JP2002321759A - Can lid - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a can lid making identification of a can easy. SOLUTION: A content display, characters 17A of 'beer' are formed in a part that is not overlapped with a pull tab 16 and opening piece 14 on a top plate 11 of a can lid 100 by embossing in a projected shape.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a beer can, a liquor can,
The present invention relates to a can lid used for a juice can or the like, and particularly to a can lid that facilitates identification of a can.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Today, cans such as beer cans, liquor cans and juice cans are mainly composed of a bottomed cylindrical can body and a can lid for closing an open end of the can body. There are various types of can lids, but the main one is a so-called easy-open can lid that can be easily opened by attaching a pull tab or the like. In the easy open can lid,
One that removes the opening piece that forms the opening by pulling up the pull dove, one that opens without removing the opening piece from the lid, leaving the connection part with the can lid top plate, and further pushing the opening piece into the container There is a push open type.

[0003]

By the way, in such a can, generally, an indication of contents is printed on the surface of the can body. Therefore, for example, as shown in FIG. 7, when many cans 1 are densely arranged in an upright state in the cooler box 5 in order to sell the cans 1 at the beach of a beach or at a night shop at a festival, etc. Can not see the contents of the can 1 because the display of the contents printed on the surface of the can body 2 is hidden by the adjacent cans 1 only by looking into the cooler box 5, Or, a customer who comes to purchase a can 1 having a certain content can purchase the can 1 having the desired content.
The inconvenience of having to pick up some cans 1 before hitting.

As shown in FIG. 8, it is often the case that a large number of cans 1 are densely arranged side by side in a drawer 7 located at a lower stage of a refrigerator 6 in an upright state. In this case, as in the case described above, several cans 1 must be picked up until the cans 1 having the desired contents are hit.

Furthermore, recently, as shown in FIG.
In order to keep the heat of the can and to prevent condensation on the surface of the can 1,
Although a cylindrical cover 8 that is attached so as to cover the can is widely used, even when such a cover 8 is attached to the can 1, the content display printed on the surface of the can body 2 is hidden. . When there are a plurality of cans 1 to which the cover 8 is attached as described above, it is a trivial problem that the cans 1 cannot be identified, but there is a very troublesome daily problem.

[0006] In addition to the above problems, the conventional can 1 also has the following problems. That is, since the contents of the can 1 are displayed by printing, the contents can be visually recognized only. Therefore, there is a problem that it is sometimes difficult for a person with bad eyes to discriminate, such as when glasses are taken off, and also for a blind person.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object to provide a can lid that facilitates can identification.

[0008]

The can lid according to claim 1 is
It is characterized by displaying the contents.

[0009] The can lid according to the second aspect is characterized in that the contents are displayed by embossing.

[0010] In the can lid according to the first aspect, in various situations in which the contents displayed on the can body are hidden, the can can be identified by the contents displayed on the can lid.

In the can lid according to the second aspect, the contents are displayed by embossing.
You can know its contents.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a view showing an embodiment of a can lid according to the present invention. This embodiment shows an example in which the present invention is applied to a push-open type can lid 100 in which an opening piece 11 is pushed into a container.

As shown in FIG. 1, a can lid 100 has a circular top plate 11 and a tightening portion 12 provided on the outer periphery of the top plate 11.
And an opening piece 14 partitioned by the groove-shaped score 13 into the top plate 11, and a pull tab arranged so that the tip thereof overlaps with the top piece center CP side of the opening piece 14, and is fixed to the top plate center CP by rivets 15. When the pull tab 16 is pulled, the tip of the pull tab 16 presses the opening piece 14 with the rivet 15 as a fulcrum, the score 13 is broken by the pressing force, the opening piece 14 is pushed down, and the drinking spout is formed. Is what is done.

On the top plate 11 of the can lid 100, a character 17A of "beer", which is a content display, is formed in a convex shape at a portion not overlapping the pull tab 16 and the opening piece 14. This character 17A is, as shown in FIG.
The top plate 11 of the can lid 100 is inserted between a mold 21 having a projection 21a corresponding to A and a mold 22 having a recess 22a corresponding to the projection 21a, and is easily formed by embossing. be able to.

