JP4915801B2 - Scented container - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a container whose opening is sealed by a sheet-like lid that can be broken by pressing with a straw, and in particular, a container with a fragrance that emits a flavor due to a fragrance when the container is opened due to the break of the sheet-like lid. About.

In the container for drinks, the container with a fragrance | flavor which emits the flavor by a fragrance | flavor at the time of opening has been proposed conventionally. That is, in the following Patent Document 1, it is described that by providing an object that generates an odor to the mouth or cap of the bottle, the odor molecule works efficiently on the nose when drinking water, Patent Document 2 below describes that a fragrance component is adsorbed and / or adsorbed or a microcapsule enclosing the fragrance component is attached to a specific portion or the whole of a container.
JP 2000-85777 A JP 2006-168788 A

  By the way, the above-mentioned conventionally known scented containers are all related to a bottle container having a screwed cap, and for example, the opening is sealed by a sheet-like lid called a lid. In the case of a cup container, it is difficult to apply the configurations described in the above patent documents as they are.

  Moreover, in the thing as described in said patent document 1, since the object which generate | occur | produces an odor is provided in the opening of a bottle and the inner surface of a cap, when a consumer opens a container and drinks, If so, the storage space for objects that generate odors obstructs the flow of the beverage, and if it is provided on the inner surface of the cap, It is necessary to hold the cap on the mouth.

  Moreover, in what is described in said patent document 2, in order to provide a fragrance component in the specific location or the whole (for example, screw part of a container), a fragrance component is made to sorb and / or adsorb | suck to a container. When the product is delivered to the consumer, the fragrance component will be volatilized at the time of transportation or display at the store, and the microcapsule enclosing the fragrance component is attached to the screw part of the container. In such a case, the production of the microcapsule becomes troublesome and the production cost is greatly increased.

  An object of the present invention is to solve the above-described problems. Specifically, for a container whose opening is sealed by a sheet-like lid that can be broken by pressing with a straw, a fragrance is used as the container. It is easy to install and does not volatilize the fragrance component of the fragrance before opening, and after opening the fragrance does not interfere with drinking, and an object is to obtain good flavor properties Is.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention provides a container in which an opening is sealed by a sheet-like lid that can be broken by pressing with a straw, and the sheet-like lid has two gas barrier properties. It consists of a sheet member and a fragrance sandwiched between two sheet members, and is characterized in that the sheet members are bonded to each other only at the peripheral part of the sheet-like lid without interposing the fragrance. is there.

  According to the container with a fragrance of the present invention as described above, since the fragrance is provided between the two sheet members constituting the sheet-like lid, compared to the case where the fragrance is microencapsulated, The fragrance can be easily provided on the sheet-like lid as it is, and the productivity is excellent, and the fragrance has a gas barrier property before the container is opened by breaking the sheet-like lid by pressing with a straw. Since it exists in the state sealed between the two sheet members, the fragrance | flavor component of a fragrance | flavor does not volatilize.

  As a result, before the container is opened by breaking the sheet-like lid, it is possible to reliably prevent the fragrance component from being emitted from the fragrance, and the sheet-like lid is opened by breaking the contents with a straw. When drinking, the flavor of the contents is covered with a straw, and even if the flavor does not enter directly from the nose and it is difficult to feel the flavor, it is between the two sheet members (the part where the sheet members are not bonded together) A flavor can be sufficiently felt by the fragrance provided in

  In addition, in the place where the fragrance between the two sheet members is provided, the sheet members are not adhered to each other, so when the sheet-like lid member is broken by the straw, the two sheet members are easily separated, Since the surface area where the fragrance sandwiched between the sheet members is exposed becomes wide and the fragrance component is easily volatilized from the fragrance, the flavor property can be further improved.

  For a container whose opening is sealed by a sheet-like lid that can be broken by pressing with a straw, the fragrance can be easily provided in the container, and before opening, the fragrance component of the fragrance is not volatilized, after opening As shown in the examples below as the best mode, the sheet-like lid is provided with a gas barrier property so that the flavor does not interfere with drinking and a good flavor is obtained. It consists of two sheet members and a fragrance sandwiched between the two sheet members, and the sheet members are bonded to each other without the fragrance only at the periphery of the sheet-like lid. It was realized.

  Hereinafter, one embodiment of a scented container according to the present invention will be described. The container of this embodiment is a cup container whose opening is sealed by a sheet-like lid called a lid, and FIG. As shown in FIG. 1, the cup container 1 is composed of a container body 2 formed of an appropriate material such as a synthetic resin or paper, and a single sheet-like lid body 3 called a lid. One sheet-like lid 3 is integrally bonded to the flange portion 2a formed on the upper edge of the container body 2 by heat bonding by an appropriate heat sealing method such as an ultrasonic sealing method or a high frequency sealing method. Thus, the cup container 1 is sealed.

