EP2840042B1 - Réceptacle présentant une excellente étanchéité à l'air et procédé de maintien de molécules de gaz ou de composants volatils dans un réceptacle - Google Patents

Réceptacle présentant une excellente étanchéité à l'air et procédé de maintien de molécules de gaz ou de composants volatils dans un réceptacle Download PDF

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EP2840042B1
EP2840042B1 EP13777722.3A EP13777722A EP2840042B1 EP 2840042 B1 EP2840042 B1 EP 2840042B1 EP 13777722 A EP13777722 A EP 13777722A EP 2840042 B1 EP2840042 B1 EP 2840042B1
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Kenji Nakamoto
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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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
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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
    • B65D77/00—Packages formed by enclosing articles or materials in preformed containers, e.g. boxes, cartons, sacks or bags
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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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    • 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
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  • the present invention relates to a container, such as a bottle or a film-use type container, which container is to be filled with gases such as hydrogen molecules (molecular hydrogen. Molecular formula H 2 ), helium gas, or smell components, a liquid, a viscous fluid, or a solid body containing any of these gases, and is further given a cap or sealed, and the whole of the container including the cap or the seal is packed with a metal foil laminated film superior in gas-barrier properties to be vacuum packaged, thereby preventing permeable gases such as hydrogen molecules of small molecular weight from scattering and being lost.
  • gases such as hydrogen molecules (molecular hydrogen. Molecular formula H 2 ), helium gas, or smell components, a liquid, a viscous fluid, or a solid body containing any of these gases, and is further given a cap or sealed, and the whole of the container including the cap or the seal is packed with a metal foil laminated film superior in gas-barrier properties to be vacuum packaged, thereby preventing permeable gases
  • keeping air-tightness includes also restraining specific molecules from scattering and being lost through permeation.
  • Oxygen gas, carbonic acid gas, and, nitrogen gas larger in size than hydrogen molecules possibly evaporate and volatilize through apertures of unglazed earthenware and containers made of wood, bamboo, or paper which apertures of these materials are large in size.
  • vacuum packaging with a metal foil laminated film superior in gas barrier properties prevents evaporation and volatilization of the gases.
  • evaporation and volatilization include also that gas molecules dissolved in a solution in a container permeate the container to scatter and be lost.
  • a bottle made of resin (plastic), particularly, of polyethylene terephthalate is substantially excellent in gas barrier properties and is widely used as a container for drinks or beverages such as water, juice, liquors, carbonated drinks, seasonings such as soy sauce, etc. and liquid shampoo, liquid detergents. It is however widely known that gases or volatile components smaller in molecular weight than base materials (barrier layer) of the container (i.e., the polyethylene terephthalate bottles) could escape from the bottle in a short time in comparison with traditional glass or ceramic bottles, steel cans, and aluminum cans. Recently, alcoholic beverages such as wines are bottled in a polyethylene terephthalate bottle having coating with silica deposition or the like and are on the market. It is known to public that such bottle is not capable of keeping air-tightness at the same level as the traditional bottles.
  • screw type or crown type metal cans such as aluminum or steel cans, and glass bottles or ceramic bottles
  • air-tightness or water tightness is kept by disk or ring made of cork, resin (plastic) or rubber which fit on the inside of the cap to press edge of mouth of the cans and bottles.
  • Hydrogen molecules do however volatilize and evaporate from the part of ring made of resin, and can be kept only in a short time. Otherwise even when kept longer, concentrations of hydrogen molecules gradually become lower, leading to be problematical in terms of quality.
  • the cap of screw type or crown type is metallic such as aluminum generally, but rather made of resin with its inside top having an integrally molded double steps. In the container having this cap, hydrogen molecules permeate the resin part .
  • a container used for drip is generally made of polyethylene and polyethylene resin is high in gas permeation rate, so that hydrogen molecules are completely lost from the container approximately within two days.
  • aluminum foil cannot be applied to the container since a solution in the container must be seen through from the outside of the container.
  • the soaked container having therein the liquid to be dripped is to be used immediately after addition of hydrogen molecules.
