Abstract: The foam-dispensing pump container according to the present invention has the valve seat portion which protrudes inwardly below the air-liquid mixing unit and which is formed of the flexible member that can come into contact with the outer peripheral face of the latch portion of the rod-shaped valve body, and immediately after the nozzle head starts rising, the flexible valve seat portion comes into contact with the rod-shaped valve body before the upper opening end of the liquid chamber comes into contact with the rod-shaped valve body, thereby significantly reducing a backflow of the foam or liquid into the air passage, and consequently improving the usability of the foam-dispensing pump container.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a foam dispensing container that can homogenize foam quality and can discharge foam of stable quality.

Abstract: A coupler having a stop valve, in which one of the connectors comprises a cylindrical wall, and a fixed shaft arranged along an axis of the cylindrical wall. A valve seat is arranged around the fixed shaft, and the valve seat is tapered to widen a diameter thereof. A cylindrical valve element is fitted onto the fixed shaft to slide in its axial direction while being pushed by an elastic member, and an inner circumferential face of the valve element is tapered to be congruent with the taper of the valve seat. An engagement portion which is diametrically larger than the leading end portion of the valve element is formed on the outer circumferential face of the valve element at an intermediate portion. Another connector comprises a cylindrical portion. A pushing portion is formed at an end of the cylindrical portion for pushing the valve element at the engagement portion.

Abstract: A foam dispensing pump container having a suction inlet capable of introducing a large amount of external air while preventing ingress of water and foam certainly. In the foam dispensing pump container, a suction inlet 45 is opened to an opposite side of a discharging outlet 43 of the nozzle member 4. The suction inlet 45 is communicated with an air course formed between an inner cylinder 41 and an outer cylinder 42 through a through hole 46. A skirt shaped cover portion 47 is formed to extend downwardly from an outer circumferential edge of the ceiling of the nozzle member 4 to a level lower than the suction inlet 45. In order to divide and shut off an inner space of the skirt shaped cover portion 47 (i.e., a space between an inner face of the cover portion 47 and the outer cylinder 42), at least one pair of partitions 49 are formed on both sides of the suction inlet 45 in the circumferential direction of the nozzle member 4.

Abstract: A method for inspecting sealing defects of a container using infrared light. Infrared light in a wavelength range of 1450 nm±20 nm is irradiated from a phototransmitter onto the sealed portion of a sample container. Infrared light reflected from or transmitted through the sealed portion of the sample container is received by a photoreceiver, and transmitted to a photodetector through an optical fiber. The infrared light in a same wavelength range as the case of inspecting the sample container is irradiated onto the sealed portion of a container to be inspected. The infrared light reflected from or transmitted through the sealed portion of the inspected container is converted into the analog voltage value and transmitted to a controller. If the infrared light is reduced to be smaller than a threshold set on the basis of the sample container, the sealed portion of the inspected container is judged as a sealing defect.

Abstract: The foam-dispensing pump container according to the present invention has the valve seat portion which protrudes inwardly below the air-liquid mixing unit and which is formed of the flexible member that can come into contact with the outer peripheral face of the latch portion of the rod-shaped valve body, and immediately after the nozzle head starts rising, the flexible valve seat portion comes into contact with the rod-shaped valve body before the upper opening end of the liquid chamber comes into contact with the rod-shaped valve body, thereby significantly reducing a backflow of the foam or liquid into the air passage, and consequently improving the usability of the foam-dispensing pump container.

Abstract: A canned product heating apparatus includes: a non-contact type temperature detecting element which is not in contact with a surface of a can container; a directional microphone oriented to a closure of the can container; an interrupting circuit which interrupts an electrical supply to a high-frequency induction heating coil based on a signal transmitted from the directional microphone. The electrical supply to the high-frequency induction heating coil is stopped by the interrupting circuit in case the directional microphone captures sonic waves within a predetermined range.

Abstract: To ensure sealing ability of a resealable can container formed of a welded can body between a curled portion of container mouth and a resin sealing liner, without degrading productivity and easiness to open the closure. The can body 2 is prepared by rolling a steel sheet and welding overlapped longitudinal edges of the steel sheet. In order to achieve the above-mentioned objective, a level difference of a welded portion 2a on the surface of a curled portion 21a is reduced smaller than that on the trunk portion 22, specifically, kept within the range of 15 to 100 ?m, and a durometer hardness of the resin sealing liner is kept within the range of HDA 30 to 70 according to ISO 868 (or JIS-K7215).

Abstract: The present invention provides a food sterilization method by which the effective sterilization of the spore-forming bacteria having high heat resistance and high pressure resistance is possible without impairing the taste, flavor, and texture of food. A method for sterilization of food comprising: high-pressure treatment step in which one or more amino acids selected from the group consisting of cysteine, alanine, methionine, phenylalanine, serine, leucine, and glycine is added to a sterilization target food, and then the sterilization target food including the amino acid is treated at 50 to 600 MPa for 1 to 120 minutes; and low-temperature heating step in which the sterilization target food is heated at 60 to 100° C. for 5 minutes or more after the high-pressure treatment step.

