Abstract: A can lid tab includes a flat plate-shaped attachment portion including a rivet hole to be attached to a rivet portion provided in a panel portion of a can lid, the attachment portion being in contact with the panel portion; a tip portion continuous with the attachment portion; and a finger hook portion formed on a side opposite to the tip portion across the attachment portion, at least an upper surface on a rear end side of the finger hook portion being inclined downward from the tip portion side toward the rear end side with respect to the attachment portion.

Abstract: A lid for covering a cup-shaped drinking container, a resin forming the lid being a biodegradable resin, 50% by mass or more of the biodegradable resin having a deflection temperature under load of 80° C. or more, 5% by mass or more of the biodegradable resin having a flexural elastic modulus of 3000 MPa or more.

Abstract: A can lid includes a score line provided on an outer peripheral edge side of a disk-shaped panel portion; a rivet portion provided in the panel portion and adjacent to an inner side of the score line in a radial direction; a tab including an attachment portion including a rivet hole to be attached to the rivet portion, a tip portion continuous with the attachment portion, and a finger hook portion formed on a side opposite to the tip portion across the attachment portion; and an auxiliary score line formed in the panel portion and including a first part and a second part, the first part extending in an arc shape on an inner side of the rivet portion in a radial direction of the panel portion, the second part being continuous with the first part.

Abstract: A painting method and a painting apparatus for a band material that prevent a printing defect during a long-time operation by preventing agglomeration and adhesion of a thixotropic paint in a paint pan is disclosed. The liquid paint is discharged to the paint pan as a jet flow from a level lower than a liquid surface of a paint basin toward a bottom of the paint pan, thereby creating a bottom flow along the bottom of the paint pan and an upward vortex from the bottom along a side wall of the paint pan. The liquid paint overflows in an amount corresponding to a supplied amount to the paint pan from a front upper edge of the paint pan in a flowing direction of the bottom flow, thereby flowing the liquid paint continuously in the paint pan toward the front upper edge.

Abstract: The present invention is a liquid-repellent film or sheet that exhibits an excellent liquid repellency, and a packaging material using the same. The liquid-repellent film or sheet comprises: a substrate layer (2); an adhesive layer (3) that comprises a thermoplastic resin, and is formed on at least one plane of the substrate layer (2); and a liquid-repellent layer (4) that comprises a resin (6) having a liquid-repellent moiety, and hydrophilic particles (5), and is formed on the surface of the adhesive layer (3).

Abstract: A foam dispensing container includes: a cap mounted on an opening of a container containing a foamable liquid content; a nozzle having an outlet fitted onto the cap while being allowed to reciprocate; an air pump and a liquid pump reciprocated together with the nozzle; an air cylinder joined to the air pump liquid and pushing air toward the outlet in response to reciprocation of the air pump; a liquid cylinder joined to the liquid pump liquid tightly and pushing a liquid toward the outlet in response to reciprocation of the liquid pump; and a refining member arranged in the cap to form the foam by mixing the air pushed out of the air cylinder with the liquid pushed out of the liquid cylinder, and to refine the foam. A density of the foam dispensed from the discharging outlet falls within a range of 0.03 g/cm3 to 0.06 g/cm3.

Abstract: A method of producing a thickened carbonated beverage packed in a container, comprising: mixing an aqueous solution containing a first thickening agent and having a temperature of 0 to 35° C. with a second thickening agent insoluble in water in a temperature range of 0 to 35° C. but soluble in water at a temperature of 60° C. or more to obtain a stock liquid with the second thickening agent dispersed in the solution; dissolving carbon dioxide gas in the stock liquid to obtain a carbonated aqueous solution; filling a container with the carbonated aqueous solution and sealing the container to obtain the carbonated aqueous solution packed in the container; and heating the carbonated aqueous solution packed in the container such that the carbonated aqueous solution has a temperature of 60° C. or more to dissolve the second thickening agent in the solution.

Abstract: To provide a container bag 34 that can be manufactured easily by folding a sheet material 1 precisely along a folding line 11B. The sheet material 1 is prepared by bonding two films 2 and 3 together in a predetermined pattern, and the sheet material 1 comprises a plurality of cells 16 formed between the two films 2 and 3 while being joined to one another to be filled with fluid. A trunk portion 17 to be filled with a content is formed by bonding overlapping layers of a peripheral edge 9A of the folded sheet material 1. A bottom portion 13 of the container bag 34 is folded inwardly toward the trunk portion 17 along the folding line 11B. A non-bonded section 14 in which the two films 2 and 3 are not bonded together is maintained linearly within the folding line 11B.

Abstract: A cap includes a cap body including a top plate portion and a skirt portion; a sealing member that is a separate member from the cap body and is provided in the cap body, the sealing member having an outer diameter smaller than an inner diameter of the skirt portion; a plurality of locking portions provided in a circumferential direction of the skirt portion, and configured to regulate a movement of the sealing member in a direction away from the top plate portion and support the sealing member; and a plurality of regulating portions provided in the circumferential direction of the skirt portion, protruding inward in a radial direction than an inner peripheral surface of the skirt portion, and configured to regulate a radial movement of the sealing member.

