JP6007890B2 - Caps for containers and containers for liquids - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a container stopper, and more particularly to a container stopper that can be easily opened and a liquid container using the same.

Conventionally, various liquids such as sake, fruit juice drinks, coffee and seasonings are filled and distributed in paper containers with a stopper.
As a spigot attached to such a paper container, a spout main body attached to the top panel of the paper container by an ultrasonic seal or the like, and a spout sealed by being screwed to the spout main body so as to be opened and closed. A screw cap is generally provided.

  In order to hold the filled liquid without degrading the quality until use, the spout main body is normally closed by a pull tab, and when the use is started, the pull tab is pulled out and opened to be ready for use. In many cases, the spout main body and the pull tab are integrally formed of resin or the like, and in order to enable or facilitate the opening, a half cut or the like is applied to the boundary between the two and processed into a thin wall (for example, patents) Reference 1).

Japanese Patent No. 4145085

  However, even with the spigot described in Patent Document 1, a relatively large force is actually required until the pull tab is completely separated from the spout main body and pulled out. Therefore, there is a demand for a plug with lower opening strength that can be easily opened even by a small child or an elderly person.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a container cap that can be more easily opened.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a liquid container that can be easily opened during use.

One aspect of the present invention includes a spout body that has a lumen and is formed in a cylindrical shape, a sealing plate that is integrated with the spout body so as to close the lumen of the spout body, and the sealing A pull tab having a pull ring integrally connected to the plate, and extending across the entire circumference on the surface opposite to the surface to which the pull ring is connected out of both surfaces of the sealing plate and having a cross-sectional shape in the width direction meat thin portion at the boundary between the sealed plate and the spout body by grooves forming a V-shape are formed, opposite to face each other across the center of the blocked plate and the connecting portion between the said sealed plates pull ring In contact with the thin portion adjacent to the region including at least a portion, and on the entire circumference of the inner wall of the spout main body so as to connect the inner wall of the spout main body closer to the pull ring than the sealing plate and the thin portion. There is a reinforcing wall Is, the reinforcing walls, the in cross-section through the center of the opposing part and the sealed plate, without the spout wall and a fixed angle of 30 degrees to 60 degrees or less of the body, the spout body of the internal surface of the trench The container stopper is characterized in that a second reinforcing wall is provided on the side surface .
In the said aspect, when pulling a pull tab and separating a sealing board from a spout main body, the inner wall part of the spout main body connected with the sealing board to the last is supported by a reinforcement wall so that it may not be pulled with a pull tab. The region including the facing portion is supported more stably by the reinforcing wall. When the angle formed between the reinforcing wall and the inner wall of the spout main body on the side of the sealing plate is set to 30 degrees or more and 60 degrees or less, the behavior of the connection portion between the sealing plate and the spout main body is stabilized.

The reinforcing wall may form an angle of 45 degrees with the wall surface of the spout main body in a cross section passing through the opposite portion and the center of the blocking plate.
In this case, if the angle formed by the reinforcing wall and the inner wall of the spout body on the side of the sealing plate is 45 degrees, the angle formed by the reinforcing wall and the inner wall of the spout body on the side of the sealing plate is 30 degrees or more and 60 degrees or less. Compared with the case other than 45 degrees, the position of the connection point between the blocking plate and the spout main body is further stabilized.

  The thickness of the thin portion may be set so as to be thickest at the connection site and gradually decrease toward the facing site. In this case, the separation can proceed with a smaller force as the pull tab is separated.

  Another aspect of the present invention is a liquid container comprising the container cap of the above aspect and a container body having an internal space capable of being filled with contents. According to the container for liquid of the said aspect, it can open easily by pulling a pull ring.

  According to the container stopper and the liquid container of the present invention, the opening can be easily performed.

It is a perspective view which shows the container for liquids of one Embodiment of this invention. It is sectional drawing which shows the stopper of the container for the liquid. It is an expanded sectional view of the thin part of the same stopper. It is a top view of the pull tab of the same stopper. It is a figure which shows the operation | movement at the time of use of the container for liquids. It is a figure which shows the operation | movement at the time of use of the container for liquids. It is a figure which shows the operation | movement at the time of use of the container for liquids.

