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Irregular aluminum cup and method for manufacturing the same Download PDF

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US20180140118A1
US20180140118A1 US15/578,296 US201615578296A US2018140118A1 US 20180140118 A1 US20180140118 A1 US 20180140118A1 US 201615578296 A US201615578296 A US 201615578296A US 2018140118 A1 US2018140118 A1 US 2018140118A1
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47GHOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G19/00Table service
    • A47G19/22Drinking vessels or saucers used for table service
    • A47G19/2205Drinking glasses or vessels
    • A47G19/2227Drinking glasses or vessels with means for amusing or giving information to the user
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21DWORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D41/00Application of procedures in order to alter the diameter of tube ends
    • B21D41/02Enlarging
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21DWORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D51/00Making hollow objects
    • B21D51/16Making hollow objects characterised by the use of the objects
    • B21D51/18Making hollow objects characterised by the use of the objects vessels, e.g. tubs, vats, tanks, sinks, or the like
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21DWORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D51/00Making hollow objects
    • B21D51/16Making hollow objects characterised by the use of the objects
    • B21D51/26Making hollow objects characterised by the use of the objects cans or tins; Closing same in a permanent manner
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D1/00Rigid or semi-rigid containers having bodies formed in one piece, e.g. by casting metallic material, by moulding plastics, by blowing vitreous material, by throwing ceramic material, by moulding pulped fibrous material or by deep-drawing operations performed on sheet material
    • B65D1/22Boxes or like containers with side walls of substantial depth for enclosing contents
    • B65D1/26Thin-walled containers, e.g. formed by deep-drawing operations
    • B65D1/265Drinking cups

