JPWO2013008811A1 - Applicator - Google Patents

Abstract

Apply the desired decoration to the cylindrical member visible from the outside, without increasing the number of parts of the applicator, and without decorating the outer surface, and wear and stain of the decoration , To eliminate the risk of peeling, etc., and avoid that the decoration hinders writing. An applicator 10 is provided with a cylindrical member 20 formed at least partially from a light-transmitting material, and an inner surface of the cylindrical member 20 is decorated. The decorating process can be performed by sticking the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet 50 whose decorative surface is decorated on the inner surface of the cylindrical member 20.

Description

  The present invention relates to an applicator provided with a cylindrical member such as a shaft cylinder or a cap as a constituent element, and relates to a decorating process for the cylindrical member.

Writing instruments generally include a cylindrical member such as a shaft cylinder or a cap as a constituent element. In addition to writing instruments, liquid cosmetics such as correction liquid applicators, mascara and nail polish, and liquid or fluid adhesives and chemical applicators are also provided with a cylindrical member as a configuration. There are many things. Hereinafter, it is referred to as “applicator” in this specification, including writing instruments.
In many cases, the surface of the cylindrical member of such an applicator is given some decoration. For example, printing on the outer surface, painting, engraving, line engraving, plating, sticker sticking, etc. can be mentioned as the main methods. In such a decoration process on the outer surface, the decorated part is directly exposed to the outside world, and is accompanied by finger contact at the time of use, so the decorated part may be worn, soiled or peeled depending on the processing method. Sometimes. As a result, fingers may be soiled.

  In order to avoid such a decorating process on the outer surface, the cylindrical member is doubled and decorated on the outer side of the inner cylinder, as in the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1 below. Attempts have also been made.

JP 2005-335362 A

Although the above prior art certainly does not require the decoration process on the outer surface, the number of parts increases because the cylindrical member needs to be doubled. In addition, by doubling the cylindrical member, there is a problem that the outer shape of the product becomes larger and the internal capacity becomes smaller than the outer shape of the product.
In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to enable a desired decorating process without specifically increasing the number of parts of the applicator and without decorating the outer surface.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention is an applicator provided with a cylindrical member at least partially formed of a light-transmitting material, and is decorated on the inner surface of the cylindrical member. It is characterized by being given.
Here, the “applicator” in the present invention refers to a writing instrument such as a ballpoint pen, a sign pen, a marker pen, a mechanical pencil, a fountain pen, a correction liquid, an adhesive, a chemical, etc., or a cosmetic applicator such as mascara or nail polish Is also included.
The “tubular member” of the applicator means a member that forms an outer shape, such as a shaft tube or a cap, for example, if it is a writing instrument. In the case of an applicator, it refers to a member that forms an outer shape, such as a container or a cap. At least a part of the cylindrical member is formed of a light transmissive material. Here, “light transmittance” means that the inside can be seen from the outside, such as transparent, translucent, and colored transparent. Examples of such “light transmissive material” include synthetic resins such as polyethylene, polypropylene, polycarbonate, and ABS, and glass. And that this cylindrical member is “at least partly light transmissive” means that all or part of the member has such light transmissive property.

And in this invention, by giving the decorating process to the inner surface of this cylindrical member, even if it does not give any decorating process to an outer surface, a desired decorative design is provided to an applicator. It is possible.
Here, various methods can be used as the decorating process. For example, the decorating process may be performed by sticking a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet with a decorative surface on the inner surface of the cylindrical member. Is possible. Moreover, it is also possible to carry out by sticking a light-transmitting pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet having a decoration on the surface opposite to the pressure-sensitive adhesive surface to the inner surface of the cylindrical member. The decoration on the pressure-sensitive adhesive surface or the surface on the opposite side can be performed, for example, by printing. And after apply | coating an adhesive agent to an adhesive surface, it can coat | cover with a peeling sheet and can be set as the adhesive sheet for decorating. If this adhesive sheet for decoration is applied along the inner surface of the cylindrical member to be decorated while peeling off the release sheet, the decoration applied to the adhesive surface or the opposite surface is a cylinder. It will be in the state which adhered to the inner surface of the shaped member. And since a cylindrical member is light transmittance, it is possible to visually recognize the design decorated on the inner surface from the outside.

