Delamination container
11192677 · 2021-12-07
Assignee
Inventors
Cpc classification
B65D79/005
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B65D1/32
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B65D83/0055
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B65D79/0084
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B65D1/0276
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
International classification
B65D1/02
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B65D83/00
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B65D79/00
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
Abstract
A delamination container includes a bottle-shaped outer layer body including a mouth, a barrel and a bottom and an inner layer body releasably laminated on an inner surface of the outer layer body, the mouth being provided with an ambient air introduction hole passing through the outer layer body, in which a lower portion of the mouth is provided with a neck ring which has a notch circumferentially outside of at least a portion immediately below the ambient air introduction hole; and the notch is provided within a range of 60° on both sides of a radial reference line passing through an axial center of the ambient air introduction hole and radially extending, in a planar view of the container.
Claims
1. A delamination container comprising: a bottle-shaped outer layer body including a tubular mouth, a barrel extending to the mouth and a bottom extending to the barrel; and an inner layer body configured to be deformed to undergo volume reduction, the inner layer body being releasably laminated on an inner surface of the outer layer body and formed into a shape corresponding to the outer layer body; wherein: the mouth includes: an ambient air introduction hole passing through the outer layer body and extending between the outer layer body and the inner layer body; and a neck ring disposed on a lower portion of the mouth; the neck ring includes a pair of notches that are respectively located on first and second sides of an axial reference line extending in a longitudinal direction of the container through an axial center of the ambient air introduction hole; each of the pair of notches are respectively located within a range of 60° from a radial reference line passing through the axial center of the ambient air introduction hole and extending in a radial direction of the container, the radial direction being orthogonal to the longitudinal direction; and the pair of notches are separated from each other in a circumferential direction by a portion of the neck ring that is positioned so as to be axially aligned with the ambient air introduction hole in the longitudinal direction.
2. The delamination container according to claim 1, wherein the barrel includes at least one longitudinal rib provided below the ambient air introduction hole.
3. The delamination container according to claim 2, wherein the at least one longitudinal rib is provided at a position avoiding a virtual line passing through the axial center of the ambient air introduction hole and a first end of the neck ring that defines a side of a first notch of the pair of notches that is farthest away from the axial reference line.
4. The delamination container according to claim 3, wherein the at least one longitudinal rib is provided inside an area of the barrel that is defined by the virtual line and a second virtual line that passes through the axial center of the ambient air introduction hole and a second end of the neck ring that defines a side of a second notch of the pair of notches that is farthest away from the axial reference line.
5. The delamination container according to claim 4, wherein the barrel has a longitudinal adhesive band provided between the outer layer body and the inner layer body; and the pair of notches are provided at positions that are circumferentially displaced with respect to an extension line of the adhesive band.
6. The delamination container according to claim 3, wherein the barrel has a longitudinal adhesive band provided between the outer layer body and the inner layer body; and the pair of notches are provided at positions that are circumferentially displaced with respect to an extension line of the adhesive band.
7. The delamination container according to claim 2, wherein the barrel has a longitudinal adhesive band provided between the outer layer body and the inner layer body; and the pair of notches are provided at positions that are circumferentially displaced with respect to an extension line of the adhesive band.
8. The delamination container according to claim 1, wherein the barrel includes at least two longitudinal ribs provided below the ambient air introduction hole on both sides of the axial reference line.
9. The delamination container according to claim 8, wherein the at least two longitudinal ribs are provided at positions avoiding a virtual line passing through the axial center of the ambient air introduction hole and a first end of the neck ring that defines a side of a first notch of the pair of notches that is farthest away from the axial reference line.
10. The delamination container according to claim 9, wherein the at least two longitudinal ribs are provided inside an area of the barrel that is defined by the virtual line and a second virtual line that passes through the axial center of the ambient air introduction hole and a second end of the neck ring that defines a side of a second notch of the pair of notches that is farthest away from the axial reference line.
11. The delamination container according to claim 10, wherein the barrel has a longitudinal adhesive band provided between the outer layer body and the inner layer body; and the pair of notches are provided at positions that are circumferentially displaced with respect to an extension line of the adhesive band.
12. The delamination container according to claim 9, wherein the barrel has a longitudinal adhesive band provided between the outer layer body and the inner layer body; and the pair of notches are provided at positions that are circumferentially displaced with respect to an extension line of the adhesive band.
13. The delamination container according to claim 8, wherein the barrel has a longitudinal adhesive band provided between the outer layer body and the inner layer body; and the pair of notches are provided at positions that are circumferentially displaced with respect to an extension line of the adhesive band.
