EP0279486A2 - Sealed beverage container and apparatus for producing same - Google Patents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
- B65B3/00—Packaging plastic material, semiliquids, liquids or mixed solids and liquids, in individual containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, or jars
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
- B65B7/00—Closing containers or receptacles after filling
- B65B7/16—Closing semi-rigid or rigid containers or receptacles not deformed by, or not taking-up shape of, contents, e.g. boxes or cartons
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- B65B7/2842—Securing closures on containers
- B65B7/2878—Securing closures on containers by heat-sealing
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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
- B65D17/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting or piercing, or by tearing of frangible members or portions
- 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
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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
- B65D5/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper
- B65D5/42—Details of containers or of foldable or erectable container blanks
- B65D5/70—Break-in flaps, or members adapted to be torn-off, to provide pouring openings
- B65D5/708—Separate tearable flexible elements covering a discharge opening of a container, e.g. adhesive tape
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- the present invention relates to sealed containers for containing beverages such as juice and to an apparatus for producing such containers.
- a first object of the present invention is to provide a sealed beverage container which is free of the problems heretofore encountered with cans and paper containers.
- a second object of the invention is to provide an apparatus for producing the sealed beverage container efficiently.
- the present invention provides a sealed beverage container which comprises a rectangular parallelepipedal main body made of a paper-base laminate and having a top wall, a bottom wall and a trunk wall, and upper and lower caplike reinforcing covers made of thermoplastic synthetic resin and fitted over the upper and lower ends of the main body respectively, each of the covers having a peripheral wall and a top wall, the peripheral wall being bonded by fusion to the trunk wall of the main body.
- the invention further provides an apparatus for producing such containers which comprises a conveyor having holders each adapted to hold the container main body as laid down thereon with its opposite ends projecting therefrom sidewise, a heater disposed above the path of travel of the holder for heating the opposite ends of the container main body, a fitting unit disposed above the path downstream from the heater for fitting the respective covers over the opposite ends of the container main body, and a pressure bonding unit disposed above the path downstream from the fitting unit for pressing the peripheral wall of each cover against the trunk wall of the container main body for bonding.
- the container of the invention appears neatly because each of the upper and lower ends of its main body is capped with the reinforcing cover, which covers the folded portions present at the end, holding these portions out of sight.
- the covers prevent the trunk wall from bulging or otherwise deforming.
- the reinforcing cover is fitted to and bonded by fusion to each end of the container main body, as laid down on the holder with the ends of the body projecting from the holder sidewise. Accordingly, containers can be produced efficiently.
- the illustrated sealed beverage container comprises a rectangular parallelepipedal main body 11 having a larger length in the right-to-left (i.e. side-wise) direction than in the front-to-rear direction when seen from above, and upper and lower caplike reinforcing covers 12, 13 fitted over the upper and lower ends of the body 11, respectively.
- the container main body 11 is of the known type except the two features given below and will therefore be described only briefly.
- the main body 11 comprises a top wall 14, a trunk wall 15, a bottom wall 16, two top ears 17 integral with the top wall 14 and the trunk wall 15 at two ridges in the front-to-rear direction and folded over and bonded by fusion to the trunk wall 15, and two bottom ears 18 integral with the trunk wall 15 and the bottom wall 16 at the two ridges in the front-to-rear direction and folded over and bonded by fusion to the bottom wall 16.
- the main body 11 comprises an outer layer 21 of thermoplastic synthetic resin, a paper layer 22, an aluminum foil layer 23 and an inner layer 24 of thermoplastic synthetic resin, as arranged from the outer side inward.
- the top ear 17 differs from the conventional one in shape.
- the top ear 17 comprises a front portion 31 integral with the right or left side edge of the top wall 14, and a rear portion 32 integral with the upper edge of the trunk wall 15.
- the two portions 31, 32 merely lap over each other and are triangular at first as indicated in broken lines in Fig. 5 but are thereafter bonded to each other by fusion and have their forward ends removed to assume a trapezoidal shape.
- the top wall 14 of the main body 11 has an opening forming thin wall portion 33.
- the outer resin layer 21 and the paper layer 22 are removed from the top wall 14 locally for the portion remaining at the removed location to provide the thin wall portion 33.
- the portion 33 is generally in the form of an elongated circle spreading outward approximately from the center of the top wall 14 toward one corner thereof.
- the upper reinforcing cover 12 is prepared from a thermoplastic synthetic resin generally in the form of a cap and comprises a peripheral wall 41 and a top wall 42.
- the peripheral wall 41 is formed at its lower end with an inward ridge 43, which is bonded by fusion to the trunk wall 15 of the main body 11.
- An endless bank 44 is formed on the upper side of the top wall 42 along its peripheral edge.
- the top wall 42 has a joint portion 45 substantially identical with the portion 33 in shape, having a larger thickness than the other portion and thereby made projected downward.
- the joint portion 45 has a lower surface bonded by fusion to the upper surface of the thin wall portion 33.
- the top wall 42 has an opening forming continuous thinned portion 46 which is provided by forming a V groove 47 in the lower surface of the wall 42.
