CN1277587A - Decorative and symbolically shaped pull tab container opening devices and methods of making the same - Google Patents

Decorative and symbolically shaped pull tab container opening devices and methods of making the same Download PDF

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CN1277587A
CN1277587A CN98810533A CN98810533A CN1277587A CN 1277587 A CN1277587 A CN 1277587A CN 98810533 A CN98810533 A CN 98810533A CN 98810533 A CN98810533 A CN 98810533A CN 1277587 A CN1277587 A CN 1277587A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
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    • B65D17/28—Rigid or semi-rigid containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting or piercing, or by tearing of frangible members or portions at lines or points of weakness
    • B65D17/401—Rigid or semi-rigid containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting or piercing, or by tearing of frangible members or portions at lines or points of weakness characterised by having the line of weakness provided in an end wall
    • B65D17/4012—Rigid or semi-rigid containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting or piercing, or by tearing of frangible members or portions at lines or points of weakness characterised by having the line of weakness provided in an end wall for opening partially by means of a tearing tab
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41M—PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; COLOUR PRINTING
    • B41M5/00—Duplicating or marking methods; Sheet materials for use therein
    • B41M5/24—Ablative recording, e.g. by burning marks; Spark recording
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2517/00—Containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting, piercing or tearing of wall portions, e.g. preserving cans or tins
    • B65D2517/0001—Details
    • B65D2517/001—Action for opening container
    • B65D2517/0014—Action for opening container pivot tab and push-down tear panel
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2517/00—Containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting, piercing or tearing of wall portions, e.g. preserving cans or tins
    • B65D2517/0001—Details
    • B65D2517/0047—Provided with additional elements other than for closing the opening
    • B65D2517/0052—Prizes, tokens, badges or other information carrying devices
    • B65D2517/0053—Prizes, tokens, badges or other information carrying devices forming part of, or connected to, the tab

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Abstract

A container opening device, container lid, or can top with a decorated feature, or in the case of an opening device, a symbolically shaped pull tab for attachment to a container to perform the dual functions of opening the container and decorating the container for equity, identification or promotional purposes. The pull tab may open the container by acting as a lever which presses against a tear strip in the container top defined by a tear line to separate the tear strip from the container top and open the container. The pull tab may perform a decorative and promotional function by having a decoration or a symbolic shape that is to be recognized as a picture, trademark, icon, character, or other symbolic item or logo. The decoration can be made by applying color, printing, embossing, laser removal of a coating and labels to the pull tab, lid or container. The pull tab or decoration can take the shape and design of corporate logos, trademarks, icons, etc. In an alternative embodiment, the pull tab may have a weakened portion so that a piece of the pull tab may be removable from the container as a token or memento.

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Ornamental and sign shape pulling-on piece formula container opener and manufacture method thereof
The Application No. to be examined that the application's name that to be the applicant propose on August 26th, 1997 is called " sign shape pulling-on piece container opener " is the continuation part of 08/917,516 application.
Background of the present invention
1. field of the present invention
The present invention relates to decorated matrix, particularly relate to container opener, decorated container, and manufacture method.
2. description of Related Art
US Patent 4,465,204 and 4,530,631 disclose traditional type pulling-on piece container opener and the manufacture method thereof used always on the container cap.U.S.'s design patent 289,017 discloses a kind of appearance design of traditional type pulling-on piece.
US Patent 3,958,354 disclose the placement of sales promotion sheet in the finger-hole of traditional type pulling-on piece.US Patent 5,191,695 disclose the method for placing the sales promotion sheet in the finger-hole of pulling-on piece.
US Patent 4,322,016 discloses the placement for sales promotion purpose presser sensor label under pulling-on piece.
US Patent 4,363, the placement of targeted promotional material on 179 can ends that disclose below pulling-on piece.
US Patent 5,416,951 disclose and a kind ofly can be connected to pulling-on piece on the slide fastener (as: slide fastener) to decorative fitting.
The present invention's general introduction
Food ﹠ Drink industry was not used for package reinforcing, brand recognition, marketing promotion and information purpose with pulling-on piece formula container opener.The function that makes that the user can open a tin is only considered in the design of the existing pulling-on piece of great majority.See also US Patent 4,465, No. 204 and 4,530, No. 289,017, No. 631 and appearance design.Pulling-on piece formula container opener once was used to pack sales promotion, and its method is: place targeted promotional material (referring to US Patent 3,958, No. 354 and 5,191, No. 695) in the finger-hole of pulling-on piece; The responsive label (referring to US Patent 4,322, No. 016) of placement force under pulling-on piece; Container cap below pulling-on piece is placed targeted promotional material (referring to US Patent 4,363, No. 179).Yet as US Patent 4,465, No. 204 described, and all these promotion approach have kept the conventional shape of pulling-on piece for the weight that reduces pulling-on piece as far as possible.The top cover that does not have a kind of technology to consider in original technology to utilize pulling-on piece itself is as sales promotion or cosmetic sheet or utilize it to provide information for the customer, and the bottom that does not also have a kind of technology to consider to utilize pulling-on piece itself is as cosmetic sheet or utilize it to provide information for the customer.
Therefore, one aspect of the present invention provides a kind of pulling-on piece formula container opener that information, sales promotion and ornament materials are one that collects, and provides on the other hand to reaching the pulling-on piece formula container opener that sales promotion and decorative purpose adopt character shape.In related fields, provide the method for pulling-on piece constructed in accordance.
According to present invention, provide a kind of pulling-on piece formula container opener that is used for the end of container with novel shape.The pulling-on piece formula container opener of original explained hereafter is a kind of opening pulling-on piece formula design, and it is made up of head and annular finger grip and is connected on the container cap by point of connection on the pulling-on piece.This pulling-on piece is to be made by sheet metal.The sheetmetal punching forms 2 rings, the ring limit be rolled onto pulling-on piece below.The purpose of this original technological design is to make pulling-on piece weight reduce to minimum and pulling-on piece intensity reaches maximum.