  • to apply hydrogen molecules into the liquid to be dripped cannot be performed without a special apparatus and is not yet generalized but being still studied. If hydrogen molecules in the liquid to be dripped are capable of being kept in a long time, studies and applications will progress by far, needless to say.
  • Patent Document 1 Unexamined Patent Application 2004-124253
  • Patent Document 2 Unexamined Patent Application 2007-099365
  • the apparatus provides that gas component serving as a membrane-forming material is connected, in a vacuum chamber, to a high frequency power source or an ionization power source to thereby be brought into a state of plasma, whereby undergoing vapor deposition on the inner peripheral surface of the bottle made of resin to form a membrane.
  • the patent document 2 discloses such technology that a container such as a glass bottle is filled with sake or the like and given a top, followed by covering almost entirely the container's external surface (which external surface preliminarily having a label or others put thereon) by use of a sealing-up outer packaging bag, thereby generating such state of an inside air pressure 1 to 5 hPa (hectopascal) between the container's external surface and the inner surface of the sealing-up outer packaging bag.
  • the sealing-up outer packaging bag is provided not for preventing evaporation and volatilization of gases from the inside of the glass bottle but for protecting the label or others put on the outside of the glass bottle.
  • the sealing-up outer packaging bag is characterized in that covering the container is performed with a transparent film through which the label put on the container's outside is seen.
  • the present application is quite different from the patent document 2 in that since the whole of the container including the cap is covered with the metal foil laminated film, the contents of the covering of the container, namely, a label or others put on the container cannot be seen through from the outside. It is so referred to in the patent document 2 that the external surface of the container on which a label or others is put on is almost entirely covered by use of a sealing-up outer packaging bag. The container or the like is not completely covered. For the invention of the present application, if the container is not covered completely, hydrogen molecules or others will leak from there. Both inventions differ from each other also in this point.
  • JP 2009 292511 A describes a container in form of a bag with a soft outer seat made of polyamide (nylon), ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer or polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) to intercept gases.
  • the pressure in the soft outer seat is reduced to adhere the soft outer seat to the outer surface of the container.
  • JP 2011 136727 A discloses a container comprising hydrogen molecules, wherein the container is covered with a laminated aluminum film.
  • the hydrogen molecules are dissolved in liquid using Henry's law by keeping pressure applied from the outside while the container is tied with a rubber belt.
  • the present invention has a task to provide that the product, which employs not only a bottle made of polyethylene terephthalate but also a bottle type container low in gas barrier properties as made of polyethylene, polypropylene, or the like, can prevent volatilization and evaporation of gas components from the bottles made of resin (plastic) and also can prevent lowering of concentrations of gas components in fluids and viscous fluid in the bottle type containers.
  • the invention can make use of the conventional manufacturing facilities (for bottling liquids, etc.) as they are and can be realized merely by partially adding the packaging process (the packaging line) to be performed after the contents filling process into the bottle type containers.
  • the invention provides also that a film-use type container such as a medical drip container (made of polyethylene) prevents gas components such as hydrogen molecules or the like from permeating the contents, scattering and being lost from the contents of the film-use type container, and concentration of gas components in fluid or viscous fluid in the film-use type container is prevented from lowering.
  • the present invention can make use of the conventional manufacturing facilities (such as those for filling liquid into bags) as they are, and can be realized merely by partially adding the packaging process (the packaging line) to be performed after the process of filling the contents into the film-use type containers. Hence, keeping air-tightness of a film-use type container made of resin can be achieved at a low cost and with ease.
  • the metal foil laminated film can be designed and selected according to product's permeability into specific components which product filled in the bottle made of resin (for example, to be designed and selected are such factors as thickness and/or kinds of metal foil, and kinds, number and/or thickness of resin film to be adhered to the metal foil).
  • the container in type of a bottle made of resin can be readily recycled, so that an effect of lessening carbon dioxide can be expected.
  • the "container” referred to in the present invention includes the mentioned bottle made of resin and film-use type container and also includes containers having screw type or crown type caps, such as aluminium cans, steel cans, and glass bottles and ceramic bottles, and other containers made of paper, wood, or bamboo.
