Abstract: A metallic bottle can including a metallic base material of the bottle shape that has a mouth portion having a threaded portion, a shoulder portion, a body portion and a bottom portion, wherein, on the outer surface of said mouth portion, a finishing varnish layer is provided directly on said metallic base material, and said finishing varnish layer has an MEK extractability of 2 to 8% by mass.

Abstract: A structure (10) includes a formed body (1) of a predetermined shape and a liquid film (3) formed on the surface thereof, the liquid film (3) being formed by using a dispersion solution obtained by dispersing, in a dispersion medium, a liquid that is incompatible therewith. The structure (10) exhibits slipping property to the emulsified product maintaining stability. Also disclosed is a method for producing the structure.

Abstract: A decorative laminate film including an inner film and an outer film, and at least a part of a character and/or a figure is formed as a protruded portion protruding toward the outer film. A print layer of a high-brightness ink and/or a foamed film is interposed between the inner film and the outer film, and at least a part of the character and/or the figure has a metallic luster derived from the print layer of the high-brightness ink or a pearly luster derived from the foamed film. The character and/or the figure is distinguished from at least a part of the remaining region in at least one of hue, brightness, chroma and gloss, thereby providing a decorative laminate film, which is imparted by the print design and a protruded portion having a metallic luster and/or a pearly luster, without impairing its function as a packaging material.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a metal bottle having a mouthpiece in an upper part of a bottomed cylindrical bottle body, including forming a screw part on the mouthpiece and then forming a curl at a tip of the mouthpiece. During formation of the screw part, a height of the first-stage screw thread from a tip side in a complete screw part and a height of the second-stage screw thread from the tip side are substantially equal and a distance between an apex part of the first-stage screw thread and a bottle axis is smaller than a distance between the apex part of the second-stage screw thread and the bottle axis. After formation of the curl, a distance between the apex part of the first-stage screw thread and the bottle axis and a distance between the apex part of the second-stage screw thread and the bottle axis are substantially equal.

Abstract: A method of recovering lactide which includes throwing a polylactic acid and a depolymerization catalyst into an extruder (1) communicated with a vent chamber (3) maintained under a reduced pressure, melt-kneading the polylactic acid and the depolymerization catalyst together in the extruder (1), feeding the melt-kneaded product thereof into the vent chamber (3), depolymerizing the polylactic acid in the vent chamber (3), gasifying the formed lactide and recovering the gasified lactide from the vent chamber (3).

Abstract: A decorative multilayered extrusion-blow-formed bottle having an inner layer of a polyethylene (A) and a metallic layer of a polyethylene (B) in which a metal pigment having an average thickness of not more than 600 nm is dispersed on the outer side of the inner layer. If the shear viscosities (Pa·s) of the resin forming the layer neighboring the metallic layer on the inner side thereof are denoted by V6 and V30 as measured at the shear rates 6 s?1 and 30 s?1 thereof at a temperature of 210° C., then the shear viscosities (Pa·s) ?6 and ?30 of the polyethylene (B) measured at the shear rates 6 s?1 and 30 s?1 thereof at a temperature of 210° C.

Abstract: A method of filling a container with a viscous content by providing a container that has an inner surface formed by using a thermoplastic resin and, specifically, an olefin resin, applying an edible oil or a liquid paraffin on the inner surface of the container to form an oil film thereon, and filling the container that has the oil film formed on the inner surface thereof with a viscous content that has a viscosity at 25° C. of not less than 100 mPa·s.

Abstract: Provided is a spouted pouch capable of improving the ability to suspend pouring liquid contents, the ease of adjusting a pouring force, and the ease of repouring. In the spouted pouch (10), a pouch body (20) has flow path control seal portions (22) formed on both left and right sides across an imaginary line A inside the outer edge seal portion (21). Assuming that a thickness dimension of the spout attachment base portion (31a) is taken as X, length dimension from the spout attachment base portion (31a) to the action point portion (22a) of flow path control seal portions (22) is taken as L, and a width dimension between the action point portions (22a) is taken as W, the thickness dimension X, the length dimension L, and the width dimension W are set so as to satisfy relationships of W/X=1.2 to 2.0 and L/X=0.3 to 1.5.

Abstract: Provided are a container-interior drying device and a container-interior drying method capable of shortening drying time and improving the efficiency in an entire filling line without causing container deformation, the device having a simple configuration and requiring little space for installation. The device includes a gas ejector nozzle (110) capable of being inserted into an interior of a container through an opening of the container, a suction mechanism (120) capable of facing the opening of the container, and a gas supply unit (130) configured to supply the gas ejector nozzle (110) with gas, wherein gas is ejected into the interior of the container from the gas ejector nozzle (110), and the suction mechanism (120) positioned so as to face the opening of the container sucks out gas through the opening of the container.

Abstract: A polylactic acid composition including polylactic acid and an ethylene resin, characterized in that the ethylene resin is selected so that a melt flow rate ratio (RMF), defined by the following equation (1): RMF=APLA/BPE (1) where APLA represents the melt flow rate of the polylactic acid measured at 210° C. and 2.16 kg, and BPE represents the melt flow rate of the ethylene resin measured at 190° C. and 2.16 kg, in a range of 0.5 to 10 is satisfied. Also disclosed is a stretch-molded bottle formed using the polylactic acid composition. The polylactic acid composition is preferably used in molding a container particularly improved in alkali resistance and environmental stress crack resistance.