In one embodiment, pulling-on piece of the present invention includes a crawl section, and the crawl section is connected with head by point of connection between it and the head.According to the present invention, alleviate pulling-on piece weight and there is no important meaning.Therefore, pulling-on piece can be a continuous solid plate.In addition, gain in strength below also not needing the limit of pulling-on piece twisted in.Since pulling-on piece can be made by other material, do not need the limit of pulling-on piece is twisted in following to avoid sharp-pointed metal edge yet.In other words, the pulling-on piece among the present invention both can have crimping also can not have crimping.Therefore, pulling-on piece is a kind of fully smooth member, or a kind of plate material.In one embodiment, the flat surfaces of pulling-on piece fully is parallel to each other in whole pulling-on piece scope.
Pulling-on piece described in the present invention can have container pulling-on piece materials with function and makes with any, comprising: aluminium, steel, plastics or any natural, synthetic and composite material and other suitable material.The personnel that have the ordinary skill level in this area have the ability to choose suitable material fully.Pulling-on piece contains a finger-hole at least.According to the present invention, has the suitable pulling-on piece of the capable fully manufacturing of personnel of ordinary skill level in this area.
According to the present invention, container cap be riveted or otherwise be connected to described pulling-on piece can in the point of connection place on pulling-on piece.This pulling-on piece can be used as a lever, and its fulcrum is positioned at the point of connection place.When mentioning its crawl section, can make head push container cap downwards, thereby open the tear strip part on the container cap.Its head can be by current technical design known in the art so that open tear strip effectively.
According to an aspect of the present invention, provide a kind of ornamental pulling-on piece.It is the implication of one that " ornamental pulling-on piece " this word intention is expressed this kind pulling-on piece collection information, sales promotion or ornament materials function.Information, sales promotion or ornament materials mean, but also are not limited to, any word, numeral, symbol, name, color, design or image; All these materials all are called " pulling-on piece decoration " hereinafter.According to a finger-hole should be arranged on the ornamental pulling-on piece of present invention at least.Yet, in a most preferred embodiment, introduced the ornamental pulling-on piece of the closed design-calculated of a kind of employing.Closed pulling-on piece design can provide exceptional space to decorate to hold pulling-on piece.
Therefore, an object of the present invention is, a kind of ornamental pulling-on piece that adopts closed pulling-on piece design and the pulling-on piece decorative fitting is housed is provided.In one embodiment, provide a kind of ornamental pulling-on piece, ornamental pulling-on piece has the pulling-on piece that has adopted methods such as embossment, DEBOSSED, etching or engraving and decorates.In another embodiment, provide a kind of ornamental pulling-on piece, ornamental pulling-on piece has by the pulling-on piece of pasting or add on it to be decorated.Stickup that pulling-on piece is decorated or additional can carrying out with any technical method.These technical methods comprise, but also are not limited to use ink, pigment, silk screen print method, alite paste or glue.In another embodiment, the ornamental pulling-on piece that provides, organic coating or other coating are handled or adopted in its pulling-on piece surface through anodic polarization.Ornamental pulling-on piece can adopt as any pulling-on piece in above-mentioned several modes and decorate, and perhaps this pulling-on piece also can adopt with the various pulling-on pieces of embossment, DEBOSSED, etching, engraving, stickup or adherence method and decorate.Also have in another embodiment, provide multilayer ornamental pulling-on piece.Thereby multilayer is decorated and has been adopted machinery or chemical method processing to present the pulling-on piece decorative effect with various colors and shade on pulling-on piece.
Can adopt various coatings.Suitable coating compounds comprises the mode of using in the drinking container field usually.Alcoa company can supply with those former materials of pulling-on piece that suitable coating that is provided by Dexter, Valspar, BASP and other company is provided.The mode of coating also is not limited to epoxy, ethene and anodic polarization coating.Perhaps preferably adopt the coating of obviously distinguishing with its base material color.Base material can be aluminium, other material or other coat layer.In addition, can adopt color obviously to be different from the multilayer of coating, so that remove some coatings selectively to realize multicolour design-calculated effect.
The purpose that the present invention is correlated with provides a kind of ornamental pulling-on piece, and the ornamental pulling-on piece of this kind has coating and has the pulling-on piece that is produced by laser or other optical device to be decorated.In one embodiment, a kind of ornamental pulling-on piece is provided, its surface be no coating or handled through anodic polarization or coating arranged, perhaps be the multi-level composite structure on above-mentioned several surfaces, abundant persistent pulling-on piece decorative effect is handled and produced in the surface of pulling-on piece also with a kind of optical device at least.In another kind of embodiment, ornamental pulling-on piece surface is adopted organic coating and was handled through a kind of optical device at least and produces abundant persistent pulling-on piece decorative effect.Also have in another embodiment, ornamental pulling-on piece is multiple-structure and handled with a kind of optical device at least and produce abundant persistent multicolour and shade pulling-on piece decorative effect.
In a related aspect, the invention provides a kind of ornamental pulling-on piece, it includes a kind of material or multiple special material, when handling with at least a optical device, can make (or wherein) meeting generation pulling-on piece decoration on the pulling-on piece.
According to a further aspect in the invention, provide a kind of sign shape pulling-on piece." sign shape pulling-on piece " this term intention is expressed as follows implication: this pulling-on piece formula container opener is character shape, thereby plays the double action of container opener and sales promotion or decoration simultaneously.Sign shape meaning pulling-on piece shape is identified as image, trade mark, icon, character or other significant project.For example, pulling-on piece can adopt corporate logo, trade mark, character, Christmas tree, Football cap or fruit or the like.Therefore, pulling-on piece can be used for promotional product, promotes the compensation competition and provides souvenir for the buyer.In order to reach the effect of sign shape, this kind pulling-on piece should adopt the pulling-on piece shape inequality with original fabrication techniques.
In order to strengthen indicating the effect of shape, all can be used to decorate this sign shape pulling-on piece in the relevant any method of above-mentioned pulling-on piece that discuss and ornamental.Like this, in one aspect, the invention provides a kind of ornamental sign shape pulling-on piece.For example, image in the interpolation of shape pulling-on piece can indicated.Image can be by printing, embossment, DEBOSSING, silk screen print method, and laser-induced thermal etching or other appropriate method are added on the pulling-on piece.Any form image comprises photograph, trade mark, holography, bar code or other suitable image, can add on the pulling-on piece.In order to produce special image, this kind sign shape pulling-on piece can be made by the raw MAT'L with colour of dyeing simply.Perhaps, sign shape pulling-on piece adopts colourless pulling-on piece raw MAT'L, adopts printing, dyeing and other appropriate method to decorate then.In addition, can on pulling-on piece, paste the adhesive label.