  • the present invention does provide a container (a bottle type container, a film type container) filled with liquid, viscous fluid, or solid body comprising hydrogen molecules, a metallic container in the type of screw-cap or crown, a glass bottle, a ceramic bottle, and a container made of wood or bamboo, those containers being first provided with a cap or sealing, and then, the whole of each container including the cap or sealing being packed with a metal foil laminated film superior in gas barrier properties to be vacuum packaged.
  • gases referred to here are hydrogen molecules having a smallest molecular weight, helium gas and component such as wine.
  • the gases may be also oxygen gas, nitrogen gas, and carbonic acid gas larger than hydrogen molecules.
  • the film superior in gas barrier properties may be also a film produced by metal vapor deposition additionally to the metal foil laminated film. As seen from the fact that a balloon using a film made by aluminum vapor deposition and filled with helium gas will begin deflating two days later, the aluminum vapor deposition film is substantially poor in gas barrier properties in comparison with the metal foil laminated film.
  • the container packed with the metal foil laminated film when vacuum packaged will become as if unified, whereby providing the gas barrier properties to the container.
  • Degree of vacuum upon vacuum packaging is that a pressure gauge of a vacuum packaging apparatus shows -101.325 kPa to -98.658 kPa ( -760mmHg to -740mmHg) (gauge pressure notation(indication)).
  • Absolute vacuum is -101.325 kPa (-760 mmHg) (gauge pressure).
  • the gauge pressure for operation is -101.325 kPa to -98.658 kPa (-760mmHg to -740 mmHg).
  • a container for fluid or viscous fluid among the containers made of resin (plastic) (bottle-type) is almost a bottle made of polyethylene terephthalate.
  • the polyethylene terephthalate bottle is a molded product made of PET resin (polyethylene terephthalate, a kind of saturated polyester), and non-reinforced PET has been enabled to manufacture a highly efficient polyethylene terephthalate bottle through development of stretch blow molding technology.
  • a polyethylene terephthalate bottle is rich of smoothness and shows appearance with gloss and an excellent dimensional stability.
  • polyethylene terephthalate resin itself does show substantial gas-barrier properties and smell-keeping properties and its gas barrier properties for oxygen and carbonic acid gas is at a level enough to be used practically.
  • the polyethylene terephthalate bottle is provided at its outside with vacuum for a short time, the bottle is not broken and a liquid put in the bottle does not spill.
  • the present invention provides that a bottle type container or a film type container in which a fluid or viscous fluid is filled is first capped, covered or sealed, and then the whole of the container with the cap, cover or seal is packed by use of a metal foil laminated film superior in gas barrier properties to be then vacuum packaged.
  • metal foil such as aluminum foil have a capacity of obstructing hydrogen molecules' permeating through the metal foil.
  • Applicable metals for the metal foil may be aluminum, aluminum alloy, and titanium, stainless steel, nickel, permalloy, beryllium copper, phosphor bronze, nickel silver, molybdenum, brass, nichrome, tantalum, zinc, tin, silver solder, silver, copper, iron, lead, Kovar, or, zirconium. Practically, aluminum foil much commercially available is employed. Thickness of the metal foil may be about 6 to 30 ⁇ m for a packaging material, but about 12 to 18 ⁇ m practically.
  • metal foil is liable to have a pinhole. Hydrogen molecules possibly scatter to be lost through the pinhole when the metal foil's thickness is about 12 to 18 ⁇ m. It is said that metal foil in thickness of more than 50 ⁇ m is to be employed for zeroing the pinholes. But, aluminum foil in thickness of more than 50 ⁇ m is hard and not suitable for use for packaging. Hence, the metal foil may be used doubly so that the pinholes can be completely covered, whereby enabling hydrogen molecules in hydrogen water to be preserved in a long time. And the feature is suitable for packaging any products such as medical supplies for which keeping concentration of hydrogen molecules is important.
  • the metal foil laminated film may use a multilayer laminate such as polyethylene terephthalate(PET)/metal foil/polyethylene, nylon/metal foil/polyethylene (or polypropylene), or PET/metal foil/high density polyethylene, or the like.
