JP3851735B2 - Manufacturing method of easy-to-open can lid - Google Patents

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JP3851735B2
JP3851735B2 JP36735798A JP36735798A JP3851735B2 JP 3851735 B2 JP3851735 B2 JP 3851735B2 JP 36735798 A JP36735798 A JP 36735798A JP 36735798 A JP36735798 A JP 36735798A JP 3851735 B2 JP3851735 B2 JP 3851735B2
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【0001】
【発明の属する技術分野】
本発明は、金属製缶蓋の予め開口されている開口部を少なくとも金属製缶蓋表面側に熱可塑性樹脂層を備えたテープ(開封片)によって封鎖した開封容易缶蓋の製造方法に関する。
【0002】
【従来の技術】
金属製缶蓋の予め開口されている開口部を開封片で覆うと共に、その周辺部に対し、テープの少なくとも金属製缶蓋側表面が熱溶着性樹脂でできている開封片を熱溶着させることにより、開封容易な缶蓋とすることは周知であり、例えば、特公昭56−43940号公報(以下、従来例1)、特開昭59−93639号公報(以下、従来例2)、特開昭59−93640号公報(以下、従来例3)、特公昭60−42101号公報(以下、従来例4)等に開示されている。
【0003】
従来例1には、缶蓋に設けられた開口部が多数の小孔からなり、これら開口部を被覆かつ封鎖している、熱接着性の熱可塑性樹脂層を有するフィルムまたはテープ性の開封片がこれら小孔内に嵌着している突出部を備えている開封容易な缶蓋が開示されている。
【0004】
また、従来例2には、缶蓋に設けられた開口部の切断端面を保護すると共に、開口部周辺部と開封片との耐圧接着性及び缶の落下衝撃を受けても剥離しない接着性の良好な開封容易缶蓋を得るために、開口部の切断端面を熱可塑性の樹脂で断面コの字状に被覆して保護する(缶蓋金属が腐食するのを防止すると共に缶内容液により缶蓋金属が浸食されて内容液中に溶解するのを防止する)と共に、この断面コの字状の熱可塑性樹脂被覆を介して開封片を接着している缶蓋が開示されている。
【0005】
更に、従来例3には、上記従来例2と同じ目的の発明が開示されているが、その第4図と第6図には、開口部を覆うと共に開口部周辺部に予め設けられている接着剤層に熱接着している開封片と、この開封片の接着面とは反対側の開口部周辺部にその周縁部を接着し、中央部分が開口部に嵌入して開封片と接着している粘着接着剤からなる保護樹脂層を具備した開封容易缶蓋が開示されている。
【0006】
加えて、従来例4の公報には、蓋部材の開口切断端縁の大部分が熱可塑性樹脂乃至は樹脂組成物で被覆されている開封容易缶蓋が開示されている。
【0007】
【発明が解決しようとする課題】
まず、従来例1に記載の開封容易缶蓋は、開口部の切断端面が樹脂等で被覆されていないために、缶に収容されている内容液により腐食されたり、缶蓋の金属が内容液に溶解して内容液の味を変える虞があるから、缶蓋を腐食する可能性のある食品や飲料等を充填する缶の缶蓋には使用できない。
【0008】
次に、従来例2に開示されている開封容易缶蓋は、開口部の切断端面を断面コの字状の熱可塑性樹脂で被覆した後に、この被覆樹脂に開封片を溶着するので、開口部の切断端から金属が内容液中に溶解したり、切断端が腐食することはないが、複雑で多工程(缶蓋内外面への開口付き熱可塑性樹脂フィルム熱接着工程、樹脂フィルムの開口部内への押し込み工程、缶蓋外面への開封片熱接着工程)の、熱可塑性樹脂による開口部の切断端面を断面コの字状に被覆する工程が必要になるので、製造工程が複雑かつ多工程となって缶蓋の製造コストが高くなるという問題がある。
【0009】
また、従来例3に記載の開封容易缶蓋は、開口部の切断端面の腐食防止と缶蓋の金属の内容液中への溶出防止にはすぐれているが、開口部の周辺に熱接着剤層を接着した後に、開封片をこの接着剤層と熱接着し、その後、開口部の反対側の面に、粘着性の接着剤からなるフィルムを接着すると共にその中央部を開口部へ突出させて開封片と接着する工程を含むために、やはり多工程となり、生産性が悪く、缶蓋の製造コストが高くなるという問題がある。
【0010】
更に、従来例4に記載の開封容易缶蓋は、熱可塑性樹脂で開口部の切断端面を被覆する工程と被覆した樹脂に開封片を熱接着する工程とが必要であるために、上記二つの公開特許公報(従来例2と3)に記載の缶蓋ほどではないが、やはり製造工程が多く缶蓋の製造コストが高くなるという問題と、従来例2に記載の缶蓋のように、熱可塑性樹脂で断面コの字状に被覆しているのではなく、熱可塑性樹脂で被覆しているのは、切断端面と面一の部分だけであるので、製缶時及び缶詰製造時の缶蓋の搬送等の衝撃により金属表面の塗膜と熱可塑性樹脂層との接合部から剥離したり、この接合部から缶詰内容液が浸透して剥離を生じさせたり、金属を腐食させたりする虞がある。
【0011】
本発明は、上記した従来技術の持つ問題を解消すること、すなわち、開口部の切断端面と内容物との接触を確実に抑えるために、食品や飲料等を充填する缶に用いて有用であり、しかも、工程が単純で少なく、良好な生産性と缶蓋の製造コストが安くなる開封容易缶蓋の製造方法を提供することを目的とする。
【0012】
【課題を解決するための手段及び作用】
上記課題を解消するために、請求項1に記載の発明は、両面に塗装を施した金属板から、所定の形状の開口部を打ち抜いて開口部を形成した缶蓋を成形し、該缶蓋に設けられている数の開口部と同じ数であって、対応する位置の該開口部の大きさよりもわずかに小径の凸部を備え、該凸部の周辺部分に、該開口部の直径よりも大径となっている外周径と該開口部の直径よりも小径となっている内周径とを有する環状の窪み部が形成されていると共に、予め加熱されている金型上に、対応する位置にある該開口部の中心と該凸部の中心とが一致するように位置合わせして該缶蓋を載置する事により該缶蓋を加熱し、少なくとも一方の側が熱接着性の熱可塑性樹脂層から形成されている開封片を、該開封片の該熱可塑性樹脂層が該缶蓋の外面側の該開口部周辺部に対面する状態で、該缶蓋の外面側の該開口部周辺部と前記金型の凸部上にかけて載置し、次に、該開口部周辺部に対面する位置にある開封片の該熱可塑性樹脂層とは反対側を、加熱した押圧板で押圧する事により、該開口部周辺部と対面している該開封片の熱可塑性樹脂層を該缶蓋の外面側の該開口部周辺部と熱接着させると共に、該開口部に対応する部分の該熱可塑性樹脂層の樹脂を軟化変形させて押し出し、前記環状の窪み部に流れ込ませ該樹脂により開口部の切断端面を被覆し、更に該缶蓋内面側の開口部周辺部と熱接着させることを特徴とする。
請求項1に記載の発明では、開口部の切断端面を被覆する樹脂は、缶蓋外面と対面する側の開封片を構成する熱接着性の熱可塑性樹脂とし、開封片を缶蓋外面側の開口部周辺部に熱接着する際に、その熱を利用して熱可塑性樹脂を軟化変形させ、軟化した樹脂を、押圧板と金型とによる押圧力によって、開口部の大きさよりもわずかに小径の金型の凸部によって生じている各開口部と各凸部との間の間隙部分にそれぞれ押し出し、更に、窪み部に押し込んで、軟化した樹脂を窪み部の形状に沿って流れ込ませることにより、該樹脂により開口部の切断端面を被覆させ、更に、該樹脂と缶蓋内面側の開口部周辺部とを熱接着させることができるので、加工工程がそれほど増加せず、従って、缶蓋製造コストを大幅に上昇させることはない
【0013】
請求項2に記載の発明は、請求項1に記載の開封容易缶蓋の製造方法において、前記金型の凸部の周辺部分に形成されている環状の窪み部の外周部分が、外方に行くに従って次第に浅くなる傾斜面を備えていることを特徴とする。
【0014】
