Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd.

Toyo Seikan Daisha, Ltd.

Kenichirou Nakamaki

Katsuhiro Imazu

Sachiko Machii

Tetsuo Miyazawa

Yoshitsugu Maruhashi

Masanori Aizawa

Kouji Suzuki

Norimasa Maida

Yoshiki Takesue

Kazuhiro Satoh

A laminate obtained by laminating a resin composed chiefly of a polyester on a base material, said resin layer having a melt viscosity ratio (R) defined by the following formula (1),

Laminate and container made of the same

A thin-walled, deep-draw-ironed seamless can comprising a laminate of a metal sheet and a biaxially stretched film of polyester or copolyester mainly comprising an ethylene terephthalate unit. The thickness of the side wall portion of the can is reduced to from 30 to 85% of the original thickness of the laminate. The film layer on the side wall portion of the can has a parallel component orientation (D1) defined by formula (1) of 65% or more and a half width (Wh) of the peak at an angle of diffraction 2.theta. of from 14.degree. to 20.degree. falling within 1.8.degree..

Seamless can

A polyester laminated draw-formed can which suppresses frothing phenomenon when a carbonated beverage is contained therein and exhibits excellent corrosion resistance, and a coated metal plate used for the production of the cans. The coated metal plate for cans comprises a laminated material of a metal plate, a polyester film layer consisting chiefly of ethylene terephthalate units and, as required, an adhesive primer layer interposed between the metal plate and the polyester film, wherein the polyester film layer that is on the inner surface side of the can has a surface that is molecularly oriented in at least the biaxial directions, and larger protrusions on the surface over a visual field of 100 .mu.m.times.100 .mu.m as observed using an interatomic force microscope (AFM) have an average height (H) of three points of 0.20 .mu.m or smaller.

Coated metal plate for cans and seamless cans formed therefrom

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Yokohama, Japan

Kenichirou Nakamaki