JP2007283622A - Embossing apparatus, embossing method, and combination of embossing molds, and sheet-like substrate - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an embossing apparatus which enhances the designing effect and fine appearance of projections to be formed on a sheet-like substrate, and which imparts a pleasant touch to the resultant embossed product. <P>SOLUTION: The embossing apparatus 10 is used for embossing the sheet-like substrate 30, and provided with a male mold 12 having a projection part 11 formed in a horizontal plane 11a at the top end, a female mold 18 having a reclined surface 17 formed on the bottom surface of a recessed part 16 for engaging with the projection part 11 of the male mold 12 and a transporting means 14 for relatively transporting the male mold 12 and the female mold 18 and making the male mold 12 and the female mold 18 mesh with each other; and by the embossing apparatus 10 in which the sheet-like substrate 30 is set between the male mold 12 and the female mold 18, the problem mentioned above is solved. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an embossing apparatus, an embossing method, a combination of embossing molds, and an embossed sheet-like substrate.

  In general, an embossing apparatus that performs embossing by embossing on a sheet-like base material such as a packaging material is known. This embossing apparatus conveys a sheet-like base material between a male mold and a female mold, and forms a sheet with a male metal plate having a convex portion and a female metal plate having a concave portion corresponding to the convex portion. This is a processing technique in which pressure is applied across a sheet-like base material, and patterns such as letters and figures are raised on the sheet-like base material (see, for example, Patent Document 1). In such an embossing device, a female mold and a male mold are each formed into a cylindrical shape, and a sheet-like base material is passed between both molds, and the male mold and the female mold are engaged with each other and rotated. In general, an embossing technique is performed.

In this way, the protrusion 2 processed into the sheet-like base material 1 has steep curved surfaces 3 on both the front and back surfaces as shown in FIG.
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  By the way, since the projection 2 processed by the conventional embossing apparatus has a steep curved surface 3 on both the front and back surfaces as shown in FIG. 8, the edge portion 4 is formed at the starting point of the steep curved surface 3. Will be formed. This edge part 4 has the problem that the design effect and aesthetic effect of the protrusion 2 are impaired, and the touch feeling is also bad. Moreover, when the sheet-like base material 1 in which the edge part 4 is formed is formed in a packaging container and the contents are loaded in the packaging container, the contents abut on the edge part 4, May cause problems.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made in consideration of the above circumstances, and the object of the present invention is to improve the design effect and aesthetic effect of the protrusions formed on the sheet-like base material and to have a good hand feeling. An embossing device for a sheet-like substrate, a combination of embossing molds, an embossing method for a sheet-like substrate, and an embossed sheet-like substrate.

  The embossing apparatus according to claim 1 of the present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems is an embossing apparatus for embossing a sheet-like base material, the male mold having a convex portion whose tip is formed in a horizontal plane, and the male A female mold having an inclined surface formed on a bottom surface of a concave portion that meshes with a convex portion of the mold, and a moving means for relatively moving the male mold and the female mold to mesh the male mold and the female mold, The sheet-like base material is installed between a male mold and the female mold.

  According to the present invention, a sheet-like base material is provided between a male mold having a convex portion whose tip is formed in a horizontal plane and a female die having an inclined surface formed on the bottom surface of the concave portion that meshes with the convex portion of the male mold. By installing, sandwiching and meshing the sheet-like base material between the male mold and the female mold, it is possible to form an inclined projection that smoothly slopes on the sheet-like base material. In this way, the inclined protrusion formed on the sheet-like base material can enhance the design effect and the aesthetic effect, and can improve the touch feeling.

  The embossing method according to claim 2 is an embossing method for embossing a sheet-like base material, wherein a male mold having a convex portion whose tip is formed in a horizontal plane, and a concave bottom surface meshing with the convex portion of the male mold Embossing by installing the sheet-like base material between the male mold and the female mold, and engaging the male mold and the female mold. It is characterized by doing.

  According to the present invention, a sheet-like base material is provided between a male mold having a convex portion whose tip is formed in a horizontal plane and a female die having an inclined surface formed on the bottom surface of the concave portion that meshes with the convex portion of the male mold. When installed, the sheet-like base material is sandwiched between the male mold and the female mold, and meshed with each other, whereby a slanted protrusion that is smoothly inclined can be formed on the sheet-like base material. In this way, the inclined protrusion formed on the sheet-like base material can enhance the design effect and the aesthetic effect, and can improve the touch feeling.