  • PET polyethylene terephthalate
  • the latter example of metal foil laminated film using aluminum foil is praisefully used for packaging retort food. Thickness of these films may be about 8 to 30 ⁇ m.
  • laminating of the film with the metal foil may be performed mainly by dry laminate and otherwise performed through melt extrusion or calendering method.
  • Hydrogen water is excellent as is mentioned above but is very problematic in respect of preservation in view of such fact that even when hydrogen water is put in a polyethylene terephthalate bottle, hydrogen molecules in the hydrogen water completely come out of the bottle within few days.
  • This bottle was vacuum packaged, for example, with aluminum foil laminated film comprising nylon/aluminum foil/polyethylene, so that there was found that hydrogen molecules in the hydrogen water were able to be kept for more than 40 days.
  • hydrogen water was filled in a medical drip bag made of polyethylene, and the drip bag was packed with aluminum foil laminated film comprising nylon/aluminum foil/polyethylene and vacuum packaged, so that hydrogen molecules were kept for more than 40 days similarly to the above-mentioned case.
  • Those examples relate to hydrogen molecules dissolved water. Meanwhile, it has been performed that hydrogen molecules are adsorbed to metal granules, so that hydrogen molecules can be generated from the metal granules to be fed to a fuel cell. In such case, since hydrogen molecules evaporate and volatilize from a container made of resin when applied, a metal container is employed, which metal container however has such defects that it is heavy and costs high.
  • the container is made, for example, of a tough material such as resin, for example, polyethylene terephthalate, and packed with a film such as aluminum foil laminated film excellent in gas barrier properties and further vacuum packaged using a vacuum packaging apparatus, thereby enabling hydrogen molecules to be kept for a long time which merit was not obtained in the conventional feature of merely putting hydrogen molecules in the container made of resin.
  • a tough material such as resin, for example, polyethylene terephthalate
  • the above-mentioned explanation relates to a mineral water to which hydrogen molecules are added. Adding hydrogen molecules can be performed to any liquid or viscous fluid such as juice, carbonic acid drink, green tea drink, coffee drink, milk, yogurt, or the like. Meanwhile, oxygen and carbonic acid gas can be kept by use of a polyethylene terephthalate bottle, but it is hard for a specific kind of smell component such as of wine to be kept by the polyethylene terephthalate bottle. To be noted is that the smell component is defined as a volatile substance which is contained in food and has smell, and usually consists of many compounds. Some substances among those forming the smell component can permeate the bottle made of polyethylene terephthalate.
  • taste and smell of wine or the like are also capable of being kept for a long time by first filling in a polyethylene terephthalate bottle, then packing the bottle with aluminum foil laminated film or the like superior in gas-barrier properties, followed by vacuum packaging using a vacuum-packaging apparatus.
  • the effect of the present invention does, as explained above, provide that there are filled in a container hydrogen molecules, helium gas, or smell component, or water, other liquids, or viscous fluid each dissolving therein any of these gases, or metal granules adsorbing gases, and the container is vacuum packaged with a metal foil laminated film superior in gas-barrier properties, whereby enabling gas molecules to be kept longer several or dozens of times than the feature merely filling the gas molecules or others in the container.
  • a container is vacuum packaged with a metal foil laminated film superior in gas-barrier properties, so that the container's surface and the inner surface of the film are highly adhered to each other and unified, thereby preventing gas components from volatilizing and evaporating out of the inside of the container.
  • the present invention will be detailed with referring to the Examples and Comparative Examples but is not limited to such Examples.
  • Fig. 1 shows an example of the present invention.
  • Filled up to a mouth of a bottle 1(the container), capacity of 500cc, made of polyethylene terephthalate was a hydrogen molecules dissolved water 2 dissolving hydrogen molecules at concentration of approximately 1000 ppb.
  • the polyethylene terephthalate bottle 1 was packed with an aluminum foil laminated film 3 and vacuum packaged, so that the film 3 was tightly adhered to the bottle 1, thereby achieving a container A containing hydrogen water and superior in air-tightness.
