JP2008137679A - Bottle, manufacturing method of bottle and mold equipment used for practicing method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bottle which is prevented from being damaged by contact with another bottle by increasing the strength of its neck part and barrel part by distributing a glass material in a fine balance wholly, the production method of the bottle and mold equipment used for practicing the method. <P>SOLUTION: The manufacturing process of this bottle 1 comprises the first forming process for forming a parison P where a bottle mouth 11 with a lip part a is formed, a transferring process for introducing the parison P into a finishing mold 6 provided with a recess 61 for forming a protrusion on a part for forming the protrusion 15, and the second forming process for forming a part below the lip part a in a form running along the finished mold 6 by blowing air into the parison P. The processes are carried out in sequence for forming the bottle 1 with the protrusion 15 on the outer peripheral face below the lip part a of the mouth 11 and with a dent at the position corresponding to the protrusion 15 on the internal peripheral face. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a bottle in which a convex portion is provided on the outer peripheral surface below the lip portion of the bottle mouth, a bottle manufacturing method for manufacturing the bottle, and a mold apparatus used for carrying out the method. In particular, the present invention relates to a thin-walled bottle called an “ultra-light bottle” and a bottle manufacturing method and mold apparatus suitable for manufacturing the bottle.

  As shown in FIG. 5, a typical bottle has a lip portion a projectingly formed on the outer peripheral surface of the bottle mouth 11, and a convex portion called “kabu” (hereinafter referred to as “kabu portion”) below the lip portion a. .) B is formed once. Since the fogged part b is not an indispensable part in terms of function, a bottle without the fogged part b has recently been proposed. However, in appearance, the presence of the fogged part b seems to be bottled, and therefore, a bottle with the fogged part b is generally preferred.

  As a method for producing a bottle, a press & blow method, a blow & blow method, and a narrow neck press & blow method are known. Both methods include a roughing process for forming the parison from the gob placed in the rough mold, a transfer process for removing the parison from the rough mold and transferring it to the finishing mold, and blowing the parison in the finishing mold to blow the bottle. And a finishing mold process for forming the mold (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2004-217476 A

  In the rough mold process, as shown in FIG. 6, a bottle mouth 11 having a lip part a is formed in the parison P by a mouth mold 101 positioned below the rough mold 100, and further, below the lip part a (as shown in FIG. 6). The fogging portion b is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the upper part in the inverted parison state. In the figure, reference numeral 102 denotes a baffle.

  The parison P is transferred to the finishing mold while the bottle mouth 11 is held by the mouth mold 101. In the finishing die process, air is blown into the parison P, and the neck portion 12 and the body portion 13 below the fogging portion b are formed into a shape along the finishing die 103 as shown in FIG. In the figure, 104 is a bottom mold for molding the bottom 14 of the bottle, and 105 is a blow head for blowing air into the inside of the parison from the bottle opening 11. Further, c is a parting line that forms a boundary between the molded portion formed by the rough mold 100 and the molded portion formed by the mouth mold 101, and appears just below the fogged portion b as shown in FIG.

  In the bottle manufacturing method, the lip part a of the bottle mouth 11 and the fogged part b below the bottle mouth 11 are formed by the mouth mold 101 in the roughing process. In the “bottle”, since the glass material is supplied to the fogging portion b in the same manner as before, there is a problem that the glass material corresponding to that is not distributed in a well-balanced manner throughout the bottle.

  By the way, glass bottles are classified into level 1, level 2, level 3, and level 4 (ultra-light bottles) based on the relationship between bottle capacity and bottle mass (glass consumption) (see the Japan Glass Bottle Association website). Details will be described later.) Particularly, in recent years, the weight of bottles has been reduced in order to save resources and save energy. However, when the “ultra-light bottle” is manufactured by the above-described manufacturing method, it is difficult to distribute the glass material in a well-balanced manner, so that the strength of the neck portion 12 and the body portion 13 below the fogged portion b is insufficient. When bottles come into contact with each other during the manufacture and distribution of bottles, the bottles may be damaged.

  This invention was made by paying attention to the above problem, and distributes the glass material in a well-balanced manner throughout the bottle to increase the strength of the neck and torso and prevent the bottle from being damaged by contact between the bottles. An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing the bottle and a mold apparatus used for carrying out the method.

  In the bottle according to the present invention, a convex portion is provided on the outer peripheral surface below the lip portion of the bottle mouth, and a recess is formed at a position corresponding to the convex portion on the inner peripheral surface. .

