JP2012106774A - Container with label - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a container with a label, whose aesthetic aspect is enhanced by preventing damage or defacement of the label.SOLUTION: A container 10 having a container body 20, and a label 40 comprising a heat-shrinkable film that is placed over an area from a neck section 21 at least to a body section 23 of the container body 20, wherein a driving cap 30 driven to the neck section 21 of the container body 20 and the neck section 21 of the container body 20 clamp an upper edge 41 of the label 40 to fix it.

Description

  The present invention relates to a labeled container.

  A labeled container is used in which a label made of a heat-shrink film on which various information such as product names and contents of contents are printed is placed on the container body.

  As described in Patent Document 1, the conventional labeled container is provided with a label in a wide area from just below the portion where the cap on the neck of the container body is attached to the inside of the installation surface at the bottom of the container body. The appearance can be improved.

JP2004-250040

  In the container with a label described in Patent Document 1, the upper end edge of the label made of a heat shrink film is exposed immediately below a portion to which a cap at the neck of the container body is attached.

  For this reason, the thin upper edge of the label may be broken due to being caught by something.

  Also, in an environment where water is splashed, such as in a bathroom, if a minute gap is formed between the upper edge of the label and the container body, water may enter the soil and cause contamination such as generation of mold. is there.

  An object of the present invention is to improve the aesthetic appearance of a container and prevent the label from being damaged or soiled.

  The invention of claim 1 is a container having a container main body and a label made of a heat-shrinkable film placed on a region extending from the neck of the container main body to at least the trunk, and a driving cap driven into the neck of the container main body And a neck portion of the container main body, and a label-attached container that is fixed with the upper end of the label interposed therebetween.

  According to the present invention, in a container with a label, the label can be prevented from being damaged or soiled, and the aesthetic appearance of the container can be improved.

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a labeled container. FIG. 2 is a front view showing the container body. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a structure for fixing the label to the neck of the container body. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a structure for fixing a label to the bottom of the container body. FIG. 5 is a schematic view showing a state in which the label is pinched to the bottom of the container body. FIG. 6 is a schematic view showing a modification of the structure for fixing the label to the neck of the container body. FIG. 7 is a schematic view showing a modified example of the state where the label is held between the bottom of the container body.

  The labeled container 10 shown in FIG. 1 is used by being driven into a container body 20 and attaching a cap 30 to a region extending from the neck part 21, the shoulder part 22, the trunk part 23, and the bottom part 24 of the container body 20. Label 40.

  The container body 20 is made of a resin blow molded body. As the resin constituting the container body 20, it is necessary to facilitate elastic indentation deformation of the bottom 24 described later, such as PP, HDPE, PET, EVOH (so-called hydrolyzate of ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer), etc. These various resins can be employed, and these various resins may be multilayered. The thickness of the container body 20 is generally 300 μm to 2000 μm.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the container body 20 includes an opening 20 </ b> A for injecting and / or discharging contents at the upper end portion of the neck portion 21.

  In the container main body 20, a small-diameter cylindrical neck portion 21 is connected to a large-diameter cylindrical trunk portion 23 via a shoulder portion 22. When the neck portion 21 has a circular cross section and the body portion 23 has an elliptical cross section, the shoulder portion 22 has a different inclination at each portion around the central axis.

  The driving cap 30 includes a cap body 31 that is driven and fixed to the neck portion 21 of the container body 20 and a cover 32 that is hinged to the cap body 31 and opens and closes. A plug 33 provided at the center of the inner surface of the cover 32 is a cap body. The nozzle 34 provided in the center of 31 can be engaged and disengaged. The driving cap 30 is provided with an annular locking portion 31A and an inner seal 31C, which will be described later, on the inner peripheral side of the cap body 31, and an annular skirt portion 31B, which will be described later, provided on the outer periphery of the cap body 31.

  The label 40 is made of a heat-shrink film, and has a cylindrical shape by, for example, printing the product name on the surface and then bonding both side edges with a solvent. As the heat-shrinkable film, there are known a directional heat-shrinkable film that shrinks in either direction when heated, and an anisotropic heat-shrinkable film that shrinks only in one direction. It is preferable to use an anisotropic heat shrink film that shrinks only in the radial direction of the label 40.