  • Reference numeral 1a designates a cap (made of polyethylene) for the polyethylene terephthalate bottle 1.
  • the vacuum packaging apparatus is semi-automatic type Kashiwa Vacuum Equipment (NPC Incorporated) and did suction for 20 to 30 sec at vacuum of -101.325 kPa (-760 mmHg). Concentration of hydrogen molecules in hydrogen water was measured with a portable dissolved hydrogen meter ENH1000 (TRUSTLEX Incorporated). Hydrogen water subjected to measurement was around 300 cc for each case.
  • An aluminum foil laminated film 3 employed for the packaging consists of aluminum foil of 16 ⁇ m thickness and 20 ⁇ m thick nylon and 50 ⁇ m thick polyethylene each dry-laminated to the aluminum foil's respective sides. And the films 3 with the polyethylene surfaces being faced to each other are subjected to heat-seal for packaging.
  • aluminum foil laminated film 3 is illustrated as being transparent in Fig. 1 , the polyethylene terephthalate bottle 1 can in fact not be seen through from the outside as hindered by aluminum foil 3a.
  • Aluminum foil 3a is seen through since each resin film on both sides is transparent.
  • FIG. 4 shows a comparative example of the present invention.
  • ten bottles 1 manufactured, similarly to Example 1, made of polyethylene terephthalate and filled with hydrogen water were each packed with an aluminum foil laminated film 3 and vacuum packaged at vacuum of -98.658 kPa (-740 mmHg), forming containers C.
  • the aluminum foil laminated film 3 and the bottle 1 had poor adhesion to each other, so that when the bottle 1 was forced to be turned, the bottle 1 turned as separating from the film 3.
  • the packages of the bottles were opened one by one on the same days as Example 1 to measure hydrogen concentration of hydrogen water. Result of the measurement is shown in Table 1. As seen, when eight days elapsed, hydrogen molecules quantity became about one forth. In half a month, dissolved hydrogen molecules quantity notably reduced to one twentieth.
  • FIG. 3 shows a container A' containing hydrogen water and superior in air-tightness which container is provided by that a bottle 1 made of polyethylene terephthalate was, similarly to Fig. 1 , packed with an aluminum foil laminated film 3 and then vacuum packaged at vacuum of -101.325 kPa (-760 mmHg). And a label 4 was put on at the upper part of the aluminum foil laminated film packaging 3 and there is written an indication 5 such as the name of contents of the polyethylene terephthalate bottle, the date of bottling, deadline for consumption, etc.
  • Reference numeral 6 is a hole for suspending the whole package of bottle.
  • a bottle 1 made of polyethylene terephthalate provided in a similar manner to Example 1 was packed with a copper foil laminated film and vacuum-packaged to cause the film to adhere to the bottle 1, thereby obtaining a container containing hydrogen water and superior in air-tightness.
  • Ten such containers were prepared and dissolved hydrogen was measured in a similar manner to Example 1. As shown in table 1, concentration of hydrogen molecules did not change even after 20 days passed.
  • FIG. 6 is a front view of a container (a film-use type container) D superior in air-tightness and containing hydrogen water, showing a further different other example according to the present invention, and provided by that a transparent bag 7 made of polyethylene to serve as a medical drip type container of 500 cc is filled, up to the mouth of the bag 7 without dead volume, with a drip water 8 in which hydrogen molecules dissolve at concentration of 1000 ppb, and the transparent bag 7 is packed with an aluminum foil laminated film 3 and vacuum packaged at vacuum of -101.325 kPa (-760 mmHg).
  • Reference numeral 7a is a cap of the transparent bag and the cap also made of polyethylene.
  • the aluminum foil laminated film 3 is illustrated as being transparent in the drawing. But, actually, the contents, i.e., the transparent bag 7 cannot be seen through from the outside due to aluminum foil 3a.
  • the reference numeral 3a designates aluminum foil. To be noted is that upon use of the drip type container, it is necessary to completely remove the aluminum foil laminated film 3.