請求項2に記載の発明では、金型の凸部の周辺部分に形成されている環状の窪み部の外周部分が、外方に行くに従って次第に浅くなる傾斜面を備えているので、開封片を缶蓋外面側の開口部周辺部に熱接着する際に、その熱を利用して開口部に対応する部分の熱可塑性樹脂を軟化変形させ、軟化した樹脂を、開口部の大きさよりもわずかに小径の金型の凸部によって生じている各開口部と金型の各凸部との間の間隙部分にそれぞれ押し出し、更に、窪み部に押し込むと、軟化した樹脂は窪み部の外方側へと進み、窪み部の外周部分では外方に行くに従って浅くなっている傾斜面形状に合致した形状の薄肉部となる。この窪み部を埋めた熱可塑性樹脂は、缶蓋の開口部周辺部の内面側を被覆することになる
【0015】
請求項3に記載の発明は、請求項1又は2に記載の開封容易缶蓋の製造方法において、金属板の両面に塗装された塗料が、熱硬化性樹脂溶液に変性ポリオレフィン系樹脂粉体を分散させた塗料であって、しかも、塗膜中の変性ポリオレフィン系樹脂粉体の固形分含有量が0.1〜8重量%と成る量であり、また、前記開封片の缶蓋外面側に対面する側の熱接着性の熱可塑性樹脂層が、ポリオレフィン系樹脂から成っていることを特徴とする。
【0016】
請求項に記載の発明は、金属板の両面に塗装された塗料が、熱硬化性樹脂溶液に変性ポリオレフィン系樹脂粉体を分散させた塗料であって、しかも、塗膜中の変性ポリオレフィン系樹脂粉体の固形分含有量が0.1〜8重量%と成る量であり、また、前記開封片の缶蓋外面側に対面する側の熱接着性の熱可塑性樹脂層が、ポリオレフィン系樹脂から成っているので、加熱した押圧板で押圧された開封片の缶蓋外面側と対面する熱可塑性樹脂は、加熱されて軟化変形して開口部周辺部の外面塗膜及び内面塗膜と、容易且つ強固に熱接着する
【0018】
【発明の実施の形態】
以下、本発明の実施の形態について説明する。
【0019】
図1〜図3において、中央部分にパネル板2を有する開封容易缶蓋1は、アルミニウム合金材またはスチール材(錫メッキ鋼板、ニッケルメッキ鋼板、電解クロム酸処理鋼板)等の金属製であり、両面に塗装被膜層2a,2bが形成され、通常、パネル板2の外周に設けられているフランジ部6が缶胴と二重巻締され飲料用缶として使用される。上記パネル板2の外周には環状溝5が形成されており、その環状溝5の近傍のパネル板2上に多数の小さい注出孔3(開口部)を有し、図1のものは円形の例であるが、様々な形であり得る。また、注出孔3の蓋中心に対して反対側には通気孔4(開口部)を有す。ただし、通気孔4は省略してもよいが注出孔3の径が極めて小さい場合には、内容物の流出時間を考慮すると付加することが望ましい。上記注出孔3は、図1においては、一つの孔3を中心として円形に配置され、全体として注出用の開口部3aを形成している。
【0020】
次に、テープシール材8について説明する。テープシール材8(開封片)は、パネル板2の外面側に塗装被膜層2aの上から前記注出用の開口部3a及び通気孔4を覆い、かつ、これら開口部3a,4の周辺部と密着する様に熱接着された剥離容易な部材である。
テープシール材8の一例の構成としては、図3及び図4に示す通り、最外層には、厚さ約25μmのPETフィルム8a、以下、厚さ約2μmの印刷層8b(印刷インキ層とその下層のプライマー層)、厚さ約25μmのアルミニウム箔8c、厚さ約1μmのプライマー層8d(接着剤層)、そして、最内層には、厚さ約130μmのポリプロピレンフィルム8e(PPフィルム)を使用した。まず、PETフィルム8aについては、アルミニウム箔8cの被覆のために用いた。例えばその一例として東洋紡製の二軸延伸エスペットフィルムT−4100などが挙げられる。その下層の印刷層8bは省略してもよいが、開口方法の指示などに使用したり、広告を施すことにより、宣伝効果の高い缶蓋となる。例えば、印刷インキとしては、印刷インキ工業会及び印刷インキワニス工業会の「食品包装材料用印刷インキに関する自主規制」に適合したものを使用する。また、着色剤には顔料を用いる。更にその下層のアルミニウム箔8cについては、ガス透過性がない上に、所要の強度が得られるので使用したが、アルミニウム箔8cに代えて、ガス透過性の低いフィルムを用いてもよい。例えば、アルミニウム箔8cについては、JIS−H4160のA1N30H−O(99.3%アルミニウム軟質箔)該当の箔などが挙げられる。そして、その下層には、アルミニウム箔8cと最内層のPPフィルム8eとを接着させるためのプライマー層8dとして、エチレン、プロピレン、ブテン等のオレフィン系単量体とマレイン酸、無水マレイン酸、アクリル酸等のエチレン性不飽和カルボン酸を共重合せしめた変性ポリオレフィンや、ポリエチレン、ポリプロピレン、ポリブテン等のポリオレフィンにエチレン性不飽和カルボン酸又はその酸無水物をグラフト重合せしめた変性ポリオレフィン、又は、これら変性ポリオレフィンを構成主体とする樹脂の粉体(好ましくは0.1〜50μmの粒径の粉体)を溶剤に分散させたもの、例えば、非塩素系変性ポリプロピレンの炭化水素系溶剤ディスパージョンである、三井化学製のユニストールR−100Kなどが挙げられる。最後に、最内層のポリプロピレンフィルム8eについては、食品衛生上安全であり、耐熱性にすぐれ、レトルト処理後もフィルム強度が強靱で、しかもレトルト処理により、インパクト強度、低温衝撃性が向上し、更に、耐油性、耐薬品性、耐水性にすぐれた無延伸PPフィルムを使用した。例えば、東セロ製のトーセロCPフィルムRXC−11などが挙げられる。
【0021】
各注出孔3及び通気孔4は、切断端面7(図3参照)を有するが、この切断端面7は、パネル板2が金属製である場合には、パネル板2の腐食及び缶内の内容物の風味汚染を防ぐために被覆される。というのは、通常、パネル板2は、成形後内容物と直接金属が接触しないように、蓋内面には保護塗料などが塗装され、また、蓋外面も同様に保護塗料などで被覆される。そのような塗装工程は、通常、蓋を成形する前の帯状金属板(又は所定の大きさに切断された平板)の状態であり、本発明についても同様に行われ、塗装被膜層2a,2bを形成している。よって、各注出孔3及び通気孔4も保護塗料による塗装被膜層2a,2bで被覆された後に穴があけられる。これは、蓋成形及び各孔3,4をあけた後に被覆するのは、生産方式が現行と異なり新たな設備も必要であるし、ランニングコストも高くなり、経済的でないからである。また、小さい孔の切断端面までもれなく被覆するのは困難であり、かつ高価な設備が必要となるという理由による。
【0022】
次に、パネル板2の外面及び内面の保護塗料について説明する。保護塗料の一例として、通常のステイオンタブ蓋(以下、SOT蓋)に使用されるエポキシ−フェノール系樹脂塗料やエポキシ−尿素系樹脂塗料(エポキシ−アミノ系樹脂塗料、エポキシ−アクリル系樹脂、アミノ−ポリエステル系樹脂塗料、ビニルオルガノゾル系樹脂塗料等でも良い)に、本発明では、テープシール材8のアルミニウム箔8cとPPフィルム8eとの結合において使用したプライマーである非塩素系変性ポリプロピレンの炭化水素系溶剤ディスパージョンを、蓋の外面側となる面には、エポキシ−尿素系樹脂塗料溶液に対して5〜25wt%の割合で混合して塗布し、蓋の内面側となる面には、エポキシ−フェノ−ル系樹脂塗料溶液に対して15〜25wt%の割合で混合して塗布する。尚、塗料溶液と混合するディスパージョン(分散液)中には、変性ポリプロピレン(変性ポリオレフィン)粉体だけでなく、ポリプロピレン(ポリオレフィン)粉体も分散させて良い。また、塗布量については、現行SOT蓋とほぼ同様の塗布量とした。例えば、外面塗布量が40〜60mg/dm2、内面塗布量が100〜120mg/dm2などである。上記プライマーが混合された塗膜は、低剥離強度型、即ち、PPフィルム8eとパネル板2との間に強力な結合を与えるが、消費者が内容液を飲もうとして、注出孔3及び通気孔4を開口させるために、これらの孔の周辺部のパネル部からテープシール材8を剥離させようとする場合には、パネル板2から容易に剥離され得るものであることが望ましい。その観点から、塗膜中の変性ポリプロピレンの固形分含有量は、好ましくは0.1〜8wt%である。尚、本実施の形態では、テープシール材8のアルミニウム箔8cとPPフィルム8eとの結合には、テープシール材8のPPフィルム8eとパネル板2との間の熱接着のために、熱硬化性樹脂塗料溶液に混合したプライマー(PPフィルムと熱接着性の良い変性ポリプロピレン粉体を溶剤中に分散したもの)と同じプライマーを単独で使用したが、これは、テープシール材8のアルミニウム箔8cとPPフィルム8eとの間の結合が、テープシール材8のPPフィルム8eとパネル板2との間の結合より強力な結合である必要があるからである。もし、そうなっていないと、テープシール材8を剥がすときにアルミニウム箔8cとPPフィルム8e間で剥がれてしまう場合がある。
