JPH08309464A - Can cover - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To facilitate discrimination of a can by forming letters indicating contents projectingly on the top part of the can cover by embossing. CONSTITUTION: On the top part 11 of a can cover 100, the letters 17A, 'beer', showing the contents is projectingly formed in the area not superposed with the pull tab 16 and the opening piece 14. These letters 17A can be readily formed by embossing by press. As a result, in the case of taking out one specific can among a number of cans crowdedly stored or selecting one particular can from plural cans with the body covered, the can may be discriminated by reading the letters 17A showing the contents on the can cover 100.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a can lid used for beer cans, liquor cans, juice cans, and the like, and more particularly to a can lid that facilitates can identification.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Today, cans such as beer cans, liquor cans and juice cans are mainly composed of a can barrel having a bottom and a can lid that closes the open end of the can barrel. There are various can lids, but the main one is a so-called easy open can lid that can be easily opened by attaching a pull tab or the like. The easy open can lid has
One that removes the opening piece that forms the opening by pulling up the pull dove, one that opens the opening piece without removing the opening piece from the lid and leaves the connection part with the can lid top plate, and further push the opening piece into the container There is a push-open type.

[0003]

By the way, in such a can, the contents display is generally printed on the surface of the can body. Therefore, for example, as shown in FIG. 7, when a large number of cans 1 are lined up in an upright state in a cooler box 5 for over-the-counter sale at a beach at a beach or at a festival night stand, etc. Cannot see the contents of the can 1 because the display of the contents printed on the surface of the can body 2 is hidden by the adjacent can 1 and cannot be seen only by looking at the cooler box 5. Or, a customer who came to buy a can 1 having a certain content has a can 1 having the desired content.
There was the inconvenience of having to pick up several cans 1 before hitting.

Further, as shown in FIG. 8, it is often the case that a large number of cans 1 are packed upright in an upright state in a drawer 7 located at the lower stage of the refrigerator 6, and such a case is stored. In this case, as in the case described above, several cans 1 had to be picked up until they hit the cans 1 having the desired contents.

Further, recently, as shown in FIG.
The can body 2 of the can 1 for the purpose of keeping the temperature of the can 1 and preventing the dew condensation on the surface of the can 1.
Although a cylindrical cover 8 that is attached so as to cover the can is widely used, even when such a cover 8 is attached to the can 1, the content display printed on the surface of the can body 2 is hidden. . Then, when there are a plurality of cans 1 with the cover 8 mounted as described above, it is a trivial matter that the cans 1 cannot be identified, but there is a very troublesome daily problem.

In addition to the above problems, the conventional can 1 has the following problems. That is, since the contents of the can 1 are displayed by printing, the contents can be known only visually. Therefore, there is a problem that it is sometimes difficult for a person with bad eyesight to identify the person, such as when he / she wears glasses, and also for a blind person.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a can lid which facilitates the identification of a can.

[0008]

A can lid as set forth in claim 1,
The feature is that the contents are displayed.

A can lid according to a second aspect is characterized in that the content display is embossed.

[0010]

In the can lid according to the first aspect, the can can be identified by the content display provided on the can lid in various situations where the content display printed on the can body is hidden.

In the can lid according to the second aspect, since the content display is embossed, it is possible to touch the can lid by hand.
You can know the contents.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a view showing an embodiment of a can lid of the present invention. In this embodiment, the present invention is applied to a push-open type can lid 100 in which an opening piece 11 is pushed into a container.

As shown in FIG. 1, a can lid 100 includes a circular top plate 11 and a tightening portion 12 provided on the outer periphery of the top plate 11.
And a pull tab fixed to the top plate center CP by a rivet 15 with the opening piece 14 divided into the top plate 11 by the groove-shaped score 13 and the tip end thereof being overlapped with the top plate center CP side of the opening piece 14. When the pull tab 16 is pulled, the tip of the pull tab 16 presses the opening piece 14 with the rivet 15 as a fulcrum, the pressing force breaks the score piece 13, and the opening piece 14 is pushed down to form a drinking mouth. It is what is done.

On the top plate 11 of the can lid 100, a portion of the top plate 11 that does not overlap the pull tab 16 and the opening piece 14 is provided with a convex character 17A of "beer", which is a content display. This character 17A is the character 17A as shown in FIG.
The top plate 11 of the can lid 100 is placed between the mold 21 having the protrusion 21a corresponding to A and the mold 22 having the recess 22a corresponding to the protrusion 21a, and is easily formed by embossing by pressing. be able to.

