JP2010083546A - Aluminum laminate tube container - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent an aluminum foil layer in a barrier sheet piece from being exposed in a tube container formed of an aluminum laminate sheet in which an inner surface of a shoulder of a head is formed of the barrier sheet piece. <P>SOLUTION: In an aluminum laminate tube container also having a barrier sheet piece 6 formed of an aluminum laminate sheet at a head 1, an outer peripheral end 11 of the barrier sheet piece 6 is covered by a cover resin piece 5 formed of a head resin 4, and the exposure of aluminum foil is reliably prevented by preventing the outer peripheral end 11 from being exposed to a surface of the cover resin piece 5. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a tube container that exhibits high gas barrier properties using an aluminum laminate sheet.

  As a sheet material that exhibits excellent gas barrier properties, an aluminum laminate sheet in which both sides of an aluminum foil are covered with a synthetic resin film is known, and a tube container in which a body portion is formed by winding an aluminum laminate sheet is widely used. Yes.

  This tube container is extremely excellent in the gas barrier property of the body part, which is the main part of the container, but the head part connected to the body part is formed of a synthetic resin material by compression molding or injection molding. Therefore, the gas barrier property is low, and there is a disadvantage that the gas barrier property of the entire container is lowered.

  As a conventional technique for solving this inconvenience, for example, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-225057, a technique for attaching an aluminum laminate sheet to a shoulder portion of a head portion formed of a synthetic resin material has been proposed.

That is, when the head part is molded with a synthetic resin material, a sheet piece made of an aluminum laminate sheet is placed as an insert material in the head part molding die, and this sheet piece is molded into the head part. Then, it is welded together while pressing against the mold surface.
JP 2002-225057 A

  In this conventional technology, since the layer of the aluminum laminate sheet can be provided also on the shoulder portion of the head portion connected to the body portion made of the aluminum laminate sheet, the gas barrier property of the head portion can be improved. A tube container having a sufficiently high gas barrier property can be obtained.

  However, in the above-described prior art, since the head part is formed with the aluminum laminate sheet piece formed into a ring shape pressed against the mold surface, the synthetic resin material constituting the head part is used. There is a problem that the adhesive strength between a certain head resin and the end face of the barrier sheet piece, which is an aluminum laminate sheet piece, is not sufficient.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 5, the end face of the barrier sheet piece 6a and the head resin 4a have a small area on the end face of the barrier sheet piece 6a, so that sufficient welding strength cannot be obtained. In the joint portion s on the outer peripheral end face side of the piece 6a, there is a problem that a sufficient welding strength cannot always be obtained due to the action state of the flow pressure during the molding operation of the head resin 4a.

  As described above, since the welding strength at the joint portion s is not sufficient, and the portion where the joint portion s is located is the peripheral end portion of the shoulder portion of the tube container, the deformation force is exerted by the abutment with another article. Due to being easily received, there is a problem that the joint portion s is easily peeled off, the aluminum foil layer of the barrier sheet piece 6a is exposed in the container, and the gas barrier property is lowered.

  Accordingly, the present invention was devised to solve the above-described problems in the prior art, and in the aluminum laminated sheet tube container in which the shoulder portion inner surface of the head portion is formed of a barrier sheet piece, the barrier provided in the head portion is provided. It is a technical object to ensure sufficient welding strength with the head resin at the peripheral edge of the sheet piece, particularly at the outer peripheral edge, thereby preventing the aluminum foil layer in the barrier sheet piece from being exposed. .

  The main configuration of the present invention is an aluminum laminate tube container in which the upper end of an aluminum laminate sheet body is welded and fixed to a head portion in which a short cylindrical mouth tube portion is erected from an upper end opening portion of a cap-shaped shoulder portion. The head portion is composed of an aluminum laminate sheet-shaped barrier sheet piece that forms at least the entire inner surface of the shoulder portion, and a head resin that welds and fixes the barrier sheet piece, and the outer peripheral end portion of the barrier sheet piece The head resin is covered with a resin piece.

  This covering resin piece has a structure in which the thickness width is set to a value larger than the end width of the outer peripheral end covered with the covering resin piece.

  Since the outer peripheral edge of the barrier sheet piece is covered with the head resin main body part and the covering resin piece, the contact area with the head resin is sufficiently large, thereby covering the head resin. Will be welded firmly.

  Further, since the covering resin piece of the head resin has a thickness width larger than the end width of the outer peripheral end portion of the barrier sheet piece that it covers, even if the outer peripheral end portion of the barrier sheet piece is bent and deformed, The outer peripheral end of the barrier sheet piece is surely positioned in the covering resin piece.

  Another configuration of the present invention is, in addition to the main configuration described above, an end surface angle that is an angle of the inner peripheral end surface of the covering resin piece with respect to the inner surface of the barrier sheet piece, an expected bend angle of the outer peripheral end portion of the barrier sheet piece. The value is sufficiently larger than the degree.

