Mold for container with handle
10150242 ยท 2018-12-11
Assignee
Inventors
Cpc classification
B29C2049/481
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B29K2067/00
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B65D23/106
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B29C2049/4807
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B65D1/48
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B29C2049/2069
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B65D2501/0036
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B29C2049/2039
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B29C49/20
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
International classification
B29C49/20
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B65D1/02
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B65D1/48
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
Abstract
A container with a handle, in which a handle is engaged with a portion of the container, is manufactured by arranging the handle in a handle arrangement part, inserting a bottomed tubular preform into a cavity of a mold and performing blow molding. The mold includes an inner wall surface that forms an external shape of the container and a pressurizing member that forms a handle engaging part engaging with the handle to a portion of the container, and the pressurizing member is capable of moving between a first position which is a position at an outer side of the inner wall surface and a second position at which a portion of the inner wall surface is formed.
Claims
1. A mold for a container with a handle including two engaging parts protruding in a horizontal direction, which is for manufacturing the container with the handle in which the handle is engaged with a portion of the container by arranging the handle in a handle arrangement part, inserting a bottomed tubular preform into a cavity and performing blow molding, the mold comprising: an inner wall surface that forms an external shape of the container, and two engaging part forming members which are located at a position corresponding to the two engaging parts of the handle and form handle engaging parts engaging with the two engaging parts of the handle to a portion of the container, wherein the engaging part forming member is capable of moving between a first position which is a position at an outer side of the inner wall surface and a second position at which a portion of the inner wall surface is formed, wherein the mold includes two half-split molds, each of the half-split molds including one of the engaging part forming members, wherein the handle includes an upper attachment arm and a lower attachment arm, wherein each side of the lower attachment arm is provided with a curved recess formed by narrowing a width of the lower attachment arm in a curved shape, and wherein the engaging part forming members are configured to rotate around a rotational shaft, and further configured such that in response to rotating the engaging part forming members around the rotational shaft, the preform is pushed towards the curved recesses and enters gaps in a circumference of the curved recesses.
2. The mold for a container with a handle according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the engaging part forming members is connected to a heat source part for adjusting a temperature of the engaging part forming member.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
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MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
(9) One example of an embodiment of a mold for a container with a handle and a method for manufacturing the container with the handle according to the invention will hereinafter be described based on the accompanying drawings.
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(11) The mold 1 for the container with the handle includes two half-split molds 2.
(12) When a direction of a mouth part of the container (left direction in
(13) Also, an upper part of the half-split mold 2 (a molding part of the mouth part of the container) is provided with an insertion part 8 into which a preform is inserted.
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(16) As shown in
(17) The gripping part 22 is a portion for gripping the container 20 with a hand, for example, at the time of holding the container 20 with the handle. The gripping part 22 is formed with holding and positioning holes 23a, 23b into which the fixing pins 7a, 7b (see
(18) The upper attachment arm 5a of the handle 5 projects from the vicinity of the upper end of the gripping part 22 toward the inner side of a container body 24. The lower attachment arm 5b of the handle 5 projects from the vicinity of the lower end of the gripping part 22 toward the inner side of the container body 24. The upper attachment arm 5a and the lower attachment arm 5b are respectively engaged with an upper part 21a and a lower part 21b of the recess 21 of the container body 24.
(19) As shown in
(20) Returning to
(21) In the half-split mold 2, an opened space 10 in which the inner wall surface 3a is not present is formed in the circumference (periphery) of a position in which the lower attachment arm 5b is arranged. This space 10 is a region in which the inner wall surface 3a forming the cavity 3 is partially absent in both of the left and right sides of the lower attachment arm 5b.
(22) The half-split mold 2 is provided with a pressurizing member (one example of an engaging part forming member) 11 configured to be rotatable around a rotational shaft 12. Also, the back surface (right surface in
(23) A pressurizing surface 11a is formed to the distal end of the pressurizing member 11. A shape and a position of the pressurizing member 11 are set so that this pressurizing surface 11a closes the space 10 formed in the circumference of the lower attachment arm 5b of the handle 5 when the pressurizing member 11 is rotated around the rotational shaft 12. That is, the pressurizing member 11 and the space 10 have a nest structure in which the pressurizing surface 11a of the pressurizing member 11 enters the space 10 so as to close the space 10.
