Sheet bonding method, sheet bonding device, and transfusion bag

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10040246-B2
Application number	US-201615091678-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 6, 2016
Priority date	Oct 18, 2013
Publication date	Aug 7, 2018
Grant date	Aug 7, 2018

Abstract

A sheet bonding device includes a pressurization mold which is constituted of an upper mold and a lower mold and performs sealing through heating by sandwiching a sealing target portion of a bag main body and a sealing target portion of a gas barrier function sheet with pressurization surfaces; a plurality of support pins which are provided in the lower mold so as to be retractable and position the gas barrier function sheet with respect to one surface of the bag main body by penetrating the sealing target portions of the bag main body and the gas barrier function sheet; and gas spray means for making the gas barrier function sheet float by spraying inert gas to an area-enlarged portion, which does not overlap the bag main body, of the gas barrier function sheet supported by the support pins.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A sheet bonding method for a functional sheet to a bonding target object by sealing a periphery portion of the bonding target object after making the bonding target object and the functional sheet overlap each other, comprising:
a preparation step of forming on the functional sheet, in advance of making the bonding target object and the functional sheet overlap each other, an area-enlarged portion which is disposed outside of a portion to be sealed of the functional sheet which is to be overlapped with a portion to be sealed of the bonding target object;
an overlapping step of making the portion to be sealed of the bonding target object and the portion to be sealed of the functional sheet overlap each other;
a gas substitution step of substituting air in a sealed space, which is formed between the bonding target object and the functional sheet, with gas by spraying the gas to the area-enlarged portion from a side of the bonding target object, after the overlapping step;
and a sealing step of sealing the periphery portion of the bonding target object in which the bonding target object and the functional sheet are positioned by causing a plurality of support pins provided in a pressurization mold to penetrate the portion to be sealed of the bonding target object and the functional sheet or an outer portion of the portion to be sealed of the bonding target object and the functional sheet while performing the gas substitution step.

2. The sheet bonding method according to claim 1 ,
wherein the bonding target object is a package.

3. The sheet bonding method according to claim 1 ,
wherein the area-enlarged portion is formed by forming a cutout portion in the bonding target object or the functional sheet.

4. The sheet bonding method according to claim 1 ,
wherein the area-enlarged portion is formed by forming a through hole in the bonding target object.

5. The sheet bonding method according to claim 1 ,
wherein, in the gas substitution step, gas is sprayed from the horizontal direction of the sealed space while spraying the gas to the area-enlarged portion.

6. The sheet bonding method according to claim 1 ,
wherein through holes are formed in advance of the overlapping step at positions through which the support pins penetrate the bonding target object and the functional sheet.

7. The sheet bonding method according to claim 1 ,
wherein when performing the sealing step, the plurality of support pins are put into the pressurization mold.

8. A sheet bonding device in which a functional sheet is bonded to a bonding target object by sealing a periphery portion of the bonding target object after making the bonding target object and the functional sheet overlap each other, comprising:
an area-enlarged portion which is disposed on an outside of a portion to be sealed of the functional sheet which overlaps with a portion to be sealed of the bonding target object;
a pressurization mold which is constituted of an upper mold and a lower mold each having a pressurizing surface, respectively configured to sandwich the bonding target object and the functional sheet with the pressurizing surfaces of the upper and the lower molds;
a heater disposed in at least one of the upper mold or the lower mold which provides heat at least to one of the pressurization surfaces of the upper mold and the pressurization surface of the lower mold;
a plurality of support pins which are provided in the pressurization mold and position the bonding target object and the functional sheet in a state where
the plurality of support pins penetrate the portion to be sealed of the bonding target object and the portion to be sealed of the functional sheet or an outer portion of the portions to be sealed of the bonding target object and of the functional sheet; and
a gas spray unit configured to spray gas to the area-enlarged portion from a side of the bonding target object towards the functional sheet.

9. The sheet bonding device according to claim 8 ,
wherein the gas spray unit includes a diffusion preventing plate for preventing diffusion of the gas sprayed to the area-enlarged portion, to the outside of the area-enlarged portion.

10. The sheet bonding device according to claim 8 ,
wherein the gas spray unit includes
a first spray unit configured to spray gas to the area-enlarged portion, and
a second spray unit configured to spray gas to a sealed space formed between the bonding target object and the functional sheet.

11. The sheet bonding device according to claim 8 ,
wherein the gas spray unit includes a casing, in which the lower mold is stored, and is provided with at least a pair of opposing gas flow paths as gas blow-out flow paths between a side wall of the casing and a side wall of the lower mold.

12. A sheet bonding method for a functional sheet to a bonding target object by sealing a periphery portion of the bonding target object after making the bonding target object and the functional sheet overlap each other, comprising:
a preparation step of forming an area-enlarged portion which is disposed outside of a portion to be sealed of the bonding target object which is to be overlapped with a portion to be sealed of the functional sheet;
an overlapping step of making the portion to be sealed of the bonding target object and the portion to be sealed of the functional sheet overlap each other;
a gas substitution step of substituting air in a sealed space, which is formed between the bonding target object and the functional sheet, with gas by spraying the gas to the area-enlarged portion from a side of the functional sheet, after the overlapping step;
and a sealing step of sealing the periphery portion of the bonding target object in which the bonding target object and the functional sheet are positioned by causing a plurality of support pins provided in a pressurization mold penetrate the portion to be sealed of the bonding target object and the functional sheet or an outer portion of the portion to be sealed of the bonding target object and the functional sheet while performing the gas substitution step.

13. The sheet bonding method according to claim 12 , wherein
the bonding target object is a package.

14. The sheet bonding method according to claim 12 , wherein
the area-enlarged portion is formed by forming a cutout portion in the bonding target object or the functional sheet.

15. The sheet bonding method according to claim 12 , wherein
the area-enlarged portion is formed by forming a through hole in the bonding target object.

16. The sheet bonding method according to claim 12 , wherein,
in the gas substitution step, gas is sprayed from the horizontal direction of the sealed space while spraying the gas to the area-enlarged portion.

17. The sheet bonding method according to claim 12 , wherein
through holes are formed in advance of the overlapping step at positions through which the support pins penetrate the bonding target object and the functional sheet.

18. The sheet bonding method according to claim 12 , wherein
when performing the sealing step, the plurality of support pins are put into the pressurization mold.

Assignees

• Fujifilm Corp

Inventors

• Sakazaki Yoshiki

Classifications

• B31B70/642

  using sealing jaws or sealing dies · CPC title

• B31B2170/20

  having multi-layered walls, e.g. laminated or lined · CPC title

• B31B2150/002

  by joining superimposed sheets, e.g. with separate bottom sheets · CPC title

• B29C65/18

  using heated tools · CPC title

• B29C65/7817

  in the form of positioning marks · CPC title