside of the resin inflow part 20 solidifies, the outer cylinder 131 for syringes which is a resin molded product is taken out from a metal mold | die. Note that when the molded product is released from the mold, the resin in the resin flow path 51 and the resin in the resin inflow portion 20 are cut at the molten resin injection gate 5 portion.

Next, the syringe of the present invention will be described.
FIG. 21 is a front view of the syringe and the prefilled syringe according to the embodiment of the present invention.
The syringe of the present invention includes any of the above-described syringe outer cylinder, a gasket slidably accommodated in the outer cylinder, and a pusher attached to or attachable to the rear end of the gasket. It is.
Further, the prefilled syringe of the present invention includes any one of the above-described syringe outer cylinders, a gasket slidably accommodated in the outer cylinder, a sealing member that seals the nozzle portion of the syringe outer cylinder, A medicine filled in a space formed between the sealing member, the syringe outer cylinder and the gasket, and a pusher attached to or attachable to the rear end of the gasket are provided.
The syringe 30 of the present invention includes a syringe outer cylinder 131, a gasket 35 slidably accommodated in the syringe outer cylinder 131, and a plunger 36 attached to or attachable to the gasket 35. .

Any of the above-described syringe outer cylinders may be used as the syringe outer cylinder. In the following description, the syringe outer cylinder 131 is used.
As shown in FIG. 21, the syringe 30 of the present invention includes a syringe outer cylinder 131, a seal cap 32 attached to the tip of the syringe outer cylinder 131, and the syringe outer cylinder 131 in the embodiment of the present invention. A gasket 35 slidable in a liquid-tight manner, a plunger 36 attached to the gasket 35, and a chemical solution 40 housed in the syringe outer cylinder 131 are provided.

It is preferable to use a known seal cap 32. The seal cap 32 includes a seal cap body 33 and a seal member 34.
The seal cap body 33 is made in a cap shape, and the tip is open. The cap main body 33 includes a storage portion for storing the nozzle portion 38, a cap-side screwing portion screwed with the nozzle-side screwing portion 38 a provided in the syringe outer tube 131, and a nozzle provided in the outer tube 131. A cap-side engaging portion that engages with the portion-side engaging portion 38b. And the sealing member 34 is arrange | positioned at the front-end | tip opening part. The nozzle portion 38 is liquid-tightly sealed by the tip opening of the nozzle portion 38 coming into contact with the seal member 34. The seal member 34 is formed of an elastic material that can be pierced by a liquid passing needle or the like. Examples of the material for forming the seal member 34 include natural rubber, isoprene rubber, butadiene rubber, fluorine rubber, silicone rubber and other synthetic rubbers, styrene elastomers such as SBS elastomer and SEBS elastomer, and ethylene-α-olefin copolymers. It is preferable to use a thermoplastic elastomer such as a polyolefin-based elastomer. In addition, as a seal cap, it is not limited to the thing which can be pierced by such a liquid passing needle. As a material for forming the seal cap 32, it is preferable to use the same material as that for the syringe outer cylinder 131.

The gasket 35 includes a main body portion 35a extending to substantially the same outer diameter and a plurality of annular ribs 35b provided on the main body portion 35a. The annular rib 35b is in liquid-tight contact with the inner surface of the outer cylinder 131. Although the number of the annular ribs 35b is two in this embodiment, the number may be appropriately determined as long as the liquid-tightness and the sliding property are satisfied. Further, the front end portion of the gasket 35 has a tapered diameter so that a gap is not formed as much as possible when contacting the inner surface of the front end of the outer cylinder 131.
The gasket 35 is made of rubber having elasticity (for example, butyl rubber, latex rubber, silicone rubber, etc.) or a synthetic resin (for example, SBS elastomer, SEBS elastomer, polyolefin elastomer, etc.).
The gasket 35 is provided with a recess extending inward from the base end. The concave portion is a female screw portion. The concave portion can be screwed with a male screw portion formed at the distal end portion of the plunger 36. The plunger 36 may be removed at the assembly stage and attached at the time of use.