  In the cup container 1 as described above, the single sheet-like lid 3 for sealing the cup container 1 can be broken by pressing with a straw, and as shown in FIG. It is comprised by the two sheet members 4 and 5 which have gas-barrier property, and the fragrance | flavor 6 pinched | interposed between the two sheet members 4 and 5. FIG. And the sheet members 4 and 5 are adhere | attached, without interposing the fragrance | flavor 6 only in the peripheral part (peripheral part of the sheet-like lid | cover 3).

The two sheet members 4 and 5 constituting one sheet-like lid 3 have a strength that can be easily broken by pressing with a straw even when two sheets are overlapped, and volatilize from the fragrance 6. A gas barrier property that does not allow permeation of perfume components, specifically, a sheet having an oxygen permeability coefficient at 25 ° C. and 50% RH of 10 cc · 20 μm / m ² · day · atm or less, Examples include films made of metal foil as the main component and resin laminated, but not limited to such films. Resin films such as vapor-deposited inorganic substances (metals, metal oxides, silicon oxide, carbon, etc.), and gases A multilayer film including at least one layer of a resin having a small permeability may be used.

  Moreover, about the fragrance | flavor 6 which has a volatile fragrance | flavor component, the same or similar component may be sufficient as the fragrance | flavor of the contents (beverages etc.) accommodated in the container main body 2 of the cup container 1, and it may be a different component. Well, in any case, it is preferable to meet the consumer's preference. Specifically, for example, vanilla vanillin, citrus d-limonene, jasmine benzyl acetate, brackish L -Perfumes such as menthol, lemon essence, strawberry essence.

  As a means for providing the fragrance 6 between the two sheet members 4 and 5, a film-like material in which the fragrance or a composition containing the fragrance is applied to at least one of the sheet members 4 and 5, or the fragrance is impregnated. Can be used between the sheet members 4 and 5 or a perfume can be inserted between the sheet members 4 and 5.

  In addition, as a method of manufacturing the container with a fragrance of the present embodiment, the sheet-shaped lid 3 is formed after the fragrance 6 is provided between the two sheet members 4 and 5 to form one sheet-shaped lid 3. By joining the body 3 to the flange portion 2a of the container body 2 filled with the contents, not only the method of making the cup container 1 provided with a single sheet-like lid 3 but also the contents filled. After the sheet member 5 is joined to the flange portion 2a of the container body 2 and the container is sealed, the fragrance 6 is provided on the upper surface of the sheet member 5 except the peripheral portion, and the fragrance 6 is covered with the sheet member 4. And the method of setting it as the cup container 1 provided with the sheet-like cover body 3 by adhere | attaching the peripheral parts of the sheet members 4 and 5 can also be used.

  According to the scented container of the present embodiment as described above, the scent can be easily applied to the sheet-like lid 3 of the container 1 by simply providing the scent 6 without microencapsulating the scent 6. Can be provided. And the aromatic component of the fragrance | flavor 6 does not volatilize from the container 1 before fracture | rupturing the sheet-like cover body 3 and opening the container 1 by the press with a straw.

  As a result, as shown in FIGS. 2 (A) and 2 (B), when the container 1 is opened by the breakage of the sheet-like lid 3 and the contents are drunk with the straw 7, the flavor of the contents is the straw 7. Even if it is covered and the flavor does not enter directly from the nose and it is difficult to feel the flavor, the flavor is sufficiently felt by the fragrance 6 provided between the two sheet members 4 and 5 of the sheet-like lid 3. be able to.

  Further, at the place where the fragrance 6 between the two sheet members 4 and 5 is provided, the sheet members 4 and 5 are not bonded to each other. The sheet members 4 and 5 are easily peeled, the surface area where the fragrance 6 sandwiched between the sheet members 4 and 5 is exposed is widened, and the fragrance component is easily volatilized from the fragrance 6. Can be improved.

  As mentioned above, although one Example of the container with a fragrance | flavor of this invention was described, this invention is not limited only to the above Examples, For example, about a container used as object, it is a sheet-like cover body. As long as the opening of the container is sealed, it is not limited to the cup container as shown in the embodiments, and other containers may be used, and the design can be appropriately changed. Needless to say.

The longitudinal cross-sectional view which respectively shows (A) the whole container and (B) sheet-like lid about the cup container which concerns on one Example of the container with a fragrance | flavor of this invention. In the cup container shown in FIG. 1, the state where the sheet-like lid is broken and opened by the straw, (A) the whole of the container and (B) the portion broken by the straw of the sheet-like lid, respectively. FIG.

Explanation of symbols

1 container (cup container)
2 Container body 3 Sheet-like lid 4 Sheet member 5 Sheet member 6 Fragrance 7 Straw

Claims (1)

  In a container whose opening is sealed by a sheet-like lid that can be broken by pressing with a straw, the sheet-like lid is sandwiched between two sheet members having gas barrier properties and the two sheet members The sheet | seat member with which the sheet | seat members are adhere | attached without interposing a fragrance | flavor only in the peripheral part of a sheet-like lid body.

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