This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. 119 to Chinese Patent Application No. 202210732384.0, filed on Jun. 27, 2022, the content of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
The present application belongs to the technical field of paper cups, and relates to a paper cup, and particularly to a double-layer corrugated paper cup applicable to unmanned full-automatic manufacturing.
With the enhancement of people's awareness of environmental protection, a paper cup, as a daily necessity to replace a plastic cup, has become more and more popular, and has become a daily necessity in family, restaurant and office. For example, a corrugated paper cup with heat insulation and scalding resistance is a popular paper cup product, while it is a technical problem to be solved to provide a corrugated paper cup structure capable of being applicable to an unmanned automatic production line.
An existing corrugated cup mainly has two structures. According to a first structure, a corrugated paper sleeve is sheathed on an outer side of an inner paper cup. Since a corrugated gap cannot be kept due to extension of a single-layer corrugation, in order to keep the corrugated gap of the corrugated paper sleeve to exert an anti-scalding effect, a wavy single-layer corrugation is adhered to a layer of non-extensible backing paper first, and then the corrugated paper sleeve is made. After the corrugated paper sleeve is sheathed on an outer side of the paper cup, the backing paper of the corrugated paper sleeve is adhered and fixed to the paper cup. The corrugated paper cup with this structure can realize whole-process unmanned automatic manufacturing. The inner paper cup and the corrugated paper sleeve are automatically manufactured respectively, and then sheathed together by a sheathing machine. Due to the corrugated backing paper, the corrugated paper cup has a thick structure, wastes paper, employs a split manufacturing technology, needs many process equipment, and has a long technological process.
According to a second structure, single-layer corrugated paper is internally arranged between inner-layer paper and outer-layer paper, and under the support of the single-layer corrugated paper, a heat insulation gap is formed between the inner-layer paper and the outer-layer paper, and a sufficient paper strength is realized. Then, the inner-layer paper, the corrugated paper and the outer-layer paper are made into a fan-shaped sheet, two edges of the fan-shaped sheet are sealed and adhered to form a sealed seam, and a cup rim is rolled. Since the corrugated paper is flexible and has a corrugated gap occupying a large space, it is difficult to achieve a sealed and water-tight state during edge sealing, so that the wavy corrugated paper will be excluded from the edge sealing structure during edge sealing, and when the cup rim is rolled, it is also difficult to roll the corrugated paper, so that the wavy corrugated paper is excluded from the rim rolling. Therefore, it is very difficult to realize unmanned automatic manufacturing of the corrugated paper cup with this structure, because the wavy corrugation is difficult to treat during edge sealing and rim rolling.
The present application is intended to provide a corrugated paper cup aiming at the above problems in the prior art, and the technical problem to be solved by the present application is to provide a simplified corrugated paper cup applicable to unmanned automatic manufacturing.
The objective of the present application can be achieved by the following technical solution: a corrugated paper cup comprises a cup body formed by rolling a fan-shaped sheet, and the fan-shaped sheet comprises inner cup paper and single-layer corrugated paper adhered to an outer peripheral surface of the inner cup paper, wherein a first end of the corrugated paper is staggered with and parallel to a first end of the inner cup paper, so as to form a first straight edge of the fan-shaped sheet, a second end of the corrugated paper is flush with a second end of the inner cup paper, so as to form a second inclined edge of the fan-shaped sheet, a corrugated strip of the fan-shaped sheet after being unfolded is a transverse stripe in a direction from the first straight edge to the second inclined edge, when the fan-shaped sheet is rolled to form a sealed seam, the second inclined edge and the first straight edge of the fan-shaped sheet are laminated to form an edge region in which at least three layers of papers are adhered, a corrugated cavity region of the fan-shaped sheet close to an upper arc edge is flattened to form a thickness smaller than that of a middle part of the fan-shaped sheet, and a part of the extruded corrugated cavity region is rolled outwardly together with the inner cup paper to form a rolled rim.
As an improvement, the corrugated paper between the upper arc edge and a lower arc edge of the fan-shaped sheet is flush with the inner cup paper, a corrugated cavity region of the fan-shaped sheet close to the lower arc edge is flattened to form a thickness smaller than that of the middle part of the fan-shaped sheet, and a part of the extruded corrugated cavity region is folded inwardly together with the inner cup paper to form a cup pedestal.
