JP2000289744A - Method of manufacturing container for hot stamping multicolor foil - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Problem] To provide a method of manufacturing a container capable of hot stamping a plurality of multicolor foils simultaneously in one hot stamping step. SOLUTION: In one hot stamping step, using one sheet-like foil 25 on which a plurality of colors are printed in parallel,
A method for manufacturing a container, in which a plurality of multicolor foils are simultaneously hot-stamped on the surface of the container 1.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for producing a cylindrical container such as an aerosol container, a tube container or a bottle container, and more particularly to a method for applying a plurality of colors to the surface of these containers at a reasonable and low cost. The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a container for hot stamping a multicolor foil which can be stamped.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in order to improve the appearance of a container,
Hot stamping has been performed on a desired portion of the container surface. As a method for manufacturing a container for hot stamping a multicolor foil on the surface of such a container, a method as shown in FIG. 8 has been used. First, on the surface of the container 50, at least one of a base coat (white background printing) and a base printing such as an arbitrary character or pattern is applied by a normal printing means. Then, after a top coat is applied and completely cured, multicolored foils 52, 53, such as metal-deposited foils and pigment foils, are applied only to desired portions.
54, via a cured ink such as a thermosetting resin or an ultraviolet curable resin, or the multicolor foils 52, 53, 54 were directly hot stamped.

In the hot stamping step, as shown in FIG. 8, first, in FIG.
This multicolored foil 52 is pressed and hot stamped by a roll transfer machine 51 heated from above,
By sequentially moving to the step shown in FIG. 8B and the step shown in FIG. 8C, a hot stamp having a desired shape, pattern, and color is applied to a desired portion.

[0004]

However, in such an invention, the multicolor foil 52 to be hot stamped is used.
When there are a plurality of 53 and 54 and the colors are different, it is necessary to go through the hot stamping process by the number of colors and repeat the hot stamping process. For example, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 8A, in FIG. 8A, a triangular red specific foil 55 is hot stamped, and in FIG. 8B, an oval blue specific foil 56 is hot stamped, and finally a star-shaped Hot stamping the yellow specific foil 57, which is troublesome in the manufacturing process and has the disadvantage of increasing the manufacturing cost.

The present invention has been made in view of such a conventional problem, and a plurality of multicolor foils can be simultaneously hot-stamped in a plurality of conventional hot-stamping processes in one hot-stamping process. It is another object of the present invention to provide a method for manufacturing a container for hot stamping a multicolor foil which is inexpensive in the manufacturing process and low in manufacturing cost.

[0006]

Means for Solving the Problems To solve this problem, a solution corresponding to the first aspect of the present invention is to provide at least a base coat or a base print on a surface of a container such as an aerosol container, a tube container or a bottle container. Manufacturing of a container characterized by applying a top coat of a thermosetting resin after applying one side, then printing a hardening ink only on a desired portion, and then hot stamping a multicolor foil on the hardening ink. In the method, a multicolor foil printed with a plurality of colors is provided.
It is characterized by hot stamping once.

A solution corresponding to the second aspect of the present invention is characterized in that the cured ink is a thermosetting resin, an ultraviolet curable resin or an electron beam curable resin.

A solution corresponding to the third aspect of the present invention is to provide a thermosetting resin after applying at least one of a base coat and a base print on the surface of a container such as an aerosol container, a tube container or a bottle container. A method of manufacturing a container, comprising applying a top coat and then hot stamping a multicolor foil having a thermoplastic adhesive layer on a lower surface only on a desired portion, wherein the multicolor foil is printed with a plurality of colors. Is subjected to hot stamping at one time.

Next, a solution corresponding to the invention of claim 4 is that the multicolor foil comprises at least a substrate, a release layer, a protective layer,
A metal-deposited foil composed of a metal-deposited layer and an adhesive layer, wherein the metal-deposited foil is formed of a single sheet-like foil in which a plurality of colors are printed in parallel.