According to the present invention, ornamental and sign shape pulling-on piece also can adopt a kind of separable two-period form design.In a kind of like this design, make a fragile part or perforation part between the two at the crawl section of pulling-on piece and head.Push and open the tear strip of container cap open at pulling-on piece after, the crawl section can be separated from pulling-on piece as a kind of sign or souvenir.In order to allow to add big relatively power and crawl section and head part are left opening the direction pull-tab, and in the opposite direction pull-tab adds that relatively little power just can leave crawl section and head part, and this fragile part or perforation are partly answered deflection.
According to a further aspect of the invention, provide the molded areas of an improved type conversion punching machine, make punching press and the forming technology of producing pulling-on piece to produce pulling-on piece according to aforesaid the present invention.Pulling-on piece can be with producing than used broad of conventional production methods or narrower former material.Ensuing crawl section forming technology can adopt embossment, and perhaps other method also can be cut a finger-hole on the crawl section.Head can be used in orthodox method commonly used on the current techniques and shape.According to current techniques, any method commonly used can connect pulling-on piece or be riveted on the container cap.
The present invention also relates to the manufacture method of aforesaid ornamental pulling-on piece.Pulling-on piece can be used the production of conversion punching machine, and the district's drawing of described in the present invention improved type pulling-on piece compression molding.Can carry out the pulling-on piece decoration on the former material of monoblock pulling-on piece or on the former material bar of pulling-on piece that is shaped or from the pulling-on piece that the conversion punching machine is exported.Mechanical type or computer recognition system can be used to guarantee the particularity and the conformability of pulling-on piece decorative effect.In a most preferred embodiment of the present invention, on pulling-on piece, carry out the etching pulling-on piece with a laser at least and decorate.Before the former material of pulling-on piece enters the conversion punching machine for the first time, laser can dispose in any place or the former material of etching pulling-on piece is come in the position or at the former material band of pulling-on piece that has been shaped through the conversion shaping of punching machine and crimping mold pressing output back etching, perhaps etching pulling-on piece after pulling-on piece comes out from the conversion punching machine through mold pressing.
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Fig. 1 the present invention has the block diagram of the container of pulling-on piece formula container opener.
The top plan view of Fig. 2 container shown in Figure 1.
Fig. 3 A-3D is the cross sectional drawing along the III-III line of Fig. 2.These figure demonstrate each step of opening container with pulling-on piece container opener.
The cross sectional drawing that Fig. 4 is similar with Fig. 3 A demonstrates and be pasted with label embodiment on pulling-on piece.
The top cover planar view of Fig. 5 a kind of available embodiment of the present invention.In this kind embodiment, pulling-on piece is connected on the container, and almost entire container top cover and pulling-on piece can take off together.
The cross sectional drawing that Fig. 6 is similar with Fig. 3 A demonstrates a selective embodiment, and its pulling-on piece is a two-period form, and when openable container, two sections mutual separable.
The top view of Fig. 7 pulling-on piece process units embodiment of the present invention.
The top view of Fig. 8 selective embodiment of pulling-on piece process units of the present invention.
The top view of another selective embodiment of Fig. 9 pulling-on piece process units of the present invention.
The can ends top view of Figure 10 one embodiment of the present of invention.
The bottle cap that has laser ablation to decorate of Figure 11 one embodiment of the present of invention.
The multiple-structure of Figure 12 a kind of embodiment of the present invention.
The detailed description of most preferred embodiment
The typical pulling-on piece formula container opener of making according to the present invention is in the drawings usually with 40 expressions.In first kind of most preferred embodiment shown in Fig. 1-2 and Fig. 3 A-D, pulling-on piece 40 is connected on the container 10.Pulling-on piece 40 comprises head 41 and crawl section 43 two parts.Container comprises top cover 20.The container cap lid includes the tear strip 30 and the aperture lines that are limited by aperture lines 31 and is interrupted part 32.
There is a point of connection 42 to be connected on the container cap 20 on the pulling-on piece 40, makes the head 41 of pulling-on piece 40 on tear strip 30 by rivet 50.Shown in Fig. 3 A-3D, pulling-on piece 40 can be opened tear strip 30 as its fulcrum at a lever at point of connection 42 places.When the user promoted crawl section 43, head 41 can apply a downward pressure to tear strip 30, and tear strip 30 is separated along aperture lines 31 and container cap 20.Aperture lines interruption part 32 makes tear strip 30 remain attached on the container cap 20 and prevents that it from dropping in the container.After pulling pulling-on piece 40 was opened container cap 20, pulling-on piece 40 flexible its original position of getting back to were shown in Fig. 3 D.
In the sort of embodiment shown in Fig. 1-2 and Fig. 3 A-D, pulling-on piece 40 adopts character shape to come decoration container.Character shape pulling-on piece shown in these figure is a pineapple fruit shape.Be to strengthen sign shape effect, pulling-on piece is decorated as the texture of pineapple and can carried out embossment on the pulling-on piece and/or stamp the pattern of pineapple on pulling-on piece.In addition, people can imagine and other alternative pulling-on piece character shape, including, but not limited to, corporate logo, trade mark, character and icon etc.People also can imagine the pulling-on piece decoration that other.
In order to promote to indicate the production of shape pulling-on piece, pulling-on piece should be continuous solid plate, need not punching on pulling-on piece.In illustrated embodiment, solid plate is an abundant smooth member, and plane 45 and lower plane 46 are parallel to each other substantially on it.In other words, pulling-on piece is to be made by the fully consistent plate material of thickness everywhere.Yet, in one embodiment, discontinuous solid plate, as: porose, perhaps on-plane surface member and non-basic plate material also can be realized character shape.Pulling-on piece is preferably formed as and is identified as image, trade mark, sign, character or other label entry purpose shape.
Fig. 4 is second kind of most preferred embodiment of the present invention.In such an embodiment, for reaching the purpose of sales promotion, be attached to the sign shape effect of further strengthening pulling-on piece on the pulling-on piece 40 by the pulling-on piece decorative fitting that includes adhesive label 60.This label can paste any position of pulling-on piece.Pulling-on piece 40 adopt such as Fig. 1-2 with shown in Fig. 3 A-3D in the identical character shape of discussion.