  In the above-described configuration of the present invention, the “convex portion” includes a convex portion called “kabu”, and also includes a convex portion called “skirt” and “bead”. The shape and size of the convex portion are not limited as long as the shape protrudes from the outer peripheral surface of the bottle below the lip portion. In addition, it is desirable to set the thickness of the “convex portion” to 1.5 mm or more from the viewpoint of securing strength to withstand normal use.

  The bottle of the preferred embodiment of the present invention belongs to an ultralight bottle having a lightness index of less than 0.7.

Here, the “lightness index” (referred to as “L value”; see the Japan Glass Bottle Association website) is the lightness obtained by calculating the relationship between bottle capacity and bottle mass (glass usage) as a function. Is an index indicating. Specifically, the L value can be obtained by dividing the bottle mass (g) by the 0.77th power of the bottle full capacity (ml) and multiplying it by a coefficient of 0.44.
Bottles with an L value of 1.4 or more are “level 1”, bottles of 1.0 or more and less than 1.4 are “level 2”, bottles of 0.7 or more and less than 1.0 are “level 3”, A bottle of less than 0.7 is called “Level 4 (Ultralight Bottle)”.

  In a further preferred embodiment of the present invention, the bottle has an inner diameter of 22 mm or more, a total length of 170 mm or less, and a barrel diameter of 66 mm or less.

  Here, the inside diameter of the bottle is set to 22 mm or more so that when the contents are taken with the lower lip applied to the bottle mouth, a gap is formed above the upper lip so that the scent of the contents can be smelled from the gap. This is to make it easier to drink than those with a small inner diameter. That is, to make it easy to drink and to enjoy the flavor and taste. In addition, since the inner diameter of the mouth is widely formed, for example, when it is reused at home, the bottle can be easily cleaned.

  The total length of the bottle (hereinafter referred to as “height”) is set to 170 mm or less, and the trunk diameter is set to 66 mm or less in order to make the bottle approximately the same as the height and diameter of the 500 ml can. Thus, for example, when displaying a bottle product manufactured by the above-described manufacturing method on a display shelf such as a convenience store, it can be displayed as it is on the shelf where a 500 ml can is displayed, and the height and width of the display shelf This eliminates the need for adjustments, and saves labor.

  The bottle according to the present invention preferably includes a rough mold for forming a parison upon receipt of a gob, a mouth mold for forming a bottle opening having a lip portion on the parison, and a bottle opening having a lip portion. It is formed by a mold apparatus comprising a finishing mold for introducing a molded parison and forming a shape below the lip portion along the mold, and the convex portion is a portion for molding the convex portion. Are formed by a finishing die provided with concave portions for forming convex portions.

  The bottle manufacturing method according to the present invention is for manufacturing a bottle having a convex portion provided on the outer peripheral surface below the lip portion of the bottle mouth, and molding a parison having a bottle mouth having a lip portion. A first forming step, a transfer step of introducing the parison into a finishing mold provided with a concave portion for forming a convex portion in a portion for forming the convex portion, and blowing the air into the inside of the parison so as to form the lip portion. And a second molding step for molding the lower part into a shape along the finishing mold, and the convex part is provided on the outer peripheral surface below the lip part of the bottle mouth, and the convex part on the inner peripheral surface is provided. It is characterized by manufacturing a bottle in which a recess is formed at a corresponding position.

  According to the above-described manufacturing method of the present invention, in the first molding step in which the bottle mouth is molded, only the lip portion is molded and the convex portion is not molded. Since the convex portion is formed in the second molding step, the concave portion for forming the convex portion is formed in the finishing die. In the second molding step, when air is blown into the interior of the parison to form a shape below the lip portion along the finishing mold, a recess is formed at a position corresponding to the convex portion on the inner peripheral surface of the bottle. Such a dent did not exist at the position corresponding to the convex portion on the inner peripheral surface of the bottle according to the conventional manufacturing method, but the bottle according to the manufacturing method of the present invention corresponds to the convex portion on the inner peripheral surface of the bottle. Since the recess is formed at the position, the meat of the portion is shaved and the glass material is distributed below the convex portion, and the strength of the neck portion and the trunk portion below the convex portion is increased. In particular, the effect is remarkable in the ultralight bottle.

  Further, the mold apparatus used in the bottle manufacturing method of the present invention is for manufacturing a bottle having a convex portion provided on the outer peripheral surface below the lip portion of the bottle mouth. Introducing a rough mold for molding, a mouth mold for molding a bottle mouth having a lip portion at the mouth portion of the parison, and a parison formed with a bottle mouth having a lip portion, and below the lip portion And a finishing die for forming into a shape along the die. The finishing mold is provided with a concave portion for forming a convex portion at a portion where the convex portion is formed.

