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Synthetic resin containers (e.g. PET bottles) with a bottle-like shape with a tube-shaped mouth the tube-shaped trunk that has one end that is closed with the bottom, and another shoulder through which the other part of the trunk connects to the mouth. They have been widely employed as containers that hold a variety of liquids, like a seasoning including soy sauce, beverage and cosmetics product shampoo, as well as a liquid detergent.
The container of this synthetic resin can be made by blow molding a preform using pressurized water. The preform has been formed by thermoplastic resin in a bottomed tubular shape. Patent Literature 1 describes, for instance, a resin container made by using a bottomed tubular preform to biaxial stretch molding by using pressurized oxygen to stretch portions that are corresponding to the shoulder, trunk, and bottom in the axial or circular directions, and then forming a bottle form.
Patent Literature
Technical Issue
The shoulder of the container made of synthetic resin with the bottle shape is often a substantially conical shape that is inclined with respect to the axis of the mouth.
The biaxially stretch-blow molded resin container is characterized by an increased angle of inclination for the shoulder in relation to the axis. This means that there is an increase of draw ratio in the direction of machine of a part of the preform that corresponds with the shoulder during blow molding. Therefore, if the vessel has a shape in which the shoulder is inclined towards the axis direction of themouth, the shoulder, even having the same crystallinity is more likely to contract after molding. Especially when the container has an outline in which the shoulder is tilted at an angle higher than 120.degree. The rate of shoulder contraction after molding is greater than the axis that runs through the mouth. This may result in a decrease in the container’s size and the deformation.
To address this issue, the present disclosure was created. The present disclosure provides a synthetic resin container and an approach to making it. This prevents the decrease in size and deformation. It also allows the shoulder to be angled to an angle greater than 120.degree. relative to the jaw’s axis.
Solution
One aspect of the disclosed invention resides in a container made of synthetic resin with a bottle-shaped shape, comprising a tube-shaped mouth, a tube-shaped trunk having one end sealed by an upper and a shoulder through which a different end of the trunk isconnected to the mouth, and the shoulder is bent at an angle higher than 120.degree. relative to the axis of the mouth and the shoulder is positioned with an orientation of the crystals in a direction that is less than 1.
In the currently disclosed synthetic resin container with the above design, the mouth could be formed in a substantially cylindrical shape, the trunk could be constructed in a substantially cylindrical shape with a diameter larger than adiameter of the mouth, and the shoulder can be formed in a substantially frustoconical shape.
Polyethylene Terephthalate can be used to make the synthetic resin container described in the above-described arrangement.
Another aspect of the disclosure is the production method for the container made of synthetic resin described above. This involves supplying the preform that is formed by thermoplastic resin in a bottomed tubular shape, a liquid heated at a predetermined temperature and pressure to liquid blow mold it.
Positive Effect
The present invention provides an artificial resin container as well as the method for making the container made of synthetic resin and both of them prevent diminution in volume and deformation by limiting the degree of shoulder contraction while still allowing the shape of the shoulder to be inclined at an angle greater than 120.degree. With respect to the axisof the mouth.
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