- a circular knob 48 is provided integrally with the top wall 42 inside the thinned portion 46.
- the base portion of the knob 48 is positioned close to one end, toward the center, of the continuous thinned portion 46 and is joined to the upper side of the top wall 42.
- a piece of aluminum foil 49 surrounding the joint portion 45 is interposed between the main body 11 and the top wall 42.
- the foil 49 has a lower surface bonded by fusion to the upper side of the main body top wall 14 around the thin wall portion 33 and an upper surface bonded by fusion to the lower side of the cover top wall 42 around the thinned portion 46.
- the lower reinforcing cover 13 has the same construction as the upper cover 12 except that the cover 13 does not have the joint portion 45, thinned portion 46 and knob 48, and therefore will not be described.
- the knob 48 is pulled outwardly of the container obliquely upward.
- a break develops at the continuous thinned portion 46 from its inner end toward the outer end thereof.
- a break also occurs along the periphery of the thin wall portion 13 of the main body since this portion is pulled upward by the joint portion 45 of the cover. Consequently, the portion inside the continuous thinned portion 46 of the reinforcing cover 12 and the thin wall portion 33 of the main body 11 are removed, leaving an opening for drinking.
- the apparatus shown for producing containers of the above type comprises a feeder 51 and a conveyor 52 extending forward therefrom.
- a horizontal support plate 53 is provided above the rear half of the conveyor 52, which has a transport path extending from rear to front.
- a folding unit 54 Arranged along the path from the rear forward are a folding unit 54, bottom ear heater 55, bottom ear pressure bonding unit 56, top ear fusion bonding unit 57, top ear cutter 58, container main body knocking-down unit 59, container body heater 60, cover fitting unit 61, cover pressure bonding unit 62, cover fusion bonding unit 53 and container discharge unit 64.
- the feeder 51 is a known one and is not illustrated in detail.
- the feeder 51 is adapted to bend a strip of container blank, having a thermoplastic synthetic layer on each surface thereof, into a tubular form with the longitudinal opposite edges lapped over each other, joining the overlapping edges together to obtain a tube, filling the tube with contents, transversely sealing the filled tube at an interval corresponding to the length of one container, and dividing the container portions, whereby uncompleted container main bodys 50 are obtained which are in the form of a flat tube and filled with the contents.
- the conveyor 52 comprises a pair of right and left endless chains 71, and a multiplicity of holders 72 connected between the chains 71 and arranged along the chains.
- Each holder 72 has an approximately square support plate 73, and an upright forming block 74 of rectangular cross section integral with the plate 73 and outwardly projecting therefrom.
- the support plate 73 is equal to the completed main body 11 in sidewise length but has twice the length of the main body 11 in the front-to-rear direction.
- the forming block 74 is equal to the support plate 73 in sidewise length, is therefore equal to the body 1 in sidewise length, and is nearly equal to the body 11 in length in the front-to- rear direction.
- a space equal to the main body 11 in length in the front-to-rear direction is provided between the two adjacent forming blocks 74.
- the block 74 is equal to the main body 11 in height. Such spaces accommodate uncompleted and completed container main bodes 11, 50 as turned upside down.
- the folding unit 54 comprises a liftable press plate 81 disposed above the path of travel of the holder 72 of the conveyor 52, and upper and lower bending guides 82, 83 arranged at the opposite sides of the path of upward and downward movement of the press plate 8.
- the plate 81 is lowered, whereby both ends of the main body 50 are folded flat, positioning the bottom ears 18 upright with the top ears 17 projecting horizontally as shown in Fig. 10.
- the bottom ear heater 55 which is shown in Figs. 8 and 10 in greater detail, comprises a pair of hot air nozzles 84, whereby hot air is applied to the respective upright bottom ears 18 individually from inside.
- the bottom ear pressure bonding unit 56 which is shown in detail in Figs. 8 and 11, comprises a pressure bonding member 85 which is liftable and positioned above the path of transport of the holder 72.
- the member 72 presses the bottom ears 18 against the bottom wall of the main body 11 to the formed, whereby the bottom ears 18 are folded over and pressure-bonded to the bottom portion.
- the top ear fusion bonding unit 57 comprises a pair of fixed clamp members 91 arranged at opposite sides of the path of travel of the holder 72, and a liftable clamp member 92 disposed above the fixed members 91, gate-shaped to oppose the two fixed member 91 and movable toward or away therefrom.
- the upper surfaces of the two fixed clamp members 91 are at the same level as the support plate 73 of the holder 72 so as to be flush therewith.
- Each fixed member 91 is spaced apart from the holder 72 by a very small clearance so as not to interfere with the travel of the holder 72.
- the liftable clamp member 92 is connected to the piston rod of a hydraulic cylinder 93 attached to the support plate 53 and oriented downward, is gate-shaped when seen from the front and has lower end providing clamp faces.
- the right fixed member 91 is provided on its upper side with a retainer 94 L-shaped in cross section and in sliding contact with the right outer side surface of the liftable member 92.
