CN1829635A

CN1829635A - Protection sheet of beverage can cover

Info

Publication number: CN1829635A
Application number: CNA2004800219812A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张大朋; 罗伯特·积·摄夫拿; 露丝·张
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2003-06-09
Filing date: 2004-06-08
Publication date: 2006-09-06
Also published as: MXPA05013417A; WO2004110877A3; BRPI0411383A; EP1638851A2; WO2004110877A2; US20060151501A1; EP1638851A4; JP2007503367A

Abstract

In a preferred embodiment a protective laminate for a beverage can, including: at least one layer disposed across substantially an entire upper surface of a top of the beverage can; and the at least one layer having therein at least one score or die-cut line adapted to facilitate manual removal of the at least a portion of the at least one layer before a person consumes contents of the beverage can. A method of manufacturing the protective laminate is also provided, with the laminate being applied to the metal stock before the can components are formed and assembled.

Description

The screening glass of beverage can cover

Technical field

The invention relates to a kind of beverage can, especially but a kind of screening glass that uses and production method are pointed out in non-restrictions ground on top cover, screening glass is earlier with processing and fabricating before the jar element is produced such as thin slice or other metal coiled material.

Background technology

The top cover of beverage can is easy to gather dirt and deletrious material, if also be mixed in the beverage easily when having the people to open, and will cause serious consequence after having drunk this beverage, unless cleaning is clean earlier on the surface of beverage can cover, but most of people may not or can not be clean beverage can elder generation cleaning.

According to first shown in the report: some drying loss or mouse in heaven in a staff is just clearing up the warehouse in a warehouse of Hawaiian Maui, two days later, owing to the large tracts of land damage of organ pipe in the body is admitted to hospital, it is dead that all rescue measures proved ineffectual at last.The doctor in charge tells that at once everyone must not enter this warehouse or contact drying loss or dead mouse ".Obviously this is a kind of virus, just as " Chinese tower virus " is grown on the mouse or mouse in heaven, when if described place is dry, virus is flown away aloft just as dust, after the people enters, just can contact with it, and not have the people who thoroughly cleans hand and face to cause fatal danger after attacking more weak people of physique or contact, receiving report has then confirmed doctor's saying.

Report is also pointed out, the Center for Disease Control of Atlanta make to the splendid attire carbonated water the jar research report, the jar of being set up on the mountain, Georgia that can produce first-class splendid attire carbonated water, but also leave dried mouse residue in its surface, and be deletrious, fatal.

Canned feed generally is stored in warehouse or the freight container; if there is not suitable cleaning; usually can grow a large amount of bacteriums, and bacterium can gather or wide-scale distribution by the place that the hole is arranged, in fact; most modern, high-level personage, supermarket etc.; really can run into the appearance of mouse and mouse, therefore, it is extremely important that the top cover of beverage can just seems; the user particularly promptly opens the i.e. beverage of drink, because can not for example clean lid with soap and water with simple method.

It is as follows that some can provide the method for clean beverage can to comprise:

U.S. Patent number is 5; 292; No. 022; checking and approving the announcement time is on March 8th, 1994; the artificial class of invention high (Blanco), its name is called " critical point that the metal beverage bottle uses ", and described specific embodiment is as shown in Figure 1 of the patent; one beverage can comprises the scope of bonding screening glass clad opening, and can be removed when lid is opened.In other a little preferred embodiments; promptly as the over cap part of Fig. 2, beverage can cover shown in Figure 3; it is provided with the periphery of an annulus around over cap; over cap is delineation earlier and weakens; described over cap is provided with the line of cut of a strip; as mentioned above, when opening bottle, just can separate over cap and line of cut.

U.S. Patent number is 5,813, No. 559; check and approve and be published on September 29th, 1998, the invention people is Cao (Cho), and its name is called " the hygienic protection lid of beverage can "; wherein described the preferred embodiment of 5 kinds of these inventions, every kind of invention all is provided with hygiene cover, but can only protect the part of top cover.The concrete mode of those embodiment is to be covered in tank surface, and fixed roof, just opens after having plenty of the Rotate 180 degree in addition; Other hygiene cover mainly acts on and is to open jar, and they are located at the diverse location that covers jar respectively.

