JPH10305841A - Beverage can with gift - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To stick a gift or the like on a drink can and sell it through a vending machine, by integrally fixing a cylindrical container to the drink can and retaining it. SOLUTION: In a beverage can 1 with a gift, the winding-up edge 11 of the drink can 10 is fixed to the body material 22 of a cylindrical container 20 and the drink can 10 is shrink-packed in the cylindrical container 20 with heat-shrinkable film and integrally fixed thereto and retained. When the drink can 10 is 200 g can with 202 diameter and 104.3 mm height for instance, the beverage can 1 with a gift has an external shape corresponding to 250 g can with 202 diameter and 132.80 mm height. In this way, this beverage can with a gift can be sold through a vending machine and the commodities can be discriminated from other commodities produced by other manufacturers, owing to vending machines and it contributes to the increase of market share.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a beverage can with prize, and more particularly to a beverage can with prize which can be sold by a vending machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a vending machine for selling canned beverages, a plurality of products including coffee, juice, green tea, sports drinks and the like are usually sold. However, commodities to be sold by the vending machine are stored in a plurality of rows of rail-shaped storage units provided in the vending machine in row units, and are provided to customers in row units. Therefore, products sold by vending machines must contain at least the same product in row units, and the external shape of the product is the size of cans of various standard sizes used when filling beverages. Must not be a product. That is, the vending machine has a structure adapted to the size of cans of various standard sizes used when filling beverages.

[0003] For this reason, an object that does not match the size of the standard-size can is jammed in the rail-shaped storage part, spilled from the rail-shaped storage part,
There is a risk that the doors for discharging the products one by one from the rail-shaped storage unit to the product take-out port may become jammed, or that two products may be discharged from the door at one time.

Therefore, conventionally, coffee, juice,
It has been said that it is impossible to attach a prize or the like to a product containing green tea or sports drink (hereinafter referred to as a beverage can) and sell it with a vending machine.

However, in recent years, vending machines have become extremely widespread, and as a tactic to inspire customers to purchase and differentiate themselves from competitors' products, prizes that can be sold by vending machines have been added. Beverage cans were desired.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention has been made to meet the above-mentioned demand, and an object of the present invention is to provide a prize beverage can which can be sold by a vending machine.

[0007]

The present inventors have conducted various studies to solve the above problems, and as a result, the beverage can with prize of the invention according to claim 1 has a lid material and a body material. At the bottom of the body of the cylindrical container, a trapezoidal projection smaller than the outer circumference of the body and concentric with the outer circumference of the body, and a ring-shaped projection formed on the bottom surface of the trapezoidal projection Is provided, and the bottom of the body material and the leg provided on the bottom of the body material engage with the winding edge of the beverage can, and the cylindrical container and the beverage can are integrally formed. It is characterized by comprising fixing means for fixing and holding. With such a configuration, the cylindrical container and the beverage can can be handled as an integral body. For example, prizes such as a stapler, a nail clipper, and a key holder are sealed in the cylindrical container. By doing so, a beverage can with prize can be obtained, and a beverage can with prize such as a cleaning tool for clothes and shoes can be obtained by attaching a brush or sponge to the cylindrical container itself.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the beverage can with prize according to the first aspect, the beverage can with prize comprises:
A beverage can having the same inner diameter and substantially the same shape as a beverage can having a size higher than the can height of the beverage can. With such a configuration, it is possible to sell a beverage can with prize at a vending machine.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the beverage can with prize of the first aspect, the fixing means is shrink-wrapped with a heat-shrinkable film. With such a configuration, a cylindrical,
Alternatively, the beverage can can be engaged with the winding edge of the beverage can with the heat-shrinkable film sealing one of the cylindrical openings, the bottom of the body of the cylindrical container, and the leg provided at the bottom of the body. After completely covering the cylindrical container, by passing through a shrink tunnel having a known heat medium,
The beverage can and the cylindrical container can be shrink-wrapped and easily fixedly and integrally fixed.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings.