- An unillustrated high-frequency heating coil is embedded in the fixed clamp members 91 and/or the liftable clamp member 92, whereby the aluminum foil 23 of the container blank extending throughout the top ears 17 is subjected to induction heating to bond the front portion 31 and the rear portion of each top ear 17 together when the ear 17 is clamped from above and below by the clamp members 92 and 91.
- Figs. 14 and 15 show the top ear cutter 58 in detail.
- the cutter 58 comprises a pair of support members 101 and a liftable cutter member 102, which are so arranged that the former corresponds to the abovementioned fixed clamp members 91 and that the latter corresponds to the liftable clamp member 92.
- the cutter member 102 has bifurcated lower ends each having a V-shaped blade 103.
- Each support member 101 has in its upper side a groove 104 for permitting the blade 103 to advance thereinto.
- a retainer 105 is mounted on the upper side of the right support member 101. When lowered, the blades 102 cut off the forward or outer end portions of the upper ears 17.
- the container main body knocking-down unit 59 which is shown in detail in Figs. 16 to 17, comprises a poking member 111 disposed at the right side of path of transport of the holder 72, and a guide plate 112 provided at the left side of the path.
- the poking member 111 is attached to the piston rod of hydraulic cylinder 113 and is movable into or out of the path.
- the guide plate 112 When seen from the front, the guide plate 112 is trapezoidal and is inclined at an angle of about 45 degrees so as to extend obliquely upward away from the path.
- the guide plate 112 has on its upper side a guide rod 114 extending along its upper edge.
- Another guide rod 115 provided at the right side of the path, extends horizontally over the entire length thereof.
- the main body 50 moves forward in this state with the travel of the holder 72, the main body 50 has its lower end pushed by the guide rod 114 obliquely rightwardly downward, is shifted rightward with increasing degree of inclination and is eventually completely laid down on the holder 72. In this state, the opposite ends of the main body 50 is projecting sidewise from the holder 72.
- Figs. 18 and 19 show the container main body heater 60, which comprises a pair of hot air discharge hollow heads 121 arranged at opposite sides of the path of travel of the holder 72.
- the opposed heads 121 each have the piston rod of a hydraulic cylinder 122 and are horizontally movable toward or away from each other.
- Each head 122 has connected thereto a flexible duct 124 extending from the body of a heater 123.
- the inner wall of the head 121 is bent in the form of a channel in cross section to provide a recess 125 for accepting the end of the main body 50.
- the peripheral wall defining the recess 125 has a plurality of hot air outlets 126 arranged along the perimeter thereof (see Fig. 19).
- Fig. 20 shows in detail the cover fitting unit 61, which comprises a pair of vertical chutes 131 arranged at opposite sides of the path of travel of the holder 72, and a pair of vacuum heads 132 arranged at the lower ends of the respective chutes 131.
- the upper end of each chute 131 is connected to an unillustrated cover feeder.
- Upper reinforcing covers 12 as arranged side by side are accommodated in the right chute 131, and lower reinforcing covers 13 similarly accommodated in the left chute 131.
- the opposed inner side walls of the chutes 131 are each formed at their lower ends with a cover delivery outlet 133.
- the outer side wall of each chute has a head insertion opening 134 opposed to the cover outlet 133.
- the vacuum head 132 is inserted into the cover outlet 133 and the head insertion opening 134, and like the head 121 of the heater 60, has attached thereto the piston rod of each of pair of hydraulic cylinders 135.
- the two heads 132 are horizontally movable toward or away from each other.
- the head 132 has connected thereto a flexible duct extending from unillustrated suction means.
- top ears 17 are in a vertical position before the cover 12 is fitted over the upper end of the container main body 50, the top ears 17 are bent by the cover 12 when the cover is fitted to the main body.
- Figs. 21 and 23 show in detail the cover pressure bonding unit 62, which comprises a pair of pressure bonding heads 141 arranged at the opposite sides of path of travel of the holder 72.
- Each of the bonding heads 141 comprises a horizontally movable member 142 which is movable horizontally in a direction transverse to the path, and two pairs of, i.e. four, clamp members 143 mounted on the member 142.
- the movable member 142 comprises a square vertical wall 145 attached to the piston rod of a hydraulic cylinder 144, and a peripheral wall 146 formed around the wall 145 integrally therewith and projecting inward.
- a cutout 147 is formed in the center of each of four sides of the vertical wall 145 and in a corresponding portion of the peripheral wall 146.
- Each clamp member 143 is rectangular when seen from the front, snugly fitted in the cutout 147 and movably supported by a pivot 148 connected between the cutout defining opposed edge portions of the wall 146.
- the clamp member 143 has an engaging projection 149 on its inner surface and is provided at its outer end with two lugs 150, each of which has attached thereto one end of a tension spring 151.
- the other end of the spring 151 is engaged with a pin 152 fixed to the outer side of the vertical wall 145.
- the four clamp members 413 are held open by the force of the springs 152 as indicated in broken lines in Fig. 21.
