JP2007230564A - Synthetic resin-made bottle - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent appearance from being differed according to the disposition of a label around the body of a synthetic resin-made bottle. <P>SOLUTION: The bottle 10 has a mouth 11 through which a content is discharged. The mouth 11, a shoulder 12, a body 13 and a bottom 14 are integrally formed, and a shrink label 17 can be mounted to the body 13. The body 13 is equipped with an annular wall 13a connected to the shoulder 12, an annular wall 13b connected to the bottom 14, a plurality of post walls 13c disposed at intervals around the body 13 between the annular walls 13a and 13b, and a plurality of panel walls 13d disposed between the respective post walls 13c. The post walls 13c have projections 1 used to position the label 17 to the body 13 by being fitted in the through-holes 2 of the label 17. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention has a mouth portion through which the contents are poured out, and a shoulder portion, a trunk portion, and a bottom portion are integrally formed from the mouth portion, and a label can be attached to the trunk portion. It is about the bottle.

Some synthetic resin bottles, such as PET bottles, are decorated by attaching a label with a product name or design to the body, and as an example of the label, the bottle is put inside to heat shrink There is a cylindrical shrink label (for example, refer to Patent Document 1).
JP 2004-250040 A

  On the other hand, since a bottle having heat resistance has a reduced pressure absorption panel on its body, a portion on which a letter or a figure such as a product name is written is on the reduced pressure absorption panel or partitions the panel. The appearance changes greatly depending on whether it is on a pillar wall.

In contrast, conventional synthetic resin bottles are provided with a convex part on the column wall formed on the body part, and a heat-shrinkable shrink label is brought into close contact with the convex part to prevent the label from shifting up and down. (For example, refer to Patent Document 2).
JP 2000-109029 A

  However, such a conventional bottle aims at preventing the vertical displacement of the shrink label, and does not consider the alignment of the shrink label, particularly in the circumferential direction.

  The problem to be solved by the present invention is that the appearance of the label varies depending on the arrangement state of the label attached to the body.

  The present invention has a mouth portion for pouring the contents, and a shoulder portion, a trunk portion, and a bottom portion are integrally formed from the mouth portion, and the label can be attached to the trunk portion. The bottle is characterized in that the body is provided with a protrusion adapted to be positioned with respect to the body of the label in conformity with the through-hole of the label.

  In the present invention, the body portion includes an annular wall connected to the shoulder portion, an annular wall connected to the bottom portion, and a plurality of column walls positioned between the annular walls and spaced around the body portion. In the case of including a plurality of panel walls positioned between the pillar walls, at least one of the protrusions may be provided on at least one of the annular walls. In this case, at least one of the protrusions may be provided on at least one of the column wall and the panel wall together with the annular wall or separately from the annular wall.

  In the present invention, the protrusion can be formed into a truncated trapezoidal shape. In the present invention, the protrusion may be a wide rib.

  According to the present invention, positioning of the label with respect to the body portion can be performed by adapting the protrusion provided on the body portion to the through hole of the label. Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to produce a bottle in which a label is always mounted at a position that looks good without performing a complicated operation such as changing the direction of the bottle to an appropriate direction.

  In addition, the present invention adapts the protrusion provided on the body of the bottle to the through-hole of the label, so that the effect of preventing rotation is greater than that when the label is closely attached to the protrusion, and excellent positioning is possible. Has an effect.

  Hereinafter, the synthetic resin bottle of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a side view showing a bottle 10 according to the present invention and a shrink label 17 attached to a body portion 13 of the bottle 10. 2 (a) and 2 (b) are a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. 1 and a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB in FIG. It is a side view which shows the state which mounted | wore.

  The bottle 10 is the first embodiment of the present invention, and has a mouth part 11 for pouring out the contents, and the shoulder part 12, the body part 13 and the bottom part 14 are integrally connected from the mouth part 11, and are heat resistant. It is a biaxially stretched blow molded bottle made of PET (polyethylene terephthalate).

  The body 13 is connected to the shoulder 12 via an annular groove 15 and extends around the body 13 (bottle axis O). The body 13 is connected to the bottom 14 via an annular groove 16 and around the bottle axis O. Between each of the annular walls 13c, the annular walls 13b extending between the annular walls 13a, 13b and the plurality of column walls 13c that are arranged around the bottle axis O and spaced apart from each other. And a plurality of panel walls 13d having a substantially elliptical shape with the bottle axis O as the major axis.

  The column wall 13c is provided with a protrusion 1 that is positioned in the body 13 of the label 17 so as to fit the through hole 2 of the shrink label 17. As shown in the longitudinal section of FIG. 2 (b), the protrusion 1 has a truncated cone shape.