  If the end surface angle of the covering resin piece is set to a value sufficiently larger than the expected bending angle of the outer peripheral end portion of the barrier sheet piece, even if the outer peripheral end portion of the barrier sheet piece is bent and deformed, The outer peripheral edge of the barrier sheet piece does not reach the surface of the covering resin piece.

  In addition to the main configuration described above, another configuration of the present invention includes a barrier sheet piece added to the aluminum foil layer, the outer surface resin layer, and the inner surface resin layer to increase rigidity and restrict bending deformation. It is made of an aluminum laminate sheet provided with

  If the barrier sheet piece is configured to have an aluminum foil layer, an outer surface resin layer, an inner surface resin layer, and a reinforcing resin layer, the bending deformation of the outer peripheral end of the barrier sheet piece can be sufficiently suppressed, Thereby, the outer peripheral edge part of the barrier sheet piece can be reliably covered and positioned in the resin piece region.

Since the present invention has the above-described configuration, the following effects can be obtained.
In the present invention, the contact area between the outer peripheral end of the barrier sheet piece and the head resin is sufficiently large, whereby the outer peripheral end of the barrier sheet piece is firmly welded in a state covered with the head resin, Therefore, a dense coating of the outer peripheral end face of the barrier sheet piece can be reliably obtained, and the aluminum foil layer of the barrier sheet piece can be prevented from being exposed, and high safety can be exhibited.

  The covering resin piece of the head resin securely positions the outer peripheral end portion of the barrier sheet piece in the region, so that the aluminum foil layer of the barrier sheet piece is formed in the head resin by bending deformation of the outer peripheral end portion of the barrier sheet piece. Can be reliably prevented from being exposed.

  If the end surface angle of the covering resin piece is set to a value sufficiently larger than the expected bending angle of the outer peripheral end portion of the barrier sheet piece, even if the outer peripheral end portion of the barrier sheet piece is bent and deformed, Since the outer peripheral end of the barrier sheet piece does not reach the surface of the covering resin piece, the covering of the outer peripheral end surface of the barrier sheet piece with the covering resin piece can be reliably achieved.

  When the barrier sheet piece has an aluminum foil layer, an outer resin layer, an inner resin layer, and a reinforcing resin layer, the outer peripheral edge of the barrier sheet piece is securely covered and positioned in the resin piece region. Therefore, the covering of the outer peripheral end surface of the barrier sheet piece with the covering resin piece can be reliably achieved.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 1 is a semi-longitudinal sectional view showing the configuration of the vicinity of the head portion 1 of the tube container according to the present invention. At the upper end of the body portion 12 formed by winding an aluminum laminate sheet 13 into a cylindrical shape, a cap-shaped shoulder is shown. A head portion 1 having a short cylindrical mouth tube portion 3 in which a thread is engraved on the outer peripheral surface is welded and fixed at the outer peripheral end of the shoulder portion 2 at the upper end opening of the portion 2.

  The head portion 1 includes a head resin 4 that forms the main portion of the shoulder portion 2 and the mouth tube portion 3, and a barrier sheet piece 6 that forms the inner surface of the shoulder portion 2. The head resin 4 is molded by known compression molding or injection molding using the upper end portion as an insert material. At the same time as the molding, the outer peripheral end portion of the shoulder portion 2 is welded to the upper end portion of the body portion 12 and a barrier. The sheet piece 6 is welded to the head resin 4.

  In the barrier sheet piece 6 (refer to FIG. 2 hereinafter), a reinforcing resin layer 9 made of polyethylene terephthalate resin (PET) or the like for imparting a desired rigidity is laminated on the upper side of the aluminum foil layer 7. The outer surface resin layer 8 and the inner surface resin layer 10 are respectively laminated on the outer surface and the inner surface of the laminate of the reinforcing resin layer 9 and the laminated resin structure. The molded resin materials of the outer surface resin layer 8 and the inner surface resin layer 10 are: A resin that is compatible with the head resin 4 is selected. In particular, since the head resin 4 and the inner surface resin layer 10 are required to have content resistance and high moldability, polyethylene resin (PE) is suitable.

  This barrier sheet piece 6 is stamped and formed from an aluminum laminate sheet, but at the time of this punching molding, forming into a cap shape at the same time as the punching is achieved, but in order to prevent the cap shape from being returned to a flat shape and deformed, It is preferable to set the thickness of the aluminum foil layer 7 as large as 20 to 60 microns so that plastic working is possible. The outer surface resin layer 8 and the inner surface resin layer 10 are both made of PE, the thickness of which is about 20 to 100 microns, and the thickness of the PET reinforcing resin layer 9 is about 12 microns.

  An aluminum laminate sheet 12 (refer to FIG. 3 below) constituting the body 12 is configured by laminating an outer resin layer 15, an adhesive resin layer 17, an aluminum foil sheet layer 14, and an inner resin layer 16 in this order from the outside. The outer resin layer 15 has a thickness that can ensure the mechanical strength required by the body portion 12, and the adhesive resin layer 17 firmly bonds the aluminum foil sheet layer 14 and the outer resin layer 15, The outer resin layer 15 and the inner resin layer 16 are generally considered to be suitable in terms of strength, content resistance, flexibility, moldability, and the like.