- Fig. 24 shows in detail the cover fusion bonding unit 63 for locally bonding the upper cover 12.
- the unit 63 comprises a press member 161 which is disposed at the right side of path of travel of the holder 72.
- the press member 161 is opposed to the opening forming portion of the upper reinforcing cover 12 and the surrounding portion.
- the member 161 so positioned is connected to the piston rod of a hydraulic cylinder 162 and is movable horzontally transversely of the path.
- the press member 161 has embedded therein an unillustrated high-frequency heating coil.
- the coil is energized for a specified period of time with the press member 161 pressed against the cover 12 by the hydraulic cylinder 162, whereby the aluminum foil 49 interposed between the cover top wall 42 and the container body top wall 14 is heated by induction to bond by fusion the top walls 14, 42 together at the portions thereof around the opening forming portions.
- Fig. 25 shows in detail the container discharge unit 64, which comprises a pusher 171 disposed at the right side of the path of travel of the holder 72 and a slanting chute 172 at the left side of the path.
- the pusher 171 is substantially L-shaped in cross section and attached to the piston rod of a hydraulic cylinder 173.
- the cylinder is pivotally movable upward or downward.
- the pusher 171 is provided at its lower end with an inwardly projecting engaging portion 174, which has a lower face 175 slanting obliquely inwardly upward.
- the slanting face 175 bears on a guide 176 provided on the frame of the conveyor 52.
- the pusher As the slanting face 175 moves upward on the guide 176, the pusher is turned upward along with the cylinder 173 about the pivot for the cylinder. Consequently, the container is pushed leftward while the top end thereof is being lifted by the engaging portion 174 of the pusher 171, and is allowed to slide down the chute 172.
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- The present invention relates to sealed containers for containing beverages such as juice and to an apparatus for producing such containers.
- Conventional containers for the above use include cans and paper containers. Cans can not be incinerated and therefore have the problem of being difficult to dispose of after use and becoming a nuisance. Cans have another problem in that since the contents enclosed therein are retorted for sterilization, this process impairs the taste or flavor of the contents. These problems can be overcome by paper containers, which nevertheless have the following problems. First, the paper container is prepared by folding a sheet of blank, so that the container has exposed folds which make the container appear unsightly. Second, the container, which is made primarily of paper in its entirety, is liable to bulge or otherwise deform and has difficulty in retaining its shape.
- A first object of the present invention is to provide a sealed beverage container which is free of the problems heretofore encountered with cans and paper containers.
- A second object of the invention is to provide an apparatus for producing the sealed beverage container efficiently.
- The present invention provides a sealed beverage container which comprises a rectangular parallelepipedal main body made of a paper-base laminate and having a top wall, a bottom wall and a trunk wall, and upper and lower caplike reinforcing covers made of thermoplastic synthetic resin and fitted over the upper and lower ends of the main body respectively, each of the covers having a peripheral wall and a top wall, the peripheral wall being bonded by fusion to the trunk wall of the main body.
- The invention further provides an apparatus for producing such containers which comprises a conveyor having holders each adapted to hold the container main body as laid down thereon with its opposite ends projecting therefrom sidewise, a heater disposed above the path of travel of the holder for heating the opposite ends of the container main body, a fitting unit disposed above the path downstream from the heater for fitting the respective covers over the opposite ends of the container main body, and a pressure bonding unit disposed above the path downstream from the fitting unit for pressing the peripheral wall of each cover against the trunk wall of the container main body for bonding.
- The container of the invention appears neatly because each of the upper and lower ends of its main body is capped with the reinforcing cover, which covers the folded portions present at the end, holding these portions out of sight.
- Further since the peripheral walls of the covers are bonded by fusion to the trunk wall of the container main body, the covers prevent the trunk wall from bulging or otherwise deforming.
- With the apparatus of the invention for producing such containers, the reinforcing cover is fitted to and bonded by fusion to each end of the container main body, as laid down on the holder with the ends of the body projecting from the holder sidewise. Accordingly, containers can be produced efficiently.
- The present invention will be described below in greater detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
- Figs. 1 to 6 show a container embodying the invention;
- Fig. 1 is a perspective view;
- Fig. 2 is an exploded perspective view;
- Fig. 3 is a plan view,
- Fig. 4 is a view in vertical section;
- Fig. 5 is a fragmentary perspective view showing the container while it is being formed;
- Fig. 6 is a view in section taken along the line VI-VI in Fig. 3;
- Figs. 7 to 25 show an apparatus embodying the invention;
- Fig. 7 is a side elevation showing the apparatus in its entirety;
- Fig. 8 is a side elevation showing a folding unit, bottom ear heater and bottom ear pressure bonding unit;
- Fig. 9 is a front view of the folding unit;
- Fig. 10 is a front view of a lower ear heater;
- Fig. 11 is a front view of a bottom ear pressure bonding unit;
- Fig. 12 is a side elevation of a top ear fusion bonding unit;
- Fig. 13 is a front view of the same;
- Fig. 14 is a side elevation of a top ear cutter;
- Fig. 15 is a front view of the same;
- Fig. 16 is a front view of a container main body knocking-down unit;
- Fig. 17 is a plan view of the same;
- Fig. 18 is a front view of a container body heater;
- Fig. 19 is a view in section taken along the line XIX-XIX in Fig. 18;
- Fig. 20 is a front view of a fitting unit;
- Figs. 21 to 23 show a cover pressure bonding unit;
- Fig. 21 is a front view;
- Figs. 22 and 23 are perspective views of a pressure bonding head included in the unit as it is seen from inside and outside, respectively;
- Fig. 24 is a front view of a cover fusion bonding unit; and
- Fig. 25 is a front view of a container discharge unit.