(24) The pressurizing member 11 is set so that the pressurizing surface 11a is arranged in a position at the outer side the inner wall surface 3a (one example of a first position) at the time of non-driving of the pressurizing member 11. At this time, the piston member 13 is controlled in a contracted state, and the pressurizing member 11 is rotated around the rotational shaft 12 clockwise when the half-split mold 2 is viewed from the downward side (viewed from a direction illustrated in
(25) On the other hand, the pressurizing member 11 is set so that the pressurizing surface 11a is arranged in a position at which a portion of the inner wall surface 3a is formed (one example of a second position) at the time of driving of the pressurizing member 11. At this time, the piston member 13 is controlled in an expanded state. Then, the pressurizing member 11 is pressed by this expanded piston member 13 and is rotated around the rotational shaft 12 counterclockwise when the half-split mold 2 is viewed from the downward side (viewed from the direction illustrated in
(26) Also, the pressurizing member 11 is connected to a heat source part (not shown) capable of adjusting a temperature of the pressurizing surface 11a. This heat source part has a heat medium, and when the temperature of the pressurizing surface 11a is increased, the heat medium whose temperature is increased to a predetermined temperature by a temperature controller is supplied to the pressurizing member 11, and the temperature of the pressurizing surface 11a is increased to the predetermined temperature.
(27) Next, a method for manufacturing the container with the handle by using the mold 1 for the container with the handle will be described based on
(28) As shown in a flowchart of
(29) Subsequently, the formed handle 5 is arranged to the handle arrangement part 6 of the mold 1 for the container with the handle (step S102: one example of a blow previous stage step).
(30) Also, the preform 31, which is to become the container body 24, is inserted and set into the cavity 3 of the half-split mold 2 (step S103: one example of the blow previous stage step). In a state in which the preform 31 keeps the amount of heat at the time of injection molding and is at a proper temperature for blow molding, or in a state in which the preform 31 is heated to the proper temperature of blow molding and the temperature of the preform 31 is adjusted after the preform 31 is once cooled to room temperature after injection molding, the preform 31 is inserted into the cavity 3. The proper temperature is set at 100 C. to 120 C. Here, step S102 and step S103 may be simultaneously performed, that is, the handle 5 and the preform 31 may be simultaneously set in the mold 1.
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(32) The handle 5 is fixed by inserting the fixing pins 7a, 7b of the handle arrangement part 6 into the holding and positioning holes 23a, 23b formed in the gripping part 22. The distal ends of the upper attachment arm 5a and the lower attachment arm 5b of the handle 5 are arranged in a state of projecting in and entering inside the inside of the cavity 3 from the inner wall surface 3a of the cavity 3.
(33) Also, the preform 31 is set so as to extend to the inside of the cavity 3 straight along the central axis of the cavity 3 in a vertical direction. Also, the pressurizing surface 11a of the pressurizing member 11 is arranged at a position at the outer side of the inner wall surface 3a. In this manner, the handle 5 and the preform 31 are set in the half-split mold 2.
(34) Then, as shown in
(35) After the half-split molds 2, 2 are clamped, blow molding for forming the container 20 with the handle is started (step S105). The blow molding is performed by blowing high-pressure air into the preform 31 set inside the cavity 3.
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(37) A stretching rod 41 is inserted into the preform 31 from the insertion part 8 and this stretching rod 41 is downwardly moved to thereby stretch the preform 31 in the vertical central axis direction. Also, the high-pressure air introduced from the distal end of the insertion part 8 expands the preform 31 in a left-right direction.