  In the mold apparatus described above, when the gob is put into the rough mold and the parison is molded, a bottle mouth having a lip portion in the parison is molded by the mouth mold. The parison in which the mouth is formed is introduced into a finishing die, and the lower part from the lip portion is formed into a shape along the finishing die. Since the concave part for forming the convex part is provided in the part where the convex part of the finishing mold is molded, when the air is blown into the inside of the parison and the part below the lip part is molded into the shape along the finishing mold, A recess is formed at a position corresponding to the convex portion on the inner peripheral surface. Thereby, the glass material of the inner peripheral surface of the bottle corresponding to a convex part is distributed with sufficient balance to the whole bottle below a convex part.

  According to this invention, since the glass material is distributed in a well-balanced manner throughout the bottle, the strength of the neck and body can be increased without changing the mass of the bottle, especially for ultra-light bottles, contact between bottles, etc. Can prevent the bottle from being damaged.

FIG. 1 shows the appearance and structure of a bottle 1 which is one embodiment of the present invention and extends from a bottle mouth 11 to a neck 12. The bottle 1 is manufactured by carrying out the bottle manufacturing method according to the present invention.
The bottle 1 in the figure has an inner diameter of about 23 mm, a height of about 165 mm, a body diameter of about 65 mm, a full capacity of about 346 ml, a mass of about 140 g, and a lightness index L value of 0.68. A convex portion 15 that hits the above-described fogged portion b is provided on the outer peripheral surface below the lip portion a of the bottle mouth 11, and a recess 16 is provided at a position corresponding to the convex portion 15 on the inner peripheral surface. One round is formed.

FIG. 2 shows a procedure for manufacturing the bottle 1 shown in FIG.
The bottle manufacturing method of the illustrated example is based on a narrow neck press and blow method, and a rough mold process (FIG. 2 () 1) to FIG. 2 (3)), a transfer step (FIG. 2 (4)) in which the parison P is taken out from the rough mold 2 and transferred to the finishing mold 6 by the reversing device 5; The finishing mold process (FIG. 2 (5)-FIG. 2 (7)) which shape | molds the bottle 1 by blowing is performed in series.

In the rough mold process, when the gob G having a temperature of about 1150 ° C. is introduced into the rough mold 2 (FIG. 2 (1)), the rough mold 2 is closed by the baffle 21 (FIG. 2 (2)). The gob G flows down the inner surface of the rough mold 2 by its own weight, and the gob G is pressurized by the press pressure of 0.025 to 0.05 MPa on the inner surface of the rough mold 2 by the rise of the plunger 4. The parison P having the bottle mouth 11 is formed by the mouth mold 3 (FIG. 2 (3)).
As shown in FIG. 3, the mouth mold 3 is for forming a bottle mouth 11 having a lip portion a in a parison P, and is formed with a recess 31 for forming a lip portion.

  In the transfer process, the mouth mold 3 is held at the tip of the arm 50 of the reversing device 5, and after removing the baffle 21, the rough mold 2 is split into two, and then the reversing device 5 is rotated 180 degrees so that the parison P Is reversed. The parison P is introduced into the finishing mold 6, and then the mouth mold 3 is opened to release the parison P into the finishing mold 6 (FIGS. 2 (4) and (5)).

  In the finishing die process, after setting the blow head 7 on the finishing die 6, air is blown into the parison P with an air pressure of 0.05 to 0.2 MPa (FIG. 2 (6)). Thus, the parison P is formed into the bottle 1 by the finishing mold 6 and the bottom mold 8, and then the finished bottle 6 is opened to obtain the molded bottle 1 (FIG. 2 (7)). The temperature of the bottle 1 at this time is about 700 ° C.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the finishing die 6 has a convex forming concave portion 61 having a shape corresponding to the convex portion 15 formed in the portion where the convex portion 15 of the bottle is molded, and the interior of the parison P When the air is blown into the bottle 1 and the portion below the lip portion a is formed along the finishing die 6, the molded bottle 1 has a convex portion 15 that hits the fogging portion b on the outer peripheral surface below the lip portion a of the bottle mouth 11. Is formed around the inner peripheral surface of the bottle 1, and a recess 16 is formed at a position corresponding to the convex portion 15 (FIG. 1). In FIG. 1 and FIG. 4, c is a parting line that appears at the boundary between the molded part formed by the rough mold 2 and the molded part formed by the mouth mold 3, and is located between the lip part a and the convex part 15.