- Embodiments of the invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
- The illustrated sealed beverage container comprises a rectangular parallelepipedal
main body 11 having a larger length in the right-to-left (i.e. side-wise) direction than in the front-to-rear direction when seen from above, and upper and lower caplike reinforcing covers 12, 13 fitted over the upper and lower ends of thebody 11, respectively. - The container
main body 11 is of the known type except the two features given below and will therefore be described only briefly. Themain body 11 comprises atop wall 14, atrunk wall 15, abottom wall 16, twotop ears 17 integral with thetop wall 14 and thetrunk wall 15 at two ridges in the front-to-rear direction and folded over and bonded by fusion to thetrunk wall 15, and twobottom ears 18 integral with thetrunk wall 15 and thebottom wall 16 at the two ridges in the front-to-rear direction and folded over and bonded by fusion to thebottom wall 16. As seen in Fig. 6, themain body 11 comprises anouter layer 21 of thermoplastic synthetic resin, apaper layer 22, analuminum foil layer 23 and an inner layer 24 of thermoplastic synthetic resin, as arranged from the outer side inward. - The two features will now be described. First, the
top ear 17 differs from the conventional one in shape. With reference to Fig. 5, thetop ear 17 comprises afront portion 31 integral with the right or left side edge of thetop wall 14, and arear portion 32 integral with the upper edge of thetrunk wall 15. The twoportions - Second, the
top wall 14 of themain body 11 has an opening formingthin wall portion 33. With reference to Fig. 6, theouter resin layer 21 and thepaper layer 22 are removed from thetop wall 14 locally for the portion remaining at the removed location to provide thethin wall portion 33. When seen from above, theportion 33 is generally in the form of an elongated circle spreading outward approximately from the center of thetop wall 14 toward one corner thereof. - The upper reinforcing
cover 12 is prepared from a thermoplastic synthetic resin generally in the form of a cap and comprises aperipheral wall 41 and atop wall 42. Theperipheral wall 41 is formed at its lower end with aninward ridge 43, which is bonded by fusion to thetrunk wall 15 of themain body 11. Anendless bank 44 is formed on the upper side of thetop wall 42 along its peripheral edge. In corresponding relation of the to opening formingthin wall portion 33 of themain body 11, thetop wall 42 has ajoint portion 45 substantially identical with theportion 33 in shape, having a larger thickness than the other portion and thereby made projected downward. Thejoint portion 45 has a lower surface bonded by fusion to the upper surface of thethin wall portion 33. At the boundary between thejoint portion 45 and the other portion, thetop wall 42 has an opening forming continuousthinned portion 46 which is provided by forming aV groove 47 in the lower surface of thewall 42. Acircular knob 48 is provided integrally with thetop wall 42 inside thethinned portion 46. The base portion of theknob 48 is positioned close to one end, toward the center, of the continuousthinned portion 46 and is joined to the upper side of thetop wall 42. A piece ofaluminum foil 49 surrounding thejoint portion 45 is interposed between themain body 11 and thetop wall 42. Thefoil 49 has a lower surface bonded by fusion to the upper side of the mainbody top wall 14 around thethin wall portion 33 and an upper surface bonded by fusion to the lower side of thecover top wall 42 around thethinned portion 46. - The lower reinforcing
cover 13 has the same construction as theupper cover 12 except that thecover 13 does not have thejoint portion 45, thinnedportion 46 andknob 48, and therefore will not be described. - To open the container, the
knob 48 is pulled outwardly of the container obliquely upward. A break develops at the continuous thinnedportion 46 from its inner end toward the outer end thereof. At the same time, a break also occurs along the periphery of thethin wall portion 13 of the main body since this portion is pulled upward by thejoint portion 45 of the cover. Consequently, the portion inside the continuous thinnedportion 46 of the reinforcingcover 12 and thethin wall portion 33 of themain body 11 are removed, leaving an opening for drinking. - Even if the contents flow out from the opening when drinking, the
bank 44 prevents the split contents from further spilling over thecover 12. - With reference to Fig. 7, the apparatus shown for producing containers of the above type comprises a
feeder 51 and aconveyor 52 extending forward therefrom. Ahorizontal support plate 53 is provided above the rear half of theconveyor 52, which has a transport path extending from rear to front. Arranged along the path from the rear forward are afolding unit 54,bottom ear heater 55, bottom earpressure bonding unit 56, top earfusion bonding unit 57,top ear cutter 58, container main body knocking-downunit 59,container body heater 60,cover fitting unit 61, coverpressure bonding unit 62, coverfusion bonding unit 53 andcontainer discharge unit 64. - The
feeder 51 is a known one and is not illustrated in detail. Thefeeder 51 is adapted to bend a strip of container blank, having a thermoplastic synthetic layer on each surface thereof, into a tubular form with the longitudinal opposite edges lapped over each other, joining the overlapping edges together to obtain a tube, filling the tube with contents, transversely sealing the filled tube at an interval corresponding to the length of one container, and dividing the container portions, whereby uncompleted containermain bodys 50 are obtained which are in the form of a flat tube and filled with the contents. - The