(38) At this time, at the same time as a downward movement of the stretching rod 41 or after the downward movement, the air is introduced from the distal end of the insertion part 8 to stretch the preform 31. Consequently, the upper portion of the preform 31 expands in the left-right direction earlier than the lower portion thereof, and abuts on the inner wall surface 3a of the cavity 3 and sticks to the inner wall surface 3a. The expanded preform 31 contacts with the upper attachment arm 5a of the handle 5 so as to cover the upper attachment arm 5a from the upward side and engages with the upper attachment arm 5a, thereby forming the upper part 21a (see
(39) Then, as shown in
(40) Here, a process of engaging the handle 5 with the expanded preform 31 by the pressurizing member 11 will be described with reference to
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(46) By this movement of the pressurizing surface 11a, the portion expanded to the outer side than the external shape of the container body 24 in the expanded preform 31 is pushed back to the position of the external shape of the container body 24. The preform 31 pushed back is deformed by pressurization from the pressurizing surface 11a, and the portion abutting on the pressurizing surface 11a is formed into a shape of the external shape of the container body 24.
(47) Also, the preform 31 pushed back is pushed into the curved recess 25a of the lower attachment arm 5b, and enters the gap 51 present in the circumference of the curved recess 25a in
(48) Accordingly, the preform 31 at the side of the curved recess 25a is deformed along a shape of the curved recess 25a, and its portion is formed with a handle engaging part 52 capable of being engaged with the protruding engaging part 26a formed on the distal end of the lower attachment arm 5b. That is, a pressure is applied to the preform 31 from the pressurizing member 11 to thereby form the handle engaging part 52 engaging with the engaging part 26a of the lower attachment arm 5b.
(49) As shown in
(50) After the introduction of air is stopped, the preform 31 is maintained in a state brought into close contact with the inner wall surface 3a of the cavity 3, and is cooled so as to become a final shape of the container 20 with the handle (step S107). Thereafter, the air is discharged and the molds are opened, and the container 20 with the handle, to which the handle 5 is engaged, is taken out (step S108).
(51) In the mold for the container with the handle and the method for manufacturing the container with the handle of the embodiment as described above, the pressurizing surface 11a of the pressurizing member 11 can be moved between the position at an outer side of the inner wall surface 3a and the position at which a portion of the inner wall surface 3a is formed. As a result, the preform 31 can be expanded to the outer side than the external shape of the container body 24 by arranging the pressurizing surface 11a of the pressurizing member 11 to the position at the outer side of the inner wall surface 3a when the preform 31 is expanded by blow molding. Then, by moving the pressurizing surface 11a of the pressurizing member 11 to the position at which a portion of the inner wall surface 3a is formed, the portion of the expanded preform 31 expanded to the outer side of the external shape of the container body 24 can be pushed back to the position of the external shape of the container body 24. Accordingly, the preform 31 can be pushed in a direction of the curved recess 25a of the handle 5 (lower attachment arm 5b), and the handle engaging part 52 corresponding to a shape of the curved recess 25a can be formed to the preform 31 (container body 24). Hence, the handle engaging part 52 formed to the container body 24 can be deeply engaged with the handle 5 (particularly, the engaging part 26a formed on the distal end of the lower attachment arm 5b) with no gap, and the container 20 with the handle in which the handle 5 is hardly detached and having a high attachment strength can be manufactured.
(52) Also, since the pressurizing surface 11a of the pressurizing member 11 is arranged in the outside beyond the inner wall surface 3a and the preform 31 is expanded to the outside beyond the external shape of the container body 24, the preform 31 can surely be caught in a gap, which the preform 31 cannot enter due to narrowness until now, of the lower attachment arm 5b of the handle 5. Hence, the container 20 including the handle 5 which has a small backlash and is resistant to being detached can be manufactured.
(53) Also, since the timing at which the pressurizing member 11 is driven can be set as a time when a predetermined time has elapsed since the blow molding has started, after the predetermined time is once obtained experimentally, the containers can efficiently be mass-manufactured under a condition of manufacture with high reproducibility.
(54) Also, since the container 20 with the handle in which the handle 5 is hardly detached and having the high attachment strength can be efficiently manufactured, the container 20 can be applied to a high-cycle apparatus incapable of securing a sufficient blow time in a manufacturing process.
(55) Also, as a result of manufacturing the container 20 with the handle using the mold 2 having the pressurizing member 11 as described above, a pressurized indentation 28 capable of being observed by a measuring device or visually may be formed to a portion of the lower part 21b of the recess 21 of the container body 24 as shown in
(56) Also, as shown in
(57) Next,
(58) The pressurizing member 61 is installed toward a space 10 in which an inner wall surface 3a formed in the circumference of a lower attachment arm 5b is not present.