  • Fig. 7 is a front view of a container D made of resin (plastic) and containing hydrogen water in the state that the aluminum foil laminated film 3 is partially torn to expose the transparent bag 7.
  • the aluminum foil laminated film 3 may be merely opened to be readily removed.
  • a transparent bag 7 obtained similarly to Example 4 and filled with drip water 8 dissolving hydrogen molecules was packed with an aluminum foil laminated film 3 and vacuum packaged at vacuum of -98.658 kPa (-740 mmHg). And the vacuum packaged containers were opened one by one on the same dates as those of Example 3 to measure concentration of hydrogen molecules in hydrogen water. As a result of the measurement, as seen in Table 2, the quantity of hydrogen molecules became about one fourth after eight days passed. And the quantity of dissolved hydrogen molecules became zero in half a month.
  • Fig. 9 shows a further different other example according to the present invention which is a square container 9 for cell culture, the container 9 being vacuum packaged with an aluminum foil laminated film 3' and filled with medium 10 containing hydrogen molecules for culturing cells.
  • the aluminum foil laminated film 3' consists of an aluminum foil laminated at each side with a film of nylon or polyethylene terephthalate, or, polypropylene or polyethylene.
  • the whole of the vacuum packaged container F is subjected to heating-processing (pressurizing and heating sterilization at more than 100°C or heating sterilization at less than 100°C by autoclave, etc.), whereby enabling manufacture of mediums containing hydrogen molecules which mediums are in a germ-free condition or have quite less number of germs.
  • Shapes of the container may be round or polygonal as well as being square.
  • FIG. 11 shows a further different other example according to the present invention, showing a front view of a container G comprising a cylindrical container 11 made of PET (polyethylene terephthalate) filled with metal granules 13 adsorbing hydrogen molecules 12 and vacuum-packaged with an aluminum foil laminated film 3.
  • Reference numeral 14 is a pipe for taking out hydrogen molecules, and 15 a cock, both metallic.
  • examples 1 through 6 remove the aluminum foil laminated film 3 upon use of the contents. This example keeps intact the aluminum foil laminated film 3.
  • Fig. 12(a) shows a film-use type container 16 unique in style, made of a transparent plastic and filled with something to drink 17 (medicament).
  • Reference numeral 18 designates a mouthpiece made of plastic and in the shape of straw, and 19 a cap for the mouthpiece, and 16a a sleeve made of a tubular protection film extended from the film-use type container 16.
  • Fig. 12(b) shows a film-use type container 20 made of an aluminum foil laminated film and filled with something to drink 21 (medicament).
  • Extended part of the container 20 is a tubular sleeve 20a made similarly of an aluminum foil laminated film.
  • Reference numeral 22 designates a mouthpiece and 23 a cap for the mouthpiece.
  • the film-use type container 20 may be placed in a vacuum-packaging apparatus to be vacuum packaged, whereby providing a container H superior in air-tightness with the tubular sleeve part 20a being vacuum packaged while packing the mouthpiece 21.
  • the container body 20b is made of an aluminum foil laminated film, hydrogen molecules do not leak from the container body.
  • the mouthpiece region 22 is vacuum packaged with the sleeve part 20a, hydrogen molecules do not leak from the mouthpiece region, too.
  • Reference numeral 20c designates aluminum foil which can be seen through a transparent plastic film employed at both sides of the container.
  • Fig.13 shows another pouch type container 24 whose upper part is cut at one lateral side 24a where a mouthpiece 25 is provided.
  • Reference numeral 26 designates a cap for the mouthpiece.
  • the mouthpiece 25 and cap 26 are made of polyethylene, and the pouch body is made of aluminum foil laminated film. And both sides of the mouthpiece 25 region are covered with aluminum foil laminated films and vacuum packaging is performed.
  • hydrogen water 27 is filled into the container 24 through an opening 24b at its upper part, and the container 24 is sealed without having special space (the dead volume) at its upper part.
  • hydrogen water is protected by the aluminum foil laminated film, and the mouthpiece 25 region is also vacuum packaged with aluminum foil laminated film, whereby enabling hydrogen water to be effectively kept in the container 24 for a long time.