14. The delamination container according to claim 1, wherein the barrel has a longitudinal adhesive band provided between the outer layer body and the inner layer body; and the pair of notches are provided at positions that are circumferentially displaced with respect to an extension line of the adhesive band.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
(1) In the accompanying drawings:
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION
(8) The present disclosure will be described in more detail below with reference to the drawings.
(9) It is to be noted that, in the specification, the claims and the abstract, the “up and down” direction refers to an up and down direction on the basis of the posture illustrated in
(10) As illustrated in
(11) Inside the outer layer body 2 is provided with an inner layer body 3. The inner layer body 3 is formed from a synthetic resin material into a bag shape having a thickness smaller than that of the outer layer body 2, releasably laminated on the inner surface of the outer layer body 2, and has a shape corresponding to the shape of the outer layer body 2. Although not illustrated in detail, an opening of the inner layer body 3 is continued to an opening end of the mouth 11 of the outer layer body 2, and inside the inner layer body 3 has a space S continuing to the opening. Inside the inner layer body 3, that is, a space S, can contain contents in a liquid state such as, for example, toiletries, examples of which including cosmetics such as face lotion, shampoo, rinse, liquid soap and the like, and seasoning such as soy source and the like. The inner layer body 3 is configured to be deformed to undergo volume reduction. The inner layer body 3 is released from the inner surface of the outer layer body 2 as the contents are dispensed and can be deformed to undergo volume reduction so that the volume of the space S is reduced.
(12) The above description of “the inner layer body 3 is releasably laminated on the inner surface of the outer layer body 2” means not only that the inner layer body 3 laminated on the inner surface of the outer layer body 2 through adhesion, pseudo-adhesion, or welding is released from the outer layer body 2, but also means that the inner layer body 3 laminated on the inner surface of the outer layer body 2 merely in an adhesive manner is released from the outer layer body 2.
(13) In this embodiment, an adhesive band 4 disposed between the outer layer body 2 and the inner layer body 3 to adhere the outer layer body 2 and the inner layer body 3 to each other is provided to the barrel 12. The adhesive band 4 is an elongated longitudinal band extending from the mouth 11 to the bottom 13. The number of the adhesive bands 4 may be one, or two or more, as far as it is not disposed on a circumferential position of an ambient air introduction hole 14 described later. For example, two pieces of adhesive bands 4 may be provided across a parting line. Further, the adhesive band 4 may be provided only one side of the delamination container 1 in a circumferential direction, or it may be provided on two sides circumferentially opposed to each other. It is to be noted that the adhesive band 4 is not an essential component.
(14) The delamination container 1 is formed into a lamination structure in which the inner layer body 3 is releasably laminated on the inner surface of the outer layer body 2 by coextruding a synthetic resin material for outer layer body and a synthetic resin material for inner layer body each having low compatibility with each other to form a laminated parison, and by blow molding the laminated parison with a mold. It is to be noted that the delamination container 1 may also be formed by biaxial stretching blow molding of a laminated preform formed in advance by injection molding or the like.
(15) A spout tool (not illustrated) such as a spout cap is fitted to the mouth 11 by plugging, the spout cap being provided with a check valve at a spout tube that dispenses contents. The contents are dispensed through the spout tool. In the above described delamination container 1, when the spout cap configured in the above described manner is fitted to the mouth 11, the contents are dispensed from the mouth 11 by squeezing the barrel 12 of the outer layer body 2. When the outer layer body 2 is restored to its original shape after the contents are dispensed, the ambient air flows from the ambient air introduction hole 14 described later into between the outer layer body 2 and the inner layer body 3, and thus the outer layer body 2 can be restored to its original shape with the space S of the inner layer body 3 deformed to undergo volume reduction. Therefore, the ambient air is prevented from flowing from the mouth 11 into the space S of the inner layer body 3 after the contents are dispensed. In this manner, the contents contained in the space S is inhibited from coming in contact with the air and deterioration and change in quality thereof can be prevented.
(16) It is to be noted that, as a spout tool, a pump may be fitted to the mouth 11. Alternately, a spout tool having the other configuration such as a spout cap configured to dispense the contents contained in the space S of the inner layer body 3 from the mouth 11 using its own weight by tilting the outer layer body 2 may be fitted to the mouth 11.
(17) The mouth 11 is provided with a fitting protrusion 11a configured to fit a spout tool to the mouth 11 by plugging. The fitting protrusion 11a is adapted for undercut engagement with a fitting groove provided on an inner periphery of a fitting tube of the spout tool, and thus the spout tool can be fitted to the mouth 11. In a planar view, the fitting protrusions 11a are formed into a pair of circular arcs having an intermittent portion at two positions opposed to each other across the central axis line O of the delamination container 1 or the mouth 11.