conveyor 52 comprises a pair of right and leftendless chains 71, and a multiplicity ofholders 72 connected between thechains 71 and arranged along the chains. Eachholder 72 has an approximatelysquare support plate 73, and anupright forming block 74 of rectangular cross section integral with theplate 73 and outwardly projecting therefrom. Thesupport plate 73 is equal to the completedmain body 11 in sidewise length but has twice the length of themain body 11 in the front-to-rear direction. The formingblock 74 is equal to thesupport plate 73 in sidewise length, is therefore equal to thebody 1 in sidewise length, and is nearly equal to thebody 11 in length in the front-to- rear direction. Thus, a space equal to themain body 11 in length in the front-to-rear direction is provided between the two adjacent forming blocks 74. Theblock 74 is equal to themain body 11 in height. Such spaces accommodate uncompleted and completed container main bodes 11, 50 as turned upside down. - As shown in greater detail in Figs. 8 and 9, the
folding unit 54 comprises aliftable press plate 81 disposed above the path of travel of theholder 72 of theconveyor 52, and upper and lower bending guides 82, 83 arranged at the opposite sides of the path of upward and downward movement of the press plate 8. When an uncompletedmain body 50 held on theholder 72 is brought to below thepress plate 81, theplate 81 is lowered, whereby both ends of themain body 50 are folded flat, positioning thebottom ears 18 upright with thetop ears 17 projecting horizontally as shown in Fig. 10. - The
bottom ear heater 55, which is shown in Figs. 8 and 10 in greater detail, comprises a pair ofhot air nozzles 84, whereby hot air is applied to the respective uprightbottom ears 18 individually from inside. - The bottom ear
pressure bonding unit 56, which is shown in detail in Figs. 8 and 11, comprises apressure bonding member 85 which is liftable and positioned above the path of transport of theholder 72. Themember 72 presses thebottom ears 18 against the bottom wall of themain body 11 to the formed, whereby thebottom ears 18 are folded over and pressure-bonded to the bottom portion. - As shown in detail in Figs. 12 and 13, the top ear
fusion bonding unit 57 comprises a pair of fixedclamp members 91 arranged at opposite sides of the path of travel of theholder 72, and aliftable clamp member 92 disposed above the fixedmembers 91, gate-shaped to oppose the two fixedmember 91 and movable toward or away therefrom. The upper surfaces of the two fixedclamp members 91 are at the same level as thesupport plate 73 of theholder 72 so as to be flush therewith. Each fixedmember 91 is spaced apart from theholder 72 by a very small clearance so as not to interfere with the travel of theholder 72. Theliftable clamp member 92 is connected to the piston rod of ahydraulic cylinder 93 attached to thesupport plate 53 and oriented downward, is gate-shaped when seen from the front and has lower end providing clamp faces. The rightfixed member 91 is provided on its upper side with a retainer 94 L-shaped in cross section and in sliding contact with the right outer side surface of theliftable member 92. An unillustrated high-frequency heating coil is embedded in the fixedclamp members 91 and/or theliftable clamp member 92, whereby thealuminum foil 23 of the container blank extending throughout thetop ears 17 is subjected to induction heating to bond thefront portion 31 and the rear portion of eachtop ear 17 together when theear 17 is clamped from above and below by theclamp members - Figs. 14 and 15 show the
top ear cutter 58 in detail. Thecutter 58 comprises a pair ofsupport members 101 and aliftable cutter member 102, which are so arranged that the former corresponds to the abovementionedfixed clamp members 91 and that the latter corresponds to theliftable clamp member 92. Thecutter member 102 has bifurcated lower ends each having a V-shapedblade 103. Eachsupport member 101 has in its upper side agroove 104 for permitting theblade 103 to advance thereinto. Aretainer 105 is mounted on the upper side of theright support member 101. When lowered, theblades 102 cut off the forward or outer end portions of theupper ears 17. - The container main body knocking-down
unit 59, which is shown in detail in Figs. 16 to 17, comprises a pokingmember 111 disposed at the right side of path of transport of theholder 72, and aguide plate 112 provided at the left side of the path. The pokingmember 111 is attached to the piston rod ofhydraulic cylinder 113 and is movable into or out of the path. When seen from the front, theguide plate 112 is trapezoidal and is inclined at an angle of about 45 degrees so as to extend obliquely upward away from the path. Theguide plate 112 has on its upper side aguide rod 114 extending along its upper edge. While theguide rod 114 extends forward beyond theguide plate 112, therod 114 is in parallel to the path of travel of the holder, beyond theplate 112 and has its forward end positioned in the vicinity of thedischarge unit 72. Anotherguide rod 115, provided at the right side of the path, extends horizontally over the entire length thereof. When the piston rod of thehydraulic cylinder 112 is advanced, the pokingmember 111 pokes a lower end portion of themain body 50, which in turn tends to fall down but is received by theguide plate 112 in an inclined posture. As themain body 50 moves forward in this state with the travel of theholder 72, themain body 50 has its lower end pushed by theguide rod 114 obliquely rightwardly downward, is shifted rightward with increasing degree of inclination and is eventually completely laid down on theholder 72. In this state, the opposite ends of themain body 50 is projecting sidewise from theholder 72. - Figs. 18 and 19 show the container