【0023】
そして、下記に述べるヒートシール成形によりテープシール材8をパネル板2に貼り付けることで、図3に示すように、PPフィルム層8eが各注出孔3及び通気孔4の切断端面7を被覆し、かつ該各注出孔3及び通気孔4の周辺部のパネル板2の内面側の塗装被膜層2bをも被覆し(内面被覆部8e' )、パネル板2の内面側の塗装被膜層2bに接着されている。
【0024】
次に、開封容易缶蓋1の製造方法について説明する。
【0025】
図5に開封容易缶蓋1の製造方法の概略図を示す。まず、図5(イ) に示すヒートシール成形前は、加熱された下金型10の上にテープシール材8を載せたパネル板2(予め外周にフランジ部6を形成しておくのが好ましい)を置く。この下金型10の形状は、各注出孔3及び通気孔4の径よりも小さめ(例えば、孔の直径が5.5mmの時、直径4.8mmとする。)で、高さがパネル板2の厚さとほぼ同じである凸部12を各注出孔3及び通気孔4の全てに対応する様に設ける(各凸部12の中心と各注出孔3及び通気孔4の中心とが一致する様にしておく)と共に、各凸部12の周囲に、パネル板2を下金型10の上に載せた時に、各孔3,4の直径よりも少し大きめ(例えば、孔の直径が5.5mmの時、直径6.2mmとする。)で、最も深い部分の深さが0.05±0.02mmの環状の窪み部13を設け、しかも各環状の窪み部13が、少なくとも外周部分においては、凸部12の中心から外周部に向かって次第に浅くなる様な傾斜面にすることが望ましい。最も深い部分の深さを0.05±0.02mmに設定した理由は、この深さにより、各孔3,4の周囲の缶蓋内面側と熱接着する熱可塑性樹脂層の厚さ(この深さとほぼ同じ厚さになる)が決定されるが、缶蓋内面側の熱可塑性樹脂層の最も厚い部分の厚さがこの範囲の値よりも薄い(環状の窪み部13の最も深い部分の深さがこの範囲の値よりも浅い)と、各孔3,4の切断端面のエッジ部の被覆が薄すぎて内容液による腐食を防止する性能が低下し、しかも各孔3,4をテープシール材8で熱シールする際の熱で溶融したテープシール材8の熱可塑性樹脂層(PPフィルム)が環状の窪み部13に流れ込み難くなって切断端面の被覆と缶蓋内面側との熱接着性も悪くなり、一方、最も厚い部分の厚さがこの範囲の値よりも厚いと、テープシール材8を剥がした際に、フェザーリングが発生するからである。また、凸部12を囲む上記構造の環状の窪み部13を設けることにより、テープシール材8を熱接着する際の熱によって熱溶融したテープシール材8の最内層のPPフィルム層8eがパネル板2の内面側迄流れ易くなり、各孔3,4の切断端面を完全に被覆すると共に、各孔3,4周辺の缶蓋内面側部分を被覆することができる。
【0026】
次に、図5(ロ) に示すように、加熱された加圧用上金型11により圧力を加えてテープシール材8をパネル板2に対しヒートシール成形をし、テープシール材8の最内層のPPフィルム8eをパネル板2の内面側迄流すと共に、各孔の切断端面7をPPフィルム8eにより被覆する。このヒートシール成形では、上金型11は、プレスなど圧力が加えられるような装置に取り付けられる。一方、パネル板2の下には加熱された下金型10が配置されている。尚、上金型11の形状は、各孔3,4の周辺部のみ強く押圧できる様に、厚さ方向に段差を設けておく。その理由は、全面が平坦な場合、本発明の方法では、下金型10の溝にPPフィルム8eを押し出すには各孔3,4以外においても、テープシール材8とパネル板2の剥離強度が高くなりすぎるので望ましくないことが一つの理由であり、また、下金型10の環状の窪み部13の形状に沿ってテープシール材8の最内層のPPフィルム8eを流れ易くすると共に、PPフィルム8eを全面平坦な場合よりも、薄肉化可能となる故、経済的であるということがもう一つの理由である。
【0027】
その結果、図5(ロ) に示すように、各孔3,4の切断端面7をPPフィルム8eにより被覆できる。また、この製造方法の場合、各孔3,4の切断端面7の被覆のみでなくパネル板2の内面まで被覆できる。ところで、上述の通りパネル板2の金属板に塗装後に各孔3,4を開けたので、金属面が露出した各孔3,4に切断端面7はテープシール材8に対する接着性が悪いが、パネル板2の外面及び内面にはテープシール材8の最内層の熱可塑性樹脂(PPフィルム)と接着性の高いプライマー(変性ポリプロピレン)を分散含有させた熱硬化性樹脂塗料を塗装してあるため、パネル板2の外面とテープシール材8の最内層及びパネル板2の内面とテープシール材8の最内層は、それぞれプライマー(変性ポリプロピレン)粒子と熱可塑性樹脂(ポリプロピレン)とにより結合接着されることになり、両者の間に存在する切断端面7の被覆は剥がれる虞がない。また、テープシール材8の最内層により被覆されている切断端面7は、内容液と直接接触することがないので、内容液は安全である。更に、各孔3,4の切断端面を被覆するための加工工程が少ないだけでなく、材料費も少ないので、経済的である。
【0028】
次に、図6,図7及び図8に基づいて、上記開封容易缶蓋1の製造方法が、実際の量産化体制の缶蓋製造でどのように適用されるかについて説明する。
【0029】
まず、ベーシックエンド成形工程では、通常、帯状金属板又は平板から略円形の円盤打ち抜き成形と、環状溝5成形と、蓋外周のフランジ部6成形とがプレス成形により行われる。本実施の形態では、通常のSOT蓋の製造設備と同一の製造設備を使用して、ベーシックエンド成形を行う。その後の工程では別のプレスを使用し間欠移動させながら成形する。
【0030】
エンドピアス工程では、各注出孔3及び通気孔4が打ち抜き成形により開けられる。
【0031】
プレヒート工程では、エンドピアス工程を経たべ−シックエンドのパネル板2が加熱された上下の金型に挟まれることにより、加熱される。
【0032】
シールカット&プレシール工程では、一部(持ち上げ部に相当する部分)が事前にシボ成形されたシール材を所要の形に打ち抜くと共に、各注出孔3及び通気孔4を塞ぐ設定位置に打ち抜かれたテープシール材8が貼り付けられる。尚、シール材の持ち上げ部をシボ成形しているのは、持ち上げ易くする(指で摘んで力を入れた際に滑りにくくする)ためである。この工程のべ−シックエンドとシ−ル材とは、図6に示すように、塗装被膜層2a,2bを有する円形のべ−シックエンドを一方向に間欠的に移動させ、そのシールカット&プレシール工程位置にてシール材をプレート材とは直交する方向に間欠的に移動させるという流れにより行なわれる。尚、缶蓋(べ−シックエンド)のフィード方式は、ベルト,スライドバー,ターレット方式等を採用する。また、シール材のフィード方式は、コイルフィードで、スクラップ(スケルトン)は巻き取りとする。
【0033】
ヒートシール工程では、上記にように、加熱された下型10及び上型11を用いて加圧することにより、各孔3,4の切断端面7及び各孔3,4の周囲のパネル板2の内面までPPフィルム8eにより被覆される。尚、プレヒート工程及びヒートシール工程は、1工程でも良いが、これを数工程に増やすことによりスピードアップが可能である。
【0034】
図7及び図8にシールカット&プレシール工程に配置されるシールカット&プレシール装置を示す。図7,8において、20は缶蓋、21はシール材、22は下型、23はパンチカッター、24はブッシュ(セラミック)、25はブッシュホルダー、26はパンチストリッパー、27はダイカッター、28は第1コイルスプリング、29は第2コイルスプリング、30はストリッパープッシュピン、31は第3コイルスプリングである。下型22はプレシール工程では上面フラットであり、ヒータ及び熱電対(温度制御用)を付属している。上記実施の形態では、テープシール材の最内層の熱可塑性樹脂として、耐熱性に優れているポリプロピレンを使用したので、缶蓋の内外面に塗布する塗料中に、変性ポリプロピレン粉体を混入させたが、高い耐熱性を要求されない缶詰の場合には、テープシール材の最内層の熱可塑性樹脂として、例えば、ポリエチレンが使用でき、その場合には、缶蓋内外面に塗布する塗料中に混入する熱可塑性樹脂粉体として、変性ポリプロピレンよりも変性ポリエチレン又は変性ポリエチレンとポリエチレンとの混合物の方が好ましいことは言うまでもない。
