JP4267472B2 - Film core and film supply apparatus - Google Patents

Description

  TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a film core used for a film stack around which a low-rigidity adhesive tape or a non-adhesive film is wound, and a film supply apparatus using the core.

  Conventionally, an adhesive tape has a roll shape wound around a paper tube, and is formed with a width of several mm to several hundred mm. On the other hand, non-adhesive films include stretch films used to prevent the collapse of goods and wrap films for food packaging. These films are rolls wound around a paper tube. , With a width of several hundred mm.

  However, in business establishments that use these in large quantities, a large number of used paper tubes have accumulated, making it difficult to dispose of them.

  Therefore, as in Patent Document 1, an auxiliary tool having a plastic cylindrical body in which slits are formed in the axial direction and an end cap is disclosed.

However, with the means of Patent Document 1, the degree of elasticity is small, and the cylindrical body may not be fitted to the deformed film stack, and the film is placed in the slit (space) formed along the axial direction due to a change over time. A step was formed by entering, and this caused wrinkles on the film and a tendency to bend.
JP 2002-332166 A

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems and to provide a film core and a film supply device that can be fitted even with a deformed film stack and reduce the change with time of the film.

The film core according to the first aspect of the present invention is a cylindrical film core having an inner diameter of the innermost layer of the film stack as an outer diameter in the axial direction of the cylinder from one of axial end edges of the cylindrical body. The film core is provided with an elastic piece (3) on the cylindrical body by providing two or more and four or less notch grooves along the cylindrical body.
The film core according to claim 2 is the film core according to claim 1, wherein the cutout groove is cut out from both the upper and lower sides of the axial end edge of the cylindrical body. The film core according to claim 3 is the film core according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the notch groove is inclined with respect to the axial direction of the cylindrical body. The film supply apparatus according to claim 4 inserts the film core according to any one of claims 1 to 3 into the film stack, and has end caps at one or both ends of the film core. It is the attached film supply apparatus.

  In the first aspect of the present invention, even with a deformed film stack, the film stack can be restored to its original shape by the rigidity of the film core, and can be wound around a conventional paper tube. The film was handled in exactly the same manner as the film stack, and the change with time of the film after fitting could be reduced.

  In the invention according to claim 2, since the notch groove is notched from both the upper and lower sides of the axial end edge of the cylindrical body, the overall stress relaxation of the film core can be achieved, so it can withstand long-term use. I was able to.

  In the invention of claim 3, since the notch groove is inclined with respect to the axial direction of the cylindrical body, and further the stress relaxation of the entire film core can be achieved, it can withstand long-term use. did it.

  In the invention according to claim 4, with the above configuration, even a film supply apparatus or a deformed film stack can be fitted, and the change with time of the film can be reduced.

  The elastic piece is provided by providing a cutout groove extending in the axial direction or obliquely with respect to the axial direction in the film core, when fitted to the inner periphery of the deformed film stack, This is to follow the degree of deformation of the film stack.

  The notch groove is notched from the edge of the film core, and the width of the notch groove is preferably in the range of 1 to 20 mm, preferably 5 to 15 mm. This is because if the width of the notch groove is less than 1 mm, the elastic piece collides with the opposing elastic piece when bending inward, and if it is larger than 20 mm, the film enters the notch groove and the film is crumpled. This is because it will be attached. If the notch length of the notch groove is too short, the elastic effect of the elastic piece cannot be exerted, and if it is too long, the film will enter the notch groove and the film will be wrinkled. 50 to 95% is preferable. As the notch direction, any of an axial direction and a direction inclined with respect to the axial direction can be adopted. When the inclined direction is adopted, stress relaxation of the entire film core can be achieved.

  The notch direction of the notch groove is effective when an elastic piece is formed only on one side of the film core and a film stack is inserted in that direction. When the cutout groove is provided in both directions, stress relaxation of the entire film core can be achieved, and the film core can be used repeatedly over a longer period than the film core having a cutout groove cut out from one direction.

  The minimum value of the number of the notch grooves is 2 because the degree of elasticity is small with one and the film core may not be fitted to the deformed film stack.

The maximum value of the number of notch grooves is four. This is because if the cut groove is provided exceeding this value, the shape retention of the film core itself deteriorates when the film core is repeatedly used.

  The film core is a cylindrical body, and the inner diameter of the cylinder is equivalent to the inner diameter of a conventional paper tube (for example, 3 inches, about 76.2 mm), and the plate thickness can be selected as appropriate. 3.3mm).