main body heater 60, which comprises a pair of hot air dischargehollow heads 121 arranged at opposite sides of the path of travel of theholder 72. The opposed heads 121 each have the piston rod of ahydraulic cylinder 122 and are horizontally movable toward or away from each other. Eachhead 122 has connected thereto aflexible duct 124 extending from the body of aheater 123. The inner wall of thehead 121 is bent in the form of a channel in cross section to provide arecess 125 for accepting the end of themain body 50. The peripheral wall defining therecess 125 has a plurality ofhot air outlets 126 arranged along the perimeter thereof (see Fig. 19). When the piston rods of thehydraulic cylinders 122 are advanced, the twoheads 121 are brought toward each other, permitting the opposite ends of the containermain body 50 to enter therecesses 125. Hot air is applied from theoutlets 126 to the upper and lower end portions of the trunk wall of thebody 50 at a plurality of locations. - Fig. 20 shows in detail the
cover fitting unit 61, which comprises a pair ofvertical chutes 131 arranged at opposite sides of the path of travel of theholder 72, and a pair of vacuum heads 132 arranged at the lower ends of therespective chutes 131. The upper end of eachchute 131 is connected to an unillustrated cover feeder. Upper reinforcingcovers 12 as arranged side by side are accommodated in theright chute 131, and lower reinforcingcovers 13 similarly accommodated in theleft chute 131. The opposed inner side walls of thechutes 131 are each formed at their lower ends with acover delivery outlet 133. The outer side wall of each chute has ahead insertion opening 134 opposed to thecover outlet 133. Thevacuum head 132 is inserted into thecover outlet 133 and thehead insertion opening 134, and like thehead 121 of theheater 60, has attached thereto the piston rod of each of pair ofhydraulic cylinders 135. Thus, the twoheads 132 are horizontally movable toward or away from each other. Thehead 132 has connected thereto a flexible duct extending from unillustrated suction means. When the piston rods of thehydraulic cylinders 135 are advanced, the twoheads 132 are brought toward each other, attract reinforcingcovers chutes 131 by their forward end suction faces, advance toward themain body 50 along with the covers and fit thecovers main body 50, respectively. - Although the
top ears 17 are in a vertical position before thecover 12 is fitted over the upper end of the containermain body 50, thetop ears 17 are bent by thecover 12 when the cover is fitted to the main body. - Figs. 21 and 23 show in detail the cover
pressure bonding unit 62, which comprises a pair of pressure bonding heads 141 arranged at the opposite sides of path of travel of theholder 72. Each of the bonding heads 141 comprises a horizontallymovable member 142 which is movable horizontally in a direction transverse to the path, and two pairs of, i.e. four,clamp members 143 mounted on themember 142. Themovable member 142 comprises a squarevertical wall 145 attached to the piston rod of ahydraulic cylinder 144, and aperipheral wall 146 formed around thewall 145 integrally therewith and projecting inward. Acutout 147 is formed in the center of each of four sides of thevertical wall 145 and in a corresponding portion of theperipheral wall 146. Eachclamp member 143 is rectangular when seen from the front, snugly fitted in thecutout 147 and movably supported by apivot 148 connected between the cutout defining opposed edge portions of thewall 146. Theclamp member 143 has an engagingprojection 149 on its inner surface and is provided at its outer end with twolugs 150, each of which has attached thereto one end of atension spring 151. The other end of thespring 151 is engaged with apin 152 fixed to the outer side of thevertical wall 145. Usually, the four clamp members 413 are held open by the force of thesprings 152 as indicated in broken lines in Fig. 21. When the piston rods of thehydraulic cylinders 144 are advanced in this state, moving the twoheads 141 toward each other, the engagingprojections 149 come into contact with edges of thecovers heads 141 are further moved forward, thecovers projections 149, whereby the fourclamp members 143 on each head are moved about thepivots 148 to the closed position shown in solid lines in Fig. 21. The forward ends of theclamp members 141 therefore press theperipheral walls 41 of thecovers main body 50. Consequently, theridges 43 of thecovers main body 50. - Fig. 24 shows in detail the cover
fusion bonding unit 63 for locally bonding theupper cover 12. Theunit 63 comprises apress member 161 which is disposed at the right side of path of travel of theholder 72. Thepress member 161 is opposed to the opening forming portion of the upper reinforcingcover 12 and the surrounding portion. Themember 161 so positioned is connected to the piston rod of ahydraulic cylinder 162 and is movable horzontally transversely of the path. Thepress member 161 has embedded therein an unillustrated high-frequency heating coil. The coil is energized for a specified period of time with thepress member 161 pressed against thecover 12 by thehydraulic cylinder 162, whereby thealuminum foil 49 interposed between the covertop wall 42 and the container bodytop wall 14 is heated by induction to bond by fusion thetop walls - Fig. 25 shows in detail the