Further, according to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the multicolor foil is a pigment foil composed of at least a substrate, a release layer, a protective layer and an adhesive layer, and the pigment foil comprises a plurality of pigment foils. It is characterized in that each color is composed of one sheet-like foil printed in parallel.

[0011]

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. 3 and 4 show the first embodiment of the present invention.
It is a figure showing an embodiment. Reference numeral 1 denotes a container such as an aerosol container, and the surface of the container 1 is provided with at least one of a base coat and a base print 2 such as an arbitrary character or pattern. Then, the top coat 3 is provided thereon, and after the resin is completely cured by heating, the cured ink 4 is printed on a desired portion, for example, a portion of a specific pattern by a method such as screen printing. As the type of the curable ink 4, for example, a known thermosetting resin such as epoxy, a known ultraviolet curable resin such as polyester acrylate, or another known electron beam curable resin is used.

When a thermosetting resin is used as the curable ink 4, the thermosetting resin is formed on the upper surface of the thermosetting resin 4 and on the lower surface of the multicolor foil 5 immediately before the thermosetting resin is completely cured by heating. The thermosetting resin is completely cured by a heated roll transfer machine 6 by the applied adhesive layer, and then the thermosetting resin is completely cured. When an ultraviolet-curable resin is used, the multicolor foil 5 is pressed to a cured ink 4 of the ultraviolet-curable resin by a heated roll transfer machine 6 by irradiating ultraviolet rays to a semi-cured state. 4 is allowed to set naturally and completely cured. These hot stamping methods are conventionally known representative hot stamping methods.

The types of the multicolor foil 5 include, for example, a metal-deposited foil and a pigment foil. The metal-deposited foil is, as shown in FIG.
At least an adhesive layer 5a, a metal deposition layer 5b, a protective layer 5c,
It is composed of a release layer 5d and a substrate 5e. The pigment foil is formed from the above-described metal-deposited foil by at least the metal-deposited layer 5b
Is omitted.

Next, FIGS. 5 and 6 are drawings showing a second embodiment of the present invention. The difference from the first embodiment is that the multicolor foil 5 is directly adhered on the top coat 3 without providing the cured ink 4. That is, the multicolor foil 5 is directly hot-stamped by the adhesive layer 5a formed on the lower surface of the multicolor foil 5. On the lower surface of the multicolored foil 5, for example, a known vinyl chloride-based vinyl acetate-based adhesive, a polyolefin-based adhesive, or the like is provided. The letterpress 6a is heated and pressed.

FIGS. 1 and 2 show examples of the configuration of the colors of the sheet-like foils 15 and 25 to be hot-stamped. FIG. 1 shows that when hot stamping a multicolor foil 5 (sheet-like foil 15) of two different colors, for example, a triangular specific foil 1a is red, and a star-shaped specific foil 1b thereunder is a discoloration point X Although the color changes, the one continuous sheet-like foil 15 is arranged on the container 1, and is heated by the roll transfer machine 6 to form specific foils 15a and 15b having different colors, respectively. 1 is hot stamped on the surface. That is, the configuration in which the color changes from red to yellow at the discoloration point X is in the protective layer 5c of the sheet-like foil 15. That is, it becomes possible by printing the portion 15a of the protective layer 5c in red and printing the portion 15b in yellow.