U.S. Patent number is 5; 934; 495; check and approve communique on August 10th, 1999; the invention people is Chi Aodu (Chiodo); its name is called " protective film of general beverage can or food beverage container ", and described protective film is to use degradable or material that can be recycled and the top of wrapping up beverage can at least.Protective film is opened when opening, and is provided with a designated symbol and indicates unfolding mode or can open by cutter, and may have gas, disinfectant, widget, promotional item, explanation, prescription etc. between protective film and jar.This patent is being used between film and the tank body and can setting up the material of the usefulness more capable of circulation of other article.

U.S. Patent number is 6; 443; 323; check and approve communique on September 3rd, 2002; invention Ren is Te Luosi (DeRose), and name is called " the protection strip of paper used for sealing of jar ", and described protection strip of paper used for sealing is the bottom that is attached to the jar draw ring; the place of the person's of being to use that it is protected oral area and jar direct contact is turned on described strip of paper used for sealing in rotary manner and then is opened bottle cap earlier.

The substantial drawback that aforesaid invention had is that their top cover all is after the bottle cap production or after the top produces, the processing that additionally separates.Therefore, increase to produce the cost of jar greatly, and spend a huge sum of money to cooperate main assembling and change equipment again, setting production, this is very expensive and causes production facilities is carried out major change.Sometimes, some places also occurring does not have protected film extension to cover, and the people is drunk into sordid thing when having a drink easily, or allow other material enter in the beverage can; There are some equipment also to require the user that strange in addition operation is arranged.

In addition, general common beer, carbonated drink and Other Drinks must be freezing just welcome to uniform temperature,, also do not indicate the jar of temperature now, makes people drink the drink of inappropriate temperature and fail to obtain due enjoyment.

Moreover generally dull and shortage design or picture also can not reach other useful significant popularization purposes on the top cover surface.

Main purpose of the present invention provides a top cover that possesses screening glass, and it can be produced together with top cover when making jar.

Another object of the present invention provides the beverage can top cover that contains screening glass, and it can need not comprise extra strange step normal removing simultaneously when opening beverage can.

The top cover of a beverage can provided by the present invention is both economical and practical, can simply produce again.

The present invention is the top cover of beverage can, and its another function is that the capping place can provide a temperature meter to demonstrate temperature.

The present invention is and can draws a design on capping for another function of the top cover of beverage can.

The present invention is the top cover of beverage can, and its method for making is the product that welcome by consumers in general.

The advantage of detailed features of the present invention, structure and its existence all lays down a definition in following detailed description and accompanying drawing, reference.

Summary of the invention

The present invention is for addressing the above problem and reaching described purpose, wherein the preferred embodiment of the screening glass of beverage can cover of the present invention mainly is to provide a screening glass to be used for beverage can, this screening glass is adding in advance before beverage can forms, and it comprises: a bottom is directive makes the top cover that fully handing-over becomes jar with a whole top layer; Be provided with a line or a cutting wires in the described bottom, the side that indicates described beverage can should move or cover in the line or cutting wires of described bottom.The present invention also comprises the manufacture method of relevant screening glass.

The invention provides a beverage can, it comprises that a tank body partly establishes an open end and limit a room, one top cover comprises that a top and at least one protection loop are located at the outside at this top, wherein this top one covers the open end of this tank body part and forms a housing and becomes this beverage can around this top cover, this top has a default opening groove and sets an aperture position, and this screening glass covers the outside at this top fully and has the opening groove to be easy to open the screening glass aperture position of this top cover; Distribute with opening mark sheet and be located at this top cover so that this opening mark sheet improves and separately this open end and this aperture position and form an opening, this opening forms when this top cover draws back by this opening groove at the aperture position of this screening glass at least.

Wherein this opening groove ring is located at this top cover, and this screening glass is one circular and can be drawn back.

And this screening glass comprises that further a screening glass carved mouth is located at the aperture position at the top of this top cover, and wherein this opening carved mouth separates simultaneously after raising is drawn back with this screening glass carved mouth and forms opening.

Wherein this screening glass is provided with a protrusion partly at this opening groove, a printed mark and a kind of temperature-sensitive material, and the color of material can change with temperature.

