EP1121298A1 - Bouteille composite formee avec un recipient et un goulot monte de maniere etanche sur l'ouverture du recipient - Google Patents

Bouteille composite formee avec un recipient et un goulot monte de maniere etanche sur l'ouverture du recipient

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EP1121298A1
EP1121298A1 EP99920791A EP99920791A EP1121298A1 EP 1121298 A1 EP1121298 A1 EP 1121298A1 EP 99920791 A EP99920791 A EP 99920791A EP 99920791 A EP99920791 A EP 99920791A EP 1121298 A1 EP1121298 A1 EP 1121298A1
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neck
mouth
container
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stop elements
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Matteo Moretti
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Lumson SpA
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D11/00—Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting or uniting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, components made wholly or mainly of plastics material
    • B65D11/02—Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting or uniting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, components made wholly or mainly of plastics material of curved cross-section
    • B65D11/04—Bottles or similar containers with necks or like restricted apertures designed for pouring contents

Definitions

  • the invention relates to a composite bottle formed from a container on the mouth of which there is sealedly mounted a neck which is produced separetely from the container and can have different shapes and dimensions-
  • Many types of food, pharmaceutical, chemical and in particular cosmetics industries are known to make considerable use of bottles for containing liquid or creamy substances which are retained in the bottles by stoppers screwed or snap-mounted on the bottle necks, or by accessories of other type, such as dispenser caps for creamy substances or pumps for spraying liquid substances when operated.
  • Bottles of the same shape and capacity are used by every type of industry, and in particular the cosmetics industry, to contain different products; however the stoppers or accessories applied to the necks of the bottles are of different shapes and dimensions.
  • the stoppers applied to such bottles can be short, long, of small cross-section or of much larger cross-section.
  • the stoppers or other accessories mounted on the necks of such bottles can be applied by snap-fitting, by screwing or by bayonet or similar connection systems.
  • containers must be available having a narrow or wide, short or long neck which, as its means for connection to the accessories (stoppers, pumps, dispensers, etc.), is provided with different types of threads, ribs or grooves for snap-fitting, etc..
  • accessories stoppers, pumps, dispensers, etc.
  • the result is that an industry using such bottles must have available, and quickly if necessary, a considerable number of bottles of the same capacity but with different necks, some types of such bottles being used shortly after their production, whereas other types may be used much later, depending on market requirements.
  • the cost of these requirements is greater the larger the variety of bottles employed by the user industry.
  • the main object of this invention is to provide bottles which enable the necessarily held stocks to be drastically reduced, with consequent cost reduction, which allow more economical silk- screen printing of the bottle outer surfaces, and, very importantly, which enable bottles of the required type to be made available in a much shorter time after their requirement is noted than is currently the case.
  • the FR-A-593202, FR-A-1319580 and DE-A-2552084 describe composite bottles formed from a container or the like having a mouth or which a neck is screw, pressure or snap mounted in such a way that the neck is retained in an axially fixed relationship on the container, no elements or means being provided for preventing rotation of the neck or the container mouth.
  • the FR-A 593202 teaches that the neck must be easily removable from the container in order to be replaced by another neck.
  • the neck of the FR-A-1319580 is applied on the mouth of a container whose wall is so thin that it is impossible to mount a stopper or the like directly on it.
  • the DE-A-2552084 describes a container on whose mouth there is mounted a neck which is used for retaining and positioning a special apparatus on the same container.
  • a further object of the invention is therefore to get a composite bottle formed by a shaped neck mounted on the shaped mouth of a container, wherein the neck is safely axially retained on such mouth (in order to prevent tampering of the product contained in the bottle when its stopper is closed) and especially wherein the neck cannot rotate in respect of the container on whose mouth it is mounted ( in order to safely screw stoppers or the like on the necks or to easily unscrew the same stoppers from the same necks) .
  • a plastics made composite bottle consisting of a container having a mouth with an outer shaped surface and of a tubular neck mounted on said mouth, at least one portion of the neck close to one of its ends having an inner shaped surface which is substantially complementary to said outer shaped surface of the mouth on which the neck is superimposed and axially retained by at least one annular rib engaging a corresponding annular groove provided on the facing shaped surfaces of the mouth and respectively of the neck, or vice versa, the outer surface of the neck being it too shaped for engaging and retaining thereon stoppers or accessories of other type, characterised in that cooperating stop elements are provided on the facing shaped surfaces of said mouth and respectively the neck for preventing rotation of the neck on the mouth.
  • the invention also relates to a container having a mouth on which a neck produced separately from the container can be sealedly mounted, and also relates to the necks produced separately from the containers and provided with elements enabling them to be sealedly mounted on the mouths of said containers, said mouths and necks being provided with stop elements for preventing rotation of the necks on the mouths .
  • the invention also relates to a method according to which composite bottles upon which stoppers or the like having different sizes and shapes can be applied are obtained by mounting necks having different outer sizes and shapes on one and the same type of containers.
  • Figure 1 is an exploded perspective view of a bottle
  • Figure 2 is similar to Figure 1, from which it differs by the presence of a neck and stopper of different structure