  In the state where the barrier sheet material 6 as the insert material is set in the molding die, a molding space for the covering resin piece 5 is formed below the outer peripheral end portion 11 (see FIG. 3). The outer peripheral end 11 is in a lifted state.

  From this state, when the head part 1 is molded with the head resin 4, a part of the head resin 4 flows so as to wrap around from the upper side of the barrier sheet piece 6 to the lower side of the outer peripheral end part 11 to be molded into the covering resin piece 5. Is done.

  When the cover resin piece 5 is molded, a pressing force acts on the outer peripheral end portion 11 during the flow operation in which the head resin 4 moves from the upper side of the barrier sheet piece 6 to the lower side of the outer peripheral end portion 11. 11, the thickness width x of the covering resin piece 5 of the head resin 4 is larger than the end width z of the outer peripheral end portion 11 of the barrier sheet piece 6 with which the covering resin piece 5 comes into contact. Therefore, even when the outer peripheral end portion 11 of the barrier sheet piece 6 is bent and deformed, the outer peripheral end portion 11 of the barrier sheet piece 6, particularly the outer peripheral end surface of the outer peripheral end portion 11 is surely covered. 5 and is covered with the head resin 4.

  FIG. 4 shows an example of the structure when the outer peripheral end 11 of the barrier sheet piece 6 is bent and deformed by the flow of the head resin 4 when the head portion 1 is molded. Covers the whole area and is located in the resin piece 5.

  In this case, the inner peripheral end surface of the covering resin piece 5 is inclined at an end surface angle y with respect to the inner surface of the barrier sheet piece 6, but this end surface angle y is at the outer peripheral end portion 11 of the barrier sheet piece 6. Since it is set to be larger than the generated bending deformation angle, even if bending deformation occurs in the outer end portion 11, the edge of the outer peripheral end portion 11 does not reach the surface of the covering resin piece 5. Thus, the entire region of the outer peripheral end portion 11 can be reliably covered and buried in the resin piece 5.

  It should be noted that the inner peripheral end surface of the barrier sheet piece 6 is relatively stably welded to the head resin 4 and hardly deformed due to the flow operation of the head resin 4 when the head portion 1 is molded. However, there is no fear of the action of an external force that peels off the welding, so that the welding with the head resin 4 is stably maintained.

  As described above, the structural technology of the covering resin piece of the present invention is such that even if the outer peripheral end portion of the barrier sheet piece is bent and deformed, the outer peripheral end portion can be reliably covered and buried in the resin piece. Therefore, a wide range of usage can be expected as a technique related to the welding and joining of aluminum laminate sheets and synthetic resin components.

It is a head part vicinity half longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows one example of embodiment of this invention. It is an expanded sectional view which shows the laminated structure of the barrier sheet piece shown by the round mark A in FIG. FIG. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a portion indicated by a circle B in FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is another enlarged cross-sectional view of a portion indicated by a circle B in FIG. 1. It is an expanded sectional view of the example of a prior art of the part shown by the round mark B in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1; Head part 2; Shoulder part 3; Mouth part 4; Head resin 5; Cover resin piece 6; Barrier sheet piece 7; Aluminum foil layer 8; Outer surface resin layer 9; Reinforcement resin layer 10; End 12; trunk 13; aluminum laminate sheet 14; aluminum foil sheet layer 15; outer resin layer 16; inner resin layer 17; adhesive resin layer x; thickness width y; end face angle z;

Claims (3)

In the aluminum laminate tube container in which the upper end of the body portion made of an aluminum laminate sheet is welded and fixed to the head portion in which the short cylindrical mouth tube portion is erected from the upper end opening of the cap-shaped shoulder portion, the head portion is at least A ring-shaped barrier sheet piece made of an aluminum laminate sheet that forms the entire inner surface of the shoulder portion, and a head resin that welds and fixes the barrier sheet piece, and an outer peripheral end portion of the barrier sheet piece is made of the head resin. An aluminum laminated tube container formed by covering with a covering resin piece and setting a thickness width of the covering resin piece to a value larger than an end width of an outer peripheral end portion covered with the covering resin piece. The aluminum laminated tube container according to claim 1, wherein an end surface angle that is an angle of an inner peripheral end surface of the covering resin piece with respect to an inner surface of the barrier sheet piece is set to a value larger than a bending deformation angle of the outer peripheral end portion of the barrier sheet piece. . 3. The aluminum according to claim 1, wherein the barrier sheet piece is made of an aluminum laminate sheet provided with a reinforcing resin layer that increases rigidity and regulates bending deformation in addition to the aluminum foil layer, the outer resin layer, and the inner resin layer. Laminated tube container.

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