Preform coating device and preform coating method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11185884-B2
Application number	US-201615764468-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 23, 2016
Priority date	Sep 30, 2015
Publication date	Nov 30, 2021
Grant date	Nov 30, 2021

Abstract

The present invention provides a preform coating device (5) provided with: a rotating and holding part (9) that holds a preform (1) in a horizontal direction, and rotates the preform (1) about an axis (A) of the preform (1); and a dispenser (6) that has a slot (62) and discharges a coating liquid in a plane form from the slot (62) to the preform (1), wherein the discharge direction of the coating liquid is the direction of the normal to an outer peripheral surface of the preform (1).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A preform coating device having a horizontal direction normal to gravity, the preform coating device comprising:
a rotary holder configured to:
hold a preform comprised of an opening part, a hollow cylindrical body part adjoining the opening part, and a bottom part closing one end of the hollow cylindrical body part and having an axial line in the horizontal direction centered within the hollow cylindrical body part, and
rotate the preform about the axial line, wherein the rotary holder grips the opening part of the preform and makes the preform rotate while a dispenser is discharging a coating solution;

a preform support positioned, in a vertical direction, under a bottom part side end of the hollow cylindrical body part to support the bottom part side end of the hollow cylindrical body part of the preform while the dispenser is discharging the coating solution; and
the dispenser having a slot and being configured to discharge the coating solution toward the preform from the slot in a planar state, wherein a direction of discharge of the coating solution is a normal line direction of an outer circumferential surface of the preform.

2. The preform coating device according to claim 1 , wherein the dispenser pulls the coating solution back into the dispenser when stopping discharge of the coating solution.

3. The preform coating device according to claim 1 , wherein the dispenser discharges the coating solution until the preform rotates by 0.5 turn to less than 1 turn.

4. The preform coating device according to claim 1 , wherein
a longitudinal width of the slot can be adjusted and
the rotary holder slows a rotational speed of the preform when the longitudinal width of the slot is relatively narrow compared to when the longitudinal width of the slot is relatively broad.

5. The preform coating device according to claim 4 , wherein the longitudinal width of the slot is 0.1 mm to 1.0 mm.

6. The preform coating device according to claim 1 , further comprising a deaeration module for deaerating the coating solution supplied to the dispenser, the deaeration module including hollow fiber membranes.

7. The preform coating device according to claim 1 , wherein the coating solution is a barrier coating solution having a gas barrier property or a protective coating solution for protecting the barrier coating solution.

8. A preform coating device having a horizontal direction normal to gravity, the preform coating device comprising:
a rotary holder configured to:
hold a preform comprised of an opening part, a hollow cylindrical body part adjoining the opening part, and a bottom part closing one end of the hollow cylindrical body part and having an axial line in the horizontal direction centered within the hollow cylindrical body part, and
rotate the preform about the axial line, wherein the rotary holder grips the opening part of the preform and makes the preform rotate while a dispenser is discharging a coating solution;

a preform support positioned, in a vertical direction, under a bottom part side end of the hollow cylindrical body part to support the bottom part side end of the hollow cylindrical body part of the preform while the dispenser is discharging the coating solution;
a conveyor conveying the preform by moving the rotary holder;
the dispenser discharging the coating solution toward the preform; and
a dryer arranged separated from the dispenser and drying the coating solution coated on the preform,
wherein the conveyor conveys the preform in a state held in the horizontal direction.

9. The preform coating device according to claim 8 , wherein at least the part of the preform support contacting the preform is comprised of polyoxymethylene.

10. The preform coating device according to claim 8 , wherein the rotary holder makes the preform rotate while the dryer is drying the coating solution.

11. The preform coating device according to claim 8 , wherein
the preform coating device comprises a plurality of rotary holders, and
the conveyor successively conveys the plurality of preforms.

Assignees

• Suntory Holdings Ltd

Inventors

• Tomari Ichiro
• Yamane Ryo
• Suzuki Hideyuki
• Nishiyama Masanori

Classifications

• B29C49/071

  Preforms or parisons characterised by their configuration, e.g. geometry, dimensions or physical properties · CPC title

• B29C2949/0715

  the preform having one end closed · CPC title

• B29C2949/308

  by dip coating · CPC title

• B29C2949/3078

  by spray coating · CPC title

• B29C2949/3016

  at body portion · CPC title