Resin container manufacturing method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12576574-B2
Application number	US-202418604970-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 14, 2024
Priority date	Apr 9, 2019
Publication date	Mar 17, 2026
Grant date	Mar 17, 2026

Abstract

The present application includes an injection molding step and a stretch blow molding step. The stretch blow molding step is configured to include: a first step in which preliminary blow air is introduced into a preform to stretch the preform in a state in which a stretching rod does not contact the bottom of the preform; a second step which is executed after the first step, and in which the preliminary blow air is introduced into the preform and the stretching rod is moved at a set speed and pressed against the bottom of the preform to stretch the preform; and a third step which is executed after the second step, and in which final blow air is introduced into the preform to stretch the preform.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A manufacturing method for manufacturing a resin container made of polyethylene using an injection stretch blow molding method, the manufacturing method comprising:
forming a bottomed preform by injection molding; adjusting a temperature of the preform in a temperature adjustment; stretching the preform in a stretch blow molding by pressing a bottom portion of the preform by a stretching rod while introducing blow air into the preform; conveying the preform from the injection molding to the temperature adjustment in a first conveying; and conveying the preform from the temperature adjustment to the stretch blow molding in a second conveying, wherein the temperature adjustment includes at least processing of heating the preform from outside, wherein during the first conveying, the temperature adjustment, and the second conveying, the temperature adjustment is performed such that a length in a longitudinal axis direction of the preform at the time of being brought into the stretch blow molding is shrunk by at least 8% or more of a length in the longitudinal axis direction of the preform at the time of forming in the injection molding.

2 . The manufacturing method for manufacturing a resin container according to claim 1 ,
wherein the temperature adjustment is performed such that a length in a longitudinal axis direction of the preform at the time of being brought into the stretch blow molding is shrunk by 10% to 20% of a length in the longitudinal axis direction of the preform at the time of forming in the injection molding.

3 . The manufacturing method for manufacturing a resin container according to claim 1 ,
wherein in the injection molding, the preform is injection-molded such that a thickness of the bottom portion of the preform is ¼ or less of a thickness of a body portion of the preform.

4 . The manufacturing method for manufacturing a resin container according to claim 1 ,
wherein the injection molding comprises:
a filling of filling a molten resin material into an injection molding mold having a space defining an outer shape of the preform; and
a cooling of cooling the resin material inside the injection molding mold, the cooling being performed after the filling,
wherein a duration of the cooling is ⅖ or less of a duration of the filling.

5 . The manufacturing method for manufacturing a resin container according to claim 1 ,
wherein polyethylene having a melt flow rate of 0.3 to 1.0 g/10 min is employed as a material of the preform.

Assignees

• Nissei Asb Machine Co Ltd

Inventors

• Shimada Kiyonori

Classifications

• B29C49/18

  using several blowing steps (B29C49/16 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B29K2023/06

  PE, i.e. polyethylene · CPC title

• B29D22/003

  Containers for packaging, storing or transporting, e.g. bottles, jars, cans, barrels, tanks · CPC title

• B29C49/16

  using pressure difference {for pre-stretching}, e.g. pre-blowing · CPC title

• B29C49/12

  Stretching rods · CPC title