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  • the invention relates to an irregular aluminum cup and a method for manufacturing the same.
  • a cylindrical shaped aluminum cups is simple and can only have a same diameter for both the bottom and the mouth.
  • a truncated conical shaped aluminum cup is similar to a cylindrical one, also having a straight cup body though with a bottom diameter smaller than a mouth diameter.
  • cylindrical and truncated conical aluminum cups as well as spin formed trumpet-shaped aluminum cups lies in that they allow print on cup bodies to be freely designed and selected, as printing on straight bodies is not limited by printing processes.
  • the spin formed trumpet-shaped aluminum cup generally has a form with a smaller bottom and a larger mouth, it also has the following obvious disadvantages.
  • reprocessing of an aluminum cup body surface cannot be done through overall printing; instead, small-area processing such as local printing in a smaller range is used.
  • the diameter of the finished product increases all the way up, making it impossible to produce an aluminum cup with a shape having a concave central part or one with a convex central part and a recessed mouth. That is to say, diameters of different parts of an aluminum cup, from the bottom to the mouth, are gradually increased, which is irreversible so as to decrease the diameter.
  • any aluminum cup having recessed central part made from other conventional methods cannot have a convex body part with a diameter larger than that of the bottom.
  • Aluminum cups made through spinning and stamping processes can only have a diameter increased gradually from the bottom to the month, with no concave central part. In this sense, the two conventional processes can only produce simple shaped aluminum cups.
  • the invention provides an irregular cup and a method for manufacturing the same.
  • the irregular cup of the invention can have various shapes and completely maintain an appearance print design thereof.
  • An aspect of the invention provides an irregular aluminum cup, which comprises sequentially from bottom to mouth
  • the cup body has printing patterns on the whole exterior surface thereof.
  • the printing patterns have one to nine colors.
  • a diameter of a concave body part is equal to or larger than 70% that of the cup bottom.
  • a diameter a convex body part is smaller than or equal to 1.5 times that of the cup bottom.
  • the cup month is a convex mouth or a concave mouth.
  • the cup body comprises sequentially a concave lower body part and a convex upper body part, and the cup mouth is a concave mouth.
  • the cup bottom, the concave body part, the convex body part, the concave cup mouth and the curled edge are of an integral structure.
  • Another aspect of the invention provides a method for manufacturing the above irregular aluminum cup, the method comprises the following steps:
  • the pre-formed cylindrical aluminum cup blank is formed by cold extruding an aluminum block and spraying a protection coating onto an inner wall of the aluminum cup blank via an internal coating machine, and preprinting patterns on an exterior surface of the aluminum cup blank is done via an offset printing press with 1 to 9 colors, the preprinted patterns are scaled or stretched as needed in advance.
  • the forming the concave body part ( 2 ) of step b comprises necking the body part through multiple processes by decreasing the cup diameter each time through a multistation flexible necking process; and the forming convex body part ( 3 ) of step b comprises expanding the body part through multiple processes by increasing the cup diameter each time through a multistation rigid expanding process.
  • a deformation quantity of the cup diameter in each step is less than or equal to 4 mm.
  • the aluminum cup may have various shapes. As the necking and expanding may be performed through several stages, the maximum diameter of the cup body may be increased to 1.5 times that of the cup bottom.
  • the cups may have various shapes, depending on different degrees of necking and expanding.
  • Printing on the exterior surface has rich decorative colors, which overcomes the difficulty faced by curved surface printing.
  • the inventive process of the invention performs printing before formation, and the preprinted patterns on the surface of the cups are sufficiently protected during the formation. The problem of the formed curved cup body being difficult to be printed on large area or as a whole in the conventional processes is thereby overcome.
  • the inventive aluminum cup and method for manufacturing the same fits for high-speed automated production, which improves the production efficiency.
  • the related apparatuses are modified accordingly to make it fit for high-speed automated production.
  • the conventional technology which works only on a single machine and has to be realized through multiple stages of production is improved and integrated into a technology suitable for full-automation.
  • the production efficiency is expected to be highly increased compared to the conventional technologies.
  • the product cost is reduced as losses caused by the multiple stages of production of the conventional technology is reduced, with the improvement and integration of the production processes. With the improvement in the production efficiency, the overall production cost is reduced.
  • FIG. 1 is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of an irregular aluminum cup according to an embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 2 schematically illustrates a cross section of a cylindrical aluminum cup blank at step a
  • FIG. 3 schematically illustrates a diagram of the aluminum cup blank after a concave cup part is formed at step b;
  • FIG. 4 schematically illustrates a diagram of the aluminum cup blank after a concave cup part and a convex cup part are formed at step b;
  • FIG. 5 schematically illustrates a diagram of the aluminum cup blank at step c.
  • An aspect of the invention provides an irregular aluminum cup, which comprises sequentially from bottom to mouth:
  • the cup body has printing patterns on the whole exterior surface thereof, and the printing patterns have one to nine colors.
  • a diameter of a concave body part 2 is equal to or larger than 70% that of the cup bottom 1 ; and a diameter of a convex body 3 part is smaller than or equal to 1.5 times that of the cup bottom 1 .
  • the cup month 4 is a convex mouth or a concave mouth.
  • the cup month is a convex month 4 ;
  • the cup body next to the cup month 4 is a convex body part 3 , the cup month is a concave month 4 .
  • FIG. 1 is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of an irregular aluminum cup according to an embodiment of the invention.
  • the embodiment of the invention provides an irregular aluminum cup, which comprises sequentially from bottom to mouth: a cylindrical cup bottom 1 , a concave body part 2 , a convex body part 3 , and a concave cup month 4 , an edge 5 curled outwardly and towards the cup body is arranged at the top of the mouth.
  • the cup bottom 1 , the concave body part 2 , the convex body part 3 , the cup mouth 4 and the curled edge 5 are of an integral structure.
  • FIG. 2 schematically illustrates a cross section of a cylindrical aluminum cup blank at step a.
  • FIG. 3 schematically illustrates a diagram of the aluminum cup blank after a concave cup part is formed at step b.
  • FIG. 4 schematically illustrates a diagram of the aluminum cup blank after a concave cup part and a convex cup part are formed at step b.
  • FIG. 5 schematically illustrates a diagram of the aluminum cup blank at step c.
  • the invention may be realized by performing necking via a conventional apparatus capable of mechanical necking process and performing expanding via a conventional apparatus capable of mechanical expanding process.
  • a necking-expanding machine capable of both necking and expanding processes may be used for the above necking and expanding.
  • the necking-expanding machine is a machine has a cover die, onto which a required apparatus and mould may be loaded, such that a conventional apparatus only for necking may perform both necking and expanding.
  • the expanded diameter is larger than that of the bottom, thereby realizing high-speed production of aluminum cups and significantly reducing the production cost.
  • the pre-formed cylindrical aluminum cup blank is formed by cold extruding an aluminum block and spraying a protection coating onto an inner wall of the aluminum cup blank via an internal coating machine. Then preprinting patterns on an exterior surface of the aluminum cup blank is done via an offset printing press with 1 to 9 colors, the preprinted patterns are scaled or stretched as needed in advance.
  • the step of forming the concave body part 2 comprises necking the body part through multiple processes by decreasing the diameter each time through a multistation flexible necking process.
  • the concave shape is formed after multiple processes.
  • the diameter of the concave body part 2 is obviously larger than that of the cup bottom; that is, the diameter of the concave body part 2 is equal to or larger than 70% that of the cup bottom 1 .
  • the step of forming convex body part 3 (see FIG. 4 ) of step b comprises expanding the body part through multiple processes by increasing the diameter each time through a multistation rigid expanding process.
  • the convex shape is formed after multiple processes.
  • the maximum diameter of the cup body is increased to 1.5 times that of the cup bottom 1 , while the preprocessed interior and exterior surfaces are not damages, thereby ensuring the interior surface being food-safe and the maintaining the decorative effect of the exterior surface.
  • a deformation quantity of the cup body diameter in each step is less than or equal to 4 mm, such that the already finished inner protection coating and exterior decorative printing will not be damaged. It also helps to prevent damages to the surface and internal crystalline structure of the cup body by too large a deformation quantity.
  • the cylindrical aluminum cup black is eventually formed into a cup through multiple necking and expanding processes.
  • the production processes of the invention not only meet the requirements of producing various-shaped products, but also intactly maintain the design printing on the product. Therefore, more attractive product meeting various requirements can be made.

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