Paper lid for food container and method of manufacturing the same

A method of manufacturing a paper lid for a food container, the paper lid configured for covering an upper portion of the food container having a reinforcement frame formed at an uppermost portion of a wall surface and curled outwards so as to have a circular cross-sectional shape, the method comprising:

• a blanking step of cutting out a lid molding paper having a size capable of molding the paper lid from base paper having upper and lower surfaces, each of which is treated with a synthetic resin coating having a thickness of 10 to 35 microns, and forming wrinkles radially on an edge of the lid molding paper so as to facilitate molding of the paper lid;
• a primary molding step of supplying the lid molding paper made in the blanking step to a primary molding device, wherein the primary molding step comprises:
• compressing, while applying heat to the lid molding paper at temperature of 100° C. to 140° C., the lid molding paper within the primary molding device to mold the paper lid, such that the paper lid forms a cover plate configured to cover the open upper portion of the food container while being spaced apart from the open upper portion and a skirt wall bent downwards along an edge of the cover plate and configured to be coupled to the food container so as to surround an outside of the reinforcement frame of the food container, and
• bending the skirt wall so as to form a small diameter part connected to the edge of the cover plate, the small diameter part having a lower end configured to contact with an upper end of the food container and a large diameter part formed to expand in diameter while forming a round-shaped stepped part configured to allow the lower end of the small part to contact an upper end of the reinforcement frame of the food container, the large diameter part configured to surround an outside of the upper end of the food container while being spaced apart from the outside thereof;
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• a secondary molding step of moving the paper lid made in the primary molding step to a secondary molding device, wherein the secondary molding step comprises:
• forming, while applying heat to the paper lid at temperature of 100° C. to 140° C., a guide part by bending the large diameter part of the skirt wall so as to be inclined outwards in a direction toward a lower end thereof, the guide part configured to guide a coupling with the upper portion of the food container, and
• molding a curling tight-contact part configured to surround the outside of the reinforcement frame of the food container by curling an upper end of the guide part an inward direction so as to have a semicircular round cross-sectional shape while the upper end thereof is connected to the round-shaped stepped part.