1 is a perspective view of a beverage can with prize according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a sectional view of a main part of FIG. 1, 1 in the figure is a beverage can with prize, 10 is a beverage can, and 11 is a beverage. Can wrapping edge, 12 is a pull tab, 20 is a cylindrical container, 21 is a lid material of a cylindrical container, 21 'is a screw part, 22 is a body material of a cylindrical container, 22' is a screw part, and 23 is a bottom part of the body material , 24 are projecting portions, 25 is a ring-shaped convex portion, 26 is a leg portion, 30 is a heat-shrinkable film, and 40 is a premium.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a beverage can with prize according to the present invention. In the beverage can with prize 1, a winding edge 11 of a beverage can 10 and a body material 22 of a cylindrical container 20 are engaged. The beverage can 10 and the cylindrical container 20 are
, And are fixedly held integrally.
For example, the beverage can 10 has an inner diameter of 202 and a can height of 104.3 mm.
If it is a 200g can, this premium beverage can 1 has an outer diameter comparable to a 250g can with an inner diameter of 202 and a can height of 132.8 mm. Also, if the beverage can 10 is a can having an inner diameter of 211,
If there are four kinds of can heights of 250,280,350,500g in can height and beverage can 10 is can of 211g in inner diameter and 250g in can height, beverage can 1 with prize will be 211 in inner diameter Is 280,
A cylindrical container 20 having an outer shape comparable to cans of three can heights of 350 and 500 g can be attached, and the beverage can 10 is a can having a 211-diameter inner diameter and a can height of 280 g. if there is,
Beverage can 1 with prize is 211 with inner diameter of 350,500g
A cylindrical container 20 having an outer shape comparable to cans of different can heights can be attached, and the beverage can 10 has an inner diameter of 21.
If the can has a can height of 350 g in one diameter, the beverage can 1 with a prize has a cylindrical container 20 with an inner diameter of 211 and an inner volume equivalent to that of a can with a height of 500 g. By doing so, the beverage can 1 with prize can be sold by a vending machine.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a main part of FIG. 1. In the beverage can 1 with prize, a lid 21 and a body 22 are provided on a screw portion 21 ′ provided on the lid 21 and the body 22. The protrusion 24 and the protrusion are smaller than the outer circumference of the body 22 and are concentric with the outer circumference of the body 22 on the bottom 23 of the body 22 of the cylindrical container 20 screwed and fitted with the screw portion 22 ′. A leg 26 comprising a ring-shaped convex portion 25 flush with the outer periphery of the protruding portion 24 is provided at 24, and a bottom 23 of the body 22 and a leg 26 provided on the bottom 22 of the body 22; While the winding edge 11 of the beverage can 10 is engaged, the cylindrical container 20 and the beverage can 10 are shrink-wrapped with a heat-shrinkable film and are integrally fixed and held. The ring-shaped convex portion 25 of the leg portion 26 of the body material 22 is for forming a space for allowing the pull tab 12 provided in the beverage can 10 to escape.

The cylindrical container may be formed of a metal such as tinplate, may be formed of a synthetic resin, or may be coated, colored or printed. Is also good. In addition, in the case of being attached to a black coffee beverage can, the cylindrical container stores a packaging bag or a container filled with syrup or milk so that the customer can add it to the black coffee as desired. Alternatively, beans or snacks suitable for drinks in beverage cans may be stored.

Furthermore, in the embodiment, as an example of the fixing means for integrally fixing and holding the cylindrical container and the beverage can, a shrink wrapping using a heat-shrinkable film has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, it may be integrally fixed and held by using tapes, strings, bands, or the like on which adhesive processing such as cellophane tape is applied.

[0015]

According to the present invention, the beverage can with prize according to the present invention is, as described above, conventionally attached to a beverage can containing coffee, juice, green tea, sports drink and the like, and sold with a vending machine. What has been considered impossible can be made possible, and in recent years vending machines have become extremely widespread, vending machines will greatly differentiate from competitors' products and further contribute to expanding market share .

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a premium beverage can according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of a main part of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Beverage can with prize 10 Beverage can 11 Bending edge of beverage can 12 Pull tab 20 Cylindrical container 21 Cylindrical container lid 21 'Screw part 22 Cylindrical container body material 22' Screw part 23 Body material bottom 24 Projecting part 25 Ring-shaped convex part 26 Leg part 30 Heat shrink film 40 Premium

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A trapezoidal projection that is smaller than the outer circumference of the body and is concentric with the outer circumference of the body, at the bottom of the body of the cylindrical container comprising a lid and a body. A leg comprising a ring-shaped protrusion formed on the bottom surface is provided, and the bottom of the body material and the leg provided on the bottom of the body engage with a winding edge of a beverage can, and the cylindrical shape is formed. A beverage can with prize, comprising: fixing means for integrally fixing and holding a container and the beverage can. 2. The beverage can with prize according to claim 1, wherein the beverage can with prize has substantially the same shape as a beverage can having the same inner diameter and a size higher than the can height of the beverage can. . 3. The beverage can with prize according to claim 1, wherein said fixing means is shrink-wrapped with a heat shrinkable film.