A kind of beverage can also has and comprises a method for making, may further comprise the steps:

(a) on a planar metal cover plate, be coated with a screening glass,

(b) this metal cover plate of cutting becomes the top cover of reservation shape size, and this screening glass complete be located at this top cover above,

(c) set the opening part of an opening groove at this top cover,

(d) opening mark sheet is set at this top cover, this opening mark sheet improves also separately this open end and this aperture position and forms an opening, this opening at least the aperture position of this screening glass form when this top cover draws back by this opening groove and

(e) install this top cover to one tank body opening and become a beverage can.

Wherein this opening groove ring is located at this top cover, and this screening glass is being a circle by under the state that draws back.

Wherein the step of this method for making (c) further may further comprise the steps: set the aperture position of a screening glass carved mouth at this top cover top, wherein this opening groove separates simultaneously after raising is drawn back with this screening glass groove and forms the beverage can opening; Being provided with one protrudes partly at this opening groove; One printed mark is set on this screening glass or a kind of its color of temperature-sensitive material is set changes with temperature.

The invention has the advantages that: screening glass is produced together with top cover when making tank body, need not comprise extra strange step normal removing simultaneously when opening beverage can, and both economical and practical, productive costs is lowered in simple production greatly.

Another advantage is that the capping place can provide a temperature meter to demonstrate temperature, also can set pattern on the capping, and generalization is provided greatly.

Description of drawings

The accompanying drawing that is provided can be done better reference and understanding to the present invention, and it mainly is to a detailed explanation of the present invention:

Figure 1A and Figure 1B are the front elevation and the birds-eye vieies of traditional beverages jar;

Fig. 2 A and Fig. 2 B are the front elevation and the top cover planar views of traditional beverages jar combination;

Fig. 3 A and Fig. 3 B are the front elevation of local section of beverage can of the present invention protection rolling layers and the planar view of top cover;

Fig. 4 is the STRUCTURE DECOMPOSITION figure in front of the present invention;

The specific embodiment

Principle in conjunction with above-mentioned pattern and reflection structure of the present invention strictly according to the facts and each element formation:

20 is traditional metallic beverage can as depicted in figs. 1 and 2, beverage can 20 comprises a housing 30 and a top cover 32 (shown in Figure 1B), be provided with the draw ring 40 of an evagination and fixing by a rivet 42 at top cover 32 places, draw ring has for 40 times a recess 50 its ends to be provided with the positioning area that rolls line 52 54 of a circle.

Shown in Fig. 2 B, draw ring 40 perpendicular to positioning area 54 (in some cases, beverage can 20 is installed on the position shown in the drawings) and when mentioning draw ring, just can cut off positioning area 54 (shown in Figure 1B) formation one opening 60 that rolls line 52 and depress, and described positioning area 54 forms an opening and can directly contacting with beverage because of depressing, this is known, unless top cover 32 is to clean completely, otherwise any material is stayed positioning area 54 places and all can be entered in the beverage can 20, and then directly enters human body.

The present invention such as Fig. 3 B show that clearly a screening glass 70 is applied in the terminal formation of flat material top cover 32; the present invention need not change equipment when preparation of drinks jar 20; do not need to increase the metallic beverage can of cost yet; screening glass 70 sticks between jar and the top cover 32 and is covered on the housing 30; screening glass 70 is provided with an intermittent line 61 around opening 60 places; can enter top cover 32 along opening, for catering to customer's hobby, the customer can drink the beverage in the beverage can 20 immediately.

, when the customer has a drink from " clean " top cover 32, should remove screening glass 70 earlier on top cover, have different line or indicatrix 72 to be marked on the top cover 32 on its protective film, this is with regard to easier outstanding opening 60.

Top cover 32 can be stamped to form by flat aluminium flake or steel disc.

The logotype of top cover 32 and draw ring 42 can be located on the top cover; and described technology is to use an aluminium sheet or steel plate to make one " end face " to cover " bottom surface " and go up (it mainly is to avoid aluminium sheet or steel plate and beverage can 20 interior beverages to contact), the screening glass 70 of this patent application top cover 32 " above " cover beverage can 20.