  In manufacturing the labeled container 10, a cylindrical label 40 is put on almost the entire neck portion 21 to the bottom portion 24 of the container body 20, and the label 40 is heated to surround the outer circumference of the neck portion 21 to the bottom portion 24 of the container body 20. The upper end 41 and the lower end 42 of the label 40 are fixed to the neck 21 and the bottom 24 of the container body 20 as follows.

(A) Structure for fixing the upper end 41 of the label 40 to the neck 21 of the container body 20 (FIG. 3)
The neck portion 21 of the container body 20 includes a small-diameter neck portion 21A in which the annular locking portion 31A of the driving cap 30 driven into the neck portion 21 is locked to the outer periphery, and the inner seal 31C is fitted to the inner periphery, and the small-diameter neck portion 21A. And a large-diameter neck portion 21B, which is provided near the shoulder portion 22 and the trunk portion 23 and to which the annular skirt portion 31B of the driving cap 30 (provided around the annular locking portion 31A in the driving cap 30) is attached. .

And the upper end 41 of the label 40 is fixed with respect to the neck part 21 of the container main body 20 in the following procedures.
(1) The label 40 is placed on the neck 21 to the bottom 24 of the container body 20. That is, the label 40 is put on the region from the small diameter neck portion 21 </ b> A of the neck portion 21 to the large diameter neck portion 21 </ b> B, the shoulder portion 22, the trunk portion 23, and the bottom portion 24.

  (2) The label 40 is heated and thermally contracted so that the outer circumference of the neck portion 21 (small-diameter neck portion 21A, large-diameter neck portion 21B), shoulder portion 22, body portion 23, and bottom portion 24 of the container body 20 is placed without a gap. The label 40 made of an anisotropic heat-shrink film is heat-shrinked in the radial direction, and is adhered to the outer periphery of the container body 20 including the neck portion 21 (small-diameter neck portion 21A, large-diameter neck portion 21B) with almost no gap.

  (3) The driving cap 30 is driven into the neck portion 21 (small diameter neck portion 21A, large diameter neck portion 21B) of the container body 20. The annular locking portion 31A of the driving cap 30 is locked to the outer periphery of the small-diameter neck portion 21A of the neck portion 21, and at the same time, the inner seal 31C of the driving cap 30 has no gap on the inner periphery of the small-diameter neck portion 21A. The annular skirt portion 31B of the driving cap 30 is attached to the large-diameter neck portion 21B of the neck portion 21 without a gap. Accordingly, the upper end 41 of the label 40 is sandwiched and fixed between the annular locking portion 31A of the driving cap 30 and the small diameter neck portion 21A of the neck portion 21 of the container body 20.

Therefore, according to the present Example, there exist the following effects.
(a) The upper end 41 of the label 40 is sandwiched and fixed by the driving cap 30 driven into the neck 21 of the container body 20 and the neck 21 of the container body 20. Since the upper end 41 of the label 40 made of the heat shrink film is sandwiched and fixed by the driving cap 30 and the neck portion 21 of the container body 20 and covered with the driving cap 30, the upper end edge of the label 40 is not exposed over the entire circumference.

For this reason, the thin upper edge of the label 40 is not caught by any object and cannot be broken.
Moreover, the infiltration of water between the upper end edge of the label 40 and the container main body 20 is suppressed, and contamination such as generation of mold does not occur.

  Moreover, the upper end edge of the label 40 is not exposed to the appearance, and the aesthetic appearance of the container 10 is improved.

  (b) When the annular locking portion 31A of the driving cap 30 is locked to the small-diameter neck portion 21A of the container main body 20, the annular skirt portion 31B of the driving cap 30 is attached to the large-diameter neck portion 21B of the container main body 20, and The upper end 41 of the label 40 that covers the region from the 20 small-diameter neck portion 21A to the body portion 23 (or the bottom portion 24) is doubly covered by the small-diameter neck portion 21A and the large-diameter neck portion 21B of the container body 20, Even when water is splashed on the top of the label 40, water is prevented from being directly applied to the upper end of the label 40, and water intrusion between the upper end edge of the label 40 and the container body 20 is suppressed.