  Moreover, it is also possible to implement as this decorating process by coating the inner surface of this cylindrical member. For example, if a nozzle capable of spraying paint from the tip is inserted into a transparent cylindrical member, and the paint is sprayed while moving the member or nozzle in the axial direction, the sprayed paint is contained in the member. Adhere to the side. The color or pattern of the adhered paint is visible from the outside of the transparent member. This paint is not limited to a normal paint, and a metal foil or the like can be mixed into the paint to give a decorative treatment that gives the inner surface of the member gloss. In this way, by decorating the inner surface of the member, light from the outside is reflected on the coating film, and the surface of the member is also reflected, thereby exhibiting higher glitter as a member. Is done. Furthermore, since the painted surface is formed on the inner surface, compared with the case of painting on the outer surface, the amount of paint that diffuses to the surroundings and is wasted is greatly reduced, and the painting efficiency is dramatically improved. Furthermore, it is not necessary to consider the adjustment of the painted surface performance such as leveling required when formed on the outer surface, thereby simplifying the painting process.

  The decorating treatment may be carried out as any method selected from the above-mentioned adhesive sheet pasting and coating, transfer, printing, plating, vapor deposition, foil stamping and adhering, or a combination thereof. Is possible. Of course, it is also possible to combine the arbitrary method or those combinations with the sticking of the above-mentioned decorative adhesive sheet. Here, the “addition” refers to a substance that is different from the cylindrical member to be attached, such as paper, cloth, leather, artificial leather, and CFRP sheet, and is used for decoration purposes. By adhering such an adduct to the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical member 20 with an adhesive or the like, a decoration that can be visually recognized from the outside can be applied.

  Since the present invention is configured as described above, it is desirable to provide a cylindrical member that can be visually recognized from the outside without particularly increasing the number of parts of the applicator and without decorating the outer surface. Can be decorated. And since the decoration does not have external contact, there is no fear of abrasion, fouling, peeling, etc., and it does not come into contact with fingers during writing, so that writing is not hindered.

The writing instrument which concerns on embodiment of this invention is shown with side sectional drawing. The axial cylinder in the writing instrument of FIG. 1 is shown with side sectional drawing. The III-III sectional view in FIG. 2 is shown. The example of the decoration process to the inner surface of a shaft cylinder is shown. The other example of the decoration process to the inner surface of a shaft cylinder is shown. The system of the decoration process by the coating to the inner surface of a shaft cylinder is shown typically. About the process of the decoration process by the coating to the inner surface of a shaft cylinder, (A) Before painting, (B) During painting, (C) The completion of painting and the state after (D) painting are shown typically. Note that the shaft cylinder is shown in cross section.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a side sectional view showing a writing instrument 10 as an applicator 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The writing instrument 10 according to the present embodiment is a mechanical pencil. The latter half of the outer shape of the writing instrument 10 is a cylindrical tube 20 as a substantially cylindrical cylindrical member 20. A clip 21 is integrally formed in the vicinity of the rear end of the shaft cylinder 20. The shaft cylinder 20 is formed by injection molding of transparent polycarbonate.
On the other hand, the first half of the outer shape of the writing instrument 10 is a substantially cylindrical grip portion 22. The grip portion 22 is screwed together with the shaft cylinder 20 to form the outer shape of the writing instrument 10. Further, a substantially conical stainless steel base 30 is attached to the tip of the grip portion 22.

A mechanical unit 40 of a mechanical pencil is built in the internal space formed by the shaft cylinder 20 and the grip portion 22. An eraser 41 is attached to the rear end of the mechanism unit 40, and a cover member 42 covering the eraser 41 projects from the rear end of the shaft tube 20.
As shown in FIG. 2, the shaft cylinder 20 is a substantially cylindrical member provided with a clip 21 in the vicinity of the rear end. As shown in the cross-sectional view of FIG. 3, an adhesive sheet 50 is attached to the inner peripheral surface. As shown in FIG. 4, the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet 50 is provided with a printed layer 52 having a decorative design printed on the surface of a base material 51 made of polypropylene and formed as a transparent sheet. The adhesive layer 53 is coated with an agent. Note that a paper release sheet 54 for protecting the adhesive layer 53 is further adhered to the upper layer before being attached to the shaft cylinder 20.

  When sticking the adhesive sheet 50 to the inner peripheral surface of the shaft cylinder 20, as shown in FIG. 4, if the adhesive layer 53 is attached while peeling the release sheet 54, the inner periphery as shown in FIG. The entire circumference of the surface can be pasted. By sticking the adhesive sheet 50 in this way, the inner peripheral surface of the shaft cylinder 20 can be decorated, and the decorated design can be seen from the outside through the transparent shaft cylinder 20 It is. As shown in FIG. 5, the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet 50 has a base material 51 formed of a light-transmitting material, a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer 53 on the front surface and a printed layer 52 on the back surface, and an upper layer of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer 53. Alternatively, it may be formed as having the release sheet 54 attached thereto.