  The combination of the embossing molds according to claim 3 includes: a male mold having a convex part whose tip is formed in a horizontal plane; and a female mold in which an inclined surface is formed on a concave bottom surface that meshes with the convex part of the male mold. It is characterized by becoming.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to form the inclined protrusions smoothly inclined on the sheet-like base material simply by forming the inclined surface on the bottom surface of the concave portion of the female mold, so it is necessary to form the inclined surface on the male mold. The male mold can be easily formed.

  The sheet-like base material according to claim 4 is an embossed sheet-like base material having a male mold having a convex portion whose tip is formed in a horizontal plane, and a concave bottom surface meshing with the convex portion of the male mold. Embossed by using the female mold formed with an inclined surface, placing the sheet-like base material between the male mold and the female mold, and meshing the male mold and the female mold. It is characterized by that.

  According to the present invention, a sheet-like base material is provided between a male mold having a convex portion whose tip is formed in a horizontal plane and a female die having an inclined surface formed on the bottom surface of the concave portion that meshes with the convex portion of the male mold. When installed, the sheet-like base material is sandwiched between the male mold and the female mold, and meshed with each other, whereby a slanted protrusion that is smoothly inclined can be formed on the sheet-like base material. In this way, the inclined protrusion formed on the sheet-like base material can enhance the design effect and the aesthetic effect, and can improve the touch feeling.

  The sheet-like base material according to claim 5 is the sheet-like base material according to claim 4, wherein the embossed protrusions are formed as inclined protrusions having smooth curved surfaces on the front and back sides. It is characterized by being.

  According to this invention, since the protrusions are formed on the inclined protrusions having smooth curved surfaces on the front and back sides, the touch feeling on both the front and back surfaces of the sheet-like base material can be further improved.

  According to the embossing apparatus of the present invention, a sheet-like base is formed by a male mold having a convex portion whose tip is formed in a horizontal plane and a female die having an inclined surface formed on the bottom surface of the concave portion that meshes with the convex portion of the male mold. By sandwiching and engaging the material, it is possible to form an inclined protrusion that is smoothly inclined on the sheet-like base material. In this way, the inclined protrusion formed on the sheet-like base material can enhance the design effect and the aesthetic effect, and can improve the touch feeling. The same effect can be obtained by the embossing method according to the present invention, the combination of the embossing mold, and the embossed sheet-like base material.

  Below, the embossing apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention, the embossing method, the combination of the shaping | molding die for embossing, and the embossed sheet-like base material are demonstrated with reference to drawings. In addition, this embodiment is only one form for implementing this invention, and this invention is not limited by this embodiment.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing an embodiment of an embossing apparatus according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing an embodiment of a mold for embossing according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is an embossing according to the present invention. FIG. 4 is an enlarged sectional view showing a part of one embodiment of the molding die for use, FIG. 4 is an enlarged sectional view showing a sheet-like substrate embossed by one embodiment of the molding die for embossing according to the present invention, FIG. Is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing a part of a mold for embossing of a comparative example, FIG. 6 is a development view showing a sheet-like substrate embossed by an embodiment of an embossing apparatus according to the present invention, and FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the packaging container produced from the sheet-like base material of FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 1, an embossing apparatus 10 for embossing (embossing) a sheet-like base material 30 according to the present embodiment has the sheet-like base material 30 placed in a horizontal state and a tip on a horizontal plane 11a. The male mold 12 in which a plurality of formed convex portions 11 are arranged substantially in parallel, the male mold holding section 13 for holding the male mold 12, and the male mold 12 held by the male mold holding section 13 are indicated by arrows. The vertical drive mechanism 14 as a moving means for moving up and down as described above, the base 15 installed in the vertical movement range of the male mold 12 held by the male mold holding portion 14, and the base 15 installed on the base 15 A plurality of concave portions 16 that mesh with the convex portions 11 of the mold 12 are formed, and a female die 18 having inclined surfaces 17 formed on the bottom surfaces of the concave portions 16 and a female die holding portion 19 that holds the female die 18 are provided. Yes.

  In the present embodiment, the male mold 12 is moved up and down by the vertical drive mechanism 14, but only the female mold 18 may be moved up and down, or both the male mold 12 and the female mold 18 are moved up and down. You may make it move.