【0035】
【発明の効果】
請求項1記載の発明にあっては、両面に塗装を施した金属板から、所定の形状の開口部を打ち抜いて開口部を形成した缶蓋を成形し、該缶蓋に設けられている数の開口部と同じ数であって、対応する位置の該開口部の大きさよりもわずかに小径の凸部を備え、該凸部の周辺部分に、該開口部の直径よりも大径となっている外周径と該開口部の直径よりも小径となっている内周径とを有する環状の窪み部が形成されていると共に、予め加熱されている金型上に、対応する位置にある該開口部の中心と該凸部の中心とが一致するように位置合わせして該缶蓋を載置する事により該缶蓋を加熱し、少なくとも一方の側が熱接着性の熱可塑性樹脂層から形成されている開封片を、該開封片の該熱可塑性樹脂層が該缶蓋の外面側の該開口部周辺部に対面する状態で、該缶蓋の外面側の該開口部周辺部と前記金型の凸部上にかけて載置し、次に、該開口部周辺部に対面する位置にある開封片の該熱可塑性樹脂層とは反対側を、加熱した押圧板で押圧する事により、該開口部周辺部と対面している該開封片の熱可塑性樹脂層を該缶蓋の外面側の該開口部周辺部と熱接着させると共に、該開口部に対応する部分の該熱可塑性樹脂層の樹脂を軟化変形させて押し出し、前記環状の窪み部に流れ込ませ該樹脂により開口部の切断端面を被覆し、更に該缶蓋内面側の開口部周辺部と熱接着させることを特徴とする
請求項1に記載の発明では、開口部の切断端面を被覆する樹脂は、缶蓋外面と対面する側の開封片を構成する熱接着性の熱可塑性樹脂とし、開封片を缶蓋外面側の開口部周辺部に熱接着する際に、その熱を利用して熱可塑性樹脂を軟化変形させ、軟化した樹脂を、押圧板と金型とによる押圧力によって、開口部の大きさよりもわずかに小径の金型の凸部によって生じている各開口部と各凸部との間隙部分にそれぞれ押し出し、更に、窪み部に押し込んで、軟化した樹脂を窪み部の形状に沿って流れ込ませることにより、該樹脂により開口部の切断端面を被覆させ、更に、該樹脂と缶蓋内面側の開口部周辺部とを熱接着させることができるので、加工工程がそれほど増加せず、従って、缶蓋製造コストを大幅に上昇させることはないという効果が得られる。
【0036】
請求項2記載の発明にあっては、金型の凸部の周辺部分に形成されている環状の窪み部の外周部分が、外方に行くに従って次第に浅くなる傾斜面を備えているので、開封片を缶蓋外面側の開口部周辺部に熱接着する際に、その熱を利用して開口部に対応する部分の熱可塑性樹脂を軟化変形させ、軟化した樹脂を、押圧板と金型との押圧力により、開口部の大きさよりもわずかに小径の金型の凸部によって生じている各開口部と金型の各凸部との間の間隙部分にそれぞれ押し出し、更に、窪み部に押し込むと、軟化した樹脂は窪み部の外方側へと進み、窪み部の外周部分では外方に行くに従って浅くなっている傾斜面形状に合致した形状の薄肉部となる。この窪み部を埋めた熱可塑性樹脂は、缶蓋の開口部周辺部の内面側を被覆することになるので、缶蓋積み重ね時や缶蓋搬送時及び缶詰製造時等に他の缶蓋や機械部品等が缶蓋内面側の開口部周辺部に接触しても、この部分が剥離することがないという効果が得られる
【0037】
請求項3記載の発明にあっては、金属板の両面に塗装された塗料が、熱硬化性樹脂溶液に変性ポリオレフィン系樹脂粉体を分散させた塗料であって、しかも、塗膜中の変性ポリオレフィン系樹脂粉体の固形分含有量が0.1〜8重量%と成る量であり、また、前記開封片の缶蓋外面側に対面する側の熱接着性の熱可塑性樹脂層が、ポリオレフィン系樹脂からっているので、請求項1又は2に記載の発明の効果に加えて、加熱した押圧板で押圧された開封片の缶蓋外面側と対面するポリオレフィン系の熱可塑性樹脂は、加熱されて軟化変形して開口部周辺部の外面塗膜及び内面塗膜と、容易且つ強固に熱接着すると共に、開封片の剥離前には、高い切断端面被覆性を有し、一方、開封片の剥離時には容易に剥離できるという効果が得られる。
【図面の簡単な説明】
【図1】本発明実施の形態の開封容易缶蓋の製造方法で製造された開封容易缶蓋を示す平面図である。
【図2】本発明実施の形態の開封容易缶蓋の製造方法で製造された開封容易缶蓋を示す底面図である。
【図3】本発明実施の形態の開封容易缶蓋の製造方法で製造された開封容易缶蓋の孔部拡大断面図である。
【図4】本発明実施の形態の開封容易缶蓋の製造方法で製造されたテープシール材の構成を示す図である。
【図5】本発明実施の形態の開封容易缶蓋の製造方法(ヒ−トシ−ル工程)を示す概略図である。
【図6】本発明実施の形態の開封容易缶蓋の製造方法を実際の缶蓋製造ラインに適用した場合の各工程図である。
【図7】本発明実施の形態の開封容易缶蓋の製造方法のシールカット&プレシール工程で用いられる金型オープン時のシールカット&プレシール装置を示す図である。
【図8】本発明実施の形態の開封容易缶蓋の製造方法のシールカット&プレシール工程で用いられる金型シャット時のシールカット&プレシール装置を示す図である。
【符号の説明】
1 缶蓋
2 パネル板
2a,2b 塗装被膜層
3 注出孔
4 通気孔
5 環状溝
6 フランジ部
7 切断端面
8 テープシール材
8a PETフィルム
8b 印刷層
8c アルミニウム箔
8d プライマー層
8e PPフィルム(熱可塑性樹脂層)
[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an easy-to-open can lid in which a previously opened opening of a metal can lid is sealed with a tape (opening piece) having a thermoplastic resin layer on at least the metal can lid surface side. Manufacturing method About.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Cover the pre-opened opening of the metal can lid with an opening piece, and heat-weld the opening piece made of a heat-welding resin on at least the metal can lid side surface of the tape to the periphery. Therefore, it is well known that the can lid can be easily opened. For example, Japanese Patent Publication No. 56-43940 (hereinafter referred to as Conventional Example 1), Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 59-93639 (hereinafter referred to as Conventional Example 2), No. 59-93640 (hereinafter referred to as Conventional Example 3), Japanese Examined Patent Publication No. 60-42101 (hereinafter referred to as Conventional Example 4), and the like.
[0003]
In Conventional Example 1, a film or tape-shaped opening piece having a heat-adhesive thermoplastic resin layer, in which the opening provided in the can lid is composed of a large number of small holes and covers and seals these openings Discloses an easy-to-open can lid provided with a protruding portion fitted in the small holes.
