JP2005280754A - Tube container - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a tubular container excellent in decorative effect and capable of being produced in a small lot. <P>SOLUTION: The tubular container 10 comprises a head 11 having a spout 10a, and a barrel part 12 which is connected to the head 11 to store content. A decorative body 1 which is arranged on a base layer 12a to decorate the base layer 12a and a transparent or translucent to cover the base layer 12a together with the decorative body 1 are provided on an outer circumferential surface of the base layer 12a of the barrel part 12. A hollow layer 2 to edge the contour of the decorative body 1 is formed between the protective layer 12b and the base layer 12a. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a tube container including a head having a spout and a body portion connected to the head and containing contents.

A technique for protecting a decorative portion by decorating the body of a tube container by offset printing, silk screen printing or transfer and providing a transparent overcoat layer on the surface thereof is known. However, in such a printing method, since the decoration effect is inferior to that of gravure printing used for decoration of paper products and the like, the applicant of the present application has already attached a label on which the gravure printing is applied to the body of the tube container. The technique to wear has been proposed (see Patent Document 1).
JP-A-8-133309

  However, the conventional tube container described above has room for further improvement in that the decoration portion itself is emphasized to enhance the decoration effect. In addition, the decoration by printing or the like has a problem that the work change becomes complicated, so that there is no problem in the production of a large lot, but the production of a small lot cannot be handled.

  The problem to be solved by the present invention has been made in view of the fact recognition described above, and is to provide a tube container that is excellent in decorating effect and that can also cope with the production of small lots.

  The present invention is a tube container comprising a head having a spout and a body portion connected to the head and containing the contents, and is disposed on the outer peripheral surface of the body portion on the outer peripheral surface. A decorative body to be decorated and a transparent or translucent protective layer covering the outer peripheral surface together with the decorative body are provided, and an outer shape of the decorative body is bordered between the protective layer and the outer peripheral surface. A hollow layer is formed.

  In this invention, it is preferable that the said decorating body gives a decoration to the outer edge. Moreover, it is preferable that the said decorative body raises the outer edge.

  According to the present invention, the decorative body is emphasized by the shadow generated on the outer peripheral surface of the trunk portion due to the thickness of the decorative body and the hollow layer bordering the outer shape of the decorative body, which is superior to mere printing. A decorative effect can be obtained. In addition, according to the present invention, it becomes possible to produce various tube containers with different decorations only by changing the shape, size, color, pattern, etc. of the decorative body, or changing the layout on the trunk. It becomes easy to handle lot production. Moreover, according to this invention, since the thickness of a decorating body gives different tactile sensations compared with other parts, this tactile sensation can also be differentiated from other types. Furthermore, according to this invention, since a decorating body is covered with a protective layer, deterioration and dropout of a decorating body can be prevented.

  Moreover, in this invention, when decorating the outer edge of the said decorating body, since the outer edge of a decorating body is emphasized by this decorating, the further outstanding decorating effect is acquired. Further, in the present invention, even when the outer edge of the decorative body is raised, the outer edge of the decorative body is emphasized by the shadow generated around the raised portion, so that a further excellent decorative effect can be obtained. And if the outer edge of the said decorative body is decorated and raised, the most excellent decoration effect is obtained.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a tube container 10 according to the present invention. FIGS. 2 (a) and 2 (b) are a perspective sectional view and a sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. It is sectional drawing.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the tube container 10 is provided with a head 11 having a spout 10a and a body 12 connected to the head 11 and containing the contents. One end of the body 12 is heat-sealed, ultrasonic waves, etc. And the head 11 is attached to the other end, and a cap 13 is attached to the spout 10a.

  The body 12 is, for example, a single layer of thermoplastic resin such as polyethylene, polypropylene, polyester, ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer, cyclic polyolefin, or a laminate thereof, or a resin such as polyethylene on both surfaces of a metal foil such as aluminum. The base layer 12a which formed the sheet material which laminated | stacked these in the cylinder shape is provided.

  As shown in FIG. 2A, three decorative bodies 1 are fixed to the outer peripheral surface of the base layer 12a via the adhesive layer 1a. The decorative body 1 is obtained by decorating the outer surface 1f with a single color, and each decorative body 1 has a different color and size. A transparent or translucent protective layer 12b is provided on the entire outer periphery of the base layer 12a to cover the outer peripheral surface together with the decorative body 1. As shown in FIG. 2B, the protective layer 12b forms a hollow layer 2 that borders the outer shape of the decorative body 1 between the outer peripheral surface of the base layer 12a.

  Thereby, in the decoration body area | region D1 in which the protective layer 12b closely_contact | adheres to the decorating body 1, since the protective layer 12b has thickness compared with the base layer area | region D2 closely_contact | adhered to a base layer, it follows the external shape of the decoration body 1 On the other hand, in the decorative body region D1 and the base layer region D2, the decorative portions of the decorative body 1 and the base layer 12a are visible through the protective layer 12b. Furthermore, in the hollow layer region D3 where the protective layer 12b is not in close contact with the base layer 12a and the decorative body 1, the decorative portion on the surface of the base layer 12a through the hollow layer 2 can be seen through the protective layer 12b. The hollow layer region D3 exhibits a cloudy color and can give different color sensations in each of the three portions D1 to D3.