In the solution, the single-layer corrugated paper is directly adhered to the inner cup paper, so that the structure of the cup body becomes simple, and a structural design that the inner cup paper and the corrugated paper are separated at the first straight edge is used, and the inner cup paper is made of a waterproof material, so that the main body can be sealed by completely depending on the adhering portion of the inner cup paper, thus preventing water leakage. On this basis, in the solution, the corrugated strip is the transverse stripe in the direction along the first straight edge to the second inclined edge, so that, on one hand, an anti- scalding effect is achieved, and on the other hand, an appearance after rolling is an upwardly spiral stripe due to the transverse stripe, and a ring-like supporting structure is formed, thus enhancing a structural strength. Moreover, a cup rim and a cup bottom are both rolled into the flattened corrugation, strengths of the cup rim and the cup bottom are enhanced, the second inclined edge and the first straight edge of the fan-shaped sheet are laminated to form the edge region in which at least three layers of papers are adhered, the edge region is extruded to form a structure equivalent to a supporting beam, and an overall strength of the paper cup is higher than that of a common double-layer paper cup.
Secondly, with forward pulling of a roller shaft during manufacturing, paper used for manufacturing a corrugation has been stretched in a length direction of pulling progress of the paper due to influences of fine fiber arrangement and pulling and stretching, with a very small extensibility, so that the corrugation of the transverse stripe perpendicular to a pulling progress direction of the paper is pressed on the paper, which means that, the corrugated strip of the fan-shaped sheet after being unfolded is the transverse stripe in the direction along the first straight edge to the second inclined edge, the first end of the corrugated paper is parallel to and staggered with the first end of the inner cup paper, after the transverse stripe is formed by this structure and the transverse stripe is flattened and rolled into the rolled rim, not only a strength of the rolled rim can be enhanced, but also the rolled rim is avoided from being broken, because a certain degree of paper extensibility is needed during rim rolling, and the extruded corrugation of the transverse stripe meets an extensibility requirement, so that the corrugation of the transverse stripe has a certain extensibility even if the corrugation has not been stretched in a transverse direction, thus meeting a structural requirement that a simplified structure is applicable to unmanned manufacturing, and also improving the structural strength.
In the corrugated paper cup above, after the regions of the fan-shaped sheet close to the upper arc edge and the lower arc edge are flattened, folds are formed on the flattened corrugation and rolled into the rolled rim or the cup pedestal.
In the corrugated paper cup above, a thickness of the inner cup paper is greater than that of the corrugated paper. The corrugated paper cup has a double-layer structure with a thick interior and a thin exterior, which ensures a stiffness of the paper cup and enhances a connection strength of the paper cup.
In the corrugated paper cup above, a corrugation of the corrugated paper is a straight stripe, and the straight stripe is in a direction perpendicular to the first straight edge.
In the corrugated paper cup above, a corrugation of the corrugated paper is a transverse wavy stripe along the first straight edge to the second inclined edge.
In the corrugated paper cup above, a corrugation of the corrugated paper is a discontinuous corrugated cavity transversely distributed along the first straight edge to the second inclined edge, which comprises a circle-dot corrugated cavity or a rectangular corrugated cavity.
In the corrugated paper cup above, the first straight edge of the fan-shaped sheet has an inner cup paper region which is not covered by the corrugated paper, the region is an adhering portion, and when the second end of the inner cup paper is adhered to an outer side surface of the first end of the corrugated paper, the edge region comprises a four-layer reinforced structure formed by the second end of the corrugated paper, the second end of the inner cup paper, the first end of the corrugated paper and the first end of the inner cup paper, and a three-layer water-tight structure formed by the second end of the corrugated paper, the second end of the inner cup paper and the adhering portion. By the overlapping mode, when the rolled rim is rolled and formed, the adhering portion and the inner cup paper are rolled at the rolled rim, the adhering portion of the rolled rim is more sealed and stable, and meanwhile, an edge sealing connection strength of a rim rolling region is enhanced after the rolled rim is rolled, so that connection between two ends of the paper cup is more sealed and stable, and not easy to be separated.
As an alternative solution, when the second end of the inner cup paper is only adhered to the adhering portion, the first end of the corrugated paper and the second end of the corrugated paper are aligned with each other or have a gap, and the edge region comprises a three-layer water-tight structure formed by the second end of the corrugated paper, the second end of the inner cup paper and the adhering portion. Although a strengthening effect is reduced, the strength can still be enhanced because the corrugation is also rolled into the rolled rim after extrusion.
In the corrugated paper cup above, a waterproof layer is arranged on an inner wall of the inner cup paper, and when the adhering portion is overlapped on an inner side surface of the second end of the inner cup paper to form sealed adhesive connection, one end of the waterproof layer is connected with a main body of the waterproof layer. One end of the waterproof layer is connected with the main body of the waterproof layer, thus preventing water from leaking between the adhering portion and the second end of the inner cup paper, and in an overlapping region, an end surface of the first end of the corrugated paper abuts against the waterproof layer, thus further improving a sealing performance of the overlapping region.