(59) A pressurizing surface 61a of the pressurizing member 61 is arranged at a position at the outer side of the inner wall surface 3a (one example of a first position) in a retracted state. On the other hand, the pressurizing surface 61a is moved to a position at which an external shape of the container body 24 is formed (one example of a second position) in a projected state. When the expanded preform 31 contacts with the pressurizing surface 61a (a time shown in
(60) The pressurizing surface 61a of the projected pressurizing member 61 is moved to the position of the external shape of the container body 24 to close the space 10. Accordingly, like the pressurizing member 11 of
(61) Also, in the pressurizing surface 61a of the pressurizing member 61, the distal end portion of the side near to the handle 5 is formed in a state slightly crooked toward the distal end of the handle 5. By such a configuration, the pressurizing member 61 can more surely push the preform 31 into the side (rear side (back side) of the engaging part 26a) near to the handle 5 by the distal end portion of the crooked pressurizing surface 61a, and decrease a gap with the handle 5.
(62) Here, in the embodiment described above, only the half-split mold 2 of one side is described, but in the half-split mold 2 of the other side, the pressurizing members 11, 61 are similarly formed and similar blow molding is performed. By this configuration, the handle 5 is fixed by the handle engaging parts 52 formed by the pressurizing members 11, 61 from both of the left and right sides, and particularly, the handle 5 becomes hardly detached in a transverse direction.
(63) Also, the pressurizing surfaces 11a, 61a in contact with the expanded portion of the preform 31 may be heat-treated by operating a heat source part (not shown) connected to the pressurizing member 11 and thereby increasing temperatures of the pressurizing surfaces 11a, 61a (increased to, for example, about 100 C.). When the temperatures of the pressurizing surfaces 11a, 61a are low, since the expanded portion of the preform 31 is cooled and becomes hardly deformed after the expanded portion of the preform 31 contacts with the pressurizing surfaces 11a, 61a, it becomes necessary to control timing at which the pressurizing members 11, 61 are driven with high accuracy. However, by increasing the temperatures of the pressurizing surfaces 11a, 61a, the expanded portion of the preform can be deformed in a desired shape even when the timing at which the pressurizing members 11, 61 are driven includes some error.
(64) Also, the handle engaging part 52 engaged with the distal end of the lower attachment arm 5b (the curved parts 25a, 25b, particularly, the engaging parts 26a, 26b) can be heated-treated by increasing the temperatures of the pressurizing surfaces 11a, 61a. Hence, heat resistance of the handle engaging part 52 can be improved, and a decrease in handle attachment strength due to contraction or deformation in the case of being filled with high-temperature seasoning, alcohol, etc., can be prevented to manufacture the container 20 with the handle in which the handle 5 is hardly detached.
(65) The invention has been described above in detail with reference to the specific embodiment, but it is apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes or modifications can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.
(66) The invention has been described in detail with reference to the specific embodiment, but it is apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes or modifications can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.
(67) The present application is based on Japanese patent application (patent application No. 2012-273516) filed on Dec. 14, 2012, and the contents of the patent application are hereby incorporated by reference.
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(68) 1: MOLD FOR CONTAINER WITH HANDLE 2: HALF-SPLIT MOLD 3: RECESS (CAVITY) 3a: INNER WALL SURFACE 5: HANDLE 5a: UPPER ATTACHMENT ARM 5b: LOWER ATTACHMENT ARM 6: HANDLE ARRANGEMENT PART 7a,7b: FIXING PIN 8: INSERTION PART 10: SPACE 11,61: PRESSURIZING MEMBER (ENGAGING PART FORMING PART) 11a,61a: PRESSURIZING SURFACE 13: PISTON MEMBER 20: CONTAINER WITH HANDLE 21: RECESS 22: GRIPPING PART 24: CONTAINER BODY 25a,25b: CURVED RECESS 26a,26b: ENGAGING PART 28: PRESSURIZED INDENTATION 41: STRETCHING ROD 51: GAP 52: HANDLE ENGAGING PART