(18) A pair of ambient air introduction holes 14 is provided in the mouth 11 of the outer layer body 2. These ambient air introduction holes 14 are formed into a circular shape, and the central axis line of the ambient air introduction hole 14 vertically intersects with the central axis line O. A pair of ambient air introduction holes 14 respectively is disposed in the intermittent portions of the fitting protrusions 11a symmetrically across the central axis line O. These ambient air introduction holes 14 respectively pass through the outer layer body 2 and communicate between the outer layer body 2 and the inner layer body 3, and when the inner layer body 3 is released from the outer layer body 2, the ambient air can be introduced between the outer layer body 2 and the inner layer body 3. It is to be noted that each portion of the mouth 11 where the ambient air introduction hole 14 is provided, that is, each intermittent portion of the fitting protrusion 11a, is chamfered flat. Further, it is preferable that each ambient air introduction hole 14 is provided in a circumferential position that is displaced from the adhesive band 4 by over 90° or more. In this example, each of the two ambient air introduction holes 14 is provided in a circumferential position that is displaced from the adhesive band 4 by 90°.
(19) Below the mouth 11 (in this example, the lower end of the mouth 11) is provided with a neck ring 15. The neck ring 15 protrudes radially outward from the outer periphery of the mouth 11 and forms a substantially annular protrusion extending in a circumferential direction. With the neck ring 15 provided to the mouth 11, when a spout tool such as a spout cap and the like is fitted to the mouth 11 by plugging, a fitting tool for plugging can be fitted to the neck ring 15.
(20) The neck ring 15 has a notch 15a on the circumferentially outside of at least a portion immediately below the ambient air introduction hole 14. In this example, a circumferentially long notch 15a that extends circumferentially outward of the portion immediately below the ambient air introduction hole 14 is provided. It is to be noted that, as illustrated in
(21) In this context, a substantially annular recess 15b (see
(22) It is to be noted that the inventor's study shows that the ambient air introduced from the ambient air introduction hole 14 flows downward in a radially expanding manner from the ambient air introduction hole 14. Thus, the notch 15a is provided circumferentially outside of at least a portion immediately below the ambient air introduction hole 14 so that the air introduced from the ambient air introduction hole 14 can easily expand downward in a radial manner. In this manner, the ambient air introduction efficiency can be increased.
(23) As illustrated in a plan view of
(24) As illustrated in
(25) As is obvious from the cross-sectional views illustrated in
(26) In this manner, the barrel 12 is provided with the longitudinal ribs 16. Thus, after the initial release processing of the inner layer body 3 is performed, while a large part of the inner layer body 3 is again adhered to the inner surface of the outer layer body 2, and as illustrated in
(27) More specifically, for example, after the delamination container 1 is formed by blow molding, the air inside the inner layer body 3 is sucked from the mouth 11, or the air is blew from the ambient air introduction hole 14 into a space between the outer layer body 2 and the inner layer body 3 to once release the inner layer body 3 from the outer layer body 2. Subsequently the air is supplied from the mouth 11 into the inner layer body 3 to restore the inner layer body 3 into its original state in which it is laminated onto the outer layer body 2. In this manner the initial release processing of the inner layer body 3 can be performed. In the initial release processing, the inner layer body 3 once released from the outer layer body 2 is laminated again on the inner surface of the outer layer body 2, and at that time, displacement occurs between the portion of the outer layer body 2 where the longitudinal rib 16 is provided and the portion of the inner layer body 3 where the longitudinal rib 16 is provided, which makes it difficult for the inner layer body 3 to adhere to the inner surface of the outer layer body 2. As a result a gap G as illustrated in
(28) In this context, it is preferable that, viewed from the axial direction of the ambient air introduction hole 14, the longitudinal rib 16 is provided at a position avoiding a virtual line L4 passing through the axial center of the ambient air introduction hole 14 and the end 15c of the notch 15a farthest away from the up and down reference line L1, as illustrated in
(29) Moreover, it is preferable that the longitudinal rib 16 is provided inside a pair of virtual lines L4 located on both sides of the up and down reference line L1, which allows an ambient air introduction channel to be easily formed along the virtual line L4 in the region outside the longitudinal rib 16, and as a result the ambient air introduction efficiency can be further increased.
