JP4508808B2 - Transport method and equipment for ultra-thin plastic bottle-type containers - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention proposes a method and a transportation device for transporting an ultra-thin plastic bottle-type container that stores liquid materials such as beverages, detergents, and cosmetics.

  Currently, plastic bottle-type containers such as so-called PET bottles are widely used as containers for storing products such as liquids such as beverages, detergents, and cosmetics.

  As such a plastic bottle-type container, an ultra-thin plastic bottle container in which the container is extremely thin is being used. This ultra-thin plastic bottle-type container has a feature that its volume can be reduced (volume reduction) by being easily crushed or twisted in an empty state. Therefore, there is an advantage that the container itself is not bulky when the container itself is transported or discarded, and there is also an effect of resource saving.

  On the other hand, in this ultra-thin plastic bottle-type container, a shrink label (heat-shrink type label) that is attached to the container and has a product name printed on it and heat-shrinks the plastic film so as to adhere to the bottle-type container. Is used. The shrink label is usually attached by covering the bottle type container with the label and heating / shrinking the label.

For example, Patent Documents 1 and 2 disclose the mounting of a label on a bottle-type container. However, all of these are used to individually attach individual labels to individual bottles, and in order to reduce manufacturing costs and improve transportation efficiency, ultrathin plastic bottle-type containers such as those mentioned above and heat A more efficient strategy that utilizes the features of shrinkable labels is desired.
JP 2000-255530 A JP 2000-289715 A

  An object of the present invention is to make use of the features of the ultra-thin plastic bottle-type container and the heat-shrinkable label as described above, and make it possible to efficiently transport the bottle-type container. The present invention proposes a transportation method for a bottle-type container and a transportation tool used in this method.

The method according to the present invention has an inner diameter larger than the outer diameter of the bottle-type container when transporting an ultra-thin plastic bottle-type container , and can be used as a heat-shrinkable label attached to the bottle-type container . A plurality of cylindrical storage portions for storing one bottle-shaped container are continuously formed, and the bottle-shaped container is placed in a storage case provided with a predetermined cutting portion for separating each storage portion between the storage portions. The bottle-shaped container is housed and transported integrally with the housing case housing the container in a state where the container is crushed into a strip shape and its volume is reduced.

In the transport method according to the present invention, an ultra-thin plastic bottle-type container is stored in a storage case, and then the entire storage case is crushed into a belt shape to reduce the volume for transport. Therefore, it is possible to transport a large amount of bottle-shaped containers at a time without taking up a large space. Delivery from bottle-type container manufacturers to users (beverage manufacturers, etc.) and transportation for disposal after use Can be efficiently performed and can contribute to cost reduction.

In the transportation method according to the present invention, an ultra-thin plastic bottle-type container that has been crushed into a strip shape and reduced in volume along with the storage case may be wound around a columnar support, or folded and stored in a box-shaped packing material. You may do it. As a result, the bottle-shaped container can be efficiently transported.

  Further, in the transportation method according to the present invention, the storage case has not only a case for transporting an ultra-thin plastic bottle-type container, but also a function as a heat-shrinkable label attached to the bottle-type container. is doing. Therefore, a case for individually storing the bottle-type container and the label is not required, and both can be transported at the same time, and transportation efficiency and cost reduction can be achieved. Furthermore, as the heat-shrinkable label, since a unit of the label, that is, a number of labels to be attached to one bottle-type container is continuously provided, and it is configured to be separated for each unit when attached to the bottle-type container, Efficient label mounting work can be performed.

  As the ultra-thin plastic bottle-type container in the present invention, the amount of the plastic material used per unit volume is preferably 0.004 g / ml to 0.025 g / ml. Examples of the material include high-density polyethylene and polyethylene terephthalate. It is desirable to be made of a thermoplastic resin such as polyethylene naphthalate or polypropylene. However, in the ultra-thin plastic bottle-type container according to the present invention, the material is limited to the above as long as it is a material suitable for the molding. It is not a thing.

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

  FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 show an embodiment of a transport device for an ultra-thin plastic bottle container according to the present invention. The present transporting device 1 has a shape in which a large number of cylindrical storage portions 2 are arranged in a line, and a connection portion 3 is provided between the storage portions 2. The thin plastic bottle container 4 is accommodated in the accommodating portion 2 as shown in FIGS.

  The transport device 1 also serves as a heat-shrink label (shrink label) attached to the ultra-thin plastic bottle container 4. Therefore, as shown in an enlarged view in FIG. 1 (b), the connecting portion 3 is provided with a perforation 5, which can be separated for each storage portion 2.