  • Fig. 14 is an enlarged front view of a mouthpiece 28a of a metal can 28.
  • Reference numeral 29 designates a screw cap on whose inner side fit is a pressure member 30 made of resin to pressure the edge 28b of the mouthpiece of the metal can 28 when the cap 29 is put on and tightened.
  • the pressure member 30 made of resin functions for air-tightness and water-tightness to prevent the contents 31 of the metal can from flowing out when the contents 31 is under normal pressure. But, when that the contents 31 is hydrogen water, hydrogen molecules leak from the pressure member 30 made of resin to the outside. The same problem arises when caps are screw type with respect to glass bottles or ceramic containers as well as the metal can 28.
  • FIG. 15 shows a further different other example according to the present invention, showing a front view of a container J consisting of a metal can 28 (having a screw cap 29) vacuum packaged with aluminum foil laminated film 3 and filled with water 31 containing hydrogen molecules. Vacuum packaging with aluminum foil laminated film 3 prevents hydrogen molecules from scattering and being lost from hydrogen water 31.
  • Fig. 16 is an enlarged front view of a mouth 32a of a glass bottle 32.
  • Reference numeral 33 designates a crown.
  • a cap opening means 33a in a pull-top type is provided at a lateral side of the crown 33.
  • a pressure member 34 made of resin (plastic) is fit inside the crown 33, so that the pressure member 34 pressures a mouth edge 32b of the glass bottle when the crown 33 is tightened.
  • the pressure member 34 made of resin functions for being air-tight and water-tight to prevent the contents 35 from flowing out of the glass bottle when the contents 35 is under normal pressure. But, when the contents 35 is hydrogen water, hydrogen molecules leak from the pressure member 34 made of resin to the outside.
  • the cap is a crown type with respect to a pottery type container as well as the glass bottle 32.
  • FIG. 17 shows a further different other example according to the present invention, showing a front view of a container K consisting of a glass bottle 32 (having a crown 33) vacuum packaged with aluminum foil laminated film 3 and filled with water 35 containing hydrogen molecules. Vacuum packaging with aluminum foil laminated film 3 prevents hydrogen molecules from scattering and being lost from hydrogen water 35.
  • Aluminum foil laminated film employed in those mentioned examples does consist of an aluminum foil in thickness of 16 ⁇ m and nylon in thickness of 20 ⁇ m and polyethylene in thickness of 15 ⁇ m each dry-laminated on respective sides of the aluminum foil. But, not only aluminum foil, but also other metal foils in thickness of 30 ⁇ m or less cannot escape a possibility of having pinholes. Besides, even when the metal foil is laminated with a film, the metal foil has a possibility of having pinholes at its parts being bent or scratched.
  • a container made of resin such as a bottle made of polyethylene terephthalate or a medical drip bag is filled with a gas or a liquid or a viscous fluid in which a gas is dissolved, or metal granules adsorbing a gas, and is vacuum packaged with a metal foil laminated film superior in gas-barrier properties, whereby keeping air-tightness of the containers.

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  1. Récipient supérieur en étanchéité, dans lequel le récipient (1) est rempli avec un liquide, un fluide visqueux ou un corps solide (2) comprenant des molécules d'hydrogène et reçoit un couvercle (1a) ou un joint, l'ensemble du récipient (1) comprenant le couvercle (1a) ou le joint est couvert avec un film stratifié de feuille (3) supérieur en résistance contre la perméabilité au gaz pour être emballé sous vide, caractérisé en ce que le film stratifié de feuille (3) est un film stratifié de feuille de métal (3) et la surface du récipient et la surface intérieure du film sont fortement collées l'une à l'autre pour unir le récipient (1) et le film (3) par un emballage sous vide à une pression manométrique d'un appareil d'emballage sous vide de - 101,325 kPa (-760 mm Hg) à -98,658 kPa (-740 mm Hg), dans lequel la lecture de pression manométrique/le vide absolu est de -101,325 kPa (-760 mm Hg), et le liquide ou le fluide visqueux (2) contenant des molécules d'hydrogène est rempli dans le récipient (1) jusqu'à son ouverture sans avoir aucun espace (volume mort) dans la partie supérieure du récipient (1).
