JP2015168478A - Spout and pouch with spout - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a spout which can facilitate the work to open/close a cap.SOLUTION: A spout comprises a cylindrical part having a hollow cylindrical shape, and a flange part provided on the outer peripheral face of the cylindrical part. The flange part has a concave portion toward the cylindrical part.

Description

  The present invention relates to a spout including a cylindrical portion having a hollow cylindrical shape and a flange portion provided on an outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion. The present invention also relates to a pouch with a spout to which a spout is attached.

  2. Description of the Related Art A bag container (hereinafter also referred to as a pouch) made of a plastic soft packaging material having various forms such as a self-supporting bag and a gusset type bag is known. Pouches are used for containing fluid contents such as beverages such as juices, fruit juices, jelly-like beverages, nutritional drinks, seasonings, and other various foods and drinks. .

  Particularly in recent years, in order to facilitate the opening of these pouches and to facilitate the beverage of the contents or the pouring of the contents, a pouch with a spout having a spout attached to the upper part of the pouch has been proposed. ing. The spout has a cylindrical portion in which a through hole communicating with the inside of the pouch is formed. In addition, in the case where the contents in the pouch are not used up once, the spout is configured such that a cap for sealing the through hole of the spout can be detached. For example, Patent Documents 1 to 3 disclose a pouch to which a spout configured so that a cap can be screwed is attached.

JP 2000-7002 A Japanese Patent No. 4629428 Japanese Patent No. 4915087

  In order to facilitate the conveyance and positioning of the pouch before the contents are filled, a flange portion extending in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the cylinder portion may be provided on the outer peripheral surface of the cylinder portion of the spout. In this case, when the consumer opens and closes the cap, the consumer usually holds the pouch by pressing the flange portion of the spout with the fingers of one hand and rotates the cap with the other hand. On the other hand, the thickness of the flange part is usually very small compared to the dimension of the finger, so when the consumer opens and closes the cap, the flange part bites into the consumer's finger, which causes pain and pain to the consumer. May cause discomfort. Such pain and discomfort become more prominent when the cap is frequently opened and closed.

  An object of this invention is to provide the spout and pouch with a spout which can solve such a subject effectively.

  The present invention is a spout attached to a pouch for containing fluid contents, and includes a cylindrical portion having a hollow cylindrical shape, and a flange portion provided on an outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion, The flange portion is a spout in which a concave portion that is recessed toward the cylindrical portion is formed.

  In the spout according to the present invention, the pouch to which the spout is attached includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and the flange portion extends on the first surface side of the pouch. 1 edge part and the 2nd edge part extended in the said 2nd surface side of the said pouch, The said recessed part may be formed in at least one of the said 1st edge part or the said 2nd edge part.

  In the spout according to the present invention, the recess is connected to a first portion located at a central portion of the first edge or the second edge, and to both ends of the first portion, and the first edge or the first portion. A pair of second portions that merge with a linearly extending portion of the two edges, and both the first portion and the second portion of the recess may have a curved portion.

  The present invention includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the pouch for storing fluid contents, a spout attached to the pouch, and a detachable attachment to the spout. The spout includes a cylindrical portion having a hollow cylindrical shape, and a flange portion provided on an outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion, and the flange portion includes the cylindrical portion. It is a pouch with a spout in which the recessed part dented toward is formed.

  According to the present invention, the flange portion provided on the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion of the spout is formed with a concave portion that is recessed toward the cylindrical portion. For this reason, when a consumer clamps a flange part with the finger of the hand, it can suppress that a flange part bites into a consumer's finger. For this reason, when opening and closing a cap, it can suppress producing a pain and discomfort to a consumer. Moreover, since it becomes easy for a consumer to apply a big clamping pressure with respect to a flange part, the operation | work which opens and closes a cap can be made easy.

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a pouch with a spout to which a spout is attached in the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a front view showing a spout according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a side view showing a spout according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a spout according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a spout according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing a spout according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7A is a cross-sectional view showing a spout according to a modification of the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7B is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing a recess of the spout shown in FIG. 7A. FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view showing a spout according to a modification of the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view showing a spout according to a modification of the embodiment of the present invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 6. First, the entire pouch 10 with a spout will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a front view showing a pouch 10 with a spout according to the present embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 1, the pouch 10 with a spout includes a pouch 10 including a first surface 11 formed by the first film 1 and a second surface 12 formed by the second film 2, and the pouch 10. The spout 30 attached to the center part of the upper part of the head and the cap 50 detachably attached to the spout 30 are provided. Hereinafter, the pouch 10, the spout 30 and the cap 50 will be described.