Hereinafter, a liquid container according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 7.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a liquid container 1 of the present embodiment. The liquid container 1 is a container for storing various liquids such as sake, fruit juice drinks, coffee and seasonings, and has a container body 10 having an internal space capable of being filled with the liquid, and a mouth attached to the container body 10. And a stopper 20.
The stopper 20 is a container stopper according to an embodiment of the present invention.
The container body 10 has a known configuration formed of paper, resin, or the like, and a hole (not shown) is provided in the top plate portion 11, and a stopper 20 is attached to the hole while keeping water tightness. In the present embodiment, the container body 10 is a gobber top type.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the spigot 20. The spout 20 includes a spout portion 30 that is attached to the container body 10 to form a spout, and a cap 21 that is detachably attached to the spout portion 30.
The cap 21 is for sealing the liquid container 1 after opening the spout 30 and opening the spout, as will be described later. The cap 31 and the cap provided on the spout 30 The screw groove 22 provided in 21 is fitted to the spout 30 so as to be detachable. For fitting between the spout 30 and the cap 21, in addition to the above-described screw fitting, various known fitting structures may be appropriately selected and employed.

The spout portion 30 includes a cylindrical spout main body 31 and a pull tab 32 attached so as to close the lumen of the spout main body 31.
The spout main body 31 is a member that is formed in a cylindrical shape (including a substantially cylindrical shape) and that has a lumen 31A and an inner wall 31B, and is bonded or ultrasonically sealed to a hole provided in the top plate portion 11 of the container body 10. It is attached with keeping watertight by such as.

The pull tab 32 includes a pull ring 33 on which a user puts a finger when opening, a sealing plate (sealing plate) 34 attached so as to close the inner cavity 31A of the spout main body 31, and the pull ring 33 and the sealing plate 34. The connection part 35 to connect is provided.
The pull ring 33 has a known configuration, and there is no particular limitation on the shape of the pull ring 33 as long as the user can securely lock the finger when opening the plug. However, when the pull ring 33 is formed of a band-shaped member, the stress applied to the finger is preferably reduced. It is preferable because it is dispersed.

The sealing plate 34 is formed in a disk shape (including a substantially disk shape), and is disposed so as to be orthogonal to (including substantially orthogonal to) the axis of the cylindrical spout body 31 so as to close the lumen 31A. It is out.
One end of the connecting portion 35 is connected to the pull ring 33. The other end of the connecting portion 35 is connected to the vicinity of the periphery of the sealing plate 34 so that the lifting force at the time of opening the plug acts efficiently.
The spout main body 31 and the pull tab 32 are integrally formed of resin, and the sealed state of the spigot 20 is maintained until the pull tab 32 is disconnected from the spout 31 and opened. In addition, although there is no restriction | limiting in particular in the resin material which forms the spout part 30, Low density polyethylene (LDPE), linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE), etc. can be employ | adopted suitably.

  As shown in an enlarged view in FIG. 3, the sealing plate 34 is separated from the spout body 31 at the substantially circumferential boundary where the peripheral edge of the sealing plate 34 and the inner wall of the spout body 31 are connected. A groove 36 for facilitating the operation is provided over the entire circumference. That is, the boundary portion between the sealing plate 34 and the spout main body 31 is the thinnest at the bottom surface of the groove 36, and a thin portion 37 is formed at the boundary portion by the groove 36. The groove 36 can be formed by a known half cut or the like, and the shape thereof is not particularly limited.

The thickness of the thin portion 37 is set to be different depending on the location. FIG. 4 shows a plan view of the pull tab 32. The thickness of the thin portion 37 is the thickest in the vicinity of the connection region (connection portion) P1 where the sealing plate 34 and the connecting portion 35 are connected, and the center of the sealing plate 34 is shown. It is set so as to gradually become thinner toward a diagonal point (opposing part) P2 facing the connection region P1. That is, the thickness of the thin portion 37 is thickest at the base ends of the arrows A1 and A2 shown in FIG. 4, gradually decreases as it approaches the tips of the arrows A1 and A2, and is thinnest near the tips of the arrows A1 and A2. It has become.
The difference in thickness of the thin portion 37 between the connection region P1 and the diagonal point P2 may be set as appropriate, but considering the balance between sealing strength and ease of opening, it is 0.02 millimeters (mm) or more. 0.10 mm or less is preferable. Since the thickness of the thin portion in a general container stopper is often set in the range of 0.2 mm to 0.3 mm, the thickness of the thin portion at the diagonal point P2 is 0.28 mm to 0.1 mm. As long as it is thinner than the connection region P <b> 1.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 3, a part of the inner wall of the spout main body 31 that protrudes toward the inner cavity 31A and is connected to the thin portion 37 rises from the pull ring 33 side rather than the sealing plate 34 over the entire inner periphery. Thus, a reinforcing wall 38 is formed to stabilize the position of the connection point between the sealing plate 34 and the spout main body 31.