  The male mold 12 and the female mold 18 are respectively formed with a convex portion 11 and a concave portion 16 so that they mesh with each other as shown in FIG. Is embossed.

  The dimensions of the male mold 12 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. Since the width W1 of the convex portion 11 in the male mold 12 corresponds to the width of the protrusion 31 of the base material 30, it is usually about 10 to 100 mm, preferably about 10 to 30 mm. Since the height H1 of the convex portion 11 in the male mold 12 corresponds to the height of the protrusion 31 of the base material 30, it is normally set to about 0.5 to 1.5 mm, preferably 0.7 to 0.00 mm. It is about 8 mm.

  Next, the dimensions of the female mold 18 will be described in detail. Since the width W2 of the concave portion 16 corresponds to the width of the concave portion 32 on the back surface of the base member 30, it is usually about 10 to 100 mm, preferably about 10 to 30 mm. Since the inclined surface 17 is formed on the bottom surface of the concave portion 16 and corresponds to the depth of the concave portion 32 on the back surface of the base material 30, the depth H2 of the shallow portion is usually about 0.5 to 1.5 mm, preferably Is about 0.6 to 0.8 mm. The depth H3 of the deep portion is usually about 0.6 to 1.6 mm, preferably about 0.7 to 0.9 mm. The difference between the shallow portion depth H2 and the deep portion depth H3 is 0.05 to 0.15 mm (0.1 mm in this embodiment).

  The material of the male mold 12 and the female mold 18 is not limited as long as the material has a hardness suitable for embossing of the base material 30 to be used, and the same type of material may be used, or different types of materials may be used. A material may be used. For example, brass, magnesium, copper, iron, duralumin, aluminum, nylon, bakelite and the like are used as the material of each male mold 12 and female mold 18.

  Further, as shown by the arrow in FIG. 1, the vertical drive mechanism 14 described above moves the male mold 12 up and down and drives the male mold 12 and the female mold 18 to mesh with each other. The male mold 12 and the female mold 18 are engaged with each other with the sheet-like base material 30 interposed therebetween, and the base material 30 is embossed by changing from the state shown in FIG. 1 to the state shown in FIG. In this way, the inclined protrusions 31 having smooth curved surfaces can be formed on both the front and back surfaces of the sheet-like base material 30.

  The male holding portion 13 in FIG. 1 is not particularly limited as long as at least the base material 30 is installed and can be embossed, but a positioning member 13a or the like is provided so as to guide the base material 30 to a predetermined position. It may be provided. In addition, the base 15 may be provided with a transport means for transporting the base material 30 in addition.

  Such an embossing apparatus 10 may be provided as a part of the content filling machine of the packaging container 40, such as tobacco and confectionery. The embossing method of this embodiment can be realized by the combination of the embossing apparatus 10 of this embodiment described above and the embossing mold of this embodiment.

The substrate 30 of the present embodiment is not particularly limited as long as it is a sheet, but a paper sheet is mainly used. Coated balls, card paper, ivory or the like is used as the paper material for the base material 30. The weighed value is about 190 to 400 g / m ² and the thickness is about 200 to 550 μm. As another material of the base material 30, a plastic material, processed paper, etc. can also be used. As the base material 30, a material such as a seed paper or the like on which a picture or a quality display of contents is printed is used. The base material 30 is usually a single sheet-like material.

  Next, the sheet-like base material 30 is embossed as follows.

  First, the sheet-like base material 30 is transported to the base 15 by a transport mechanism (not shown), placed at a predetermined position, and positioned at a predetermined position by the positioning member 15a. That is, the sheet-like base material 30 is installed in the vertical movement range of the male mold 12 on the base 15.

  Next, the male mold holding portion 13 that holds the male mold 12 is moved up and down by the vertical drive mechanism 14 as indicated by an arrow in FIG. At this time, the sheet-like base material 30 is sandwiched and engaged by the male mold 12 and the female mold 18, and the base material 30 is embossed by changing from the state shown in FIG. 1 to the state shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 5, the inclined protrusions 31 having smooth curved surfaces can be formed on both the front and back surfaces of the sheet-like substrate 30. Such embossing is repeated.

  Here, when the sheet-like base material 30 is sandwiched and meshed by the male mold 12 and the female mold 18, the pressure of the male mold 12 against the sheet-like base material 30 is applied to the inclined surface 17 of the recess 16 of the female mold 18. By gradually weakening along, the inclined protrusion 31 which consists of a smooth curved surface can be formed in the sheet-like base material 30 on the front and back.