  FIG. 3 shows a state in which the ultra-thin plastic bottle-type container 4 is crushed by a pair of rollers 6 together with the instrument in a state in which the container 4 is accommodated in the accommodating part 3 of the transporting device 1. The present transporting device 1 containing the bottle-type container 4 is transported in the form described later after being deformed in this way.

  FIG. 4 shows an embodiment of the present transport tool 1 during transport. The transport device 1 containing the ultra-thin plastic bottle-shaped container 4 is crushed and deformed (see FIG. 3), and then wound around a cylindrical support 8 provided on the base 7. Wrapped. In this state, the ultra-thin plastic bottle container 4 is loaded and transported on a truck, a freight car or the like.

  In addition, as a method of winding the transporting device 1 around the support 8, a single transporting device 1 is wound in a string form in FIG. A plurality of tools 1 wound one by one concentrically (spirally) may be stacked one above the other.

  On the other hand, FIG. 5 shows another form of the present transport tool 1 during transport. The transporting device 1 crushed together with the stored ultra-thin plastic bottle-type container 4 is folded in multiples, stored in a box-shaped packing material (for example, a cardboard box) 9, and transported in that state.

  Next, the transport procedure of the ultra-thin plastic bottle-type container by the transport method according to the present invention will be described.

  First, the ultra-thin plastic bottle-type container 4 is stored in the storage part 2 of the transport instrument 1 (see FIGS. 1 and 2), and then the roller-type container 4 is crushed together with the transport instrument 1 by the roller 6 to reduce the volume. (See Fig. 3). Then, for example, it is transported to the user (beverage manufacturer, etc.) in the form shown in FIG. 4 or FIG.

  Thereafter, the user separates the delivered transport instrument 1 from the perforation 5 provided in the connection part 3 and the storage part 2 respectively. After that, the ultra-thin plastic bottle container 4 stored in the storage unit 2 is returned to its original shape (the shape immediately after manufacturing or the shape after filling the contents) by introducing air or the like into the inside. Further, the storage portion is heated and brought into close contact with the bottle-type container 4.

  As described above, in the present invention, the transport device for an ultra-thin plastic bottle-shaped container has a shape in which a large number of storage units for storing the bottle-shaped container are connected, and the volume is reduced by crushing this together with the bottle-shaped container. Therefore, it is possible to transport a large amount of bottle-type containers at a time. Therefore, it is possible to improve the efficiency of transporting the bottle-type container and reduce the cost.

  In the present invention, the transport device for the ultra-thin plastic bottle-type container not only serves as a case for transport but also functions as a heat-shrinkable label attached to the bottle-type container. As a result, it is possible to improve the efficiency of transporting the bottle-type container and reduce the cost, and it is possible to perform an efficient label mounting operation.

It is a figure which shows the external appearance of the transport equipment by this invention. It is a figure which shows the state which accommodated the bottle type container made from an ultra-thin plastic in the transport tool of FIG. It is a figure which shows the state which is crushing the transport tool of FIG. 2 with the roller. It is a figure which shows one form at the time of transport of the transport tool shown in FIGS. It is a figure which shows the other form at the time of the transport of the transport tool shown in FIGS.

Explanation of symbols

1 Transport equipment
2 Storage section
3 Connection
4 Ultra-thin plastic bottle type container
5 perforations
6 Roller
7 base
8 Support
9 Box-shaped packing material

Claims (5)

When transporting ultra-thin plastic bottle-type containers,
A large number of cylindrical storage portions for storing one bottle-shaped container, which has an inner diameter larger than the outer diameter of the bottle-shaped container and can be used as a heat-shrinkable label to be attached to the bottle-shaped container. The bottle-shaped container is stored in a storage case that is formed in a band shape and is provided with a predetermined cutting portion between the storage units for separation for each storage unit ,
A method for transporting an ultra-thin plastic bottle-shaped container, characterized in that the bottle-shaped container is transported integrally with a storage case storing the bottle-shaped container in a state of being crushed and reduced in volume.   2. The method for transporting an ultra-thin plastic bottle-type container according to claim 1, wherein the storage case crushed in a belt shape is wound around a cylindrical support.   2. The method for transporting an ultra-thin plastic bottle-type container according to claim 1, wherein the storage case crushed in a band shape is folded and stored in a box-shaped packing material.   The ultra-thin plastic product according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the bottle-type container has a plastic material usage amount of 0.004 g / ml to 0.025 g / ml per unit volume. How to transport bottle-type containers.   The ultra-thin plastic bottle mold according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the bottle container is made of a thermoplastic resin such as high-density polyethylene, polyethylene terephthalate, polyethylene naphthalate, or polypropylene. How to transport the container.

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