Abstract: A method of recovering lactide which includes introducing a molten resin composition that contains a polylactic acid, a depolymerization catalyst and a carrier resin into a vent chamber (3) that is maintained under a reduced pressure using a first screw conveyer passage (11) that extends in the vent chamber (3), gasifying the lactide contained in the molten resin composition, and recovering a gaseous lactide from the vent chamber, wherein a second screw conveyer passage (60) is provided under the first screw conveyer passage (11) in the vent chamber (3) to recover the carrier resin.

Abstract: This invention provides an easy-to-tear resin film. Such easy-to-tear resin film is an easy-to-tear, unstretched resin film composed of a blend of a polyethylene terephthalate-based resin with the second resin having a difference in SP value from the polyethylene terephthalate-based resin of 1.1 to 4.0 (cal/cm3)0.5. This invention also provides a laminate film 1B for a packaging material comprising the easy-to-tear, unstretched resin film 10 between the inner layer film 20 serving as a heat seal surface and the surface layer film 30 comprising an isophthalic acid-modified polyethylene terephthalate resin having a copolymerization ratio of isophthalic acid component of 0 mol % to 5 mol %.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an ornamental laminate film made from at least an inside film and an outside film, provided with a letter and/or a pattern by printing and as a raised part protruding toward the outside film. At least apart of the letter and/or the pattern has a metallic luster and differs in at least one of hue, brightness, chroma and glossiness from a region other than the letter and/or the pattern, and the raised part is formed along at least a part of the letter and/or the pattern. As a result of that, an ornamental laminate film with excellent design is provided without impairing its function as a packaging material.

Abstract: A drop lid-shaped formed lid to be fittably applied to a container having a flange section is formed with a flange, a fitting section extending downwardly from the flange, and an introducing section below the fitting section. The introducing section is composed of first and second tapered sections whose inner diameters each decrease downwardly. The taper angle ? of the second tapered section is larger than the taper angle ? of the first tapered section, and the second tapered section is formed in an arcuate shape smaller than a range in which the first tapered section is formed.

Abstract: A stretch-blow-formed polyester container having an average thickness of not more than 280 ?m in the body portion thereof, and effectively suppressing the deformation that is caused when the container is filled with a content of a high temperature, wherein in the measurement of dynamic viscoelastic properties in an axial direction at a central portion of said body portion, a tan ? peak value and a tan ? peak temperature at the peak value satisfy either; (i) the tan ? peak value is in a range of 0.23 to 0.29, and the tan ? peak temperature at the peak value is in a range of 111 to 118° C.?; or (ii) the tan ? peak value is in a range of less than 0.25, and the tan ? peak temperature at the peak value is in a range of not lower than 119° C.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a surface-treated steel sheet including the step of forming a layer mainly composed of an oxygen compound containing Al onto a tin-plated steel sheet by conducting cathode electrolytic treatment to the tin-plated steel sheet using an electrolytic treatment solution containing Al ions and nitrate ions. For the electrolytic treatment solution, an electrolytic treatment solution not containing F ions and where the amount of nitrate ions contained is 11,500 to 25,000 ppm by weight is used.

Abstract: Provided is a seaming device capable of easily adjusting clearances between a chuck unit (seaming chuck device) and first and second seaming rolls in a short period of time, easily changing a seaming cycle, and producing a seamed sample can at a normal operation speed. In the seaming device, a seaming unit (130) carries out seaming operation by seaming rolls (131), a driving source for the swinging shaft (132) of the seaming rolls (131) is configured to be capable of controlling the seaming operation independently, and the driving output shaft (137) of a driving source (158) and the swinging shaft (132) of the seaming rolls are coupled through a ball spline (140).

Abstract: A synthetic resin container, including a mouth portion, a shoulder portion, a body portion and a bottom portion. The body portion is formed into an angular cylindrical shape and has one or more concave groove portions formed along a circumferential direction such that: a cross section shape of a site in which the concave groove portion is formed is similar to a cross section shape of a site formed into the body portion, and when the cross section shape of the site in which the concave groove portion is formed and the cross section shape of the site formed into the angular cylindrical shape of the body portion are superimposed, respective apexes of the cross section shape of the site in which the concave groove portion is formed internally contact respective sides of the cross section shape of the site formed into the angular cylindrical shape of the body portion.

Abstract: To provide a microwave pouch that favorably prevents both of hole formation of the pouch and spurting of contents, with a simple structure. A microwave pouch (10) includes a self-venting mechanism (20). The self-venting mechanism (20) has an annular venting seal (30), a steam release part (40) surrounded by the venting seal (30), and a movable piece (60) defined by a slit (50) formed in the steam release part (40). The venting seal (30) has a seal peel initiation part (31) where peeling is started by steam generated inside the pouch (10) during heating. The slit (50) includes slit both ends (51), and a slit intermediate part (52) formed to extend from the slit both ends (51) toward a region away from the seal peel initiation part (31) and connecting the slit both ends.