Container having excellent slipping property for fluid contents

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10189637-B2
Application number	US-201414763268-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 7, 2014
Priority date	Feb 8, 2013
Publication date	Jan 29, 2019
Grant date	Jan 29, 2019

Abstract

A container for containing fluid substance as a content, wherein a container surface that comes in contact with the content is formed of a resin composition that contains a forming-resin and an immiscible-liquid that is immiscible with the fluid substance. The container has markedly improved slipping property for the fluid contents and can be easily produced.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A container for containing fluid substance as a content, wherein:
a container surface that comes in contact with said content is formed of a resin composition that contains a forming-resin and an immiscible-liquid that is immiscible with said fluid substance;
the container contains a fluid substance as a content;
the fluid substance contained as said content has a viscosity at 25° C. of not less than 100 cps;
the resin composition forms an inner surface of the container that comes in contact with said content, and contains the liquid immiscible with the content in an amount of not less than 3% by weight;
the container has a multilayered structure on condition that the inner surface of the container that comes in contact with said content is formed of said resin composition; and
a covering ratio F with the immiscible-liquid is not less than 0.26, the covering ratio F being represented by the following formula (1),
F =(cos θ−cos θ B )/(cos θ A −cos θ B )  (1)

wherein θ is a water contact angle on the container surface formed of said resin composition,
θ A is a water contact angle on the immiscible liquid, and
θ B is a water contact angle on the forming-resin.

2. The container according to claim 1 , wherein when the container surface formed of the resin composition is measured for its shape by using an atomic force microscope, dents that are denting over a scanning range of 100 μm×100 μm are observed, and in a binary image of high portions (protuberances) and low portions (dents) with the center surface as reference converted from the surface profile that is obtained, the average area of protuberances over said scanning range is not less than 50 μm 2 .

3. The container according to claim 2 , wherein in the surface shape profile obtained by scanning the range of 100 μm×100 μm by using the atomic force microscope, the container surface formed of the resin composition has a mean square surface roughness MRS represented by the following formula (2),

RMS
=

1
n

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∑
i
n

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(

Z
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(
i
)

-

Z
ave

)

2

(
2
)

wherein n is a number of data points,
Z(i) is a Z value at each of the data points, and
Zave is an average value of all Z values,
in a range of 80 nm to 200 nm.

4. The container according to claim 1 , wherein a polyolefin is used as the resin for forming.

5. The container according to claim 1 , wherein the fluid substance used as said content is a non-emulsifying aqueous substance.

6. The container according to claim 5 , wherein said non-emulsifying aqueous substance is a ketchup or sauce.

7. The container according to claim 5 , wherein a silicone oil, a glycerin fatty acid ester, a liquid paraffin or an edible fat and oil is used as said immiscible liquid.

8. The container according to claim 1 , wherein said resin composition is, further, coated with an immiscible liquid.

Assignees

• Toyo Seikan Group Holdings Ltd

Inventors

• Akutsu Yosuke
• Iwamoto Shinya

Classifications

• B65D85/72 Primary

  for edible or potable liquids, semiliquids, or plastic or pasty materials · CPC title

• B65D1/0207

  characterised by material, e.g. composition, physical features · CPC title

• B65D1/0215 Primary

  multilayered (B65D81/3837 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B65D23/04

  Means for mixing or for promoting flow of contents (hydro-dynamic means for influencing the flow of liquids F15D) · CPC title

• B65D65/42

  Applications of coated or impregnated materials · CPC title