US 12,409,976 B2
Method for manufacturing object to be printed and object to be printed
Koji Yamada, Yokohama (JP); Yukiko Saito, Yokohama (JP); Hironori Ozeki, Yokohama (JP); and Shigenobu Murakami, Yokohama (JP)
Assigned to TOYO SEIKAN CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/765,034
Filed by TOYO SEIKAN CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Aug. 19, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/031212
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 30, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/065232, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 8, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-178387 (JP), filed on Sep. 30, 2019; and application No. 2020-034930 (JP), filed on Mar. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0371782 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. B65D 25/34 (2006.01); B41M 5/00 (2006.01); B65D 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 25/34 (2013.01) [B41M 5/0088 (2013.01); B65D 1/165 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for producing an object to be printed comprising an area to be printed on a surface thereof, wherein:
the object to be printed is selected from a can and a film for containers,
the method comprises a surface adjustment step of adjusting a surface of the area to be printed so that the area to be printed has a surface energy E (mN/m) of 30 or more and 50 or less,
the surface adjustment step comprises forming a receiving layer on at least a portion of the area to be printed, and
the receiving layer is a swelling-type receiving layer in a semi-cured state or a void-type receiving layer.