Next, FIG. 2 shows a case in which the multicolor foil 5 (sheet foil 25) of three different colors is hot-stamped. For example, the triangular specific foil 1c is red, and the egg-shaped specific foil 1d below it is. The specific foil 1e in blue and further below the star shape is configured in yellow. The triangular specific foil 1c is red, the egg-shaped specific foil 1d below it is blue, and the star-shaped specific foil 1e therebelow is continuously connected while changing at the discoloration points Y and Z. Of the sheet-like foil 25. Then, the specific foils 25a, 2a each having a different color are arranged on the aerosol container 1 and heated by a roll transfer machine.
Hot stamping is performed on the surface of the container 1 as 5b and 25c. The configuration in which the color changes from red to blue and blue to yellow at the discoloration points Y and Z, respectively, similarly exists in the protective layer 5c of the sheet-like foil 25. That is, the portion 25a of the protective layer 5c is printed in red, the portion 25b is printed in blue,
Further, this is made possible by printing the portion 25c in yellow. In this way, the desired colors are appropriately printed on the protective layer 5c of one sheet-like foil, so that the multicolor foil 5 can be hot-stamped in a single stamping process at a reasonable and low cost. Can be. Note that FIG. 7 (X)
FIG. 7 (Y) is a front view showing the tube container 8 manufactured by the manufacturing method of the present invention, and FIG. 7 (Z) is a front view showing the aerosol container 7 manufactured by the manufacturing method of the present invention.
It is the front view which showed the bottle container 9 manufactured by the manufacturing method of this invention.

[0017]

As described above, according to the present invention, a plurality of multicolor foils can be simultaneously hot-stamped in one hot-stamping step without the necessity of a plurality of hot-stamping steps. In addition to saving time,
This has the effect that the manufacturing cost is low.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a step of simultaneously hot stamping two-color multicolor foils in the first and second embodiments according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a step of simultaneously hot stamping three-color multicolor foils in the first and second embodiments according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which a multicolor foil is hot stamped on the cured ink in the first embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged sectional view showing a state in which a multicolor foil is hot stamped on the cured ink in the first embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which a multicolor foil is directly hot stamped on a top coat in the second embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing a state in which a multicolor foil is directly hot stamped on a top coat in the second embodiment according to the present invention.

7 shows an aerosol container (FIG. 7 (X)), a tube container (FIG. 7 (Y)), and a bottle container (FIG. 7) manufactured by the method for manufacturing a container for hot stamping a multicolor foil according to the present invention. FIG.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a plurality of conventional hot stamping processes.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Container 2 Base coat or base printing 3 Top coat 4 Curing ink 5 Multicolor foil 5a Adhesive layer 5b Metal deposition layer 5c Protective layer 5d Release layer 5e Base material 7 Aerosol container 8 Tube container 9 Bottle container 15 25 Sheet foil

Claims (5)

[Claims] At least one of a base coat and a base coat is applied to the surface of a container such as an aerosol container, a tube container or a bottle container, and then a top coat of a thermosetting resin is applied, and then only a desired portion is cured. Print the ink,
Further, in the method for manufacturing a container, a multicolor foil is hot-stamped on the cured ink, wherein the multicolor foil printed with a plurality of colors is hot-stamped at one time. Hot stamping container manufacturing method. 2. The method for manufacturing a container for hot stamping a multicolor foil according to claim 1, wherein the cured ink is a thermosetting resin, an ultraviolet curable resin or an electron beam curable resin. 3. A surface of a container such as an aerosol container, a tube container or a bottle container is subjected to at least one of a base coat and a base printing, and then a top coat of a thermosetting resin is applied. A method for producing a container, comprising hot-stamping a multicolor foil having a thermoplastic adhesive layer on its lower surface, wherein the multicolor foil printed with a plurality of colors is hot-stamped at one time. A method for manufacturing containers for hot stamping multicolor foils. 4. The multi-colored foil is a metal-deposited foil composed of at least a base material, a release layer, a protective layer, a metal-deposited layer and an adhesive layer, and the metal-deposited foil has a plurality of colors, The method for producing a container for hot stamping a multicolor foil according to claim 1, wherein the method is constituted by one sheet-like foil printed in parallel. 5. The multicolor foil is a pigment foil composed of at least a base material, a release layer, a protective layer, and an adhesive layer. The pigment foil has a plurality of colors printed in parallel. The method for producing a container for hot stamping a multicolor foil according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the method is constituted by a sheet of foil.