  As shown in FIG. 2 (a), the shrink label 17 is a cylindrical body having an inner diameter that allows the body portion 13 to pass through when not heated. The shrink label 17 is placed at a position facing the projection 1 so that display parts such as characters and figures such as product names on the surface are arranged on the panel wall 13d so as to avoid the pillar wall 13c. A plurality of through holes 2 through which the protrusions 1 pass are formed.

  Thus, before the heat treatment, the shrink label 17 always has characters such as a product name as long as the through-hole 2 is aligned with the position facing the protrusion 1 provided on the body portion 13 as shown in FIG. A display portion with a design such as a figure is positioned on the vacuum absorbing panel 13d. Therefore, if the heat treatment is performed as it is, the shrink label 17 can be attached to the body portion 13 of the bottle 10 with the display portion arranged on the reduced pressure absorption panel 13d.

  Accordingly, it is possible to produce a bottle in which the shrink label 17 is always attached at a position where the appearance is good without performing a complicated operation such as changing the direction of the bottle 10 to an appropriate direction.

  In addition, since the bottle 10 fits the protrusion 1 provided on the body portion 13 into the through hole 2 of the shrink label 17, the effect of preventing rotation is greater than that when the shrink label 17 is closely attached to the protrusion 1, and the bottle 10 is reliable. There is an excellent effect that positioning is possible.

  In this embodiment, the protrusions 1 are provided on all the column walls 13c. However, this may be provided on at least one of the plurality of column walls 13c. Further, the number of protrusions 1 provided on one pillar wall 13c is not limited to one, and a plurality of protrusions 1 may be provided along the pillar wall 13c.

  FIG. 4 is a side view showing the bottle 20 according to the second embodiment of the present invention and the shrink label 17 attached to the body 13 of the bottle 20. As shown in FIG. 5 (a) and 5 (b) are a CC sectional view of FIG. 4 and a DD sectional view of FIG. 4 in a state where the shrink label 17 is put on, respectively. FIG. It is a side view which shows the state which mounted | wore.

  In this case, a plurality of protrusions 1 are provided around the trunk portion 13 on each of the annular walls 13a and 13b, and the through-hole 2 is also provided on the panel wall so that the display portion provided on the shrink label 17 avoids the column wall 13c. It is formed at a position facing the protrusion 1 so as to be disposed on 13d.

  In the present embodiment, the protrusions 1 are provided on the annular walls 13a and 13b, respectively, but this may be at least one of them. In this embodiment, the protrusion 1 is provided at a position corresponding to one column wall 13c, but the present invention is not limited to this. Furthermore, in this embodiment, a plurality of annular walls 13a and 13b are provided along the bottle axis O, but it is sufficient that there is at least one.

  FIG. 7 is a side view showing the bottle 30 according to the third embodiment of the present invention and the shrink label 17 attached to the body 13 of the bottle 30. As shown in FIG. 8 (a) to 8 (c) are respectively a cross-sectional view taken along the line EE of FIG. 7, a cross-sectional view taken along the line FF of FIG. FIG. 4 is a side view showing a state in which a shrink label 17 is attached.

  On the panel wall 13d, protrusions 3 that fit the through holes 4 of the shrink label 17 and position the label 17 with respect to the body portion 13 are arranged at positions facing each other as shown in FIG. Each panel wall 13d is provided. Similarly to the protrusion 1, the protrusion 3 has a truncated cone shape, but its tip 3a protrudes radially outward with respect to the annular walls 13a and 13b as shown in FIG. 8 (b).

  In this embodiment, the protrusion 3 is provided on each of the two opposing panel walls 13d, but this may be at least one of the plurality of panel walls 13d. In this embodiment, one protrusion 3 is provided on one panel wall 13d, but a plurality of protrusions 3 may be provided along the bottle axis O.

  FIG. 10 is a side view showing the bottle 40 according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention and the shrink label 17 attached to the body 13 of the bottle 40. As shown in FIG. 11 (a) to 11 (c) are the HH sectional view of FIG. 10, the FF sectional view, and the GG sectional view of FIG. FIG. 4 is a side view showing a state in which a shrink label 17 is attached.

  This form is a modification of the above-described third form, and the panel wall 13d is provided with a projection 5 that fits the through-hole 6 of the shrink label 17 and positions the label 17 with respect to the body part 13. As shown in FIG. 11 (a), each panel wall 13d is provided at a position facing each other. The protrusion 5 is a wide rib extending along the bottle axis O as shown in FIGS. 10 and 11 (b). As shown in FIG. 11 (a), the rib 5 has a pointed shape with a tapered tip 5a, and the tip 5a has a diameter with respect to the annular walls 13a and 13b as shown in FIG. 11 (b). Projects outward in the direction.

  In the present embodiment, as in the third embodiment, the protrusions 5 are provided on the two opposing panel walls 13d. However, this may be at least one of the plurality of panel walls 13d. In this embodiment, one protrusion 5 is provided on one panel wall 13d, but a plurality of protrusions 5 may be provided along the bottle axis O.