In the corrugated paper cup above, a glue layer is formed between the corrugated paper and the inner cup paper. In the overlapping region, one end of the glue layer abuts against the waterproof layer, thus improving the sealing performance and a connection strength of the overlapping region.
In the corrugated paper cup above, the paper cup further comprises a cup bottom, an adhering layer is arranged on the cup bottom, the lower arc edge of the fan-shaped sheet is extruded to form a bending region, an end portion of the bending region is bent inwardly to form a folding layer, and the adhering layer is hermetically adhered between the bending region and the folding layer. The folding layer makes the adhering portion and the second end of the inner cup paper also have a connection strength.
Compared with the prior art, the present application has the following advantages.
1. The double-layer paper cup has the double-layer structure with the thick interior and the thin exterior, while separate edge sealing is performed on the inner cup paper and the corrugated paper in the edge sealing structure, which completely depends on sealed seam sealing of the inner cup paper, the edge sealing structure is realized by adhering at least three layers, and a thicker sealed seam is changed by extrusion, so that a thickness of the rim rolling region in which the edge region is located is reduced, thus being suitable for mechanical automatic rim rolling. Since the edge sealing structure of at least three layers makes the paper cup have a sufficient supporting force and keeps the strength of the paper cup, a cup wall formed in the rim rolling region will not be deformed and bent.
2. Since the edge sealing structure of at least three layers is cross-stacked, a better adhering effect can be achieved after edge sealing, the edge region is not easy to be torn or detached, and an anti-tear or anti-detach effect is further improved through extrusion and rim rolling.
3. When the corrugated paper with the corrugated structure is used, the folds are formed on a hollow part of the corrugation due to the extrusion of the corrugation, and the folds are strengthened due to creases and multi-layer overlapping, thus achieving a better strength after rim rolling.
The following are specific embodiments of the present application, and the technical solution of the present application is further described with reference to the drawings, but the present application is not limited to these embodiments.
First Embodiment
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The single-layer corrugated paper 3 is adhered to a fan-shaped outer peripheral surface of the inner cup paper 2, a fan-shaped length of the inner cup paper 2 is greater than that of the corrugated paper 3, and a first end 31 of the corrugated paper is staggered with and parallel to the first end 21 of the inner cup paper, so that the first straight edge 111 of the fan-shaped sheet 11 has an inner cup paper region which is not covered by the corrugated paper, and the region is an adhering portion 211. The corrugated paper 3 among the second inclined edge 112, the upper arc edge 113 and the lower arc edge 114 of the fan-shaped sheet is flush with the inner cup paper 2, and then the corrugated paper and the inner cup paper are extruded at the upper arc edge 113 to form the rim rolling region 5, and extruded at the lower arc edge 114 to form the bending region 7.
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A principle of the solution is as follows: when the paper cup 1 is molded, the adhering portion 211 is overlapped with an inner side surface of the inner cup paper 2 first, and then the second end 22 of the inner cup paper is overlapped with the first end 31 of the corrugated paper, so that the paper cup 1 is transited evenly at a joint, thus avoiding the first end 31 of the corrugated paper from being directly connected with a main body of the inner cup paper 2. In an overlapping region 4, an end surface of the first end 31 of the corrugated paper abuts against the waterproof layer 8, and one end of the glue layer 9 abuts against the waterproof layer 8, thus improving a sealing performance and a connection strength of the overlapping region 4. When the rolled rim 51 and a cup pedestal 61 of the paper cup 1 are formed, there are many layers at the overlapping portion that are not easy to be rolled, so that the paper cup 1 is extruded to form the rim rolling region 5 and the bending region 7, and strength weakening caused by extrusion is compensated by the folds of the corrugated paper 3.
Second Embodiment
Second Embodiment is basically the same as First Embodiment, except that the edge region 4 is a connection structure. Specifically, as shown in
Third Embodiment
Third Embodiment is basically the same as First Embodiment or Second Embodiment, except that the corrugated paper 3 has a plane structure, and the corrugated paper is tin paper, plastic paper, silicone paper, glass paper or asphalt paper capable of being designed in various shapes. Because the inner cup paper 2 is thick, after the edge sealing structure is rolled together with outer-layer paper to form the rolled rim, there is still sufficient strength.
The specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative to the scope of the present application. Those skilled in the technical field to which the present application belongs may make various modifications or supplements to the specific embodiments described or make substitutions in a similar way, without departing from the scope of the present application or exceeding the scope defined by the appended claims.
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202210732384.0 | Jun 2022 | CN | national |