Fig. 5 is the third most preferred embodiment of the present invention.In such an embodiment, same component part of pulling-on piece 40 ' have pulling-on piece as described above 40 and sign shape and by rivet 50 ' be connected to container cap 20 ' on.Yet, in such an embodiment, tear strip 30 ' almost comprise entire container top cover 20 '.Aperture lines 31 ' incessantly along container cap 20 ' whole periphery extend.In this embodiment, user's head 41 ' beginning of mentioning the crawl section 43 of pulling-on piece ' can make pulling-on piece along aperture lines 31 ' tear hold bar 30 '.Then, the user is pulling-on piece 40 ' to the opposite pulling of container, thus intactly from container take off pulling-on piece 40 ' and tear strip 30 '.In this embodiment, it is described and above pulling-on piece 40 ' also adopts by the identical sign shape shown in Fig. 1-4.
Figure 6 shows that the 4th kind of most preferred embodiment of the present invention.In this embodiment, pulling-on piece 40 " has adopted the two-period form structure design, has made crawl section 43 " can from the head 41 " separate.Pulling-on piece 40 " on make a fragile part 44 ", for example line of weakness or perforation.This fragile part makes and spurs head 41 " and don't making crawl section 43 " and 41 " separate from the head when the user mentions crawl section 43 " time meeting relative tear strip 30 " extending at a certain angle between crawl section 43 " and head 41 " on the pulling-on piece." afterwards, by in fragile part 44 " the direction stress of opening tear strip 30, crawl section 41 " just from the head 43 " separates.Pulling-on piece 40 " also adopts the identical sign shape of above-mentioned pulling-on piece 40 shown in Fig. 1-4.Thereby the part that this two-period form design allows the user to keep pulling-on piece has strengthened the sales promotion of pulling-on piece or the function of decoration as souvenir or present.
Fig. 7-9 is depicted as the typical production of making pulling-on piece of the present invention.In first embodiment shown in Figure 7, this production facilities includes improved type conversion punching machine 70.The pulling-on piece production of adopting original technology with standard handovers punching press function from buying as Burder or Minister company.Improved type punching machine 70 comprises a turret vessel top cover forwarder 71 so that transport container cap by punching machine 70.Container cap forwarder 71 has 72 and outlets 73 of an inlet.Inlet 72 is used for receiving the container cap that is unkitted pulling-on piece, and outlet 73 is to be used for collecting the container cap of installing behind the pulling-on piece.Forwarder 71 is sent to outlet 73 by inlet 72 by punching machine 70 with container cap, collects the container cap after pulling-on piece is installed in this exit.
As shown in Figure 7, punching machine 70 also comprises 74 and shaping pulling-on piece sheet material bar outlets 76 of a former material inlet of pulling-on piece.Compression molding district 75 between the former material of pulling-on piece inlet 74 and shaping pulling-on piece sheet material bar outlet 76 and horizontal stroke mutually by forwarder 71.According to conventional process, compression molding district 75 comprises plurality of devices (not shown) such as cutting die and diel, and these moulds will be configured as required form by the materials processing here.When container cap on forwarder 71 during by compression molding district 75, compression molding district 75 can the process vessel top cover.According to the present invention, the former material 90 of pulling-on piece enters in the punching machine 70 by the former material inlet 74 of pulling-on piece.As shown in Figure 7, former material 90 of pulling-on piece 74 enters in the punching machine by entering the mouth, and enters compression molding district 75 then, and is cut and shapes and be the shaping pulling-on piece.Then, shaping pulling-on piece bar 91 is exported from punching machine 70 by the outlet 76 of shaping pulling-on piece sheet material bar.
In a kind of most preferred embodiment, compression molding district 75 is made up of many interchangeable cutting dies and diel.Just as known to persons of ordinary skill in the art, the interchangeable mould ornamental pulling-on piece that single punching machine is produced have the unlike signal shape and make by many different materials.For example, dispose mould to produce the pulling-on piece of no finger-hole by pulling down or lock the eyelet cutting die.And then compression molding district 75 can be through arranging to cut out the pineapple shape pulling-on piece shown in Fig. 1-2 and Fig. 3 A-D.The compression molding district can also be through arranging to make pulling-on piece embossment after mold pressing go out the texture of pineapple.In addition, the compression molding district can cut out pineapple shape crawl section so that can separate from the head after arranging.Therefore, according to this specification sheets, skilled technician can realize a large amount of other in compression molding district improved fully, produces the pulling-on piece of various ornamental and sign shapes.
Shaping pulling-on piece sheet material bar 91 can enter the punching machine 70 by shaping pulling-on piece sheet material bar inlet 77 after punching machine 70 outputs once more by the outlet 76 of shaping pulling-on piece sheet material bar.Shaping pulling-on piece sheet material bar is transported into to the riveted joint district 78 of closing on forwarder 71.In riveted joint district 78, the shaping pulling-on piece is sent on the container cap in riveted joint district 78 from being riveted to by forwarder 71 after shaping pulling-on piece sheet material bar breaks away from.Then, shaping pulling-on piece sheet material bar waste material 92 leaves riveted joint district 78, leaves punching machine by sheet material bar waste outlet 79 at last.Container cap leaves riveted joint district 78 o'clock and makes above pulling-on piece is riveted to by forwarder 71.Forwarder exports 73 from it at last and the container caps of riveted joint behind the upper drawing pieces are sent punching machine and herein the pulling-on piece top cover is collected.Pulling-on piece sheet material bar waste material also can collect other purposes of work after pulling-on piece sheet material waste outlet 79 is sent, for example reclaim the back as the new former material 90 of pulling-on piece.
According to the present invention, the former material 90 of pulling-on piece can comprise any material that can be used for making pulling-on piece formula container opener.Typical material comprises aluminium, steel, plastics or any natural, synthetic and composite material, perhaps other suitable material.Similarly, also multiple combination of materials can be used as multiple-structure or other form.Therefore, the common horizontal technical personnel in this area also can understand, the improved type punching machine is carried out corresponding operating is necessary in order to adapt to various materials.In a most preferred embodiment, the former material of pulling-on piece 90 is made up of aluminium.As shown in Figure 7, the former material of aluminium matter pulling-on piece can be any suitable width and any ideal length.In general, existing punching machine can hold 1.9 inches or 2.8 inches wide and the thick former material of pulling-on piece of 0.009-0.010 inch.According to the present invention, the thickness of the former material of pulling-on piece can increase, and depends primarily on desirable strength and material therefor.A most preferred embodiment considers to use the wide and about 0.125 inch thick former material of aluminium matter pulling-on piece of about 1-3 inch.