  The material for the film core is rigid so that it does not bend even if the film stack is held on its outer periphery. For example, synthetic resin such as polyethylene resin, polyvinyl chloride resin, polypropylene resin, aluminum, stainless steel, etc. There are metals and composites of these. As the manufacturing method, there are an integral molding by injection molding using a synthetic resin, a method of processing a pipe after molding by extrusion molding, and a method of cutting from a lump.

  As a film wound as the film laminate of the present invention, not only a simple film but also a thick sheet, a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape having a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer laminated on a sheet, or the like can be appropriately selected.

  Hereinafter, Example 1 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a film core 1 showing Example 1 of the present invention, and Table 1 describes the number of notched grooves and their evaluation in this example, other examples and comparative examples. .

  “Film weight deformation rate Y / X” in Table 1 can be mounted when the film core of each example and each comparative example is fitted to a film of each deformation rate using the deformed film weight. The sample was marked with ◯, although difficult, it was marked with Δ, and the sample that could not be worn was marked with ×. 0.8, 0.65, and 0.5 in Table 1 are aspect ratios obtained by dividing the longest diameter X from the shortest diameter Y in the inner diameter of the deformed film stack, and the degree of deformation is such that the deformation rate approaches 1. It is so small that it is close to 0 and it is large.

  The “deformation of the core” in Table 1 shows that when a normal film stack was attached to and detached from the film core of each example and each comparative example 100 times, there was no discoloration or deformation at the base end of the elastic piece of the film core A sample was evaluated as ◯, a sample that was not deformed but discolored (whitened) was evaluated as Δ, and a sample that was discolored and deformed was rated as ×.

As shown in FIG. 1, the film core 1 of Example 1 has an outer diameter of 83.5 mm, a wall thickness of 3.3 mm, and a height of 50 mm, and is integrally formed by injection molding into a cylindrical shape with polypropylene resin. It has been done. The film core is provided with two cutout grooves 2 cut out from both edges thereof. The cutout groove 2 has an angle of 45 °, a width of 5 mm, and an axial direction with respect to the axial direction of the film core. It is formed to a depth of 40 mm . Other examples and comparative examples described later are the same as the present example except for the points mentioned.

  In Example 1, the elastic piece 3 was deformed like a leaf spring in accordance with the shape of the film stack, so that it was difficult to mount at a deformation ratio of 0.5, but the film stack was deformed. Also, the shape of the film core itself could be restored, and the film core itself did not change over time.

  A film supply apparatus using the film core 1 of Example 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the film supply apparatus. The film supply apparatus winds an adhesive tape 5 having a tape base material made of polypropylene and an adhesive layer laminated on the tape base material around a core 6 formed of a material (polypropylene) of the same quality as the tape base material. The film core 4 shown in FIG. 1 is interposed between the dispenser 7 and the film stack 4 in the film supply apparatus in which the film stack 4 is attached to the dispenser 7.

  In the present film supply apparatus, the inner diameter of the film core 1 is the same as the inner diameter of a conventional film (adhesive tape) roll wound around a paper tube, so that the existing dispenser 7 can be used without modification. In the same manner as above, the adhesive tape 5 could be used up to the end.

As shown in FIG. 3, the film core 1 of Example 2 has an outer diameter of 83.5 mm, a wall thickness of 3.3 mm, and a height of 500 mm, and is integrally formed by injection molding into a cylindrical shape with polypropylene resin. It is a thing. The film core is provided with two cutout grooves 2 cut out from both end edges thereof. The cutout groove 2 has an angle of 15 °, a width of 10 mm, and a depth of 400 mm with respect to the axial direction of the film core. It is formed .

  In Example 2, since the elastic piece 3 is deformed like a leaf spring in accordance with the shape of the film stack, it was difficult to mount at a deformation rate of 0.5, but the film stack was deformed. Also, the shape of the film core itself could be restored, and the film core itself did not change over time.

  A film supply apparatus using the film core 1 of Example 2 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the film supply apparatus. The film supply apparatus is a film in which a polyethylene film 9 having a base material thickness of 25 μm is wound around a core 10 formed of the same material as the film, and a film weight 8 is attached to an end cap 11. In the supply device, the film core 1 shown in FIG. 3 is interposed between the end cap 11 and the film stack 8.

  In this film supply apparatus, since the inner diameter of the film core 1 is the same as the inner diameter of the film core wound around the conventional paper tube, the existing end cap 11 is not modified and the same as in the conventional case. The polyethylene film 9 could be used up to the end.

As shown in FIG. 5, the film core 1 of Example 3 is provided with two cutout grooves 2 of the film core of Example 1 from the same direction, while the angle 0 ° with respect to the axial direction of the film core, It is formed with a width of 5 mm and a depth of 40 mm in the axial direction .