  • Figure 3 is a perspective view of a neck different from those shown in Figures 1 and 2;
  • Figure 4 is a partial axial section on an enlarged scale through the bottle obtained by sealedly mounting the neck and container of Figure 1 one on the other; and
  • Figure 5 is a section on the line 5-5 of Figure 4 through a single portion of the bottle of Figure 4 .
  • Figure 1 shows a container or bottle B, a neck or adaptor A and a stopper or cap C.
  • the container and stopper are viewed from above, whereas the neck is viewed from below.
  • the bottle of the invention is formed from two separate bodies, namely the container B and the neck A, of which the shape can be seen from Figure 4.
  • the container consists of a hollow plastics body 1 having at its top (with reference to the Figures) an aperture or mouth, from which there outwardly extends a collar or annular wall 2 shaped to comprise, in proximity to its free end, a sawtooth-shaped continuous annular rib 3 ( Figure 4) , below which there is an annular groove or recess 4.
  • a shoulder or annular bearing surface 5 (the presence of which is preferred but is not strictly necessary) is provided in the connection region between the hollow body 1 and the annular wall 2.
  • the adaptor or neck A is formed from a hollow body (also constructed by moulding plastics material) open at its two ends. That end of the neck A facing downwards (in the Figures) has a shape and size substantially complementary to the shape and outer size of the mouth of the container 1, and internally comprises an annular projection or rib 7 shaped in such a manner as to be able to be slid ( during the connection of the neck to the container) over the inclined surface of the rib 3 (by causing slight inward elastic bending of the annular wall 2 at the rib 3) until it sits in the groove 4 of the wall 2 ( Figure 4) .
  • the shape of the neck and the shape of the container mouth can be different from those described heretofore, provided they allow reliable and simple fixing of the neck onto said mouth, while preventing rotation of the one relative to the other and ensuring a perfect seal between them, which can be easily achieved in various different ways.
  • the outer surface of the neck A can be smooth (of conical or cylindrical shape) , in which case any accessory, for example a stopper, can be fitted to it by simple friction.
  • the necks A have their outer surface shaped in exactly the same manner as the necks of those bottles of traditional type which the bottle of the invention are intended to replace.
  • the two necks of Figures 1 and 2 comprise on their outer surface threads or spiral ribs of different shapes, but indicated by the same reference numeral 10 for simplicity, to be engaged by corresponding ribs or recesses provided on the inside of the stoppers C which are to close the bottles (instead of the stoppers C other types of accessories can be provided, such as pumps, cream dispensers, etc.) on which the stoppers can be easily screweed or from which they can be unscrewed.
  • necks A such as those shown in Figures 1 to 3 or of different form can easily be sealedly mounted and securely retained on them.
  • These necks can be of very different lengths, outer transverse dimensions and shapes, so that accessories of the most varied forms and comprising housings (for the bottle neck) of any shape and size can be mounted and retained on them.
  • the moulded bottle producer or the bottle user can stock ready for use a certain number of containers B of the required capacity.
  • the same user or moulded plastic bottle producer stocks a certain number of ready necks A of different shapes corresponding to the shapes of the necks which may be required by the user, on the basis of the accessories to be used by him.
  • the volume and cost of the stocked containers is low because only containers of one and the same type (capacity) are held ready, whereas the stocked quantity of the various necks has smaller volume and weight (and hence cost) than if traditional bottles with the various necks were held in stock.
  • the necks of the desired shape are applied to the container mouths by automatic machines working at high speed.
  • the bottles obtained in this manner can then be used exactly as bottles of known type.
  • a great advantage of the composite bottles of the invention is the short time involved between the decision to obtain them and their actual availability.
  • the producer can have already previously moulded the containers B (to be used to form bottles with different necks) and already hold them in stock, with a hence very reduced cost and storage space. Likewise the producer (or user) can already hold in stock those necks A of the different types commonly used by that user.
  • An advantageous characteristic is the ability to fill the containers B with liquids or creamy substances before applying their necks. If desidered, the containers can be printed (generally by silk-screen printing) on their outer surface before applying the necks to them. This is advantageous because all containers of a given capacity are identical, whereas different necks can be applied to them to obtain different bottles which all have the the same images printed on their outer surface. In this respect, the silk-sceen printing is carried out by automatic machines which would otherwise have to be carefully adjusted each time and set to accomodate the neck shape and dimensions.
  • a further advantage for the user is the ability to fill the containers B and then apply to them, using very simple automatic machines working at high speed, the required necks on which the producer has already mounted the desired accessory.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne une bouteille composite formée d'un récipient (B) et d'un goulot (A) qui sont obtenus séparément par moulage d'une matière plastique et qui sont couplés mécaniquement l'un à l'autre de manière étanche. On prévoit différentes formes et dimensions de goulot pouvant être montés sur l'ouverture de récipients identiques.
EP99920791A 1998-10-14 1999-04-27 Bouteille composite formee avec un recipient et un goulot monte de maniere etanche sur l'ouverture du recipient Expired - Lifetime EP1121298B1 (fr)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
ITMI982215 1998-10-14
IT1998MI002215A IT1302676B1 (it) 1998-10-14 1998-10-14 Flacone composito formato da un contenitore e da un collo montato atenuta sulla imboccatura del contenitore stesso.
PCT/EP1999/002825 WO2000021843A1 (fr) 1998-10-14 1999-04-27 Bouteille composite formee avec un recipient et un goulot monte de maniere etanche sur l'ouverture du recipient