container discharge unit 64, which comprises apusher 171 disposed at the right side of the path of travel of theholder 72 and a slantingchute 172 at the left side of the path. Thepusher 171 is substantially L-shaped in cross section and attached to the piston rod of ahydraulic cylinder 173. The cylinder is pivotally movable upward or downward. Thepusher 171 is provided at its lower end with an inwardly projectingengaging portion 174, which has alower face 175 slanting obliquely inwardly upward. The slantingface 175 bears on aguide 176 provided on the frame of theconveyor 52. When the piston rod of thehydraulic cylinder 173 is advanced, the pusher is moved leftward. As the slantingface 175 moves upward on theguide 176, the pusher is turned upward along with thecylinder 173 about the pivot for the cylinder. Consequently, the container is pushed leftward while the top end thereof is being lifted by the engagingportion 174 of thepusher 171, and is allowed to slide down thechute 172.
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a rectangular parallelepipedal main body made of a paper-base laminate and having a top wall, a bottom wall and a trunk wall, and
upper and lower caplike reinforcing covers made of thermoplastic synthetic resin and fitted over the upper and lower ends of the main body respectively, each of the covers having a peripheral wall and a top wall, the peripheral wall being bonded by fusion to the trunk wall of the main body.
a conveyor having holders each adapted to hold the container main body as laid down thereon with its opposite ends projecting therefrom sidewise,
a heater disposed above the path of travel of the holder for heating the opposite ends of the container main body,
a fitting unit disposed above the path downstream from the heater for fitting the respective covers over the opposite ends of the container main body, and
a pressure bonding unit disposed above the path downstream from the fitting unit for pressing the peripheral wall of each cover against the trunk wall of the container main body for bonding.
a conveyor having holders each adapted to hold the container main body as laid down thereon with its opposite ends projecting therefrom sidewise,
a ear bonding unit disposed above the path of travel of the holder for bonding the front portion and the rear portion of each ear together by fusion,
a cutter disposed above the path downstream from the ear bonding unit for cutting off the forward end portion of each ear,
a heater disposed above the path downstream from the cutter for heating the opposite ends of the container main body,
a fitting unit disposed above the path downstream from the heater for fitting the respective covers over the opposite end of the container main body, and
a pressure bonding unit disposed above the path downstream from the fitting unit for pressing the peripheral wall of each cover against the trunk wall of the container main body for bonding.
a conveyor having holders each adapted to hold a flat tubular uncompleted container main body or the rectangular parallelepipedal container main body in an upright position or in a laid-down position with its opposite ends projecting sidewise,
a feeder for feeding to the holder the uncompleted container main body with the container top forming portion thereof down and the container bottom forming portion thereof up, the feeder being positioned at the starting end of travel of the holder,
a folding unit disposed downstream from the starting end of the path for folding the uncompleted container main body into the rectangular parallelepipedal container main body by folding the container top forming portion of the uncompleted body flat so as to project a pair of top ears sidewise from the top of the completed main body and folding the container bottom forming portion of the uncompleted body flat so as to project a pair of bottom ears upward from the bottom of the completed main body,
a bottom ear heater disposed above the path downstream from the folding unit for heating the opposed faces of the pair of bottom ears,
a bottom ear pressure bonding unit disposed above the path of transport downstream from the bottom ear heater for folding the pair of bottom ears over the bottom of the completed main body and pressing the bottom ears thereagainst for bonding,
a top ear fusion bonding unit disposed above the path downstream from the bottom ear pressure bonding unit for bonding the front portion and the rear portion of each of the top ears together by fusion,
a cutter disposed above the path downstream from the top ear fusion bonding unit for cutting off the forward end portion of each top ear,
a knocking-down unit disposed above the path downstream from the cutter for knocking down the container main body from the upright position to a lying position with its opposite ends projecting sidewise from the holder,
a container main body heater disposed above the path downstream from the knocking-down unit for heating the opposite ends of the container main body,
a fitting unit disposed above the path downstream from the main body heater for fitting the respective reinforcing covers over the opposite ends of the container main body,
a cover bonding unit disposed above the path downstream from the fitting unit for pressing the peripheral wall of each cover against the trunk wall of the container main body for bonding, and
a container discharge unit disposed at the terminal end of the path for discharging the resulting container from each holder.
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