[0004]
In addition, the conventional example 2 protects the cut end face of the opening provided in the can lid, and has a pressure-resistant adhesive property between the peripheral part of the opening and the opening piece and an adhesive property that does not peel even when subjected to a drop impact of the can. In order to obtain a good easy-to-open can lid, the cut end surface of the opening is covered with a thermoplastic resin to protect the can lid by preventing the metal from the can lid from being corroded. A can lid is disclosed in which the lid metal is prevented from being eroded and dissolved in the content liquid), and the opening piece is bonded via the U-shaped thermoplastic resin coating.
[0005]
Further, the invention of the same object as the above-mentioned conventional example 2 is disclosed in the conventional example 3, but in FIGS. 4 and 6, the opening is covered and provided in advance around the opening. The opening piece that is thermally bonded to the adhesive layer and the periphery of the opening on the side opposite to the bonding surface of the opening piece are bonded to the periphery, and the central portion is fitted into the opening and bonded to the opening. An easy-to-open can lid having a protective resin layer made of an adhesive adhesive is disclosed.
[0006]
In addition, the gazette of Conventional Example 4 discloses an easy-to-open can lid in which most of the opening cut edge of the lid member is coated with a thermoplastic resin or a resin composition.
[0007]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
First, the easy-to-open can lid described in the conventional example 1 is corroded by the content liquid contained in the can because the cut end face of the opening is not covered with resin or the like, or the metal of the can lid is the content liquid. Therefore, it cannot be used for can lids of cans filled with foods, beverages or the like that may corrode the can lids.
[0008]
Next, the easy-to-open can lid disclosed in the conventional example 2 is such that after the cut end surface of the opening is coated with a U-shaped thermoplastic resin, the opening piece is welded to the coating resin. The metal does not dissolve in the content liquid from the cut end of the metal or the cut end corrodes, but it is complicated and multi-step (the process of thermo-bonding the thermoplastic resin film with the opening to the inner surface of the can lid, inside the opening of the resin film The process of covering the cut end face of the opening with a thermoplastic resin in a U-shaped cross section in the process of pushing into the outer surface of the can lid, and the process of thermally bonding the open piece to the outer surface of the can lid). There is a problem that the manufacturing cost of the can lid becomes high.
[0009]
Moreover, the easy-to-open can lid described in the conventional example 3 is excellent in preventing corrosion of the cut end face of the opening and preventing elution of the metal in the can lid into the content liquid. After the layers are bonded, the opening piece is thermally bonded to the adhesive layer, and then a film made of a sticky adhesive is bonded to the opposite surface of the opening, and the central portion is projected to the opening. Therefore, there are problems that the number of steps is increased, the productivity is poor, and the manufacturing cost of the can lid is increased.
[0010]
Furthermore, since the easy-to-open can lid described in Conventional Example 4 requires a step of covering the cut end face of the opening with a thermoplastic resin and a step of thermally bonding the opening piece to the coated resin, Although not as much as the can lid described in the published patent gazettes (conventional examples 2 and 3), there are still many manufacturing processes and the manufacturing cost of the can lid increases, and the can lid described in the conventional example 2 Rather than being coated with a plastic resin in a U-shaped cross section, only the portion that is flush with the cut end surface is coated with the thermoplastic resin, so that the can lid at the time of can making and can manufacturing There is a risk of peeling from the joint between the coating film on the metal surface and the thermoplastic resin layer due to impact such as transport of the metal, causing penetration of the canned content liquid from this joint, causing peeling, or corroding the metal. is there.
[0011]
The present invention solves the above-described problems of the prior art, that is, reliably suppresses contact between the cut end face of the opening and the contents. for Cans filled with food and beverages It is useful for An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing an easy-to-open can lid, which has a simple process, a low productivity, and a low production cost.
[0012]
[Means and Actions for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above problems, the invention according to claim 1 is applied to both sides. A can lid having an opening formed by punching a predetermined shape of an opening from a metal plate subjected to the same shape as the number of openings provided in the can lid, and corresponding positions A convex portion having a diameter slightly smaller than the size of the opening is provided, and an outer peripheral diameter that is larger than the diameter of the opening and a diameter that is smaller than the diameter of the opening are provided in a peripheral portion of the convex portion. An annular recess having an inner peripheral diameter is formed, and the center of the opening and the center of the projection at the corresponding position are aligned on a preheated mold. The can lid is heated by positioning the can lid, and at least one side of the opened piece formed of a thermoadhesive thermoplastic resin layer is used as the thermoplastic resin of the opened piece. In the state where the layer faces the periphery of the opening on the outer surface side of the can lid, the periphery of the opening on the outer surface side of the can lid And then pressing the opposite side of the unsealed piece at the position facing the periphery of the opening with the heated pressing plate. The thermoplastic resin layer of the opening piece facing the periphery of the opening is thermally bonded to the periphery of the opening on the outer surface side of the can lid, and the portion of the thermoplastic resin corresponding to the opening is The resin of the layer is softened and deformed and extruded to flow into the annular recess, and the cut end surface of the opening is covered with the resin, and further, the resin is thermally bonded to the periphery of the opening on the inner surface of the can lid It is characterized by that.
In the invention according to claim 1, The resin that covers the cut end surface of the opening is a thermo-adhesive thermoplastic resin that constitutes the opening piece on the side facing the outer surface of the can lid, and when the opening piece is thermally bonded to the periphery of the opening on the outer side of the can lid Further, the heat is used to soften and deform the thermoplastic resin, and the softened resin is generated by the convex portion of the mold having a diameter slightly smaller than the size of the opening due to the pressing force of the pressing plate and the mold. Extruded into the gap between each opening and each convex part, and further pushed into the depression, and the softened resin flows along the shape of the depression, so that the cut end surface of the opening by the resin In addition, the resin and the periphery of the opening on the inner surface of the can lid can be thermally bonded, so that the processing steps do not increase so much, and therefore the manufacturing cost of the can lid does not increase significantly. .
[0013]
The invention according to claim 2 is an easy-to-open can lid according to claim 1. Manufacturing method In the above The outer peripheral portion of the annular recess formed in the peripheral portion of the convex portion of the mold has an inclined surface that gradually becomes shallower as it goes outward. It is characterized by being.
[0014]
In the invention according to claim 2, Since the outer peripheral part of the annular recess formed in the peripheral part of the convex part of the mold has an inclined surface that gradually becomes shallower as it goes outward, the opening piece is the peripheral part of the opening part on the outer side of the can lid When the heat bonding is performed, the portion of the thermoplastic resin corresponding to the opening is softened and deformed using the heat, and the softened resin is generated by the convex portion of the mold having a diameter slightly smaller than the size of the opening. Extruded into the gap between each opening and each convex part of the mold, and further pushed into the recess, the softened resin proceeds to the outside of the recess, and at the outer periphery of the recess It becomes a thin-walled portion having a shape that matches the inclined surface shape that becomes shallower as it goes outward. The thermoplastic resin that fills the dent covers the inner surface of the peripheral portion of the opening of the can lid. .
[0015]
The invention according to claim 3 is an easy-to-open can lid according to claim 1 or 2. Manufacturing method In both sides of the metal plate Painted paint However, the thermosetting resin solution Liquid Paint in which modified polyolefin resin powder is dispersed Moreover, the solid content of the modified polyolefin resin powder in the coating film is 0.1 to 8% by weight, and The thermal adhesiveness of the side facing the outer surface of the can lid of the opened piece Heat of The plastic resin layer is made of a polyolefin resin.
[0016]
Claim 3 Invention described in so Is Metal plate Painted on both sides The coated paint is a paint in which the modified polyolefin resin powder is dispersed in a thermosetting resin solution, and the solid content of the modified polyolefin resin powder in the coating film is 0.1 to 8 wt. %, And the thermoadhesive thermoplastic resin layer on the side facing the outer surface of the can lid of the opening piece is made of a polyolefin-based resin. The thermoplastic resin facing the outer surface of the can lid is softened and deformed by heating, and easily and firmly heat-bonds with the outer surface coating and inner surface coating around the opening. .
[0018]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Embodiments of the present invention will be described below.