  2. Récipient supérieur en étanchéité tel que décrit dans la revendication 1, dans lequel le film stratifié de feuille de métal (3) est un film stratifié de feuille d'aluminium.
  3. Récipient supérieur en étanchéité tel que décrit dans les revendications 1 ou 2, dans lequel le récipient est un récipient fait d'une résine obtenu par moulage d'un matériau parmi une résine qui est sélectionnée à partir du groupe constitué d'un téréphtalate de polyéthylène (PET), d'un polyamide (nylon), d'un polyéthylène (PE), d'un polypropylène (PP) dans un solide sous forme d'une bouteille ayant une épaisseur de 150 µm ou plus ; un récipient sous forme d'un sac fait à l'aide d'un film de moins de 200 µm d'épaisseur, lequel est une poche de goutte à goutte médicale ayant une ouverture pour une co-injection ou un orifice d'évacuation ; un récipient de type sachet tenant debout (y compris un sachet tenant debout) ayant un capuchon d'orifice (embout), ou un sac d'emballage à trois voies étanches (y compris un sac d'emballage à trois voies étanches ayant une partie à liaison arrière), ou un sac d'emballage à quatre voies étanches ; une boîte métallique ayant un bouchon à vis ou une couronne ; une bouteille de verre, une bouteille de céramique ou un récipient en papier, en bois ou en bambou.
  4. Procédé de production d'un récipient (1) supérieur en étanchéité, comprenant le remplissage du récipient (1) avec un liquide, un fluide visqueux ou un corps solide (2) comprenant des molécules d'hydrogène et la pose d'un couvercle ou d'un joint sur le récipient (1), couvrant tout le récipient (1), y compris le couvercle (1a) ou le joint, avec un film stratifié de feuille (3) supérieur en résistance contre la perméabilité au gaz pour être emballé sous vide, caractérisé en ce que le film stratifié de feuille (3) est un film stratifié de feuille de métal (3) et la surface du récipient et la surface intérieure du film sont fortement collées l'une à l'autre pour unir le récipient (1) et le film (3) par un emballage sous vide à une pression manométrique d'un appareil d'emballage sous vide de -101,325 kPa (-760 mm Hg) à -98,658 kPa (-740 mm Hg), dans lequel la lecture de pression manométrique/le vide absolu est de - 101,325 kPa (-760 mm Hg), et le liquide ou le fluide visqueux (2) contenant des molécules d'hydrogène est rempli dans le récipient (1) jusqu'à son ouverture sans avoir aucun espace (volume mort) dans la partie supérieure du récipient (1).
  5. Procédé de production d'un récipient tel que décrit dans la revendication 4, dans lequel le film stratifié de feuille de métal (2) est un film stratifié de feuille d'aluminium.
  6. Procédé de production d'un récipient tel que décrit dans la revendication 4 ou 5, dans lequel le récipient est un récipient fait d'une résine obtenu par moulage d'un matériau parmi une résine qui est sélectionnée à partir du groupe constitué d'un téréphtalate de polyéthylène (PET), d'un polyamide (nylon), d'un polyéthylène (PE), d'un polypropylène (PP) dans un solide sous forme d'une bouteille ayant une épaisseur de 150 µm ou plus ; un récipient sous forme de sac fait à l'aide d'un film de moins de 200 µm d'épaisseur, lequel est une poche de goutte à goutte médicale ayant une ouverture pour une co-injection ou un orifice d'évacuation ; un récipient de type sachet tenant debout (y compris un sachet tenant debout) ayant un capuchon d'orifice (embout), ou un sac d'emballage à trois voies étanches (y compris un sac d'emballage à trois voies étanches ayant une partie à liaison arrière), ou un sac d'emballage à quatre voies étanches ; une boîte métallique ayant un bouchon à vis ou une couronne ; une bouteille de verre, une bouteille de céramique ou un récipient en papier, en bois ou en bambou.
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