The inner surface of the shaft cylinder 20 used in the embodiment of the present invention may be subjected to a decorating process by painting. An example of such a coating system is schematically shown in FIG.
The shaft cylinder 20 is movable in the axial direction (left and right in the drawing) by the air cylinder 73 while being held by the shaft cylinder holding portion 74. The injection nozzle 70 for injecting the paint is in a position to be inserted along the axial direction into the inner space of the shaft cylinder 20 held in this way. The injection nozzle 70 is connected to a mixing chamber 72 that mixes air A flowing from a compressor (not shown) through the air solenoid valve control unit 75 and paint from the paint tank 71, and is generated when the paint is mixed with air. Aerosol is ejected from its tip. The air solenoid valve control unit 75 also serves to control the protrusion and immersion of the air cylinder 73.

The painting process of the shaft cylinder 20 by the painting system of FIG. 6 will be described with reference to FIG. The shaft cylinder 20 is shown in cross section.
In the state before painting, the tip of the injection nozzle 70 is positioned near one end of the transparent shaft 20 (FIG. 7A).
From the state shown in FIG. 7A, the air cylinder 73 is projected to move the shaft tube retaining portion 74 in the direction of the injection nozzle (right direction in the figure). Be injected. Then, in a state where the injection nozzle 70 is inserted into the shaft cylinder 20, the inner surface thereof is painted to become the painted surface 60 (FIG. 7B).

Furthermore, the movement of the shaft cylinder retaining portion 74 due to the protrusion of the air cylinder 73 continues, and when the tip of the injection nozzle is positioned near the other end of the shaft cylinder, the entire inner surface of the shaft cylinder 20 becomes the painted surface 60, and the coating surface 60 Is completed (FIG. 7C).
From the state shown in FIG. 7C, by immersing the air cylinder 73, the shaft cylinder retaining portion 74 moves in the reverse direction (left direction in the figure), and the shaft cylinder 20 is pulled away from the injection nozzle 70 ( FIG. 7D). Then, the shaft cylinder 20 whose inner surface is the painted surface 60 is moved to the next manufacturing process.
In addition, such a decoration process by coating or painting of the release sheet 54 includes transfer, printing, plating, vapor deposition, foil stamping to the inner peripheral surface of the shaft cylinder 20, paper, cloth, leather, artificial leather, CFRP sheet, etc. It is also possible to attach an adduct of the above or any combination thereof. Of course, these methods can be combined with the decorating process by applying the adhesive sheet 50 described above.

Note that, as the writing instrument 10 as the applicator 10 according to the present embodiment, a ballpoint pen, a sign pen, a marker pen, a fountain pen, and the like can be similarly applied to the tubular member 20. In addition, in the applicator 10 incorporating a coating material such as cosmetics, adhesives, chemicals, and correction fluids, the same decoration process as described above can be applied to a cylindrical container that stores the coating material.
Furthermore, the decorating process as in the present embodiment is not limited to the shaft tube 20, but can be applied to any cylindrical member 20 such as a cap.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be used for decorations such as ball cylinders, mechanical pencils, sign pens, marker pens, fountain pens, etc. In addition, an applicator that contains an applied product such as cosmetics, adhesives, chemicals, and correction fluid can also be used for decoration such as a shaft tube or a cap.

Claims (6)

An applicator provided with a cylindrical member formed of a light-transmitting material at least in part,
An applicator characterized in that a decorating process is applied to an inner surface of the cylindrical member.   The applicator according to claim 1, wherein the decorating process is performed by sticking an adhesive sheet having a decorative surface to the inner surface of the cylindrical member.   The decorating treatment is performed by sticking a light-transmissive adhesive sheet, which is decorated on the surface opposite to the adhesive surface, to the inner surface of the cylindrical member. The applicator according to claim 1.   The said decoration process is 1 process chosen from the group which consists of painting, transcription | transfer, printing, plating, vapor deposition, foil stamping, and attachment sticking, or the combination of 2 or more processes, The characterized by the above-mentioned 3. The applicator according to 3.   The applicator according to claim 1, 2, 3, or 4, wherein the cylindrical member is a shaft cylinder.   The applicator according to claim 1, 2, 3, or 4, wherein the cylindrical member is a cap.

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