  On the other hand, when the inclined surface 21a is formed at the tip of the convex portion 21 of the male mold 20 and the bottom surface of the concave portion 23 of the female mold 22 is formed on the flat surface 23a and embossed as in the comparative example shown in FIG. In this case, the inclined protrusions formed on the sheet-like base material 30 are rapidly restored by the elasticity of the sheet-like base material 30, and the inclined protrusions are not formed. This is because the phenomenon that the pressure of the male mold 20 against the sheet-like base material 30 gradually weakens along the inclined surface 21a of the convex portion 21 does not occur as in the present embodiment.

  And the embossed sheet-like base material 30 is conveyed by the conveyance mechanism which is not shown in figure at the next assembly process.

  In this assembly process, the sheet-like base material 30 embossed as described above is folded at a predetermined position along a broken line and the predetermined position is attached to the packaging container 40 shown in FIG. Assembled.

  In the following description, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the side having the bottom plate 35 with respect to the lower front plate 34 in the packaging container 40 (base material 30) is the lower side, and the lower front plate in this state. When viewing 34, the left side is the left side, and the right side is the right side.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 6, the base material 30 includes a lower front plate 34, a bottom plate 35 connected to the lower front plate 34 via a fold line a, and a fold line to the bottom plate 35. a back plate 36 connected to the lower side through b, an upper plate 37 connected to the back plate 36 through a broken line c, and a lower plate connected to the upper plate 37 through a bent line d. An upper front plate 38 and an opening piece 39 bonded to the upper side (outer side) of the lower front plate 34. Here, the lower front plate 34 and the rear plate 36 are formed with embossed inclined protrusions 31.

  A lower front left piece 34a and a lower front right piece 34b are connected to the lower front plate 34 via recessed portions 31a separately embossed on both sides. The back plate 36 is connected with a back left piece 36a and a back right piece 36b via recesses 31 embossed on both sides thereof. Further, an upper front left piece 38a and an upper front right piece 38b are connected to the upper front plate 38 via recessed portions 31a separately embossed on both sides thereof. Among these, the back left side piece 36a of the back plate 36 has an upper left flap 36c and a lower left flap 36d above and below, and the back right side piece 36b of the back plate 36 has an upper right flap 36e and a lower right flap 36f connected to the upper and lower sides. Yes.

  The substrate 30 is folded along the respective folding lines a to d, the respective concave portions 31a are bent along a straight line, the flaps 36c, 36d, 36e and 36f are folded, the flaps 36c and 36e are bonded to the bottom plate 35, and the flaps 36d and 36f Is bonded to the upper surface plate 37. Then, the lower front left piece 34 a of the lower front plate 34 and the upper front left piece 38 a of the upper front plate 38 are bonded to the rear left piece 36 a of the rear plate 36, and the lower front plate 34 is attached to the rear right piece 36 b of the rear plate 36. By bonding the lower front right piece 34b and the upper front right piece 38b of the upper front plate 38, the packaging container 40 shown in FIG. 5 is completed. At this time, conventionally known adhesives are used for the above-described bonding.

  On the upper side of the lower front plate 34, a broken line-like substantially U-shaped cutting line 34d is provided, and an opening piece 39 is bonded to a portion surrounded by the cutting line 34d. Then, when the user opens the packaging container 40, the opening piece 39 is peeled off from the lower front plate 34, whereby the cutting line 34 is cut off, and the lower front plate 34 surrounded by the cutting line 34d is opened. It is easy to open the packaging container 40, and it can be seen at a glance whether or not the packaging container 40 has been opened once. In addition, cutting lines 36g and 36h are provided on the rear right side piece 36a and the rear left side piece 36b of the rear plate 36 so that the piece 41 having the upper front plate 38 can be opened in the packaging container 40. When the packaging container 40 is opened, the fold line 36i connecting the cutting lines 36g and 36h is folded, and the user can take out the contents of the packaging container 40.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the packaging container 40 after assembling the base material 30 embossed by the above-described method is generally a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape, and a plurality of linearly embossed portions are curved. The predetermined position is bonded in the state. The ratio of each side when the packaging container 40 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape is not particularly limited, and is appropriately set according to the application. Although the size of the packaging container 40 is not particularly limited, as shown in FIG. 7, when each side of the rectangular parallelepiped is L3, W3, and H3, the length L3 is usually about 10 to 100 mm, and the width W3: About 50 to 200 mm and height H3: about 50 to 200 mm. Moreover, when cigarette the contents of the packaging container 40, it is preferable that the size is about L3: about 15-25 mm, W3: about 50-60 mm, and H3: about 85-110 mm.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the male mold 12 having the convex portion 11 having the tip formed on the horizontal surface 11a and the female surface having the inclined surface 17 formed on the bottom surface of the concave portion 16 that meshes with the convex portion 11 of the male mold 12 are provided. By sandwiching and engaging the sheet-like base material 30 with the mold 18, it is possible to form the inclined protrusions 31 that are smoothly inclined on the sheet-like base material 30. In this way, the inclined protrusion 31 formed on the sheet-like base material 30 can enhance the design effect and the aesthetic effect, and can improve the touch feeling.