  Also according to the second, third, and fourth embodiments described above, the same effects as the first embodiment can be obtained. In particular, in the first and second embodiments, since the projection 1 has a truncated trapezoidal shape, the alignment around the axis O of the shrink label is performed by contact on the side surface without an edge, so the shrink label is not easily caught. Therefore, the shrink label can be smoothly inserted into the through hole.

  In the fourth embodiment, since the protrusion 5 is a wide rib, the effect of preventing misalignment is improved. That is, if the rib is wide, the engagement area between the protrusion 5 and the through-hole 6 of the shrink label 17 can be ensured, so that alignment with the bottle is facilitated.

  In the above description, the body portion 13 is defined as a body portion for the sake of convenience between the annular grooves 15 and 16, but the annular wall 12a provided at the lower end portion of the shoulder portion 12 is provided via the annular groove 15. In order to form a reinforcing wall for preventing clogging due to deformation in the bender (vending machine) together with an annular wall 13a extending around the bottle axis O, it is connected to the shoulder portion 12. An annular groove 12a may be included in the body portion. Similarly, the annular wall 14a provided at the upper end portion of the bottom portion 14 is connected to the trunk portion via the annular groove 16 and extends along the bottle axis O in the vendor (vending machine). In order to form a reinforcing wall for preventing clogging due to deformation, an annular groove 14a connected to the bottom portion 14 may be included in the body portion.

  Although the above description is to describe the preferred embodiment of the present invention, various modifications can be made within the scope of the claims. For example, the bottle according to the present invention is not limited to one having heat resistance. Therefore, the raw material of the bottle is not limited to PET. Further, the shape of the bottle is not limited to a shape in which the appearance of the body portion is substantially cylindrical, and may be a square bottle or a cylindrical bottle. Furthermore, the label attached to the bottle is not limited to the shrink label, but may be a belt-like seal label, a stretch label having stretchability, or the like. The elements of each form can be used in combination depending on the application.

  The synthetic resin bottle according to the present invention can be used for beverage containers, chemical containers and the like.

It is a side view which shows the bottle which is the 1st form of this invention, and the shrink label with which the trunk | drum of this bottle is mounted | worn. (a), (b) is respectively AA sectional drawing of the state of covering the shrink label, and BB sectional drawing of the figure. In the same form, it is a side view which shows the state which mounted | wore the shrink label. It is a side view which shows the bottle which is the 2nd form of this invention, and the shrink label with which the trunk | drum of this bottle is mounted | worn. (a), (b) is CC sectional drawing of FIG. 4, respectively, and DD sectional drawing of FIG. 4 of the state which covered the shrink label 17. FIG. In the same form, it is a side view which shows the state which mounted | wore the shrink label. It is a side view which shows the bottle which is the 3rd form of this invention, and the shrink label with which the trunk | drum of this bottle is mounted | worn. (a)-(c) is respectively EE sectional drawing of FIG. 7 of the state which covered the shrink label, FF sectional drawing of the same figure, and GG sectional drawing. In the same form, it is a side view which shows the state which mounted | wore the shrink label. It is a side view which shows the bottle which is the 4th form of this invention, and the shrink label with which the trunk | drum of this bottle is mounted | worn. (a)-(c) is respectively HH sectional drawing of FIG. 10 of the state which covered the shrink label, FF sectional drawing of the same figure, and GG sectional drawing. In the same form, it is a side view which shows the state which mounted | wore the shrink label.

Explanation of symbols

1 Protrusion 2 Through-hole 3 Protrusion 4 Through-hole 5 Protrusion 6 Through-hole
11 mouth
12 shoulder
12a annular wall
13 Torso
13a annular wall
13b annular wall
13c pillar wall
13d panel wall
14 Bottom
14a annular wall

Claims (6)

In the synthetic resin bottle that has a mouth part for pouring the contents, and is formed integrally from the mouth part to the shoulder part, the trunk part, and the bottom part, and the label can be attached to the trunk part.
A synthetic resin bottle, characterized in that the body portion is provided with a projection adapted to be positioned with respect to the body portion of the label in conformity with a through-hole of the label.   The trunk portion includes an annular wall connected to a shoulder portion, an annular wall connected to a bottom portion, a plurality of column walls positioned between the annular walls and spaced around the trunk portion, and each column wall The synthetic resin bottle according to claim 1, further comprising a plurality of panel walls positioned between the two.   The synthetic resin bottle according to claim 2, wherein at least one of the protrusions is provided on at least one of the annular walls.   The synthetic resin bottle according to claim 2 or 3, wherein at least one of the protrusions is provided on at least one of the pillar wall and the panel wall.   The synthetic resin bottle according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the protrusion has a conical trapezoidal shape.   The synthetic resin bottle according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the protrusion is a wide rib.

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