[0019]
In FIG. 1 to FIG. 3, the easy-open can lid 1 having the panel plate 2 in the center portion is made of a metal such as an aluminum alloy material or a steel material (tin-plated steel plate, nickel-plated steel plate, electrolytic chromate-treated steel plate), The coating film layers 2a and 2b are formed on both sides, and the flange portion 6 provided on the outer periphery of the panel board 2 is usually double-rolled with the can body and used as a beverage can. An annular groove 5 is formed on the outer periphery of the panel plate 2, and there are a large number of small pouring holes 3 (openings) on the panel plate 2 in the vicinity of the annular groove 5. It can be in various forms. Further, the vent hole 4 (opening) is provided on the opposite side of the pouring hole 3 with respect to the lid center. However, the vent hole 4 may be omitted, but when the diameter of the pouring hole 3 is extremely small, it is desirable to add it in consideration of the outflow time of the contents. In FIG. 1, the extraction hole 3 is arranged in a circle around the single hole 3, and forms an extraction opening 3 a as a whole.
[0020]
Next, the tape sealing material 8 will be described. The tape seal material 8 (opening piece) covers the extraction opening 3a and the vent hole 4 from above the coating film layer 2a on the outer surface side of the panel plate 2, and the peripheral portions of these openings 3a and 4 It is an easily peelable member that is heat-bonded so as to be closely attached.
As an example of the configuration of the tape sealing material 8, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the outermost layer includes a PET film 8a having a thickness of about 25 μm, and a printing layer 8b having a thickness of about 2 μm (printing ink layer and its printing layer). Lower primer layer), about 25 μm thick aluminum foil 8c, about 1 μm thick primer layer 8d (adhesive layer), and innermost layer uses about 130 μm thick polypropylene film 8e (PP film) did. First, the PET film 8a was used for covering the aluminum foil 8c. For example, a biaxially-stretched espet film T-4100 manufactured by Toyobo can be cited as an example. The lower printing layer 8b may be omitted, but it can be used for instructing an opening method or by providing an advertisement, thereby providing a can lid having a high advertising effect. For example, as the printing ink, an ink that conforms to “Voluntary Regulations on Printing Inks for Food Packaging Materials” of the Printing Ink Industry Association and the Printing Ink Varnish Industry Association is used. A pigment is used as the colorant. Further, the lower aluminum foil 8c is used because it has no gas permeability and a required strength can be obtained, but a film with low gas permeability may be used instead of the aluminum foil 8c. For example, about the aluminum foil 8c, the foil etc. of A1N30H-O (99.3% aluminum soft foil) of JIS-H4160 are mentioned. In the lower layer, as the primer layer 8d for bonding the aluminum foil 8c and the innermost PP film 8e, an olefin monomer such as ethylene, propylene, butene and the like, maleic acid, maleic anhydride, acrylic acid Modified polyolefins obtained by copolymerization of ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acids such as, modified polyolefins obtained by graft polymerization of ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acids or their acid anhydrides to polyolefins such as polyethylene, polypropylene, and polybutene, or these modified polyolefins Mitsui, which is a dispersion of a resin powder (preferably a powder having a particle size of 0.1 to 50 μm) in a solvent, such as a hydrocarbon solvent dispersion of non-chlorine-modified polypropylene. Examples include Chemical Unistor R-100K. Finally, the innermost polypropylene film 8e is safe for food hygiene, has excellent heat resistance, has a strong film strength even after retorting, and has improved impact strength and low-temperature impact by retorting. An unstretched PP film excellent in oil resistance, chemical resistance and water resistance was used. For example, Tosero CP film RXC-11 manufactured by Tosero can be used.
[0021]
Each pouring hole 3 and vent hole 4 have a cut end face 7 (see FIG. 3). When the panel board 2 is made of metal, the cut end face 7 corrodes the panel board 2 and the inside of the can. Coated to prevent flavor contamination of contents. This is because the panel plate 2 is usually coated with a protective coating or the like on the inner surface of the lid so that the metal after molding is not in direct contact with the metal, and the outer surface of the lid is similarly coated with the protective coating or the like. Such a coating process is usually a state of a strip-shaped metal plate (or a flat plate cut to a predetermined size) before forming the lid, and is similarly performed for the present invention, and the coating film layers 2a and 2b. Is forming. Accordingly, the holes 3 and the vent holes 4 are also formed after being covered with the coating film layers 2a and 2b made of protective paint. This is because the cover is formed after the lid is formed and the holes 3 and 4 are formed because the production method is different from the current method and new equipment is required, the running cost is increased, and it is not economical. Moreover, it is difficult to cover even the cut end face of a small hole, and expensive equipment is required.
[0022]
Next, the protective paint on the outer surface and inner surface of the panel plate 2 will be described. Examples of protective coatings include epoxy-phenolic resin coatings and epoxy-urea resin coatings (epoxy-amino resin coatings, epoxy-acrylic resins, amino acids) that are used in ordinary steon tub lids (hereinafter referred to as SOT lids). In the present invention, carbonization of non-chlorine-modified polypropylene, which is a primer used for bonding the aluminum foil 8c of the tape sealing material 8 and the PP film 8e, may be used. The hydrogen-based solvent dispersion is applied to the surface on the outer surface side of the lid in a mixed ratio of 5 to 25 wt% with respect to the epoxy-urea resin coating solution, and the surface on the inner surface side of the lid is applied. It is mixed and applied at a ratio of 15 to 25 wt% with respect to the epoxy-phenolic resin coating solution. In addition, not only the modified polypropylene (modified polyolefin) powder but also the polypropylene (polyolefin) powder may be dispersed in the dispersion (dispersion) mixed with the coating solution. Further, the coating amount was set to be almost the same as that of the current SOT lid. For example, the outer surface coating amount is 40 to 60 mg / dm2, the inner surface coating amount is 100 to 120 mg / dm2. The coating film mixed with the primer provides a low bond strength type, that is, a strong bond between the PP film 8e and the panel plate 2, but the consumer tries to drink the content liquid, In order to open the vent holes 4, it is desirable that the tape sealing material 8 can be easily peeled off from the panel plate 2 when the tape sealing material 8 is peeled off from the peripheral panel portions of these holes. From that viewpoint, the solid content of the modified polypropylene in the coating film is preferably 0.1 to 8 wt%. In the present embodiment, the aluminum foil 8c of the tape sealing material 8 and the PP film 8e are bonded by thermosetting for thermal bonding between the PP film 8e of the tape sealing material 8 and the panel plate 2. The same primer as the primer mixed with the water-soluble resin coating solution (PP film and modified polypropylene powder with good thermal adhesion dispersed in a solvent) was used alone, but this was because the aluminum foil 8c of the tape sealing material 8 was used. This is because the bond between the PP film 8e and the PP film 8e needs to be stronger than the bond between the PP film 8e of the tape sealing material 8 and the panel plate 2. If not, when the tape sealing material 8 is peeled off, it may be peeled off between the aluminum foil 8c and the PP film 8e.
[0023]
And by sticking the tape sealing material 8 to the panel board 2 by the heat seal molding described below, the PP film layer 8e covers the cut end faces 7 of the respective pouring holes 3 and the vent holes 4 as shown in FIG. In addition, the coating film layer 2b on the inner surface side of the panel plate 2 in the periphery of each of the pouring holes 3 and the vent holes 4 is also coated (inner surface coating portion 8e '), and the coating film layer on the inner surface side of the panel plate 2 Bonded to 2b.
[0024]
Next, a method for manufacturing the easy-to-open can lid 1 will be described.