Abstract: A sealing plate including an explosion-proof valve whose opening pressure can be set easily, and whose groove will not be not ruptured by a repeated stress before reaching an opening pressure. The explosion-proof valve including a thin plate portion thinner than a plate; a valve portion formed by partially projecting the thin plate portion in a thickness direction to enhance a bending rigidity; and a groove drawn as a boundary between the valve portion and the thin plate portion to serves as a score line. A rupturable portion that is ruptured after the groove is ruptured is formed between a straight line and a folding line. The valve portion is bent along the folding line to open the explosion-proof valve when the rupturable portion is ruptured after the groove is ruptured.

Abstract: According to an aspect, a lid includes a circular top portion, a fitting portion, and a skirt portion. The top portion has a drinking hole. The fitting portion includes an inner fitting portion protruding upwardly from a peripheral end of the top portion and adapted to contact a rim-side inner circumferential surface of a container body, and an upper fitting portion thicker than the inner fitting portion and adapted to be fitted onto a rim of the container body. An upper end of the fitting portion is at a level higher than the drinking hole. The skirt portion at its upper end is continuous with an outer-side lower end of the fitting portion. The skirt portion extends downwardly away from the rim. The skirt portion is adapted to cover a rim-side circumferential surface of the container body.

Abstract: A cap comprising a cap body including a top plate portion which is disk-shaped, and a skirt portion which is cylindrical and provided at a peripheral edge portion of the top plate portion, the top plate portion including a substrate and a resin coating film provided on a cap inner surface side of the substrate, the resin coating film including a polyester-based resin and a lubricant, and a sealing member provided in the cap body separately from the cap body so as to face the top plate portion, and having an outer diameter smaller than an inner diameter of the skirt portion.

Abstract: A hardly soluble beverage product, comprising: a container comprising a main body that contains a content and that has a container mouth as an outlet of the content, and a cap that is mounted on the container mouth to close the main body. An internal volume of the container is set to a total of: a volume corresponding to a volume of the powder material contained in the container; a volume corresponding to an amount of the liquid determined in accordance with an amount of the powder material to be mixed or dissolved with the liquid; and a volume as an extra space to cause turbulence of the powder material and the liquid.

Abstract: The economic efficiency estimation apparatus of the rechargeable battery and the economic efficiency estimation method thereof according to the present invention estimate an economic efficiency index correlated with a full-charge capacity and a charge/discharge energy quantity of a secondary battery, by using a voltage difference between a discharge voltage, which is precalculated, and a charge maximum voltage.

Abstract: Container connector includes a base in which a flow path is formed, an engagement section disposed on a circle set to the base, a guiding section disposed continuously with the engagement section, and having a guide surface formed as a curved surface to guide the container to the engagement section and facing a side of an axis of the circle, and an arm provided in the base, and movably supporting the guiding section in a direction toward the axis of the circle and a direction away from the axis.

Abstract: A charge-discharge estimation device derives and sets as a prior estimation function an approximate curve of an initial open-end voltage function and initial impedance function to be corrected a first time. A measurement unit measures a charge-discharge voltage and a charge-discharge current in a cycle of a predetermined time. An estimation calculation processing unit obtains an estimated error between a measured voltage and a prior estimation voltage obtained from the prior estimation function, and obtains a posterior estimation value by applying, to the calculated estimated error and a current value, a correction expression using a Gaussian function having a predetermined learning rate LR and correction width a as terms, corrects the prior estimation function based on the calculated posterior estimation value, sets a new prior estimation function, and estimates a charge-discharge curve.

Abstract: To provide a plate material conveying system configured to load plate materials produced by a press work onto a tray at regular intervals, prior to a cleaning process. The plate material conveying system comprises: a feeding section 13 that feeds the plate materials produced by the press work at regular intervals; a storage section 14 that stores the plate materials conveyed sequentially from the feeding section 13; a loading section 15 that loads the plate materials stored in the storage section 14 on the tray opposing thereto at one time; and a discharging section 16 that conveys the tray from a site to be opposed to the storage section 14 to a predetermined site.

Abstract: A lock mechanism includes an engaged section of a second member and an engagement member of a first member. The engagement member includes an operating section, a fulcrum section configured to contact the second member in a state in which the operating section is pressed, an engaging section engaging with the engaged section, a deformation section configured to be bent to move the engaging section when the operating section is pressed, and a fixing section fixed to the edge of a hole.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for accurately processing a neck portion of a bottle-shaped can without changing a posture of the can. An inner tool is inserted into the neck portion from the bottom of a can body to form a stepped portion, and comprises a first forming section having a diameter smaller than an inner diameter of a neck portion. An outer tool comprises a second forming section that is opposed to the inner tool. The stepped portion is formed on the neck portion by sandwiching the neck portion by the first forming section and the second forming section. The inner tool further comprises a holding member that is situated coaxially with the can body to be contacted to an inner surface of the can body. The holding member is attached to the inner tool while being allowed to move in a radial direction together with the can body.

Abstract: A can lid is provided for excellence in an explosion-proof function and a suitability for a hammering inspection. A buckling-inducing section that is easily deformed angularly is formed on a plurality of sites in a circumferential portion of a panel section. A score line intersects with a virtual line passing through a center of the panel section and a center of the buckling-inducing section. End portions of the score line are situated closer to the center of the panel section than a virtual boundary line extending perpendicular to the virtual line. A circular depression is formed at the center of the panel section. A slant wall section is formed between the buckling-inducing section and an inner side wall, and the slant wall section is joined to the inner side wall through a curved portion.