The plunger 36 includes a main body portion 36a and a male screw portion provided at the distal end portion of the main body portion 36a. The main body portion 36a has a cross-shaped cross section and extends in the axial direction. The base end portion includes a pressing disk portion 36b and a rib 36c provided on the main body portion 36a. As a forming material of the plunger 36, it is preferable to use the same material as that of the outer cylinder 131.
The seal cap 32, the gasket 35, and the plunger 36 are preferably manufactured by injection molding using the above-described resin.
As the drug solution 40, physiological saline, high-concentration sodium chloride injection solution, drug solutions such as vitamins, minerals, antibiotics, and powdered or lyophilized drugs are used.
Then, the seal cap 32 is attached to the nozzle portion 38 of the outer cylinder 131. And under pressure reduction conditions, the chemical | medical solution 40 is filled in the outer cylinder for syringes, and the gasket 35 is stoppered from a base end opening part. Thereafter, the plunger 36 is attached to the gasket 35 to produce the syringe 30 of the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of an injection mold for a syringe outer cylinder according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the injection mold shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is an enlarged bottom view of the external mold in a state where the core is removed from the injection mold shown in FIG. FIG. 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the vicinity of the gate of the injection mold shown in FIG. FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of the vicinity of the gate of the external mold shown in FIG. FIG. 6 is a front view of the syringe outer cylinder according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a side view of the syringe outer cylinder shown in FIG. 6. FIG. 8 is an enlarged top view of the syringe outer cylinder shown in FIG. 6. 9 is a partially enlarged cross-sectional view of the vicinity of the flange of the syringe outer cylinder shown in FIG. FIG. 10 is a sectional view of an injection mold for a syringe outer cylinder according to another embodiment of the present invention. 11 is a cross-sectional view of the injection mold shown in FIG. 10 taken along the line BB. 12 is an enlarged bottom view of the external mold in a state where the core is removed from the injection mold shown in FIG. FIG. 13 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the vicinity of the gate of the injection mold shown in FIG. FIG. 14 is an enlarged view of the vicinity of the gate of the external mold shown in FIG. FIG. 15 is a front view of a syringe outer cylinder according to another embodiment of the present invention. 16 is an enlarged top view of the syringe outer cylinder shown in FIG. 15. 17 is a partially enlarged cross-sectional view of the vicinity of the flange of the syringe outer cylinder shown in FIG. FIG. 18 is an enlarged bottom view of the external mold of the injection mold of the syringe outer cylinder according to another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 19 is an enlarged view of the vicinity of the gate of the external mold shown in FIG. FIG. 20 is an enlarged top view of a syringe outer cylinder according to another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 21 is an external view of a syringe using the syringe outer cylinder of the present invention.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Mold for injection molding of outer cylinder for syringe 2 Cavity 3, 14 Core 5 Molten resin injection gate 7 Flange forming part 51 Resin flow path 20 Resin inflow part 37 Outer cylinder main body part 38c Liquid discharge port 39 Flange 55 Annular rib 57 Melting Resin injection gate position