  FIG. 6 shows a modification of the structure in which the upper end 41 of the label 40 is fixed to the neck portion 21 of the container body 20. In this modification, the annular locking portion 31A of the driving cap 30 is locked to the large-diameter neck portion 21B of the neck portion 21, and the annular skirt portion 31B of the driving cap 30 hangs around the neck portion 21 to a position close to the shoulder portion 22. It has only been done. The cap body 31 of the driving cap 30 has an inner seal 31C that is inserted into the inner diameter of the neck portion 21. Therefore, when the driving cap 30 is driven into the neck portion 21 (small diameter neck portion 21A, large diameter neck portion 21B) of the container body 20, the annular locking portion 31A of the driving cap 30 is locked to the large diameter neck portion 21B of the neck portion 21 and driven. Fixed. As a result, the upper end 41 of the label 40 is sandwiched and fixed between the annular locking portion 31 </ b> A of the driving cap 30 and the large-diameter neck portion 21 </ b> B of the neck portion 21 of the container body 20.

(B) Fixing structure of the lower end 42 of the label 40 at the bottom 24 of the container body 20 (FIGS. 4 and 5)
As shown in FIG. 4, the bottom portion 24 of the container body 20 is connected to the trunk portion 23, a step-like inclined portion 25 having a reduced diameter and a substantially inclined shape with respect to the barrel portion 23, and the inclined portion 25. 25 and an overhanging portion 26 having an overhanging surface 26 </ b> A that slightly protrudes outward in the radial direction of the container body 20.

  In the container main body 20, the inclined portion 25 and the overhanging portion 26 constituting the bottom portion 24 project from the body portion 23 to the outside of the container main body 20 from the beginning of blow molding, and the closed end surface of the overhanging portion 26 constitutes the bottom plate portion 26B. The bottom plate portion 26B has a pinch-off portion (not shown). And in order to fix the lower end 42 of the label 40, the bottom part 24 of the container main body 20 pushes the inclined part 25 and the overhanging part 26 protruding to the outside of the container main body 20 to the inside of the container main body 20, and the inclined part 25 is pushed. A pressing reversal portion 25B is formed by pushing the reversal boundary portion 25A, which is a boundary portion with the body portion 23, around the bottom portion 24 to the inside of the container body 20 in the axial direction. In this way, the inclined portion 25 and the overhanging portion 26 that have formed the pushing inversion portion 25B form a recessed portion 28 that is recessed inwardly in the bottom portion 24 of the container body 20 (FIG. 5). A label fastening portion 29 is provided to clamp the lower end 42 of the label 40. In the bottom 24 of the container body 20, an overhanging surface 26 </ b> A connected to the inclined portion 25 of the overhanging portion 26 is opposed to the inclined portion 25 that has formed the push-in reversing portion 25 </ b> B. A label fastening portion 29 for clamping the lower end 42 is formed.

  Here, the overhanging surface 26A of the overhanging portion 26 that forms the recessed portion 28 is composed of an inclined surface that is substantially parallel to the lower end-side inclined surface of the inclined portion 25 that constitutes the push-in reversing portion 25B. The intersection of the inclined portion 25 and the overhang portion 26 constitutes an annular groove portion 27.

The lower end 42 of the label 40 is fixed to the bottom 24 of the container body 20 as follows.
(1) When the label 40 is put on the neck portion 21 to the bottom portion 24 of the container body 20, an area extending from the body portion 23 to the periphery of the bottom portion 24 (inclined portion 25, overhang portion 26) protruding outside the container body 20. (FIG. 4B). The covering length L in which the lower end 42 of the label 40 protrudes from the boundary portion (the above-described reversal boundary portion 25A) around the bottom portion 24 around the bottom portion 24 is such that the lower end 42 is an annular shape of the bottom portion 24 when the label 40 described later is thermally contracted. The length is set to enter the groove 27.

  (2) The label 40 is heated and thermally contracted around the outer shape of the neck portion 21, the shoulder portion 22, the body portion 23, and the bottom portion 24 (the inclined portion 25, the overhang portion 26, and the annular groove portion 27) of the container body 20, so (FIG. 4C). The label 40 made of an anisotropic heat-shrink film is heat-shrinked in the radial direction, and is applied around the outer shape including the bottom 24 (the inclined portion 25, the overhang portion 26, and the annular groove portion 27) of the container body 20 without a gap. At this time, the lower end 42 of the label 40 enters the annular groove 27 of the bottom 24.