If pulling-on piece needs Spanish furnish, can use the former material 90 of colored pulling-on piece by the present invention.Painted in order to realize, can when shaping the former material 90 of pulling-on piece, dye, perhaps on the former material of pulling-on piece, coat color material.Similarly, the common horizontal technical personnel of general this area can be appreciated that and can adopt tinting or coating material of other, for example plastics.
Decoration and sign effect in order further to strengthen pulling-on piece can adopt a pulling-on piece ornamental area 100.Pulling-on piece ornamental area 100 can be a zone in the improved type punching machine, for example impression point or screen-printed dots etc.Perhaps, pulling-on piece ornamental area 100 can be positioned at the punching machine outside, and it also still can fit together with punching machine 70 co-ordinations or with punching machine 70.Embossment or other are decorated processing and also can be carried out in compression molding district 75.
In a most preferred embodiment shown in Figure 7, pulling-on piece ornamental area 100 is positioned at a zone, and the former material 90 of pulling-on piece is decorated in this zone before entering the former material inlet 74 of pulling-on piece.Pulling-on piece ornamental area 100 can fit together with the feeding mechanism of the former material 90 of pulling-on piece being sent into the former material inlet 74 of pulling-on piece.Perhaps, pulling-on piece ornamental area 100 can be positioned at the zone of handling the former material 90 of pulling-on piece, and this is regional even can not be positioned at punching machine 70 residing places.In other words, the former material 90 of pulling-on piece can be processed by advanced luggage decorations, and then is fed to the place that punching machine 70 is housed.
Figure 8 shows that the another kind of embodiment that makes the production facilities of pulling-on piece of the present invention.Referring to Fig. 7, figure grade is wherein represented the parts identical with Fig. 8.Yet, in this embodiment, pulling-on piece ornamental area 100 be located at outside the punching machine but can with former material 90 co-ordinations of pulling-on piece so that shaping pulling-on piece sheet material bar 91 exports 76 places after punching machine 70 outputs at shaping pulling-on piece sheet material bar, before importing punching machine 70 once more by pulling-on piece ornamental area 100.
Though consider no matter where pulling-on piece ornamental area 100 is positioned at, it can finish all decoration functions in the scope of the invention, but had better be placed on pulling-on piece ornamental area 100 in the punching machine production procedure and can receive the position of shaping pulling-on piece sheet material bar.The first, pulling-on piece is shaped on the former material bar of pulling-on piece, can improve the work speed and the productive capacity of production facilities like this by mechanical positioning or computer Recognition, perhaps carries out fully identical pulling-on piece and decorate on each pulling-on piece.The second, pulling-on piece ornamental area 100 can link to each other with the driving device (not shown), and driving device can allow compression molding district 75 with than the 100 adaptable more fast pace work of pulling-on piece ornamental area.
Figure 9 shows that another makes the selective embodiment of pulling-on piece formula opener of the present invention.With reference to figure 7 and Fig. 8, the same figure grade of using among Fig. 9 is all correspondingly represented the same parts as shown in Fig. 7 and Fig. 8.Yet the pulling-on piece ornamental area 100 among Fig. 9 is positioned at and is received in the zone that the container cap of installing pulling-on piece of forwarder 71 is left in forwarder outlet 73.In special embodiment shown in Figure 9, pulling-on piece ornamental area 100 is for generally cylindrical.A cylindrical tracks 101 of configuration can receive and be subjected to many container caps of having loaded onto pulling-on piece in pulling-on piece ornamental area 100.Pulling-on piece ornamental area 100 also have one by cylindrical tracks 101 around inner area 102.
In this embodiment, the container cap that pulling-on piece is housed is received by the cylindrical tracks in the pulling-on piece ornamental area 100 101 after forwarder exports 73 places and leaves forwarder 71.Track can be to the either direction rotation so that container cap be rotated to a position or a plurality of position in (or passing through) pulling-on piece ornamental area.Adopt a kind of like this arrangement, can different pulling-on piece decorations be applied on pulling-on piece or the container cap at diverse location.The pulling-on piece decorating apparatus can be arranged within the inner area 102 of pulling-on piece ornamental area 100 and outside (perhaps) cylindrical tracks 101.If pull-tab but also container cap decorated not only, this embodiment can preferably consider, perhaps combines with front embodiment.
Pulling-on piece ornamental area 100 of the present invention can with any method settle in case the former material of pull-tab, shaping pulling-on piece sheet material bar or be connected to after the container cap or before pulling-on piece on carry out pulling-on piece and decorate.The practical layout of pulling-on piece ornamental area and design will change according to used trailing and the material of being decorated.The pulling-on piece ornamental area can comprise a kind of the carry out equipment that embossment, DEBOSSING, engraving or etching pulling-on piece are decorated, the perhaps combination of multiple decorating apparatus.Similarly, the pulling-on piece ornamental area also can comprise be suitable for printing, combination that screen printing, drawing, adhesion, stickup and other pull-tab or the former material of pulling-on piece are settled ornament or produced any or plurality of devices in the decorating apparatus of decorative effect.The pulling-on piece ornamental area can utilize mechanical orientation or computer controlled artificial perception system to assist in ensuring that the pulling-on piece decoration on final products is basic identical.Utilize a plurality of pulling-on piece ornamental areas, several scheme combination such as among Fig. 7-9 also belong in the context of the present invention.