Abstract: A coupler having a stop valve, in which one of the connectors comprises a cylindrical wall, and a fixed shaft arranged along a center axis of the cylindrical wall. A valve sheet is arranged around a leading end portion of the fixed shaft, and the valve sheet is tapered to widen a diameter thereof toward a leading end side of the fixed shaft. A cylindrical first valve element is fitted onto the fixed shaft in a manner to slide in its axial direction while being pushed by an elastic member, and an inner circumferential face of the first valve element is tapered at its leading end to be congruent with the taper of the valve sheet. An engagement portion which is diametrically larger than the leading end portion of the first valve element is formed on the outer circumferential face of the first valve element at an intermediate portion in the axial direction.

Abstract: To provide a polyester resin container with a fracturable portion that has improved openability and to provide its production method. In the polyester resin container with a fracturable portion, in which the material of the container is polyester resin, which comprises a mouth portion 20 contiguous to the container body and a fracturable portion 30 located above the mouth portion 20 integrally, which is equipped with a fracturable structure that can be opened by fracturing the boundary part between the opening end 22 of the mouth portion 20 and the fracturable portion 30; a groove 40 is formed approximately perpendicular to the outer surface of the boundary part between the opening end 22 of the mouth portion 20 and the fracturable portion 30 of the container, and the intrinsic viscosity of the polyester resin located at the periphery of the groove 40 is lowered than the intrinsic viscosity of the polyester resin located at a location other than the periphery of the groove 40.

Abstract: An easy open can lid comprises an outer multilayered portion folded into three layers and enclosing the panel portion from outside of the score line, and an inner multilayered portion folded into three layers and enclosing the panel portion from inside of the score line. A leading edge of an outer protection portion as a folding portion between the first and second outer layers is flush with or situated outside of the score line, and a leading edge of an inner protection portion as a folding portion between the second and third inner layers is flush with or situated inside of the score line. An opening width of an inner interspace between the first and second inner layers is wider than that of an outer interspace between the second and third outer layers.

Abstract: An easy open can lid having: a panel portion, which is formed of an approximate disc shape, and in which a flange portion for fixing a can trunk is formed integrally on an outer circumference; a score line, which is formed near the periphery of the panel portion along the outer circumference of the panel portion; an opening piece, which is defined by the score line; and an opening tab, which is fixed near the periphery of the opening piece. This easy open can lid of the invention is characterized in that the score line is formed of an arcuate along periphery of the panel portion and both ends thereof are separated, and comprises a connecting portion connecting the opening piece with the panel portion, which is formed between the both ends of the score line, and a strength incrementing portion, in which a rupture strength thereof increases gradually toward the end portion of the score line.

Abstract: To provide an imide oligomer, excellent in thermal moldability, having excellent heat resistance as a thermally-cured polyimide resin, and that is obtainable easily and inexpensively. An imide oligomer including a nonaxisymmetric site derived from one nonaxisymmetric aromatic diamine molecule represented by below formula (1), only at a central portion of the oligomer chain, in the formula (1), W is a direct bond, —O—, —CH2—, —C2H4—, —C(CH3)2—, —CF2—, —C2F4—, —C(CF3)2—, —C(?O)—, —NH—, —NH—C(?O)—, —S—, —S(?O)—, or —S(?O)2—.

Abstract: A method for configuration of an outwardly curled portion formed on an opening portion of a metal can, in which both inner and outer faces of a metal sheet forming at least around the opening portion are covered with a resin film, in which the curled portion formed above an inclined face by curling an upper end of a trim end portion so as to confine it inside of the curled portion, as being squeezed in the can radius direction so as to contact a lower end thereof with the inclined face, and in which the metal sheet layers are folded in the can radius direction via the resin films except around both upper and lower ends of the curled portion. Accordingly, the trim end portion of in the curled portion can be prevented from getting rusty, and deterioration in the appearance of the curled portion can be avoided. Moreover, the strength of the curled portion is enhanced so that the resistance against the deformation is improved.

Abstract: A liquefied gas dispensing nozzle having a cylinder with its axis in a vertical direction, and a plug to be inserted into the cylinder from above as its main elements. A plurality of slit portions for letting through the liquefied gas are formed in parallel in an axial direction of the cylinder from the upper end to the lower end in an inner circumferential face of the cylinder contacting to an outer circumferential face of the plug. A width of at least one or more pair of mutually opposed slit portions is generally constant from its upper end to lower end and its slit bottom is inclined so that the depth of the slit becomes gradually shallower from upper end to lower end. Each slit portion of the cylinder is closed with the plug when the plug, which is movable vertically relative to the cylinder, reaches the lowest end position. A rounded portion formed by rounding a corner portion of the lower end of the slit portion includes an inclined slit bottom.