Seal head and container sealed with using the seal head

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9902545-B2
Application number	US-201414902109-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 27, 2014
Priority date	Jul 1, 2013
Publication date	Feb 27, 2018
Grant date	Feb 27, 2018

Abstract

Provided is a portion container whose detaching seal portion can be easily detached by a stress applied from a radial inner side based on an inside pressure of a container body, but can be hardly detached by a stress applied from the outside during distribution. Provided also are a seal head for sealing such container and a container sealed with using such seal head. The seal head includes pressing end portions for pressing a lid member against a flange of an opening. At least a portion of the pressing end portions is formed as an uneven projecting portion having different curvature radii in its cross sectional contour between a radial inner portion and a radial outer portion of the opening.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A seal head including, at its leading end, a pressing end portion for pressing a lid member against an opening in order to fuse/bond the lid member to the opening of a container body holding contents therein;
wherein at least a portion of the pressing end portion is formed as an uneven projecting portion having different curvature radii in its cross sectional contour between a radial inner portion and a radial outer portion of the opening;
wherein the cross sectional contour of the uneven projecting portion has a shape having a smaller curvature radius on the radial inner side than the radial outer side;
wherein the pressing end portion constitutes an annular projection endlessly extending along the entire circumference of the opening; and
the uneven projecting portion is arranged in a reverse-oriented annular projecting portion with a circumferential portion of the annular projection being projected toward the radial inner side.

2. A container including a container body holding contents therein and a lid member fused and bonded to an opening of the container body by a seal head,
wherein at least a portion of a seal groove portion formed in the opening by the fusing/bonding is provided as an uneven groove portion having different curvature radii in its cross sectional contour between a radial inner side and a radial outer side of the opening;
wherein the cross sectional contour of the uneven groove portion has a shape whose curvature radius is smaller on the radial inner side than the radial outer side;
wherein the seal groove portion constitutes an annular seal groove portion endlessly extending along the entire circumference of the opening; and
the uneven groove portion is arranged in a reverse-oriented annular groove portion with a circumferential portion of the annular groove being projected toward the radial inner side.

Assignees

• Suntory Beverage & Food Ltd
• Suntory Holdings Ltd

Inventors

• Bushida Mitsuru
• Tanaka Daisuke
• Kado Takashi
• Yokoyama Hiroki
• Kitamasu Masayuki

Classifications

• B65D77/2028 Primary

  Means for opening the cover other than, or in addition to, a pull tab · CPC title

• B65D2577/2066

  Means on, or attached to, container flange facilitating opening, e.g. non-bonding region, cut-out · CPC title

• B29C66/71

  characterised by the composition of the plastics material of the parts to be joined (welding bar compositions B29C65/125) · CPC title

• B29C66/81427

  comprising a single ridge, e.g. for making a weakening line; comprising a single tooth · CPC title

• B29C66/7392

  characterised by the material of at least one of the parts being a thermoplastic · CPC title