  (3) The bottom portion 24 (inclined portion 25, projecting portion 26) of the container body 20 is pushed into the container body 20 to form a recessed portion 28, and the lower end 42 of the label 40 is attached to the label fastening portion 29 provided in the recessed portion 28. To pinch.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 5, the bottom portion 24 has a pinch-off portion of the protruding portion 26 and pushes the rigid bottom plate portion 26B, thereby elastically deforming the inclined portion 25, thereby causing the inclined portion 25 and the protruding portion. 26 is pushed into the inside of the container main body 20, and the inclined portion 25 (push-in reversing portion 25B) is pushed inward in the axial direction of the container main body 20 with respect to the above-described reversal boundary portion 25A provided around the bottom 24 of the container main body 20. When the concave portion 28 is formed together with the overhanging portion 26, the label fastening portion 29 is formed so that the overhanging surface 26A connected to the inclined portion 25 of the overhanging portion 26 and the annular groove portion 27 is opposed to the lower end side inclined surface of the inclined portion 25. The lower end 42 of 40 is clamped.

  In the present embodiment, the lower end 42 of the label 40 enters the annular groove portion 27 between the inclined portion 25 and the protruding portion 26 in the bottom portion 24, and the protruding surface 26 </ b> A of the protruding portion 26 facing the annular groove portion 27 is the lowermost end portion of the inclined portion 25. The lower end 42 of the label 40 is reliably clamped between the lower end side slope of the inclined portion 25 by the label fastening portion 29 formed by the extended surface 26A of the extended portion 26. To do.

  Note that the inclined portion 25 (push-in reversing portion 25B) of the bottom portion 24 is inward of the reversal boundary portion 25A defined around the bottom portion 24 within the annular interval between the body portion 23 and the overhang portion 26 in the container body 20 in the axial direction. Since it is pushed in deeply, the recessed part 28 and the label fastening part 29 formed by this pushing can be maintained stably thereafter. That is, in order to restore the inclined portion 25 (the push-in reversing portion 25B) of the bottom portion 24 once pushed inward in the axial direction of the container main body 20 back to the outer side in the axial direction of the container main body 20, the inclined portion 25 is restored. 25, the distance between the inversion boundary portion 25A and the annular groove portion 27 is smaller than the annular interval formed by the body portion 23 that does not increase in diameter with a constant circumferential length and the protruding portion 26 that does not reduce diameter due to the presence of the highly rigid bottom plate portion 26B. However, it is not possible to cause the deformation by the weight of the contents acting on the bottom 24.

  (4) After the lower end 42 of the label 40 is clamped and secured to the label fastening part 29 of the recessed part 28 described in (3) above, the label 40 is heated again and thermally contracted.

Therefore, according to the present embodiment, in addition to the above-described (a) and (b), the following operational effects can be obtained.
(c) A concave portion 28 that is recessed toward the inside of the container main body 20 is provided in the bottom 24 of the container main body 20, and a label fastening portion 29 that holds the lower end 42 of the label 40 in the concave portion 28 is provided. The lower end 42 of the label 40 made of a heat shrink film is clamped by the label fastening part 29 provided in the recessed part 28 of the bottom part 24 of the container body 20, and the lower end edge of the label 40 is not exposed.

For this reason, the thin lower end edge of the label 40 is not caught by any object and cannot be broken.
Further, the intrusion of water between the lower edge of the label 40 and the container body 20 is suppressed, and no fouling such as generation of mold occurs.

  Moreover, even if the inside of the bottom 24 appears in appearance due to the container 10 falling or the like, the lower end edge of the label 40 is not exposed to the appearance, and the aesthetic appearance of the container 10 is improved.

  (d) The overhanging portion 26 and the inclined portion 25 provided on the bottom portion 24 of the container body 20 are pushed into the inside of the container body 20, and the shaft in the container body 20 is set against the inversion boundary portion 25 </ b> A defined around the bottom portion 24 of the container body 20. When the inclined portion 25 pushed inward in the direction forms the recessed portion 28 together with the protruding portion 26, the protruding surface 26 </ b> A connected to the inclined portion 25 of the protruding portion 26 forms the label fastening portion 29 facing the inclined portion 25. To do. The protruding surface 26A of the protruding portion 26 that forms the label fastening portion 29 holds the lower end 42 of the label 40 between the inclined portion 25 and the inclined surface 25.