  According to the above-described manufacturing method of the present invention, in the rough mold process in which the bottle mouth 11 is formed, only the lip portion a is formed, and the convex portion 15 is not formed. The convex part 15 is shape | molded by a finishing die process. Since the concave portion 61 for forming the convex portion is formed in the finishing die 6, when the air is blown into the interior of the parison P in the finishing die step and the portion below the lip portion a is formed along the finishing die 6, the bottle The position corresponding to the convex portion 15 on the inner peripheral surface of the inner surface is recessed, and the recess 16 is formed once. In the bottle according to the conventional manufacturing method, the depression 16 does not exist at the position of the convex portion. However, in the bottle 1 according to the manufacturing method according to the present invention, the position corresponding to the convex portion 15 on the inner peripheral surface of the bottle 1. Since the hollow 16 is formed, the meat is shaved and the glass material corresponding thereto is distributed below the convex portion 15, and the strength of the neck portion 12 and the trunk portion 13 below the convex portion 15 is increased. It is done. In particular, the larger the diameter of the bottle, the more meat at the position of the convex portion 15 can be shaved, so the above-described effect can be expected.

  In particular, in the ultra-light bottle, by distributing the glass material to the upper end and the lower end of the body 13 that is the point where the bottles are in contact with each other, the thickness of the portion is increased. The bottle can be prevented from being damaged due to contact between bottles. In the molding process, it is possible to freely set a portion for increasing the thickness of the bottle by changing the molding cycle or the operation timing of the mechanism.

In the above-described embodiment, the bottle manufactured has a mouth inner diameter of about 23 mm. However, the bottle inner diameter may be smaller or larger than 23 mm.
In the embodiment described above, the manufactured bottle has a height of about 165 mm. However, the bottle may have a height smaller than 165 mm or a larger bottle.
Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the bottle to be manufactured has a barrel diameter of about 65 mm, but the bottle diameter may be smaller or larger than 65 mm.

It is the front view which fractured | ruptured a part which shows the external appearance and structure of the bottle mouth part manufactured by implementing the manufacturing method of the bottle by this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the procedure of the manufacturing method of the bottle by this invention. It is sectional drawing which shows the structure of a rough mold and a mouth mold, and the parison shape | molded by the rough mold process. It is sectional drawing which shows the structure of a finishing die and the bottle shape | molded by the finishing die process. It is the front view which fractured | ruptured one part which shows the external appearance and structure of the bottle mouth part manufactured by implementing the manufacturing method of the conventional bottle. It is sectional drawing which shows the structure of the conventional rough mold and a mouth mold, and the parison shape | molded by the rough mold process. It is sectional drawing which shows the structure of the conventional finishing die, and the bottle formed in a finishing die process.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Bottle 2 Coarse type 3 Mouth type 6 Finishing type 11 Bottle port 15 Convex part 16 Indentation 61 Concave part for convex part P Parison a Lip part b Overhead part G Gob

Claims (6)

  A bottle in which a recess is formed at a position corresponding to the protrusion on the inner peripheral surface when a protrusion is provided on the outer peripheral surface below the lip portion of the bottle opening.   The bottle according to claim 1, which belongs to an ultralight bottle having a lightness index of less than 0.7.   The bottle according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the bottle has an inner diameter of 22 mm or more, a total length of 170 mm or less, and a body diameter of 66 mm or less.   The bottle according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a rough mold for molding a parison upon receipt of a gob, and a mouth mold for molding a bottle mouth having a lip portion on the parison, A lip portion having a lip portion is formed by a mold apparatus comprising a finishing die for introducing a parison formed into a shape along a mold below the lip portion, and the convex portion is a convex portion. A bottle formed by a finishing die provided with a concave portion for forming a convex portion in a portion for molding the convex portion. A bottle manufacturing method for manufacturing a bottle in which a convex portion is provided around an outer peripheral surface below a lip portion of a bottle mouth,
A first molding step for molding a parison having a bottle mouth having a lip portion, and a transfer step for introducing the parison into a finishing mold in which a concave portion for forming a convex portion is provided in a portion for molding the convex portion. And a second molding step in which air is blown into the inside of the parison to form a shape below the lip portion along the finish mold, and the outer peripheral surface below the lip portion of the bottle mouth is performed. A bottle manufacturing method comprising manufacturing a bottle having the convex portion and having a recess formed at a position corresponding to the convex portion on an inner peripheral surface. A mold apparatus for producing a bottle in which a convex portion is provided around the outer peripheral surface below the lip portion of the bottle mouth,
Introducing a rough mold for molding a parison upon receipt of a gob, a mouth mold for molding a bottle mouth having a lip portion on the parison, and a parison formed with a bottle mouth having a lip portion A mold apparatus comprising a finishing die for forming a shape below the lip portion along the die, wherein the finishing die is provided with a concave portion for forming a convex portion at a portion where the convex portion is formed.

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