[0025]
The schematic of the manufacturing method of the easy-to-open can lid 1 is shown in FIG. First, before the heat seal molding shown in FIG. 5 (a), the panel plate 2 in which the tape seal material 8 is placed on the heated lower mold 10 (the flange portion 6 is preferably formed on the outer periphery in advance). ). The shape of the lower mold 10 is smaller than the diameter of each of the pouring holes 3 and the vent holes 4 (for example, when the hole diameter is 5.5 mm, the diameter is 4.8 mm), and the height is a panel. Protrusions 12 that are substantially the same as the thickness of the plate 2 are provided so as to correspond to all the pouring holes 3 and the vent holes 4 (the centers of the convex parts 12 and the centers of the pouring holes 3 and the vent holes 4). When the panel plate 2 is placed on the lower mold 10 around each convex portion 12, the diameter of each of the holes 3 and 4 is slightly larger (for example, the diameter of the hole). When the diameter is 5.5 mm, the diameter is 6.2 mm.), And an annular depression 13 having a depth of 0.05 ± 0.02 mm at the deepest portion is provided, and each annular depression 13 is at least In the outer peripheral portion, it is desirable to have an inclined surface that gradually becomes shallower from the center of the convex portion 12 toward the outer peripheral portion. The reason why the depth of the deepest part is set to 0.05 ± 0.02 mm is that the thickness of the thermoplastic resin layer that is thermally bonded to the inner surface of the can lid around each of the holes 3 and 4 (this The thickness of the thickest portion of the thermoplastic resin layer on the inner surface of the can lid is thinner than the value in this range (the deepest portion of the annular recess 13). If the depth is shallower than the value in this range), the covering of the edge portion of the cut end face of each hole 3 and 4 is too thin and the performance of preventing corrosion by the content liquid is lowered, and each hole 3 and 4 is taped. The thermoplastic resin layer (PP film) of the tape sealing material 8 melted by heat at the time of heat sealing with the sealing material 8 is difficult to flow into the annular recess 13 and is thermally bonded between the covering of the cut end surface and the inner surface of the can lid On the other hand, if the thickness of the thickest part is thicker than this range, Upon removal of the Lumpur material 8, because feathering occurs. Further, by providing the annular recess 13 having the above-described structure surrounding the convex portion 12, the PP film layer 8e, which is the innermost layer of the tape sealing material 8 that is heat-melted by heat when the tape sealing material 8 is thermally bonded, is formed on the panel plate. 2 can easily flow to the inner surface side, and the cut end surfaces of the holes 3 and 4 can be completely covered, and the inner surface of the can lid around the holes 3 and 4 can be covered.
[0026]
Next, as shown in FIG. 5 (b), pressure is applied by the heated upper mold 11 for pressurization, and the tape sealing material 8 is heat-sealed to the panel plate 2, and the innermost layer of the tape sealing material 8. The PP film 8e is made to flow to the inner surface side of the panel plate 2, and the cut end surface 7 of each hole is covered with the PP film 8e. In this heat seal molding, the upper mold 11 is attached to an apparatus to which pressure is applied such as a press. On the other hand, a heated lower mold 10 is disposed under the panel plate 2. In addition, the shape of the upper mold 11 is provided with a step in the thickness direction so that only the peripheral portions of the holes 3 and 4 can be strongly pressed. The reason is that when the entire surface is flat, in the method of the present invention, in order to push the PP film 8e into the groove of the lower mold 10, the peel strength between the tape sealing material 8 and the panel plate 2 is not limited to the holes 3 and 4. Is not desirable because it becomes too high, and the PP film 8e, which is the innermost layer of the tape sealing material 8, can easily flow along the shape of the annular recess 13 of the lower mold 10. Another reason is that the film 8e is more economical than the case where the entire surface of the film 8e is flat.
[0027]
As a result, as shown in FIG. 5 (b), the cut end faces 7 of the holes 3 and 4 can be covered with the PP film 8e. Further, in the case of this manufacturing method, not only the cutting end face 7 of each hole 3, 4 can be covered but also the inner face of the panel plate 2. By the way, since each hole 3 and 4 was opened after painting on the metal plate of the panel plate 2 as described above, the cut end surface 7 has poor adhesion to the tape sealing material 8 in each hole 3 and 4 where the metal surface is exposed. Because the outer and inner surfaces of the panel board 2 are coated with a thermosetting resin coating in which a thermoplastic resin (PP film) as the innermost layer of the tape seal material 8 and a primer (modified polypropylene) having high adhesive properties are dispersed. The outer surface of the panel plate 2 and the innermost layer of the tape sealing material 8 and the inner surface of the panel plate 2 and the innermost layer of the tape sealing material 8 are bonded and bonded together by primer (modified polypropylene) particles and thermoplastic resin (polypropylene), respectively. That is, there is no possibility that the covering of the cut end face 7 existing between the two will be peeled off. Moreover, since the cut end surface 7 covered with the innermost layer of the tape sealing material 8 does not come into direct contact with the content liquid, the content liquid is safe. Furthermore, it is economical because not only the number of processing steps for covering the cut end faces of the holes 3 and 4 but also the material cost is low.
[0028]
Next, based on FIG. 6, FIG. 7 and FIG. 8, how the manufacturing method of the easy-to-open can lid 1 is applied in manufacturing can lids in an actual mass production system will be described.
[0029]
First, in the basic end molding step, generally, a substantially circular disc punching molding from a strip-shaped metal plate or flat plate, an annular groove 5 molding, and a flange portion 6 molding on the outer periphery of the lid are performed by press molding. In the present embodiment, the basic end molding is performed using the same manufacturing equipment as that of a normal SOT lid. In the subsequent process, another press is used to form while moving intermittently.
[0030]
In the end piercing process, each of the pouring holes 3 and the vent holes 4 are opened by punching.
[0031]
In the preheating process, the basic end panel plate 2 that has undergone the end piercing process is heated by being sandwiched between heated upper and lower molds.
[0032]
In the seal cutting & pre-sealing process, a part (corresponding to the lifting part) is punched into a required shape with a seal material molded in advance into a required shape, and is punched into a set position that closes each pouring hole 3 and vent hole 4 The tape sealing material 8 is affixed. The reason why the lifting portion of the sealing material is formed is to make it easy to lift (to make it difficult to slip when a force is applied by picking it with a finger). As shown in FIG. 6, the basic end and seal material of this process are such that the circular basic end having the coating film layers 2a and 2b is moved intermittently in one direction, and the seal cut & The sealing material is intermittently moved in a direction orthogonal to the plate material at the pre-sealing process position. A can lid (basic end) feed system employs a belt, slide bar, turret system, or the like. Further, the feed method of the sealing material is coil feed, and scrap (skeleton) is taken up.
[0033]
In the heat sealing step, as described above, by applying pressure using the heated lower mold 10 and upper mold 11, the cut end surface 7 of each hole 3, 4 and the panel plate 2 around each hole 3, 4. The inner surface is covered with the PP film 8e. The preheating step and the heat sealing step may be one step, but the speed can be increased by increasing the number of steps to several steps.
[0034]
7 and 8 show a seal cut & pre-seal device arranged in the seal cut & pre-seal process. 7 and 8, 20 is a can lid, 21 is a sealing material, 22 is a lower mold, 23 is a punch cutter, 24 is a bush (ceramic), 25 is a bush holder, 26 is a punch stripper, 27 is a die cutter, and 28 is a die cutter. The first coil spring, 29 is a second coil spring, 30 is a stripper push pin, and 31 is a third coil spring. The lower die 22 is flat on the top surface in the pre-sealing process, and includes a heater and a thermocouple (for temperature control). In the above embodiment, polypropylene having excellent heat resistance is used as the innermost thermoplastic resin of the tape sealing material, so modified polypropylene powder is mixed in the paint applied to the inner and outer surfaces of the can lid. However, in the case of cans that do not require high heat resistance, for example, polyethylene can be used as the thermoplastic resin of the innermost layer of the tape sealing material, and in that case, it is mixed in the paint applied to the inner and outer surfaces of the can lid. Needless to say, as the thermoplastic resin powder, modified polyethylene or a mixture of modified polyethylene and polyethylene is preferable to modified polypropylene.
[0035]
【The invention's effect】
In invention of Claim 1, it paints on both surfaces A can lid having an opening formed by punching a predetermined shape of an opening from a metal plate subjected to the same shape as the number of openings provided in the can lid, and corresponding positions A convex portion having a diameter slightly smaller than the size of the opening is provided, and an outer peripheral diameter that is larger than the diameter of the opening and a diameter that is smaller than the diameter of the opening are provided in a peripheral portion of the convex portion. An annular recess having an inner peripheral diameter is formed, and the center of the opening and the center of the projection at the corresponding position are aligned on a preheated mold. The can lid is heated by positioning the can lid, and at least one side of the opened piece formed of a thermoadhesive thermoplastic resin layer is used as the thermoplastic resin of the opened piece. In the state where the layer faces the periphery of the opening on the outer surface side of the can lid, the periphery of the opening on the outer surface side of the can lid And then pressing the opposite side of the unsealed piece at the position facing the periphery of the opening with the heated pressing plate. The thermoplastic resin layer of the opening piece facing the periphery of the opening is thermally bonded to the periphery of the opening on the outer surface side of the can lid, and the portion of the thermoplastic resin corresponding to the opening is The resin of the layer is softened and deformed and extruded, flows into the annular recess, covers the cut end surface of the opening with the resin, and is further thermally bonded to the periphery of the opening on the inner side of the can lid .
