Process for producing easily openable closure

• US 4,762,579 A
• Filed: 12/02/1986
• Issued: 08/09/1988
• Est. Priority Date: 12/03/1985
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: TOYO Seikan Kaisha Limited (Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: TOYO Seikan Kaisha Limited (Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Ltd.)
• Inventors: Shimizu, Takashi, Watanabe, Naoto, Matsuoka, Kikuo, Matsubayashi, Hiroshi, Watanabe, Michio, Hirota, Kazumi
• Primary Examiner(s): Dawson, Robert A.
• Application Number:
  US06/937,001
• Time in Patent Office: 616 Days
• Field of Search: 156/69, 156/324, 156/256, 220/269, 220/270, 220/271, 220/359, 413/12, 413/14, 413/15
• US Class Current: 156/69
• CPC Class Codes: B21D 51/383 scoring lines, tear strips or pulling tabs
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 17/4011 for opening completely by means of a tearing tab
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 156/1062 Prior to assembly

Abstract

A process for producing an easily openable closure including the steps of producing a closure body by subjecting a shell formed from a metal blank to panel formation, score formation for defining a portion to be opened, bead formation while the shell is intermittently moved for producing a tab, placing a bonding surface of the closure body opposite to a bonding surface of the tab, and bonding the bonding surface of the tab to the bonding surface of the closure body with an adhesive while the closure body and the tab are continuously moved.

Claims

1. A method of producing an easily openable closure, said method comprising:

producing at least one closure body by subjecting a shell to panel formation, score formation for defining a portion to be opened and bead formation while moving the shell intermittently,

producing at least one tab,

bringing a respective said tab produced and a respective said closure body produced together in a manner in which each said at least one closure body is matched with a respective said tab,

placing a bonding surface of said each closure body opposite to a bonding surface of said respective tab; and

bonding the bonding surface of said respective tab to the bonding surface of the closure body with an adhesive while moving said closure body and said respective tab continuously.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the panel formation, score formation and bead formation are carried out by a plurality of dies driven by a single pressurizing device.

3. The method of claim 1 or 2, and further comprising holding each said respective tab on a holding member at a specific angular position at which the bonding surface of the closure body comes opposite to the bonding surface of said respective tab when said respective tab and the closure body are brought together.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the tab producing step comprises forming the at least one tab by punching and bending an adhesive-applied metal blank by using a punch.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein the bonding step comprises bonding with a thermoplastic adhesive.

4. A method for producing an easily openable closure, said method comprising:

a closure body producing step for producing at least one closure body by performing drawing, panel formation and bead formation on a portion of a metallic sheet material from which the at least one closure body is to be formed while said portion of the sheet material is partly connected to the remainder of the sheet material and is moved intermittently, and by performing score formation for defining a portion to be opened on said portion of the sheet material while moving said portion intermittently,

a step of producing at least one tab,

a step of bringing a respective said tab produced and a respective said closure body produced together in a manner in which each said at least one closure body is matched with a respective said tab,

a step of placing said each closure body in such a position that a bonding surface of the closure body is disposed opposite to a bonding surface of said respective tab; and

a step of bonding the bonding surface of said respective tab to the bonding surface of the closure body by an adhesive while moving the closure body and said respective tab continuously.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the score formation is carried out while said portion of the sheet material from which the at least one closure body is to be produced is completely separated from the remainder of the sheet material.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the score formation is carried out while said portion of the sheet material from which the at least one closure body is to be produced is partly linked to the remainder of the sheet material.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the panel formation, score formation and bead formation are carried out by a plurality of dies driven by a single pressurizing device.

8. The method of any one of claims 4 to 7, and further comprising holding each said respective tab on a holding member in a specific angular position at which the bonding surface of the closure body is disposed opposite to the bonding surface of said respective tab when said respective tab and the closure body are brought together.

9. A method of producing an easily openable closure, said method comprising:

a step of producing at least one closure body by subjecting a sheet material to drawing, panel formation, bead formation and score formation for defining a portion to be opened while moving the sheet material intermittently, at least one of the panel formation and bead formation for forming a non-circular working, and the drawing and the at least one of the panel formation and the bead formation being performed simultaneously to form a shell,

a step of producing at least one tab,

a step of bringing a respective said tab produced and a respective said closure body produced together in a manner in which each said at least one closure body is matched with a respective said tab,

a step of placing said each closure body in such a position that a bonding surface of the closure body is disposed opposite to a bonding surface of said respective tab; and

a step of bonding the bonding surface of said respective tab to the bonding surface of the closure body by an adhesive while moving the closure body and said respective tab continuously.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein both the panel formation and bead formation are for forming non-circular workings, and the drawing, the panel formation and the bead formation are performed simultaneously.