Since the reinforcing wall 38 rises from a position closer to the pull ring 33 than the sealing plate 34, a cross section in the axial direction of the spout main body 31 shown in FIG. The same angle is formed with a portion of the inner wall parallel to the axis. Depending on the angle θ formed between the reinforcing wall 38 and the inner wall of the spout main body 31 on the sealing plate 34 side, the effect of stabilizing the position of the connection point between the sealing plate 34 and the spout main body 31 (described later) changes. This angle θ needs to be set to at least an acute angle, and is preferably set to 30 degrees or more and 60 degrees or less because the position of the connection point is further stabilized, and is most preferably set to 45 degrees.
When the angle θ is larger than 60 degrees, the thickness of the reinforcing wall is increased, which may cause a problem in formability. In other words, the thickening of the reinforcing wall requires more time for the resin to be cooled during molding, and as a result, a phenomenon called shrinkage due to resin shrinkage occurs. May affect stability.

Operation during use of the liquid container 1 configured as described above will be described.
Since the spout main body 31 and the pull tab 32 are integrally formed at the time of manufacturing the spigot 20, the lumen 31A of the spout main body 31 is sealed by the pull tab 32, and the liquid in the container main body 10 is filled. It is kept so that quality is not impaired.

When the liquid container 1 is opened, the user first removes the cap 21 from the spout 30 as shown in FIG. Next, the user puts his finger on the pull ring 33 and pulls it upward. The force applied to the pull ring 33 is transmitted through the connection portion 35 and acts on the connection region P <b> 1 between the connection portion 35 and the sealing plate 34. The force acting on the connection region P1 acts on the thin portion 37 around the connection region P1, and the thin portion 37 of this portion is first cut off.
The thin portion 37 around the connection region P1 is formed to be the thickest. However, since the connection portion 35 is connected to the vicinity of the periphery of the sealing plate 34, the force for pulling up the pull ring 33 acts efficiently, so that the separation portion can be smoothly separated. Refused.

When the user further pulls up the pull ring 33, the thin portion 37 is sequentially separated in the extending direction of arrows A1 and A2 shown in FIG. At this time, since a part of the sealing plate 34 is pulled upward by being pulled by the connecting portion 35, the pulling force is dispersed and slightly weakened. However, as described above, the thin portion 37 is indicated by the arrows A1 and A2. Since it is set so as to gradually become thinner as it approaches the tip, the force necessary to separate the thin portion 37 gradually decreases.
As a result, the thin part 37 is smoothly separated.

  When the user continues to pull up the pull ring 33, the region in the vicinity of the diagonal point P2 of the thin portion 37 remains unseparated as shown in FIG. Here, if the protruding portion that protrudes from the inner wall 31B of the spout main body 31 and is connected to the thin portion 37 rises perpendicularly to the inner wall 31B, the protruding portion is pulled upward together with the sealing plate 34. The force is not efficiently transmitted to the thin portion 37.

However, in the spout main body 31 of the present embodiment, the reinforcing wall 38 that protrudes from the inner wall of the spout main body 31 to the inner cavity 31 </ b> A and is connected to the thin portion 37 is located closer to the pull ring 33 than the sealing plate 34. It stands up and forms an angle with respect to the cylindrical inner wall 31 </ b> A of the spout main body 31. As a result, the reinforcing wall 38 supports the diagonal point P2 downward (on the container body 10 side), and as shown in FIG.
Therefore, the position of the diagonal point P2 is stabilized, and the remaining thin portion 37 is easily cut off. Thus, when the pull tab 32 is separated from the spout main body 31, the lumen 31A of the spout main body 31 becomes a spout and the liquid container 1 is opened. The user can pour and use the liquid in the container main body 10 from the spout. When the liquid remains, the cap 21 is used to seal and store the spout as necessary.

In order to verify the effect of setting the thickness of the thin portion 37 and the effect of setting the reinforcing wall 38, an experiment was performed using three plug samples. The resin material forming each sample was LDPE.
In sample 1, the reinforcing wall 38 was not provided, and the thickness of the thin portion 37 formed by half-cutting was set to 0.25 mm over the entire circumference.
In sample 2, the reinforcing wall 38 was provided only at the periphery of the diagonal point P2 so that the angle formed by the reinforcing wall 38 and the inner wall of the spout main body 31 on the sealing plate 34 side was 45 degrees. The thickness of the thin portion 37 was set to 0.25 mm over the entire circumference, similar to Sample 1.
In sample 3, the same reinforcing wall 38 as in sample 2 was provided. The thickness of the thin portion 37 was set to 0.25 mm at the connection region P1, and 0.2 mm at the diagonal point P2, and was set so as to gradually decrease as the diagonal point P2 was approached.

In each of the above-mentioned samples, the force required to separate the pull tab 32 from the spout main body 31 was measured as the opening strength. As a result, the sample 1 was 54 Newton (N), the sample 2 was 47 N, and the sample 3 was 37 N. .
From the above, it was confirmed that the plug of sample 2 from sample 1 and the plug of sample 3 from sample 2 can be opened with a smaller force.