Optical device is that the decorating apparatus of preferentially selecting for use at the pulling-on piece ornamental area, especially laser can produce persistent substantially pulling-on piece decorative effect on pulling-on piece or the former material of pulling-on piece.For example, when making ornamental pulling-on piece or decoration-sign shape pulling-on piece for aluminum container, can adopt anodic polarization to handle aluminium or the aluminium of organic coating is arranged.Best, adopt the aluminium that organic coating is arranged at least on one side.If wish pulling-on piece multicolour is arranged, also can use the material of a plurality of coatings.Then, aluminium of handling with this anodic polarization of laser processed or the aluminium that organic coating is arranged, thus make alumina based material see through external coating in pulling-on piece and the former material of pulling-on piece or the anodic polarization processing layer shows so that a predetermined pulling-on piece decorated to ablate or etch into.Laser also can be set to produce textured pattern.If adopt a plurality of coatings, after laser can be set on request, making topmost, a coating part is etched into desired depth (preferably this degree of depth can be exposed second coating or bottom aluminium), then also can make second coating also be etched into desired depth, manifest a following coating or bottom aluminium.By that analogy, till reaching final requirement.Therefore, the mean level technical personnel also can be understood in process aspect this area, coating and laser setup are made repeatedly to improve the quality that can influence speed of production, pulling-on piece decorative fitting visibility, etching depth and required figure color, current available laser is high-power laser or laser with accurate sign ability, for example 200 watts of NDYAG lasers (neodymium YAG laser) and carbon dioxide (CO 2) laser.Carbon dioxide laser can reach 600 watts.
According to aforementioned, the mean level technical personnel can be understood that the pulling-on piece formula opener of the ornamental of the aluminium packaging container shown in Fig. 1-2 and Fig. 3 A-D and sign shape is how manufactured and come out.For example, the former material 90 of a kind of aluminium matter pulling-on piece, its ground floor coating is green, and top coat is a brown.With the former material of the pulling-on piece 74 first adjacent pulling-on piece ornamental areas 100 that enter the mouth, perhaps leave the zone of improved type punching machine 70, can carry out pulling-on piece and tint.Then, the former material 90 of pulling-on piece is fed in the improved type punching machine, then the former material 90 of pulling-on piece enters the compression molding district 75 in the punching machine, above a series of there cutting dies and punching press (embossing, embossing and impression) mould is processed into the former material of pulling-on piece the pulling-on piece sheet material bar 91 that is the pineapple shape and has mold pressing pineapple texture is arranged.Then, shaping pulling-on piece sheet material bar 91 enters second pulling-on piece ornamental area 100 again after punching machine 70 outputs, in order to obtain the pulling-on piece decorative effect of basically identical, mechanical orientation or the computer controlled artificial congnition equipment pulling-on piece that is used to guarantee to be shaped is correctly located there.Adopt then a laser or a series of laser ablation or cutting topmost the green layer that demonstrates near head region of the part of coating make it consistent with the leaf of pineapple.Adopt a laser or a plurality of laser to ablate simultaneously or in succession or thereby the part of cutting coated on both sides demonstrates following alumina based material and produced the pineapple shape.The thickness of laser or coating can be adjusted before carrying out this technology, so that can produce the textured pattern of pineapple by this technology.Shaping pulling-on piece sheet material bar 91 then reenters improved type punching machine 70, and pulling-on piece riveted joint district 75 pulling-on pieces therein are riveted on the container cap.The container cap of riveting upper drawing piece then leaves punching machine and is for further processing at other pulling-on piece ornamental area 100, and perhaps they are collected and are connected on the container body.
According to further characteristic requirement, the former material of pulling-on piece can be before forming technology, carries out etching or mark in advance in advance with laser or other off-line method.Pulling-on piece also can carry out etching or mark by off-line after being stamped into can ends.The present invention also considers to adopt can ends, can other parts, aluminium matter or other metal matter bottle cap, plastic bottle closure or the beverage packaging unit other parts after cated can ends of laser etching or anodic polarization are handled.
Figure 10 shows that a can ends 120.The shaping of can ends 120 and pulling-on piece can be finished with the conversion punching machine.In can ends appearance process,, on can ends, carry out expansion and the deformation process of various being called " embossing " in order to improve the intensity of can ends.Can ends demonstrates anti-bending " embossing " 121 among Figure 10.Also include a top cover opening indentation 122 and a top cover wheel rim 123 on this can ends.Pulling-on piece 124 is by the punching press effect riveted joint or be stamped on the button shaped thing 125 of can ends again of conversion punching machine.Also demonstrate additional " embossing " 126.Adopt the intensity of other deformation process 127 in addition, thereby a crawl section 129 can also be arranged near the article pulling-on piece 124 in the can with reinforcement indentation plate 128.When being raised, crawl section 129 will exert pressure by 130 pairs of indentation plates 128 of head.Settle the preceence of otch 131 to be that it has promoted leverage on pulling-on piece, on point of connection, the button thing 125 in the punching press plays the effect of balance pivot.The preceence of crawl section is that it is a closed pulling-on piece and demonstrates ornament 132, is the logos of " VALUE MARK " in the diagram.
According to an outstanding embodiment, pulling-on piece is to produce greater than 0.01 inch (preferably 0.0125 inch thick) former material of pulling-on piece with thickness.The former material of pulling-on piece is coated organic material and is decorated with laser ablation technology.Can ends itself also can be coated organic coating in addition and make decorative fitting 133 in the above.Decorative fitting 133 is shown as the logos of " BRANDEQUITY ".Trailing preferably designs with the part that laser is removed one or more coatings.
Figure 11 shows that a selective embodiment of the present invention.Container cap, for example bottle cap 140, also can make decorative fitting 141 in the above.In addition, its preceence is embodied in and uses laser and remove one or more layers coating material and make ornament.Decorative fitting is shown as the logos of " BRAND DECOR " among Figure 11.
Figure 12 shows that according to a technique for applying explanation of the present invention.Introduced a kind of pulling-on piece matrix 150, according to an outstanding embodiment, the pulling-on piece matrix can be other can decorate or the material of mark of aluminium flake or some.According to an outstanding embodiment, this material also can be the part of Food ﹠ Drink container, for example top cover, lid, container body or the end.Yet any other material also can be done sign.As mentioned above, the part at any other position of can ends, bottle cap, container cap and a tankage can be produced and can become to the pulling-on piece matrix with any suitable material.
The pulling-on piece matrix can have the coating of one or more different colours.Figure 12 shows that four coloured coatings (can be any suitable color): bluish-green coating 151; Mauve coating 152; Yellow coating 153; Black coating 154.When the pulling-on piece matrix is alumina based material, remove all four coatings, demonstrate the Natural color of aluminium as 155 zones.156 zones have shown and have manifested bluish-green after removing three coatings.157 zones have shown and have manifested mauve after removing two coatings.158 zones have shown and have manifested yellow after removing a coating.In this legend, all positions all do not keep black when removing any coating.By this way, in fact can generate any color.