(Pouch)
The pouch 10 is for containing a fluid content. As long as it has fluidity, the content filled in the filling portion 12 of the main body portion 11 is not particularly limited. For example, the contents filled in the filling unit 12 include beverages such as juices, fruit juices, jelly-like beverages, nutritional drinks, liquid or powder seasonings, and various other foods and drinks. be able to.

  The pouch 10 is configured, for example, by bonding the first film 1 and the second film 2 to each other by heat welding or the like so that the first surface 11 and the second surface 12 face each other. The 1st film 1 is a film which comprises the surface (surface of the side shown by FIG. 1) of the pouch 10, and the 2nd film 2 is the back surface (surface which exists in the back side of the surface) of the pouch 10. ). In FIG. 1, a seal portion formed by heat welding of the first film 1 and the second film 2 is indicated by reference numeral 14. In addition, a filling portion that is enclosed by the seal portion 14 and accommodates the contents is indicated by reference numeral 13. In the manufacturing process of the pouch 10, the first film 1 and the second film 2 may be prepared as separate films separated from each other, or may be prepared as a series of films.

  As long as the contents and gas can be properly sealed, the type of the pouch 10 is not particularly limited. For example, the pouch 10 may be configured as a so-called gusset type pouch in which a gusset is provided between the first film 1 and the second film 2. Such gusset may be provided at the bottom of the pouch 10 or may be provided at the side of the pouch 10. In the present embodiment, an example will be described in which the pouch 10 is a so-called side gusset type pouch in which a gusset is provided on a side portion thereof. In this case, the third film and the fourth film that are folded in half are sandwiched between the first film 1 and the second film 2 on both sides of the pouch 10. These third film and fourth film constitute a side portion with gussets. In FIG. 1, the folds of the third film and the fourth film folded in half are shown by dotted lines with reference numerals 3a and 4a, respectively.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the seal portion 14 formed by thermally welding each film extends in the vertical direction along the bottom seal portion 16 constituting the bottom portion of the pouch 10 and one side portion of the pouch 10. A first side seal portion 17, a second side seal portion 18 extending in the vertical direction along the other side portion of the pouch 10, and an upper seal portion 15 constituting the upper portion of the pouch 10 are included. Among these, the 1st side part seal | sticker part 17 is a seal | sticker part comprised by heat-welding the 1st film 1 and the 3rd film, and the 2nd film 2 and the 3rd film mutually. Moreover, the 2nd side part seal | sticker part 18 is a seal | sticker part comprised by heat-welding the 1st film 1 and the 4th film, and the 2nd film 2 and the 4th film mutually. Moreover, the top seal part 15 and the bottom seal part 16 are configured by thermally welding the first film 1 and the third film, the second film 2 and the third film, and the first film 1 and the second film 2 to each other. It is a seal part. The upper seal portion 15 further includes a portion configured by heat welding the first film 1 and the spout 30 and a portion configured by heat welding the second film 2 and the spout 30. Yes.

(Spout)
Next, the spout 30 will be described with reference to FIGS. 2, 3, and 4 are a front view, a side view, and a plan view, respectively, showing the spout 30 that is not attached to the pouch 10 and that is not attached with the cap 50. FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a case where the spout 30 is cut in the vertical direction by a plane along the first surface 11 and the second surface 12 of the pouch 10. FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing a case where a first flange portion 33 described later of the spout 30 is cut in the horizontal direction. The expressions “vertical direction” and “horizontal direction” are expressions based on the case where the pouch 10 with a spout is erected on a horizontal plane.

  The spout 30 includes a cylindrical portion 31 having a hollow cylindrical shape, and a flange portion provided on the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion 31. As shown in FIG. 4, a through hole 31 a is formed in the cylindrical portion 31, and the contents accommodated in the pouch 10 are poured out through the through hole 31 a. In the present embodiment, the spout 30 has a first flange portion 33 closest to the pouch 10, a second flange portion 35 located closer to the cap 50 than the first flange portion 33, and the second flange portion 35. And a third flange portion 37 located on the cap 50 side. Although not shown, the number of flanges provided on the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion 31 is not particularly limited. For example, the number of flanges may be 1 or 2, or 4 or more. The thickness of each flange 33, 35, 37 is in the range of 0.3 to 2.0 mm, for example.