  Therefore, according to the present invention, as shown by the broken line in FIG. 1, the shading generated on the outer peripheral surface of the trunk portion 12 due to the thickness of the decorative body 1 and the hollow layer 2 bordering the outer shape of the decorative body 1 are added. Since the decorative body 1 is emphasized, the decoration effect is improved as compared with simple printing. In addition, according to the present invention, it becomes possible to produce various tube containers with different decorations only by changing the shape, size, color, pattern, etc. of the decorative body 1 or changing the layout on the body 12. This makes it easier to handle small lot production. Moreover, according to this invention, since the thickness of the decorating body 1 gives different tactile sensations compared with other parts, the tactile sensation can be differentiated from other types. Furthermore, according to this structure, since the decorating body 1 is covered by the protective layer 12b, the decorating body 1 can be prevented from being deteriorated or dropped off.

  In addition, in this form, when the decorative body 1 is a label, for example, it is printed on a thermoplastic resin such as polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, polyester, or the surface of these thermoplastic resin or paper. What has been applied can be used. The printing performed here is performed using a known printing technique in addition to gravure printing and offset printing. In particular, if the decorative body 1 is a label subjected to gravure printing with good reproducibility such as color shading, the appreciation and the display effect (decoration effect) are excellent.

  The protective layer 12b may be a transparent or translucent resin as described above. For example, the protective layer 12b is formed of a single layer or a laminated structure of a thermoplastic resin such as polyolefin such as polyethylene or modified polyolefin. The protective layer 12b is held and fixed on the outer peripheral surface of the base layer 12a by various methods such as heat-shrinking to closely adhere the protective layer 12b to the base layer 12a. In this case, an adhesive layer can be provided between the base layer 12a and the protective layer 12b. Even if the decorative body 1 is held and fixed to the base layer 12a via the adhesive layer, the base layer 12a It is also possible to simply arrange them without causing them to adhere to each other.

  3 (a) to 3 (c) are perspective cross-sectional views showing a main part of another embodiment of the present invention, a perspective view showing a decorative body in the same form, and a perspective view showing still another form of the decorative body. It is. In the following description, the same parts as those in FIGS.

  In this embodiment, the decorative body 1 is provided with a convex frame 3 whose outer edge 1e rises over the entire circumference as shown in FIG. 3 (b), and the outer surface 1f of the decorative body 1 is provided on the convex frame 3. It is decorated with a single color different from the above. Such a convex frame 3 can be formed, for example, by laser cutting an existing label. Further, the convex frame 3 can be molded using a so-called foamed ink that expands by heating, and as a heating means in this case, a laser or the like can be mentioned.

  Thereby, in the convex frame region D4 in which the protective layer 12b is in close contact with the convex frame 3, the thickness is larger than in the region D1 in which the protective layer 12b is in close contact with the outer surface 1f of the decorative body 1 as shown in FIG. Therefore, different shades are generated around the convex frame 3, and in the convex frame region D4, the decorative portion on the surface of the convex frame 3 can be seen through the protective layer 12b. According to this configuration, the outer edge of the decorative body 1 is emphasized by the decorative portion that decorates the outer edge 1e, and the decorative body 1 is shaded around the convex frame 3 generated on the outer peripheral surface 1f of the decorative body 1. Since the outer edge of is emphasized, the most excellent decoration effect is obtained. In addition, according to this invention, even if it provides the convex frame 3 only in the outer edge 1e of the decorating body 1, the outstanding decoration effect is acquired, and as shown in FIG.3 (c), the outer surface 1e is shown in the outer edge 1e. Even if only different decoration is applied, an excellent decoration effect can be obtained.

  The above description is only an example of the present invention, and various modifications are possible. For example, the decoration body 1 can change the shape and magnitude | size variously. Further, the decoration on the decorative body 1 and the convex frame 3 is not limited to a single color, and can be variously changed such as combining a plurality of colors. In addition, regarding a specific decoration method, not only printing but also existing methods such as painting and coloring the material itself can be adopted. Furthermore, the protective layer 12b is not limited to be held and fixed to the base layer 12a by heat shrinkage. For example, an adhesive layer may be provided between the protective layer 12b and the base layer 12a together with the decorative body 1 to fix the protective layer 12b. Good.

It is a top view which shows the tube container which is one form of this invention. (a), (b) is the perspective sectional drawing which expanded the AA cross section vicinity of FIG. 1, and BB sectional drawing, respectively. (a)-(c) is a principal part perspective sectional view which shows the other form of this invention, the perspective view which shows the decorating body in the same form, respectively, and the perspective view which shows the further another form of a decorating body. .

Explanation of symbols

1 decorative body 2 hollow layer 3 convex frame
10 Tube container
11 heads
12 Torso
13 Protective layer

Claims (3)

A tube container comprising a head having a spout and a body portion connected to the head and containing contents,
Provided on the outer peripheral surface of the body portion is a decorative body that is arranged on the outer peripheral surface and decorates the outer peripheral surface, and a transparent or translucent protective layer that covers the outer peripheral surface together with the decorative body, and this protective layer A tube container characterized in that a hollow layer that borders the outer shape of the decorative body is formed between the outer peripheral surface and the outer peripheral surface.   The tube container according to claim 1, wherein the decorative body is decorated on an outer edge thereof.   The tube container according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the decorative body is formed by raising an outer edge thereof.

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