Under the principle of not violating spirit of the present invention, can infer out a variety of modifications of the present invention.

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1. the manufacture method of a container opener comprises the following step:
Provide pulling-on piece former material;
With the former material of the above-mentioned pulling-on piece of pulling-on piece decorative ornament;
It is a pulling-on piece that the former material of described pulling-on piece is shaped at least;
Described pulling-on piece can be connected on container one end.
2. the method in the claim 1, described decoration step is to carry out before above-mentioned forming step.
3. the method in the claim 1, described decoration step is to carry out after above-mentioned forming step.
4. the method in the claim 1 comprises also described pulling-on piece is connected to step on described container one end that this Connection Step is to carry out before described decoration step.
5. the method in the claim 1, the former material of described pulling-on piece comprises the material from following material selection, comprises metal, plastics, composite material, natural material and synthetic material.
6. the method in the claim 5, the thickness of described material is greater than 0.01 inch.
7. the method in the claim 5, the thickness of described material is more than or equal to 0.0125 inch.
8. the method in the claim 5, the thickness of described material are 0.0125 to be inch.
9. the method in the claim 5, described material is dyed.
10. the method in the claim 1, described material, there is a persistent substantially coating on the surface at least thereon.
11. the method in the claim 10, described material has a plurality of abundant persistent coatings at least thereon on the surface.
12. the method in the claim 10, described material are organic material.
13. the method in the claim 10, described decoration step comprise with the former material of the laser above-mentioned pulling-on piece through coating of processing.
14. comprising with the conversion punching machine, the method in the claim 1, described forming step process the former material of described pulling-on piece.
15. the method in the claim 1, described forming step shapes the former material of above-mentioned pulling-on piece for having the pulling-on piece of sign shape.
16. the method in the claim 1, described pulling-on piece are the pulling-on pieces of close mouth.
17. the method in the claim 1, described decoration step are included in the embossment, DEBOSSIN6, engraving or the etching pulling-on piece that carry out on the former material of above-mentioned pulling-on piece and decorate.
18. the method in the claim 18, the former material of described pulling-on piece was coated the abundant persistent coating material of one deck at least before by embossment, DEBOSSED, engraving or etching.
19. the method in the claim 1, described decoration step comprise with the former material of the optical device emission above-mentioned pulling-on piece of processing.
20. the method in the claim 19, described optical device comprises laser.
21. the method in the claim 20, described laser are NYDAG laser and carbon dioxide (CO2) laser.
22. a container opener comprises:
One pulling-on piece is shown as an abundant smooth member, has one to be used for the point of connection that is connected with container,
The osed top crawl section of pulling-on piece is positioned at a side of described point of connection, and the head of pulling-on piece is positioned at a relative side of described point of connection;
Described pulling-on piece can spur to open container.
23. according to the container opener of claim 22, wherein:
When described pulling-on piece head spurred the crawl section near container with convenient user, head was exerted pressure with openable container to container.
24. according to the container opener of claim 22, described pulling-on piece is with metal.
25. according to the container opener of claim 24, described metal is an aluminium.
26. according to the container opener of claim 25, described aluminium is a kind of aluminum alloy.
27. according to the container opener of claim 22, described pulling-on piece is made with composite material.
28. according to the container opener of claim 22, described pulling-on piece is made with natural material.
29. according to the container opener of claim 22, described pulling-on piece is made with synthetic material.
30., on described pulling-on piece, also include a coating according to the container opener of claim 22.
31. according to the container opener of claim 22, described coating is a kind of coating of handling through anodic polarization.
32. according to the container opener of claim 22, described coating is a kind of organic coating.
33. the container opener according to claim 29 also comprises the image on the described pulling-on piece, this image is made by remove described coating partly on described pulling-on piece.
34. the container opener according to claim 27 also comprises the image on the described pulling-on piece, this image is made by remove described coating partly on described pulling-on piece.
35., also be included in and be processed with a plurality of strong coatings on the described pulling-on piece to illumination according to the container opener of claim 27.
36. the container opener according to claim 22 also comprises the image on the described pulling-on piece, this image is made by there being selection to remove one or more coatings partly on described pulling-on piece.
37. according to the container opener of claim 22, also being included in has one or more coatings with the laser etching on the described pulling-on piece.
38. a container comprises:
A container matrix;
One or more coatings on container matrix with the laser etching.
39. according to the container of claim 38, described matrix is a container body.
40. according to the container of claim 38, described matrix is a container cap.
41. according to the container of claim 38, described matrix is the container pulling-on piece.
42. according to the container of claim 38, described coating is an organic coating.
43. according to the container of claim 38, described coating is the coating of handling through anodic polarization.
44. a container opener comprises:
One pulling-on piece comprises an abundant smooth member, has a point of connection that is connected with container;
Described pulling-on piece can spur with openable container.
45. according to the container opener of claim 44, the smooth member in described plane comprises plane, top and baseplane.
46. according to the container opener of claim 45, plane, described top and baseplane all are parallel to each other everywhere at pulling-on piece usually.
47. according to the container opener of claim 44, wherein:
The flat member of described pulling-on piece includes a crawl section, and the side that this crawl section is positioned at point of connection is convenient to user's pulling.
Described pulling-on piece also includes a head, and when this head was positioned at the opposite side of this point of connection and spurs the crawl section near container with convenient user, head was exerted pressure with openable container to container.
48. according to the container opener of claim 47, described head also is an abundant flat member.
49. according to the container opener of claim 47, described pulling-on piece also is included in a frangible portion between head and the crawl section, so that the crawl section can be separated from the head.
50. according to the container opener of claim 44, described pulling-on piece available metal is made.
51. according to the container opener of claim 44, described pulling-on piece can be made of plastic.
52. according to the container opener of claim 44, described pulling-on piece can be made with composite material.
53. according to the container opener of claim 44, described pulling-on piece can be made with natural material.
54. according to the container opener of claim 44, described pulling-on piece can be made with synthetic material.
55., also be included in image additional on the pulling-on piece according to the container opener of claim 44.
56., also be included in the image of etching on the pulling-on piece according to the container opener of claim 44.
57. the container opener according to claim 44 also is included in the label of pasting on the pulling-on piece.
58. according to the container opener of claim 44, described smooth member comprises a kind of sufficient plate material.
59. according to the container opener of claim 58, described plate material is of uniform thickness everywhere.