Since the can lid 100 has the above-described configuration, the can 1 formed by winding the can lid 100 around the can body 2 shown in FIGS. 7, 8, and 9 is, for example, shown in FIG. When taking out a specific one from a large number of cans 1 densely housed in a cooler box 5 or a drawer 7 of a refrigerator 6 shown in FIG. 8 in an upright state, or a plurality of cans 2 covered with a cover 8 If you want to choose a specific one from can 1
The can 1 can be identified by looking at and reading the character 17A, which is the content display applied to 00. Therefore,
Thus, even in a situation where the contents display printed on the can body 2 is hidden, the can 1 is taken out of the container and the contents display on the surface of the can body 2 is checked to find the desired can 1. The can 1 can be identified without any trouble. Therefore, it is possible to easily identify the can 1 in such a situation. In addition, this can reduce accidents such as minors inadvertently drinking alcoholic beverages and acute alcoholism.

Further, since the characters 17A are formed by embossing, the contents can be known by touching the can lid 100 with a hand. Therefore, when a blind person or a blind person identifies the can 1, it can be helpful.

FIG. 3 shows an embodiment in which a letter 17B of "JUICE", which is a display of contents, is formed on the top plate 11 of the can lid 100 by lettering, and the contents are displayed by lettering as in this embodiment. The same effect as in the above embodiment can be exerted even if is formed.

FIG. 4 shows an embodiment in which a letter 17C of "salmon", which is a display of contents, and a braille 18 indicating sake are formed in a convex shape on the top plate 11 of the can lid 100 by embossing. In this embodiment, since the braille 18 is formed,
It can further help identify blind or blind cans 1.

FIG. 6 shows one example of the character in the case where the character 17C is formed by graining. The graining is a metal fine processing method for forming a pattern on a metal surface, which is also called corrosion processing. That is, in the graining process, as shown in FIG. 5, the plate 31 in which the surface 31a is a rough character having a large number of fine projections is cast on the top plate 11 of the can lid 100.
To form the character 17C of FIG. Therefore, the character 17C or the sign can be made different in appearance from the display of the character 17C by embossing, which is generally performed. Or lower it. In addition, in this graining, it is not necessary to form irregularities on the can lid 100, so that the aesthetic appearance of the can lid 100 is not spoiled, but rather the improvement can be brought about.

In the above embodiment, the contents are displayed in katakana characters 17A, Roman characters 17B, and hiragana characters 17C or braille characters 18. And so on.

Also, the contents may be displayed in a plurality of languages such as Japanese, English, Chinese, and Korean so that people of different languages can understand the contents.

Further, the display of the contents such as the characters 17A, 17B and 17C may be formed by printing.

[0023]

According to the can lid according to the first aspect, the can can be identified by displaying the contents on the can lid. For example, the can is stored upright in a cooler box or a drawer of a refrigerator. When a specific one is taken out of a large number of cans, or when a specific one is selected from a plurality of cans covered with a cover, the content indication printed on the can is hidden. Even in the present situation, the can can be identified without taking the trouble of making the contents display on the can body surface visible. Therefore, it is possible to easily identify the can in such a situation.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the above-described effects, the contents of the can can be known only by touching the can lid, so that a blind person or a blind person can identify the can. In doing so, they can help.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a view showing a first embodiment of a can lid of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a state in which a content display is formed on the can lid of FIG. 1 by embossing.

FIG. 3 is a view showing a second embodiment of the can lid of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a view showing a third embodiment of the can lid of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a view showing a state in which the contents display of the fourth embodiment of the can lid of the present invention is formed by graining.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing characters by the graining process of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a view showing a state in which a large number of cans are stored in an upright state in a cooler box.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a state in which a number of cans are stored upright in a drawer of a refrigerator.

FIG. 9 is a view showing a can with a cover attached.

[Explanation of symbols]

 17A, 17B, 17C: Character (content display) 18: Braille (content display) 100: can lid

 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Takehito Shirasawa 1500 Suganuma, Koyama-cho, Sunto-gun, Shizuoka Prefecture F-term in the Fuji Oyama Plant of Mitsubishi Materials Corporation (reference) 3E062 AA04 AB02 AC03 BA20 BB06 BB10 DA02 DA05 3E084 AA02 AA22 AB01 CA01 CB02 CB04 CC01 FA09 FD08 GB08 GB12 GB17 JA19 KA12 KA15 KB01 LA03 LA06 LB02

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A can lid characterized by displaying contents. 2. The can lid according to claim 1, wherein the contents are displayed by embossing.