  Next, the shape of each flange 33, 35, 37 when it sees along the axial direction of the cylinder part 31, ie, when the pouch 10 with a spout is seen from upper direction is demonstrated. As shown in FIG. 4, each of the flanges 33, 35, and 37 has first edges 33 a, 35 a, and 37 a that extend on the first surface 11 side of the pouch 10, and a second edge that extends on the second surface 12 side of the pouch 10. Third edges 33c, 35c, 37c and fourth edges 33d, 35d extending between the first edges 33a, 35a, 37a and the second edges 33b, 35b, 37b 37d. The first edge portions 33a, 35a, 37a and the second edge portions 33b, 35b, 37b each extend substantially parallel to the direction in which the upper seal portion 15 of the pouch 10 extends. The third edge portions 33c, 35c, and 37c and the fourth edge portions 33d, 35d, and 37d extend so as to intersect with the upper seal portion 15 of the pouch 10 when the pouch 10 with a spout is viewed from above. Note that each edge may include a plurality of straight lines and curves extending in different directions. Therefore, the term “parallel” or the like used here is, for example, when ignoring the details of each of the first edge portions 33a, 35a, and 37a and the second edge portions 33b, 35b, and 37b (such as recesses described later). This represents the overall extending direction.

  Among the first edge portions 33a, 35a, 37a and the second edge portions 33b, 35b, 37b, in particular, the first edge portion 33a and the second edge portion 33b of the first flange portion 33, and the first of the second flange portion 35. The edge part 35a and the second edge part 35b are parts that are assumed to be pinched by fingers of the consumer's hand when the consumer opens and closes the cap 50. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 6, etc., the distances from the first edge portions 33a and 35a and the second edge portions 33b and 35b to the cylindrical portion 31 are the third edge portions 33c and 35c and the fourth edge portions 33d and 35d. It may be smaller than the distance from the cylinder portion 31 to the cylinder portion 31. Accordingly, the cylindrical portion 31 of the spout 30 can be held more stably when the cap 50 is opened and closed.

  The spout 30 can be provided with various elements in addition to the above-described cylindrical portion 31 and the flanges 33, 35, and 37. For example, the spout 30 may further include a mounting portion 41 provided on the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion 31 at a position closer to the pouch 10 than the first flange portion 33. As can be seen from FIGS. 1, 3, etc., the attachment portion 41 is configured as a plate-like portion extending along the first film 1 and the second film 2 constituting the pouch 10. The attachment portion 41 is thermally welded to the first film 1 and the second film 2 of the pouch 10 when the spout 30 is attached to the pouch 10. Therefore, by providing such an attachment portion 41, the area of the portion of the spout 30 that is thermally welded to the pouch 10 can be increased. Moreover, since the attaching part 41 is extended along each film 1 and 2, the operation | work which carries out heat welding between the attaching part 41 and each film 1 and 2 becomes easy. Therefore, by providing the attachment portion 41, the thermal welding between the pouch 10 and the spout 30 can be made stronger.

  Further, when the cap 50 is screwed to the spout 30, a portion of the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion 31 of the spout 30 that is located closer to the cap 50 than the third flange portion 37 is provided on the inner peripheral surface of the cap 50. A thread 39 is provided that engages the formed thread.

(cap)
Next, the cap 50 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 1, the cap 50 includes a first portion 51 that is detachable with respect to the cylindrical portion 31 of the spout 30. When the detachment method is screwing as described above, the inner peripheral surface of the first portion 51 is provided with a screw thread (not shown) that engages with the screw thread 39 of the cylindrical portion 31 of the spout 30. It has been.

  Further, the cap 50 may further include a second portion 52 located on the pouch 10 side with respect to the first portion 51, as shown in FIG. The second portion 52 is for preventing unauthorized opening of the first portion 51 of the cap 50, and functions as a so-called pilfer proof band. When the second portion 52 is provided, a coupling portion 53 that couples the first portion 51 and the second portion 52 is provided between the first portion 51 and the second portion 52. By confirming whether or not the coupling portion 53 is broken, it is possible to determine whether or not the cap 50 has been illegally opened.