60. a container opener comprises:
A pulling-on piece that is made of continuous solid plate (SOLID PLATE) has a point of connection that is connected on the container on described pulling-on piece;
Described pulling-on piece is to move with openable container.
61. the container opener according to claim 60 does not have the hole on the described solid plate.
62. according to the container opener of claim 60, wherein:
The solid plate of described pulling-on piece (SOLID PLATE) includes a crawl section, and this crawl section is positioned at a side of point of connection so that user's pulling;
Described pulling-on piece also includes a head, and when this head was positioned at the opposite side of point of connection and spurs the crawl section near container with convenient user, head was exerted pressure with openable container to container.
63. according to the container opener of claim 62, described head also is a continuous solid plate (SOLIDPLATE).
64. according to the container opener of claim 62, also comprise one in the head of pulling-on piece and the frangible portion between the crawl section in case the crawl section can separate from the head.
65. according to the container opener of claim 60, described pulling-on piece is with metal.
66. according to the container opener of claim 60, described pulling-on piece is made of plastic.
67. according to the container opener of claim 60, described pulling-on piece is made with composite material.
68. according to the container opener of claim 60, described pulling-on piece is made with natural material.
69. according to the container opener of claim 60, described pulling-on piece is made with synthetic material.
70. the container opener according to claim 60 also is included in the image of having on the pulling-on piece.
71., also be included in the image that the pulling-on piece come-up undercuts according to the container opener of claim 60.
72. the container opener according to claim 60 also is included in the label of pasting on the pulling-on piece.
73. according to the container opener of claim 60, described continuous solid plate comprises a kind of abundant plate material.
74. according to the container opener of claim 73, described plate material has the same thickness everywhere.
75. a container opener comprises:
One pulling-on piece is made up of character shape, and a point of connection that is connected on the described container is arranged;
Described pulling-on piece can move with openable container.
76. according to the container opener of claim 75, described sign shape also comprises a kind of abundant flat member.
77. according to the container opener of claim 75, described sign shape also comprises a continuous solid plate.
78., do not have the hole on the described continuous solid plate according to the container opener of claim 77.
79. according to the container opener of claim 75, described sign shape also comprises plate material.
80. according to the container opener of claim 79, described plate material has the same thickness everywhere.
81. according to the container opener of claim 75, wherein:
The sign shape of described pulling-on piece includes a crawl section, and this crawl section is positioned at a side of point of connection so that user's pulling;
Described pulling-on piece also includes a head, and this head is positioned at the opposite side of point of connection and is connected on the described sign shape;
When described head spurred the crawl section near container with convenient user, head was exerted pressure with openable container to container.
82. according to the container opener of claim 75, wherein:
The sign shape of described pulling-on piece includes a crawl section, and this crawl section is positioned at a side of above-mentioned point of connection, and this member also includes a head, and this head is at the opposite side of above-mentioned point of connection.
Described header arrangement is nestling up the container place, and when spurring the crawl section with convenient user, head is exerted pressure with openable container to container.
83. 1 container opener according to Claim 8, also comprise one in the head of pulling-on piece and the frangible portion between the crawl section in case the crawl section can separate from the head.
84. 2 container opener according to Claim 8, also comprise one in the head of pulling-on piece and the frangible portion between the crawl section in case the crawl section can separate from the head.
85. according to the container opener of claim 75, described pulling-on piece is with metal.
86. according to the container opener of claim 75, described pulling-on piece is made of plastic.
87. according to the container opener of claim 75, described pulling-on piece is made with composite material.
88. according to the container opener of claim 75, described pulling-on piece is made with natural material.
89. according to the container opener of claim 75, described pulling-on piece is made with synthetic material.
90. the container opener according to claim 75 also is included in the image of having on the described pulling-on piece.
91., also be included in the image that described pulling-on piece come-up undercuts according to the container opener of claim 75.
92. the container opener according to claim 75 also is included in the label of pasting on the described pulling-on piece.
93. a container comprises:
One container cap;
One tear strip is positioned at container cap with the openable container top cover;
One pulling-on piece has a point of connection to connect with container cap on it, described pulling-on piece connects with respect to tear strip, so that the pulling-on piece action is to open tear strip.
94. according to the container of claim 93, described pulling-on piece also includes character shape.
95. according to the container of claim 94, described sign shape includes:
A crawl section, this crawl section are positioned at point of connection one side so that user's pulling; And,
A head, this head is connected at above-mentioned point of connection opposite side and with the crawl section;
This head connects with respect to tear strip, and when spurring the crawl section with convenient user, thereby head is exerted pressure to tear strip tear strip is opened container after container cap is separated.
96., also comprise one in the head of pulling-on piece formula container opener and the frangible portion between the crawl section, so that the crawl section can be separated from the head according to the container of claim 95.
97. according to the container of claim 94, described tear strip is that the aperture lines that breakpoint is arranged by container cap is defined, so that separate pig's tongue at pulling-on piece from container cap, and this tear strip still remains attached to container cap after opening container.
98. container according to claim 94, described tear strip has almost surrounded the entire container top cover, and defined the geometric figure that has formed a closure by one on the container cap continuously uninterrupted aperture lines, thereby tear strip is separated with whole tear strip and container cap after opening container from the container cap separation at pulling-on piece.
99. according to the container of claim 94, described pulling-on piece is with metal.
100. according to the container of claim 94, described pulling-on piece is made of plastic.
101. according to the container of claim 94, described pulling-on piece is made with composite material.
102. according to the container of claim 94, described pulling-on piece is made with natural material.
103. according to the container of claim 94, described pulling-on piece is made with synthetic material.
104., also be included in the image of having on the pulling-on piece according to the container of claim 94.
105., also be included in the image that the pulling-on piece come-up undercuts according to the container of claim 94.
106., also be included in the label of pasting on the pulling-on piece according to the container of claim 94.
107. according to the container of claim 94, described pulling-on piece is riveted to container cap.
108. according to the container of claim 93, described pulling-on piece also comprises an abundant flat member.
109. according to the container of claim 93, described pulling-on piece also comprises a continuous solid plate.
110., do not have the hole on the described continuous solid plate according to the container of claim 109.
111. according to the container of claim 93, described pulling-on piece also comprises a kind of plate material.
112. according to the container of claim 111, described plate material has the same thickness everywhere.
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