(30) It is to be noted that the longitudinal rib 16 is not an essential component. The number, the position and the length of the longitudinal rib 16 are not limited, and may be changed appropriately. Further, an additional longitudinal rib may be provided above, below or both above and below the four pieces of longitudinal ribs 16 illustrated in
(31) In the delamination container 1 configured in the above described manner, the neck ring 15 is provided with the notch 15a that extends circumferentially outward of the range immediately below the ambient air introduction hole 14 to allow the inner layer body 3 to be easily released from the outer layer body 2 at the portion where the notch 15a is provided. In this manner the ambient air can be reliably introduced from the ambient air introduction hole 14 to the barrel 12 side. Further, in the present embodiment, a pair of longitudinal ribs 16 is provided on both sides below each notch 15a. Thus, a gap extending from each notch 15a to respective longitudinal ribs 16 is generated between the outer layer body 2 and the inner layer body 3. In this manner, the ambient air sucked from the ambient air introduction hole 14 into between the outer layer body 2 and the inner layer body 3 when the outer layer body 2 is restored to its original shape can be reliably flowed to the bottom 13 through the ambient air introduction channel formed by a gap G at each longitudinal rib 16.
(32) In this manner, when the barrel 12 is provided with the longitudinal rib 16, a gap G is generated, after the initial release processing of the inner layer body 3, at each portion of the barrel 12 where the longitudinal rib 16 is provided. As a result the inner layer body 3 can be easily released from the outer layer body 2 at that portion. Therefore, when the outer layer body 2 is restored to its original shape after the contents are dispensed by squeezing the outer layer body 2, the inner layer body 3 can be reliably released from the outer layer body. Further, an ambient air introduction channel extending from the ambient air introduction hole 14 toward the bottom 13 is formed by a gap G generated at a portion of the barrel 12 where each longitudinal rib 16 is provided. Thus, the inner layer body 3 is reliably released from the outer layer body 2 from its bottom 13 toward the barrel 12 side when the outer layer body 2 is restored to its original shape after the contents are dispensed. In this manner the ambient air can be reliably prevented from being introduced into the space S of the inner layer body 3. Further, when the inner layer body 3 is easily released from the outer layer body 2, the squeezed outer layer body 2 can be reliably restored to its original shape. In this manner deformation of the outer layer body 2 can also be prevented.
(33) The other embodiment of the present disclosure will be described below with reference to
(34) As illustrated in
(35) Further, in this example, a pair of notches 15a is disposed symmetrically across the up and down reference line L1. In this example, although a pair of notches 15a is provided with respect to an ambient air introduction hole 14, either one of notches 15a may be provided with respect to an ambient air introduction hole 14. That is, only one notch 15a may be provided.
(36) As illustrated in a plan view in
(37) In this context, it is preferable that each notch 15a is provided at circumferential position 30° from the radial reference line L2, which allows for not only an increase in the ambient air introduction efficiency but also allows for adaptation to a support jig and the like that supports at each position 45° from the radial reference line L2 on both sides, for example.
(38) Further, a notch 15a may be provided at a portion or three or more portions with respect to an ambient air introduction hole 14. When too many notches 15a are provided, the strength of the neck ring 15 is decreased, and the functionality thereof may be impaired. Thus, it is preferable that two notches 15a may be provided with respect to an ambient air introduction hole 14 (one for each of both sides across the up and down reference line L1).
(39) The present disclosure is not limited to the above described embodiments, and it goes without saying that various changes may be made without departing from the scope of the present disclosure. For example, a longitudinal rib 16 may be provided not only in the range of the shoulder 12a of the barrel 12, but also in the range continuing to the barrel body 12b.
(40) Further, the shape of the longitudinal rib 16 is not limited to a recessed rib dented toward the inside of the container, but also may be formed into a protruded rib protruded toward the outside of the container. In this case, some of longitudinal ribs 16 may be formed into a recessed rib and the other longitudinal ribs 16 may be formed into a protruded rib, or a recessed rib and a protruded rib may be alternately disposed. In this manner, the shape and the configuration of the barrel 12 of a portion where a longitudinal rib 16 is provided can be further complicated. As a result, in the initial release processing, it will be more difficult for the inner layer body 3 to adhere to the outer layer body 2, and a gap G can be generated more reliably at the portion of the barrel 12 where a longitudinal rib 16 is provided.
(41) Furthermore, as the delamination containers 1 and 20, those having a mouth 11, a barrel 12 and a bottom 13 each formed into a circular shape in a planar view are illustrated. However, the mouth 11, the barrel 12 and the bottom 13 of the delamination containers 1 and 20 may have an oval or the other shapes in a planar view.
(42) Moreover, instead of a fitting protrusion 11a, a screw portion is provided to the mouth 11, and a spout tool may be fitted to the mouth 11 through screw connection.
REFERENCE SIGNS LIST
(43) 1, 20 delamination container 2 outer layer body 3 inner layer body 4 adhesive band 11 mouth 11a fitting protrusion 12 barrel 12a shoulder 12b barrel body 13 bottom 14 ambient air introduction hole 15 neck ring 15a notch 15b recess 15c end 16 longitudinal rib S space O central axis line La up and down reference line L2 radial reference line