  In Example 3, since the elastic piece 3 is deformed like a leaf spring according to the shape of the film stack, it was difficult to mount at a deformation rate of 0.5, but the film stack was deformed. Although the film was restored to its initial shape, the film core was not deformed but was discolored (whitened).

As shown in FIG. 6, the film core 1 of Example 4 is provided with two notch grooves 2 of the film core of Example 1 from the same direction .

  In Example 4, since the elastic piece 3 is deformed like a leaf spring in accordance with the shape of the film stack, it was difficult to mount at a deformation ratio of 0.5, but the film stack was deformed. Although the film was restored to its initial shape, the film core was not deformed but was discolored (whitened).

Although not shown, the film core of Example 5 is provided with four notch grooves 2 of the film core of Example 1 at equal intervals from both edges .

  In Example 5, all the evaluation items were good.

As shown in FIG. 7, the film core 1 of Example 6 is provided with two cutout grooves 2 of the film core of Example 2 from the same direction, while the angle 0 ° with respect to the axial direction of the film core, It is formed to have a width of 10 mm and an axial depth of 400 mm .

  In Example 6, since the elastic piece 3 was deformed like a leaf spring according to the shape of the film stack, it was difficult to mount at a deformation ratio of 0.5, but the film stack was deformed. Although the film was restored to its initial shape, the film core was not deformed but was discolored (whitened).

As shown in FIG. 8, the film core 1 of Example 7 is provided with two cutout grooves 2 of the film core of Example 2 from the same direction, while an angle of 15 ° with respect to the axial direction of the film core, It is formed to have a width of 10 mm and an axial depth of 400 mm .

  In Example 7, the elastic piece 3 was deformed like a leaf spring according to the shape of the film stack, so that it was difficult to mount at a deformation ratio of 0.5, but the film stack was deformed. Although the film was restored to its initial shape, the film core was not deformed but was discolored (whitened).

Although not shown, the film core 1 of Example 8 is provided with four notch grooves 2 of the film core of Example 2 (see FIG. 4) at equal intervals from both edges .

  In Example 8, all the evaluation items were good.

<Comparative example>
In Comparative Example 1, the film core of Example 1 was not provided with any cutout groove, and in Comparative Example 2, the film core of Example 1 had one cutout groove. In Comparative Example 3, six notch grooves of Example 1 are provided at equal intervals. In the case of the comparative example 3, it is an example which provided the notch groove exceeding the maximum value 4 of the number of notch grooves.

<Evaluation of Examples and Comparative Examples>
As shown in Examples 1 to 8, all of the deformed film stacks could be restored to their original shapes and used. As shown in Examples 1, 2, 5, and 8, the notch direction of the notch groove was preferably inclined and notched from both directions. As shown in Comparative Examples 1 and 2, the number of notch grooves is 0 to 1 and cannot be used for those having a high deformation rate. If the notch groove exceeds S _MAX , The core itself was deformed.

  The present invention relates to a film core that can be restored to its initial shape even when a film core wound on a winding core with low rigidity is deformed, and that changes with time of the film core itself is small. In other invention, it is related with the film supply apparatus using this core for films.

It is a perspective view of the core for films concerning Example 1 of the present invention. It is a disassembled perspective view of the film supply apparatus using the core for films of FIG. It is explanatory drawing of the core for films concerning Example 2 of this invention. It is a disassembled perspective view of the film supply apparatus using the core for films of FIG. It is a perspective view of the core for films concerning Example 3 of the present invention. It is a perspective view of the core for films concerning Example 4 of the present invention. It is a perspective view of the core for films concerning Example 6 of this invention. It is a perspective view of the core for films concerning Example 7 of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Film core 2 Notch groove 3 Elastic piece 4 Film weight 5 Film 6 Core 7 Dispenser 8 Film weight 9 Polyethylene film 10 Core 11 End cap

Claims (4)

In the cylindrical film core (1) having the inner diameter of the innermost layer of the film stack as the outer diameter, two notches (2) are formed along the cylindrical body axial direction from one of the axial end edges of the cylindrical body. A film core in which an elastic piece (3) is provided on the cylindrical body by providing at least four and at least four.   The film core (1) according to claim 1, wherein the cutout groove (2) is cut out from both the upper and lower sides of the axial end edge of the cylindrical body.   The film core (1) according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the notch groove (2) is inclined with respect to the axial direction of the cylindrical body. The film core (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 3 is inserted into the film stack, and an end cap (11) is attached to one or both ends of the film core (1). Film feeder.

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