  Moreover, when the packaging container 40 is produced from the sheet-like base material 30 on which such inclined protrusions 31 are formed, the design effect and the aesthetic effect can be enhanced, and the touch feeling can be improved. In addition, it is possible to prevent the contents from coming into contact with the slanted protrusion 31 that is smoothly inclined and to prevent the contents from being defective.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment, A various change is possible. For example, the base material 30 that has been embossed by the embossing method of the above embodiment can be widely used in the case where inclined protrusions 31 made of smooth curved surfaces are formed on the front and back surfaces, as shown in FIG. The container 40 is not limited to a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape.

  In the above embodiment, the male mold 12 is moved with respect to the female mold 18 to perform embossing. Conversely, the female mold 18 is moved with respect to the male mold 12 to perform embossing. May be. In short, the male mold 12 and the female mold 18 may be moved relatively.

  Further, the contents of the packaging container 40 are not particularly limited, but are usually tobacco, confectionery, food, and the like.

It is the schematic which shows one Embodiment of the embossing apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is an expanded sectional view showing one embodiment of a molding die for embossing concerning the present invention. It is an expanded sectional view showing a part of one embodiment of a mold for embossing concerning the present invention. It is an expanded sectional view which shows the sheet-like base material embossed by one Embodiment of the shaping | molding die for embossing which concerns on this invention. It is an expanded sectional view which shows a part of shaping | molding die for embossing of a comparative example. It is an expanded view which shows the sheet-like base material embossed by one Embodiment of the embossing apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the packaging container produced from the sheet-like base material of FIG. It is an expanded sectional view which shows the sheet-like base material embossed with the conventional shaping | molding die for embossing.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Embossing apparatus 11 Convex part 11a Horizontal surface 12 Male type 13 Male type holding part 14 Vertical drive mechanism (moving means)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 15 Base 16 Concave part 17 Inclined surface 18 Female type | mold 19 Female type | mold holding part 30 Sheet-like base material 31 Inclined protrusion part of a sheet-like base material 32 Recessed part of a sheet-like base material 40 Packaging container

Claims (5)

An embossing device for embossing a sheet-like base material,
A male mold having a convex portion whose tip is formed in a horizontal plane;
A female mold in which an inclined surface is formed on the bottom surface of the concave portion that meshes with the convex portion of the male mold;
Moving means for relatively moving the male mold and the female mold to mesh the male mold and the female mold;
An embossing apparatus, wherein the sheet-like base material is installed between the male mold and the female mold. An embossing method for embossing a sheet-like substrate,
A male mold having a convex portion whose tip is formed in a horizontal plane;
Using a female mold having an inclined surface formed on the bottom surface of the concave portion that meshes with the convex portion of the male mold,
An embossing method comprising embossing the sheet by placing the sheet-like base material between the male mold and the female mold, and engaging the male mold with the female mold. A male mold having a convex portion whose tip is formed in a horizontal plane;
A combination of embossing molds, comprising: a female mold having an inclined surface formed on a bottom surface of a recess that meshes with the convex part of the male mold. An embossed sheet-like base material,
A male mold having a convex portion whose tip is formed in a horizontal plane;
Using a female mold having an inclined surface formed on the bottom surface of the concave portion that meshes with the convex portion of the male mold,
A sheet-like substrate which is embossed by installing the sheet-like substrate between the male mold and the female mold and engaging the male mold and the female mold. A sheet-like base material according to claim 4,
The embossed protrusion is formed into an inclined protrusion having a smooth curved surface on the front and back sides.

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