  (e) The projecting surface 26 A of the projecting portion 26 that forms the label fastening portion 29 is a slope facing the lower end-side slope of the tilted portion 25. The lower end 42 of the label 40 is securely clamped between the surfaces by opposing parallel inclined surfaces.

  (f) In the state where the lower end 42 of the label 40 is stably positioned in the groove portion 27 provided at the intersection of the inclined portion 25 and the protruding portion 26, the protruding surface 26A of the protruding portion 26 forming the label fastening portion 29 is inclined. The lower end 42 of the label 40 is stably sandwiched between the portion 25 and the portion 25.

  (g) A label 40 is placed around the body 23 and the bottom 24 of the container body 20, and the label 40 is heated and heat-shrinked around the outer shape of the body 23 and the bottom 24 of the container body 20 to follow the container body. By pressing the bottom portion 24 of the inside 20 into the container body 20 to form the recessed portion 28, the lower end 42 of the label 40 can be securely clamped to the label fastening portion 29 provided in the recessed portion 28.

  (h) After the lower end 42 of the label 40 is clamped to the label fastening portion 29 of the recessed portion 28, the label 40 is heated again, so that the lower end 42 of the label 40 generated when the label 40 is clamped by the label fastening portion 29. The pinching prevention part of the lower end 42 of the label 40 can be arranged beautifully, such as removing surrounding wrinkles.

  In order to firmly clamp the lower end 42 of the label 40 by the label fastening part 29 of the recessed part 28 of the bottom part 24, the projecting surface 26A of the projecting part 26 constituting the label fastening part 29 is simply provided on the inclined part 25. In addition to being in contact, it is preferable to strongly press the inclined portion 25, and it is preferable to increase the radius r (FIG. 4) of the protruding surface 26A of the protruding portion 26.

  Further, it is sufficient that the lower end 42 of the label 40 is simply clamped by the label fastening part 29 of the recessed part 28 of the bottom part 24, and the projecting surface 26 </ b> A of the projecting part 26 constituting the label fastening part 29 is not necessarily formed on the inclined part 25. Although it is not necessary to contact, it is preferable to contact since pinching prevention becomes more reliable. In FIG. 7, the radius r of the projecting surface 26A of the projecting portion 26 is increased so that the projecting surface 26A is in contact with the inclined portion 25 without any gap. It is firmly and securely clamped between the two.

  Further, if the projecting surface 26A of the projecting portion 26 constituting the label fastening portion 29 of the recess portion 28 is continuous with the entire circumference of the bottom portion 24, the lower end 42 of the label 40 can be securely attached to the entire periphery. Can be pinched. However, the projecting surface 26 </ b> A of the projecting portion 26 may be provided intermittently in the circumferential direction of the bottom portion 24.

  Further, in the bottom portion 24, the inclined portion 25 becomes a push-in reversing portion 25B to form the recessed portion 28, and the label fastening portion 29 is formed by the protruding surface 26A of the protruding portion 26. 25 is preferably a stepped shape rather than a simple inclined shape in terms of ease of reversal.

  The labeled container 10 covers the entire circumference of the neck 21 to the bottom 24 of the container main body 20, the upper end 41 of the label 40 is fixed to the neck 21 of the container main body 20, and the lower end 42 of the label 40 is fixed to the container main body 20. 20 fixed to the bottom 24. Thereby, the various containers 40 with different appearance can be simply provided by applying the various labels 40 with different print displays to the same container body 20.

  According to the present invention, in a container with a label, the label can be prevented from being damaged or soiled, and the aesthetic appearance of the container can be improved.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Labeled container 20 Container main body 21 Neck part 21A Small diameter neck part 21B Large diameter neck part 23 Trunk part 30 Driving cap 31A Locking part 31B Skirt part 40 Label

Claims (2)

A container having a container body and a label made of a heat-shrinkable film over the region extending from the neck of the container body to at least the body part,
A labeled container that is fixed with the upper end of the label sandwiched between a driving cap that is driven into the neck of the container body and the neck of the container body. The neck portion of the container body has a small-diameter neck portion that the locking portion of the driving cap locks, and a large-diameter neck portion that is provided closer to the trunk portion than the small-diameter neck portion and to which the skirt portion of the driving cap is attached,
The labeled container according to claim 1, wherein the label is placed over a region extending from the small-diameter neck portion to at least the trunk portion.

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