In the first aspect of the invention, , The cut end face of the opening The resin that covers the outer surface of the can lid is a thermo-adhesive thermoplastic resin that constitutes the open piece on the side facing the outer surface of the can lid, and the heat is applied when the open piece is thermally bonded to the periphery of the opening on the outer surface of the can lid. The thermoplastic resin is softened and deformed by utilizing the softened resin, and each opening formed by the convex portion of the mold having a diameter slightly smaller than the size of the opening due to the pressing force of the pressing plate and the mold. Extruding into the gaps with each convex part, and further pushing into the recesses to allow the softened resin to flow along the shape of the recesses, thereby covering the cut end face of the opening with the resin, and Since the resin and the periphery of the opening on the inner surface of the can lid can be thermally bonded, the processing steps do not increase so much, and therefore the can lid manufacturing cost does not increase significantly. The effect is obtained.
[0036]
In the invention according to claim 2, Since the outer peripheral part of the annular recess formed in the peripheral part of the convex part of the mold has an inclined surface that gradually becomes shallower as it goes outward, the opening piece is the peripheral part of the opening part on the outer side of the can lid When the heat bonding is performed, the portion of the thermoplastic resin corresponding to the opening is softened and deformed by using the heat, and the softened resin is pressed more than the size of the opening by the pressing force between the pressing plate and the mold. Extruded into the gap between each opening formed by the convex part of the slightly small-diameter mold and each convex part of the mold, and when further pushed into the concave part, the softened resin is moved outward of the concave part. It progresses to the side, and it becomes a thin part of the shape which matched the inclined surface shape which becomes shallow as it goes outward in the outer peripheral part of a hollow part. The thermoplastic resin that fills this recess will cover the inner surface of the periphery of the opening of the can lid. Even when other can lids or machine parts come into contact with the peripheral part of the opening on the inner surface of the can lid when the can lids are stacked, when the can lids are transported, or when canned products are produced, this part will peel off. The effect that there is no .
[0037]
In invention of Claim 3, Paint painted on both sides of metal plate However, the thermosetting resin solution Liquid Paint in which modified polyolefin resin powder is dispersed Moreover, the solid content of the modified polyolefin resin powder in the coating film is 0.1 to 8% by weight, and The thermal adhesiveness of the side facing the outer surface of the can lid of the opened piece Heat of The plastic resin layer is made of polyolefin resin. Completion ing Because , Claim 1 or 2 invention In addition to the effect of The polyolefin-based thermoplastic resin facing the outer surface side of the can lid of the opening piece pressed by the heated pressing plate is easily heated and softened and deformed, and the outer surface coating film and the inner surface coating film in the periphery of the opening And firmly heat-bonded In addition, it has a high cut end face coverage before peeling of the opened piece. On the other hand, it is easy to peel off when opening the peeled piece. The effect is obtained.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 shows an easy-to-open can lid according to an embodiment of the present invention. Easy-to-open can lid manufactured by the manufacturing method of FIG.
FIG. 2 shows an easy-to-open can lid according to an embodiment of the present invention. Easy-to-open can lid manufactured by the manufacturing method of FIG.
FIG. 3 shows an easy-to-open can lid according to an embodiment of the present invention. Easy-to-open can lid manufactured by the manufacturing method of FIG.
FIG. 4 is an easy-open can lid of the embodiment of the present invention. Manufactured by manufacturing method It is a figure which shows the structure of a tape sealing material.
FIG. 5 is a schematic view showing a manufacturing method (heat seal process) of an easy-to-open can lid according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a process diagram in the case of applying the easy-to-open can lid manufacturing method of the embodiment of the present invention to an actual can lid manufacturing line.
FIG. 7 is a view showing a seal cut & pre-seal device when the mold is opened, which is used in the seal cut & pre-seal process of the manufacturing method of the easy-to-open can lid according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a view showing a seal cut & pre-seal device at the time of mold shut used in a seal cut & pre-seal process of the manufacturing method of the easy-to-open can lid according to the embodiment of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 Can lid
2 Panel board
2a, 2b Paint film layer
3 Pouring hole
4 Ventilation holes
5 annular groove
6 Flange
7 Cutting end face
8 Tape sealant
8a PET film
8b Print layer
8c aluminum foil
8d primer layer
8e PP film (thermoplastic resin layer)

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両面に塗装を施した金属板から、所定の形状の開口部を打ち抜いて開口部を形成した缶蓋を成形し、該缶蓋に設けられている数の開口部と同じ数であって、対応する位置の該開口部の大きさよりもわずかに小径の凸部を備え、該凸部の周辺部分に、該開口部の直径よりも大径となっている外周径と該開口部の直径よりも小径となっている内周径とを有する環状の窪み部が形成されていると共に、予め加熱されている金型上に、対応する位置にある該開口部の中心と該凸部の中心とが一致するように位置合わせして該缶蓋を載置する事により該缶蓋を加熱し、少なくとも一方の側が熱接着性の熱可塑性樹脂層から形成されている開封片を、該開封片の該熱可塑性樹脂層が該缶蓋の外面側の該開口部周辺部に対面する状態で、該缶蓋の外面側の該開口部周辺部と前記金型の凸部上にかけて載置し、次に、該開口部周辺部に対面する位置にある開封片の該熱可塑性樹脂層とは反対側を、加熱した押圧板で押圧する事により、該開口部周辺部と対面している該開封片の熱可塑性樹脂層を該缶蓋の外面側の該開口部周辺部と熱接着させると共に、該開口部に対応する部分の該熱可塑性樹脂層の樹脂を軟化変形させて押し出し、前記環状の窪み部に流れ込ませ該樹脂により開口部の切断端面を被覆し、更に該缶蓋内面側の開口部周辺部と熱接着させることを特徴とする開封容易缶蓋の製造方法From a metal plate that has been coated on both sides, a can lid is formed by punching an opening of a predetermined shape to form an opening, and the number is equal to the number of openings provided on the can lid. A convex portion having a diameter slightly smaller than the size of the opening at a position where the outer peripheral diameter is larger than the diameter of the opening and the diameter of the opening. An annular recess having an inner peripheral diameter that is a small diameter is formed, and the center of the opening and the center of the projection at the corresponding positions are on a preheated mold. The can lid is heated by placing the can lid in alignment with each other, and at least one side of the open piece is formed of a thermoadhesive thermoplastic resin layer. With the thermoplastic resin layer facing the periphery of the opening on the outer surface side of the can lid, the outer surface side of the can lid Place it over the peripheral part of the mouth and the convex part of the mold, and then, with the heated pressing plate, the side opposite to the thermoplastic resin layer of the opening piece at the position facing the peripheral part of the opening By pressing, the thermoplastic resin layer of the opening piece facing the periphery of the opening is thermally bonded to the periphery of the opening on the outer surface side of the can lid, and the portion corresponding to the opening is extruded soften deform the resin of the thermoplastic resin layer, wherein the covering the cut end surface of the opening portion by the resin was flow into the recess portion of the annular, Ru and further the can lid inner surface side opening is periphery and thermal bonding of A method for producing an easy-to-open can lid. 前記金型の凸部の周辺部分に形成されている環状の窪み部の外周部分が、外方に行くに従って次第に浅くなる傾斜面を備えていることを特徴とする請求項1に記載の開封容易缶蓋の製造方法2. The easy opening according to claim 1, wherein an outer peripheral portion of an annular recess formed in a peripheral portion of the convex portion of the mold has an inclined surface that gradually becomes shallower as going outward. Manufacturing method of can lid. 金属板の両面に塗装された塗料が、熱硬化性樹脂溶液に変性ポリオレフィン系樹脂粉体を分散させた塗料であって、しかも、塗膜中の変性ポリオレフィン系樹脂粉体の固形分含有量が0.1〜8重量%と成る量であり、また、前記開封片の缶蓋外面側に対面する側の熱接着性の熱可塑性樹脂層が、ポリオレフィン系樹脂から成っていることを特徴とする請求項1又は2記載の開封容易缶蓋の製造方法Both surfaces painted coating metal plate, a coating material containing dispersed modified polyolefin resin powder in a thermosetting resin dissolved liquid, moreover, the solids content of the modified polyolefin-based resin powder in the coating film There is an amount comprised between 0.1 to 8% by weight, also the characterized in that the opening piece thermoadhesive thermoplastic resin layer on the side facing the can lid outer surface of, consists of a polyolefin resin method of manufacturing easy open can lid according to claim 1 or 2.
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