  As described above, according to the liquid container 1 and the spigot 20 of the present embodiment, the thin wall portion 37 near the diagonal point P2 that remains connected to the end when the cap is opened is supported by the reinforcing wall 38. Is not pulled up together with the sealing plate 34, and the position of the thin portion can be stably and easily separated. As a result, the spout main body 31 and the pull tab 32 can be separated and opened with a smaller amount of force, and a container that can be easily opened even by a small child or an elderly person can be constructed. Inconvenience such as splashed liquid can be suppressed.

  Further, the thickness of the thin portion 37 is set to be the thickest in the vicinity of the connection region P1 where the separation is started and gradually becomes thinner as the diagonal point P2 is approached. The size is gradually reduced and can be opened more easily, and the sealing strength can be kept higher than when the whole thin portion is thinned. As a result, it is possible to suppress the occurrence of defective products due to breakage in the distribution process while ensuring ease of opening.

  Although one embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. is there.

  For example, in the above-described embodiment, the example in which the reinforcing wall is provided around the entire inner wall of the spout main body has been described, although the example is formed only around the diagonal point P2 that is finally cut off when the plug is opened. May be. In this case, it is more preferable because the molding is stable and the mold can be easily processed. The reinforcement wall should just be formed in the diagonal point P2 and its periphery at least.

  In the above-described embodiment, an example in which the reinforcing wall is connected to the thin portion near the outer periphery of the thin portion has been described. Instead, at least a part of the reinforcing wall is not in the axial direction of the spout main body. You may connect so that a superimposition area | region may be left and it may overlap with a thin part. If the thin portion and the reinforcing wall completely overlap in the axial direction of the spout main body, it is not preferable because the thickness of the thin portion substantially increases, but if the non-overlapping region is left, the thin portion can be stabilized more stably. There is no problem because it can support.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the example in which the groove for forming the thin portion is provided on the surface of the sealing plate opposite to the surface to which the pull ring is connected has been described, but instead, the pull ring is connected. A thin portion may be formed by providing a groove on the surface. If it does in this way, if the cross-sectional shape in the width direction of a groove | channel is made into V shape, the surface by the side of a spout main body among the inner surfaces of a groove | channel can be utilized as a reinforcement wall as it is.

In addition, the thickness of the thin portion may not be continuous, but may be set so as to be gradually reduced so as to have a step.
In the liquid container of the present invention, the cap 21 and the connecting portion 35 are not essential. Therefore, the pull ring 33 may be directly connected to the sealing plate 34 (in this case, the connection portion between the pull ring 33 and the sealing plate 34 becomes the connection region P1), and the filled liquid is used up immediately. In such a case, the pull tab 32 may be exposed without having a cap.

1 Liquid container 10 Container body 20 Cap (Container cap)
31 Outlet body 31B Inner wall 32 Pull tab 33 Pull ring 34 Sealing plate (blocking plate)
37 Thin section 38 Reinforcement wall P1 Connection area (connection part)
P2 Diagonal point (opposite part)

Claims (4)

A spout body formed in a cylindrical shape having an inner cavity;
A pull tab having a sealing plate integrated with the spout main body so as to close the lumen of the spout main body, and a pull ring integrally connected to the sealing plate;
With
Of the both surfaces of the sealing plate, the surface extending from the surface opposite to the surface to which the pull ring is connected extends over the entire circumference, and a groove having a V-shaped cross-sectional shape in the width direction is provided between the spout main body and the sealing plate. meat thin portion is formed in the boundary,
The contact portion between the sealing plate and the pull ring and the thin portion adjacent to the thin portion adjacent to the region including at least the opposing portion across the center of the sealing plate, the pullout side of the spout body on the pull ring side with respect to the sealing plate A reinforcing wall is provided over the entire circumference of the inner wall of the spout main body so as to connect the inner wall and the thin portion,
The reinforcing wall has a constant angle of not less than 30 degrees and not more than 60 degrees with the wall surface of the spout main body in a cross section passing through the opposite portion and the center of the blocking plate ,
A container stopper, wherein a second reinforcing wall is provided by a surface of the inner surface of the groove on the spout body side .   The container stopper according to claim 1, wherein the reinforcing wall forms an angle of 45 degrees with a wall surface of the spout main body in a cross section passing through the opposing portion and the center of the sealing plate.   The container plug according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the thickness of the thin portion is set so as to be thickest at the connection site and gradually become thinner toward the facing site. The container stopper according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
A container body having an internal space capable of filling the contents;
A liquid container, comprising:

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