Screening glass 70 to the end fill with beverage the time all be sticking on the top cover 32 in the lump; it can make top cover be crimped onto on the housing 30; during making top cover 32; remove indicatrix 72 and make top cover and the jar drawing again of putting together; as, indicatrix 72, crowning 73 are when removing screening glass 70; it just is easy to form some patterns along indicatrix 72, and an indicatrix is done consequently to form a full toroidal around whole top cover 32 when removing screening glass.

Specific requirement for screening glass 70 comprises that it depends on the top cover 32 that the metal bottom surface forms a beverage can 20; in addition; screening glass 70 must be easy to separately; tear the surface that its sign that separates protrudes in line of weakness; and can break away from from top cover 32, this screening glass can form with the polyester or the polyolefin of toile.

Screening glass 70 can be made different colors, and this is the distinguished place of beverage can 20, can be printed on the colored screening glass that special color is distinguished or proprietary design.

Sometimes, beverage company can be printed on sweepstake or correspondent advertisement speech on the housing 30 of beverage can 20, because this is relevant with client's order, also is the important means of promotion company development.

Therefore; beverage company is in the restriction that constantly solves constraint self; on the top cover 32 of beverage can 20; can be provided with the method for prize drawing; one group of program information of arranging can be printed on the screening glass 70; perhaps do to develop and print at a high speed with laser; if and also can cause the bending of jar front end or the bending of jar rear end when in this way printing jar; because this is the printing by computer control; thereby beverage company will carry out the method for multinomial this use of improvement; because printing can be carried out on manufacturing line, and cost can be to doing minimal increase on the screening glass 70, this is vital aspect inter-industry competition.

In addition, screening glass 70 comprises a kind of material that changes along with variation of temperature, and colored screening glass 70 can indicate that corresponding temperature understands to the customer.

This temperature " indicating device " also can be attached on the housing 30 of beverage can 20 in the lump.

Another kind method is that the available safety ink that changes color with temperature prints beverage can 20, it can be printed to " temperature indicator " shape, or shaft-like or circle shape, it also can be attached on the picture, this " temperature indicator " from the warm on earth transformation color of room temperature, this is the experience that brings " fresh " to beverage.

Laser is developed and printed and can be done developing and printing of two kinds of methods on screening glass 70, and the screening glass on the indicatrix 72 of also can tearing at first, pours into beverage can 20 to beverage, protrudes on the draw ring 40 of top cover 32 during through a sensor along load-transfer device again.

The second, a laser gun " is developed and printed " on top cover 32 by default program; The 3rd, laser gun also can come " cut-out " screening glass 70 in a different manner, to the position of indicatrix 72, removes screening glass, can cut off the outsourcing rim of beverage can 20 sidewalls as laser gun.As shown in Figure 4, it helps the customer to tear screening glass 70.

Another is that the screening glass 70 on the top cover 32 is to print or be coated with the last layer covering to comprise temperature temperature-sensitive material on top cover, and what be coated with is the material that is difficult for peeling off.

Another increase be to printing or the material that scribbles transition temperature earlier on top cover 32, one rolls screening glass 70 in the above, screening glass 70 is covered between the thermometric material and makes and transport.

Screening glass 70 also is that the material that prevention is coated with directly contacts with beverage in beverage can 20.

Screening glass 70 has the double-ply protection in addition, is that thermometric temperature-sensitive material directly contacts with top cover 32 at " bottom ", and " top layer " is a hyaline layer and the color that transmits bottom, also can prevent the direct contact of " bottom " and beverage can 20 when opening cover.

Above-mentioned is specific embodiments of the invention, and it generally with individual other feature and unnecessary this concrete extraordinary circumstances that limit, just can directly be used, and also can exchange or need not make particular content by describing in detail.

Spatial terminology wherein: " top ", " following ", " top ", " bottom ", " inside ", " outside ", " constitutionally ", " outside face ", " vertically ", " level " or the like, these meanings of word that use indicating to some extent separately all on accompanying drawing, and the present invention does not do restrictive configuration.

Purpose in sum is outward appearance shown in the specification sheets as previously mentioned, the structure that can change making and the method that reach effectively and determine certainly, unless with described range applications in the present invention, make all substances be included in above-mentioned narration or put on display the unnecessary restriction explain in the accompanying drawings.