  When the cap 50 has the second portion 52, the spout 30 further has a ratchet portion 43 for locking the second portion 52 of the cap 50, as shown in FIGS. It may be. In this case, the inner peripheral surface of the second portion 52 of the cap 50 may be provided with a protruding portion that protrudes to a position closer to the cylindrical portion 31 than the outer edge of the ratchet portion 43. In this case, whether or not the protruding portion of the second portion 52 of the cap 50 is locked by the ratchet portion 43 of the spout 30 causes the coupling portion 53 to be broken from the cap 50 and whether the cap 50 has been illegally opened. Judgment can be made.

  By the way, the thickness of the 1st flange part 33 and the 2nd flange part 35 pinched by the finger | toe of a consumer's hand when opening and closing the cap 50 is very small compared with the dimension of a finger. For this reason, when the consumer opens and closes the cap 50, the flange portions 33 and 35 bite into the consumer's fingers, which may cause pain and discomfort to the consumer. As a result, it is difficult to strongly clamp the flange portions 33 and 35 when opening and closing the cap 50. This leads to insufficient tightening of the cap 50 when the cap 50 is screwed onto the spout 30.

  In consideration of such a problem, in the present embodiment, it is proposed to form a concave portion having a shape along the belly of the finger in the flange portions 33 and 35. In addition, the shape of the recessed part formed in the 1st flange part 33 and the 2nd flange part 35 is substantially the same. Accordingly, only the shape of the recess 34 formed in the first flange portion 33 will be described here, and the description of the recess 36 (see FIG. 2) formed in the second flange portion 35 will be omitted.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the first flange portion 33 a and the second edge portion 33 b of the first flange portion 33 are respectively formed with recesses 34 that are recessed toward the cylindrical portion 31. As shown in FIG. 6, each recess 34 is connected to the first portion 34 a located at the center of the first edge 33 a or the second edge 33 b and both ends of the first portion 34 a, and the first edge 33 a Alternatively, it includes a pair of second portions 34b that merge into a linearly extending portion of the second edge portion 33b.

  Among these, the 1st part 34a is comprised as a curved part (henceforth a curved part) which becomes convex with the curvature radius R1 toward the cylinder part 31. FIG. The shape of the first portion 34a and the specific value of the curvature radius R1 are appropriately determined according to the general curvature radius and size of the belly of a human finger, the weight of the pouch 10 with a spout, and the like. For example, the width W from one second portion 34b to the other second portion 34b is in the range of 5 to 30 mm, more preferably in the range of 8 to 20 mm, and the deepest portion of the recess 34 from the second edge 33b. The shape of the first portion 34a is determined so that the depth D is in the range of 0.5 to 20 mm. In the present embodiment, the second portion 34b is configured such that the linear portions of the edge portions 33a and 33b and the concave portion 34 join at a predetermined angle.

  Hereinafter, effects obtained by forming such a recess will be described. According to the present embodiment, the concave portions 34, 36 are formed in the flange portions 33, 35, so that when the consumer clamps the flange portions 33, 35 with the fingers of their hands, the flange portions 33, 35 are consumed. Biting into a person's finger can be suppressed. For this reason, when opening and closing the cap 50, it can suppress that a consumer produces a pain and discomfort. Moreover, since it becomes easy for a consumer to apply big pinching pressure with respect to the flange parts 33 and 35, the operation | work which opens and closes the cap 50 can be made easy. Further, when the cap 50 is screwed to the spout 30, the cap 50 can be sufficiently tightened.

Modifications Various modifications can be made to the above-described embodiment. Hereinafter, modified examples will be described with reference to the drawings as necessary. In the following description and the drawings used in the following description, the same reference numerals as those used for the corresponding parts in the above embodiment are used for the parts that can be configured in the same manner as in the above embodiment. A duplicate description is omitted. In addition, when it is clear that the operational effects obtained in the above-described embodiment can be obtained in the modified example, the description thereof may be omitted.

  In the above-described embodiment, the example in which the second portion 34b is configured so that the linear portions of the edge portions 33a and 33b and the concave portion 34 join at a predetermined angle has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and as shown in FIGS. 7A and 7B, the second portion 34b protrudes outward (toward the side where the first flange portion 33 does not exist) with a radius of curvature R2. It may be configured as a curved portion (hereinafter also referred to as a curved portion). This can reduce pain and discomfort that may occur when the consumer's finger contacts the second portion 34b. The curvature radius R2 is set to a value smaller than the curvature radius R1, and is set within a range of 0.5 to 2.0 mm, for example. In addition, the curvature radius R2 in the curved part of a pair of 2nd part 34b may be the same value, and may be a mutually different value.