Since the can lid 100 has the above-described structure, the can 1 formed by winding the can lid 100 around the can body 2 shown in FIGS. 7, 8 and 9 is shown in FIG. 7, for example. When a specific one is taken out from a large number of cans 1 that are densely packed and stored in an upright state in a cooler box 5 or a drawer 7 of a refrigerator 6 shown in FIG. If you select a specific one from the cans 1 of
The can 1 can be identified by viewing and reading the character 17A, which is the content display applied to the item 00. Therefore,
In this way, even if the contents display printed on the can body 2 is hidden, remove the can 1 and check the contents display on the surface of the can body 2 to find the desired can 1. It is possible to identify the can 1 without any trouble. Therefore, it is possible to easily identify the can 1 in such a situation. Further, this can reduce accidents such as minors inadvertently drinking alcoholic beverages and becoming acute alcohol poisoning.

Further, since the character 17A is formed by embossing, the contents can be known by touching the can lid 100 with a hand. Therefore, it can be used by a blind person or a blind person to identify the can 1.

FIG. 3 shows an embodiment in which a letter 17B of "JUICE", which is a content display, is formed on the top plate 11 of the can lid 100 by lettering, and the content is displayed by lettering as in this embodiment. Even if it is formed, the same effect as in the above embodiment can be exhibited.

FIG. 4 shows an embodiment in which a letter 17C "Osakake" which is an indication of contents and Braille 18 which means sake are formed in a convex shape on the top plate 11 of the can lid 100 by embossing. In this embodiment, since the Braille 18 is formed,
It can further help identify the can 1 of the blind or blind.

FIG. 6 is one of the characters when the character 17C is formed by texturing, which is also called corrosion processing and is a metal fine processing method for forming a pattern on the metal surface. That is, in the embossing process, as shown in FIG. 5, the plate 31 on which the surface 31a is a rough surface having a large number of minute projections is used as the top plate 11 of the can lid 100.
The letter 17C in FIG. 6 is formed by pressing the letter 17C. Therefore, since the character 17C or the symbol can be made different from the character 17C which is generally embossed by displaying, the impression of the content display made of the character 17C can be enhanced, or intentionally. It can be lowered. In addition, since the texture of the can lid 100 does not have to be formed by the embossing, the appearance of the can lid 100 is not spoiled, and the improvement can be brought about.

In the above embodiment, the contents are displayed by Katakana character 17A, Roman character 17B, Hiragana character 17C, or Braille character 18. However, in exceptional cases, Kanji and Arabic characters are also used. It may be displayed by any character such as.

The contents may be displayed in a plurality of languages such as Japanese, English, Chinese, and Korean so that the contents can be understood by people of different languages.

Further, the contents display such as the characters 17A, 17B, 17C may be formed by printing.

[0023]

According to the can lid of the first aspect, the can can be identified by the content display provided on the can lid, so that the can is stored in an upright state in a drawer of a cooler box or a refrigerator, for example. The contents display printed on the can body is hidden when a particular one is taken out of a large number of cans, or when a particular one is selected from a plurality of cans covered with a cover. Even when the can is present, the can can be identified without the trouble of making the contents display on the surface of the can body visible. Therefore, the can can be easily identified in such a situation.

According to the can lid of the second aspect, in addition to the above effect, since the contents can be known only by touching the can lid with a hand, a person with blind eyes or a blind person can identify the can. You can use it to help you do it.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a first embodiment of a can lid of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a state in which a content display is formed on the can lid of FIG. 1 by embossing.

FIG. 3 is a view showing a second embodiment of the can lid of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a view showing a third embodiment of the can lid of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a view showing a state in which the contents display of the fourth embodiment of the can lid of the present invention is formed by texturing.

6A and 6B are diagrams showing characters obtained by the texture processing of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a state in which a large number of cans are stored in an upright state in a cooler box.

FIG. 8 is a view showing a state where a large number of cans are stored in an upright state in a drawer of a refrigerator.

FIG. 9 is a view showing a can with a cover attached.

[Explanation of symbols]

 17A, 17B, 17C ... Characters (contents display) 18 ... Braille (contents display) 100 ... Can lid

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A can lid characterized by being provided with a content display. 2. The can lid according to claim 1, wherein the content display is embossed.