Known following what is claimed is will be applied for protection, and all general and special features are in the scope of the present invention and all statements, and used literal all is the relation of describing between them.

Claims

The present invention does on the set following claim of the concrete feature that is described in exclusive right or exclusive privilege:

1. one for the beverage can screening glass, and it comprises:

(a) has the directive top cover that fully joins to become jar with a whole top layer of a bottom at least; With

(b) be provided with a line or a cutting wires in the bottom, a side that indicates this beverage can should move or cover in the line or cutting wires of described bottom.
2. according to the described beverage can screening glass of claim 1, wherein this side line or cutting wires are centered around the entrance of beverage can.
3. according to the described beverage can screening glass of claim 1, wherein this side line or cutting wires form the aspect of a side, and the one bottom is directive fully to join to become the top cover of jar with a whole top layer.
4. according to the described beverage can screening glass of claim 3, comprise that more: Yi Ling closely increases a side at regional place or one deck screening glass that indicatrix conveniently is torn by hand top cover.
5. according to the described beverage can screening glass of claim 1, wherein this bottom is colored.
6. according to the described beverage can screening glass of claim 1, wherein this this bottom is printed on mark.
7. according to the described beverage can screening glass of claim 1, wherein this bottom is the temperature-sensitive material that changes color with temperature in conjunction with a kind of.
8. according to the described beverage can screening glass of claim 1, wherein this bottom is in conjunction with one deck screening glass of temperature-sensitive material and just can changes into another kind of color when reaching at certain ice-cold.
9. according to the described beverage can screening glass of claim 1, comprise the directive front, top at jar of a temperature temperature-sensitive layer at least one deck be directive above the jar limit.
10. according to the described beverage can screening glass of claim 1, wherein this bottom comprises at least two substratums and constitutes.
11. according to the described beverage can screening glass of claim 1, wherein this screening glass is to be integrally formed as raw metal, is integrally formed before producing combination.
12. the screening glass of a beverage can, it comprises: a temperature-sensitive material is printed or is applied on the top cover of this beverage can, and this temperature-sensitive material can not be removed before beverage is opened.
13. the screening glass of a beverage can comprises a method for making, may further comprise the steps:

(a) top cover that fully joins to become jar with a whole top layer that at least one bottom is provided and is provided with direction; With

(b) provide this bottom, this bottom is provided with a line or a cutting wires, and a side that indicates described beverage can should move or cover in the line or cutting wires of described bottom.
14. according to the screening glass of the described beverage can of claim 13, this method for making more may further comprise the steps: provide a line or cutting wires to be centered around the aperture position of beverage can.
15. according to the screening glass of the described beverage can of claim 13, this method for making more comprises: provide line or cutting wires at this bottom, a side that indicates described beverage can should move or cover in the line or cutting wires of described bottom.
16. according to the screening glass of the described beverage can of claim 15, this method for making more comprises: provide adjacent rise local contiguous a surface or an indicatrix to make things convenient for staff can open the top cover of beverage can.
17. according to the screening glass of the described beverage can of claim 13, this method for making more comprises: provide color to this bottom.
18. according to the screening glass of the described beverage can of claim 13, this method for making more comprises: printed mark is on this protective underlayer sheet.
19. according to the screening glass of the described beverage can of claim 13, this method for making more comprises: add a temperature-sensitive material, this top cover contacts this material and change color under different temperature.
20. according to the screening glass of the described beverage can of claim 13, this method for making more comprises: the temperature-sensitive material that this screening glass merged changes the color that shows low temperature into when reaching certain low temperature.
21. according to the screening glass of the described beverage can of claim 13, its method for making more comprises: this scribbles the bottom of temperature-sensitive material and another bottom has preferably and places on the can body.
22. according to the screening glass of the described beverage can of claim 13, its method for making more comprises: this screening glass comprises at least two substratums and constitutes.
23. according to the screening glass of the described beverage can of claim 13, this method for making more comprises: the combination of this screening glass is to be constituted and combined with tank body by metallic material.
24. the screening glass of a beverage can, its method for making comprises: by to doing printing on the top cover or coat the temperature-sensitive material, described temperature-sensitive material is the color that can not change it in not having the jar of beverage.