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EP1121298A1 true EP1121298A1 (fr) 2001-08-08
EP1121298B1 EP1121298B1 (fr) 2002-11-13

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EP (1) EP1121298B1 (fr)
AU (1) AU3823799A (fr)
DE (1) DE69903968T2 (fr)
ES (1) ES2188163T3 (fr)
IT (1) IT1302676B1 (fr)
WO (1) WO2000021843A1 (fr)

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DE102006013730B4 (de) * 2005-12-15 2010-04-08 Df World Of Spices Gmbh Glas-Kunststoff-Behälter
CH698540B1 (de) * 2006-07-25 2009-08-31 Alpla Werke Kunststoffflasche mit einem Ausgiessaufsatz.

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FR593202A (fr) 1925-02-11 1925-08-19 Perfectionnement apporté aux bouteilles et autres récipients à goulot
FR1319580A (fr) 1962-04-10 1963-03-01 Unilever Nv Goulot adaptable pour récipient
DE2552084A1 (de) 1975-11-20 1977-05-26 Sinanan Enterprises Ltd Behaelter, insbesondere flasche

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DE69903968D1 (de) 2002-12-19
ITMI982215A1 (it) 2000-04-14
IT1302676B1 (it) 2000-09-29
EP1121298B1 (fr) 2002-11-13
ITMI982215A0 (it) 1998-10-14
WO2000021843A1 (fr) 2000-04-20
DE69903968T2 (de) 2003-03-27
AU3823799A (en) 2000-05-01

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