  In the above-described embodiment, an example in which the first portion 34a is a curved portion has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the first portion 34a is a portion that extends linearly (hereinafter also referred to as a straight portion). May be further included. For example, as shown in FIG. 8, the first portion 34a may include a curved portion 34c and straight portions 34d positioned between the curved portion 34c and the pair of second portions 34b. The first portion 34a may be configured by combining a plurality of curved portions and straight portions. For example, as shown in FIG. 9, the first portion 34a is positioned between the pair of straight portions 34d connected to the second portion 34b and the pair of straight portions 34d and in a direction parallel to the second edge portion 33b. The linear part 34e extended and a pair of curved part 34c located between a pair of linear part 34d and the linear part 34e may be included. In this case, the curvature radii of the curved portions may be the same value or different values.

  In the above-described embodiment, the example in which the concave portion 34 is formed in both the first edge portion 33a and the second edge portion 33b of the first flange portion 33 is shown, but the present invention is not limited to this. The recessed part 34 may be formed only in either the 1st edge part 33a or the 2nd edge part 33b.

Moreover, in the above-described embodiment, the example in which the concave portion 34 and the concave portion 36 are formed in the first flange portion 33 and the second flange portion 35 of the three flange portions 33, 35, and 37, respectively, has been shown. It is not limited to this.
For example, the space between the first flange portion 33 and the second flange portion 35 is wide, and only one of the first flange portion 33 or the second flange portion 35 is clamped with a finger, whereby the pouch 10 with a spout is used. May be formed in only one of the first flange portion 33 and the second flange portion 35, or the like.
Further, when the first flange portion 33 and the second flange portion 35 are clamped with fingers, when the finger contacts the third flange portion 37 at the same time, a recess may also be formed in the third flange portion 37. .
In addition, various variations are conceivable with respect to the number of flange portions provided on the outer peripheral portion of the cylindrical portion 31 and the number of flange portions on which concave portions are formed.

  In the present embodiment, the first flange portion 33 includes a first edge portion 33a on the first surface 11 side of the pouch 10 and a second edge portion 33b on the second surface 12 side of the pouch 10. Although the example in which the concave portion is formed is shown, the present invention is not limited to this. When it is assumed that when the consumer opens and closes the cap 50, the third edge 33c and the fourth edge 33d, rather than the first edge 33a and the second edge 33b, are clamped by fingers. Concave portions may be formed in the third edge portion 33c and the fourth edge portion 33d.

  Further, in the present embodiment described above, an example in which the spout 30 is attached to the upper central portion of the pouch 10 has been shown. However, the position where the spout 30 is attached is not particularly limited as long as the contents accommodated in the pouch 10 can be appropriately poured out. For example, although not shown, the spout 30 may be attached to the pouch 10 at the corner between the upper part and the side part of the pouch 10.

  In addition, although some modified examples with respect to the above-described embodiment have been described, naturally, a plurality of modified examples can be applied in combination as appropriate.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Pouch 11 1st surface 12 2nd surface 30 Spout 31 Cylindrical part 33 1st flange part 33a 1st edge part 33b 2nd edge part 34 Recessed part 34a 1st part 34b 2nd part 34c Curved part 34d Straight line part 35 2nd flange Part 36 Concave part 37 Third flange part 39 Thread 41 Attachment part 43 Ratchet part 50 Cap 51 First part 52 Second part 53 Connection part

Claims (4)

A spout attached to a pouch containing a fluid content,
A cylindrical portion having a hollow cylindrical shape;
A flange portion provided on the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion,
A spout in which a concave portion that is recessed toward the cylindrical portion is formed in the flange portion. The pouch includes a first surface and a second surface facing the first surface,
The flange portion includes a first edge portion extending on the first surface side of the pouch, and a second edge portion extending on the second surface side of the pouch,
The spout according to claim 1, wherein the recess is formed in at least one of the first edge or the second edge. The concave portion is connected to a first portion located at a central portion of the first edge or the second edge, and to both ends of the first portion, and is a straight line of the first edge or the second edge. A pair of second parts that merge with the part extending in a shape,
The spout according to claim 2, wherein both the first portion and the second portion of the recess have a curved portion. A pouch including a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface and containing a fluid content;
A spout attached to the pouch;
A cap detachably attached to the spout,
The spout includes a cylindrical portion having a hollow cylindrical shape, and a flange portion provided on an outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion,
The pouch with a spout in which the recessed part which became depressed toward the said cylinder part is formed in the said flange part.

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