11. The method of claim 9 wherein the panel formation, score formation and bead formation are carried out by a plurality of dies driven by a a single pressurizing device.

12. The method of any one of claims 9 to 11, and further comprising holding said respective tab on a holding member at a specific angular position at which the bonding surface of the closure body is disposed opposite to the bonding surface of said respective tab.

13. A method of producing an easily openable closure, said method comprising:

a step of producing at least one closure body by performing panel formation, score formation for defining a portion to be opened and bead formation on a shell while moving the shell intermittently,

a step of producing at least one tab by applying an adhesive to a metal blank and by forming a tab from the metal blank having the adhesive applied thereto,

a step of bringing a respective said tab produced and a respective said closure body produced together in a manner in which each said at least one closure body is matched with a respective said tab, and;

a bonding step of bonding said respective tab to the closure body by said adhesive while moving the closure body and said respective tab continuously.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein the tab producing step comprises applying the adhesive to the metal blank at spaced sites thereon.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the tab producing step comprises, the applying adhesive as a continuous tape to the metal blank.

18. A method for producing an easily openable closure, said method comprising:

a closure body producing step for producing at least one closure by performing drawing, panel formation and bead formation on a portion of a metallic sheet material from which the at least one closure body is to be formed while said portion of the sheet material is partly connected to the remainder of the sheet material and is moved intermittently, and by performing score formation for defining a portion to be opened on said portion of the sheet material while it is intermittently moved,

a tab producing step for producing at least one tab by applying an adhesive to a metal blank and forming at least one tab from the metal blank having the adhesive applied thereto,

a step of bringing a respective said tab produced and a respective said closure body produced together in a manner in which each said at least one closure body is matched with a respective said tab; and

a bonding step of bonding the closure body and said respective tab with said adhesive while moving the closure body and said respective tab continuously.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the score formation is carried out while said portion of the sheet material from which the at least one closure body is to be produced is completely separated from the remainder of the sheet material.

20. The process of claim 18 wherein the score formation is carried out while said portion of the sheet material from which the at least one closure body is to be produced is partly linked to the remainder of the sheet material.

21. The method of any one of claims 18 to 20, wherein the tab producing step comprises applying the adhesive to the metal blank at spaced sites thereon.

22. The method of any one of claims 18 to 20, wherein the tab producing step comprises applying the adhesive as a continuous tape to the metal blank.

23. The method of any one of claims 18 to 20, wherein in the tab producing step comprises punching and bending the metal blank having the adhesive by using a punch.

24. The process of any one of claims 18 to 20, wherein the application adhesive comprises applying thermoplastic adhesive.

25. A method of producing an easily openable closure, said method comprising:

a step of producing at least one closure body by subjecting a sheet material to drawing, panel formation, bead formation and score formation for defining a portion to be opened while moving the sheet material intermittently, at least one of the panel forming and bead forming for producing a non-circular working, and the drawing and the at least one of the panel forming and the bead forming being performed simultaneously to form a shell,

a tab producing step of applying an adhesive to a metal blank and forming at least one tab from the adhesive-applied metal blank,

a step of bringing a respective said tab produced and a respective said closure body produced together in a manner in which each said at least one closure body is matched with a respective said tab; and

a step of bonding the bonding surface of said respective tab to the bonding surface of the closure body with said adhesive while moving the closure body and said respective tab continuously.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein both the panel formation and bead formation are for forming non-circular workings, and the drawing, the panel formation and the bead formation are performed simultaneously.

27. The method 1 of claim 25 or 26 wherein, the tab producing step comprise applying the adhesive to the metal blank at species sites thereon.

28. The method of claim 25 or 26, wherein the tab producing step comprises applying the adhesive as a continuous tape to the metal blank.

29. The method of claim 25 or 26, wherein the tab producing step comprises forming the at least one tab by punching and bending the adhesive-applied metal blank by using a punch.

30. The method of claim 25 or 26, wherein the applying of adhesive comprises applying thermoplastic adhesive.