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A syringe outer cylinder having an outer cylinder main body, a liquid discharge port provided at the distal end of the outer cylinder main body, and a flange provided along the entire circumference of the base end of the outer cylinder main body is injected. An injection mold for molding, the injection mold including a cavity and a core for forming an outer surface shape and an inner surface shape of the outer cylinder for the syringe, the cavity and the core, A flange forming portion provided along the entire circumference of the base end portion of the outer cylinder main body forming portion, and the flange forming portion includes a molten resin injection gate located at a tip side surface portion forming portion of the flange forming portion; A molten resin flow passage communicating with the molten resin injection gate, and a short resin inflow portion having the molten resin injection gate as an upper end, the resin inflow portion being orthogonal to the resin flow direction flowing into the resin inflow portion The cross-sectional area increases in the resin flow direction Injection mold syringe outer cylinder for which is characterized by being urchin formed. The resin inflow portion has the molten resin injection gate as an upper surface, and has a truncated cone shape in which a horizontal cross-sectional shape is circular or elliptical, or a polygonal frustum shape in which a horizontal cross-sectional shape is a polygonal shape. The mold for injection molding of the outer cylinder for syringes according to claim 1. The said flange formation part is provided with the cyclic | annular protrusion part which extends in the said resin flow direction from the said molten resin injection | pouring gate and forms the side surface of the said resin inflow part. For injection molding of the outer cylinder for syringes of Claim 1 or 2 Mold. The injection mold for an outer cylinder for a syringe according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the flange forming portion includes a rib forming groove formed so as to surround or sandwich the resin inflow portion. The injection molding of the outer cylinder for a syringe according to claim 4, wherein the molten resin injection gate is located on a rear end side surface portion forming portion side of the flange forming portion from a rib upper end forming portion of the rib forming groove portion. Mold. The central axis of the resin inflow portion is located on an extension line of the central axis of the resin flow channel in the vicinity of the molten resin injection gate located at the end of the resin flow channel. A mold for injection molding of the outer cylinder for a syringe as described. The injection of the syringe outer cylinder according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein a central axis of the resin inflow portion and a central axis of the resin flow path in the vicinity of the molten resin injection gate are parallel to the central axis of the core. Mold for molding. The central axis of the resin inflow portion and the central axis of the resin flow path in the vicinity of the molten resin injection gate are inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the central axis of the core. Mold for injection molding of syringe outer cylinder. The injection mold for an outer cylinder for a syringe according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein a distance between a rear end surface forming portion of the flange forming portion and a lower end of the resin inflow portion is separated by a predetermined distance. The mold for injection molding of an outer cylinder for a syringe according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein an opening area of the molten resin injection gate is smaller than an opening area of the end portion of the resin flow path. Manufacture of an outer cylinder for a syringe having an outer cylinder main body, a liquid discharge port provided at the distal end of the outer cylinder main body, and a flange provided along the entire circumference of the base end of the outer cylinder main body A method for producing an outer cylinder for a syringe, which is produced by injection molding a molten resin using the injection mold according to any one of claims 1 to 10. The manufacturing method of the said outer cylinder for syringes performs the molten resin injection | pouring process which injects the said molten resin, and the resin trace suction process of sucking a small amount of injected resin after this injection | pouring process. A manufacturing method of an outer cylinder for a syringe. An outer cylinder for a syringe having an outer cylinder main body, a liquid discharge port provided at the distal end of the outer cylinder main body, and a flange provided along the entire circumference of the base end of the outer cylinder main body. A syringe outer cylinder manufactured by injection molding a molten resin using the injection mold according to any one of claims 1 to 10. It was formed by injection molding having an outer cylinder main body, a liquid discharge port provided at the distal end of the outer cylinder main body, and a flange provided along the entire circumference of the base end of the outer cylinder main body. An outer cylinder for a syringe, comprising a protrusion provided on the front surface of the flange and having an upper end at a molten resin injection gate position, the protrusion being perpendicular to the central axis of the protrusion An outer cylinder for a syringe, characterized in that a sectional area in a direction increases toward the rear end surface side of the flange. The protrusion has a frustoconical shape in which the cross-sectional shape in the direction perpendicular to the central axis of the protrusion is circular or elliptical or the cross-sectional shape in the horizontal direction is polygonal with the molten resin injection gate position as the upper surface. The syringe outer cylinder according to claim 14, which has a polygonal truncated pyramid shape. The syringe outer cylinder according to claim 14 or 15, wherein the flange includes an annular flat portion surrounding a proximal end portion of the protrusion. The syringe outer cylinder according to any one of claims 14 to 16, wherein the flange includes a rib provided so as to surround or sandwich the protrusion. The syringe outer cylinder according to claim 17, wherein the protrusion does not protrude from the rib. The syringe outer cylinder according to any one of claims 14 to 18, wherein the protrusion is provided at a peripheral edge of the flange or a position slightly closer to the outer cylinder main body than the peripheral edge. A syringe outer cylinder according to any one of claims 14 to 19, a gasket slidably accommodated in the outer cylinder, and a pusher attached to or attachable to the rear end of the gasket. A syringe characterized by that. The syringe outer cylinder according to any one of claims 14 to 19, a gasket slidably accommodated in the outer cylinder, a sealing member that seals a nozzle portion of the syringe outer cylinder, A prefilled syringe comprising: a medicine filled in a space formed between a sealing member, the syringe outer cylinder, and the gasket; and a pusher attached to or attachable to a rear end of the gasket. .

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