EP1257474B1 - Recipient en matiere plastique, a corps non cylindrique renforce par des gorges peripheriques - Google Patents

Recipient en matiere plastique, a corps non cylindrique renforce par des gorges peripheriques Download PDF

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EP1257474B1
EP1257474B1 EP01903984A EP01903984A EP1257474B1 EP 1257474 B1 EP1257474 B1 EP 1257474B1 EP 01903984 A EP01903984 A EP 01903984A EP 01903984 A EP01903984 A EP 01903984A EP 1257474 B1 EP1257474 B1 EP 1257474B1
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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
    • B65D1/00—Containers having bodies formed in one piece, e.g. by casting metallic material, by moulding plastics, by blowing vitreous material, by throwing ceramic material, by moulding pulped fibrous material, by deep-drawing operations performed on sheet material
    • B65D1/40—Details of walls
    • B65D1/42—Reinforcing or strengthening parts or members
    • 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
    • B65D1/00—Containers having bodies formed in one piece, e.g. by casting metallic material, by moulding plastics, by blowing vitreous material, by throwing ceramic material, by moulding pulped fibrous material, by deep-drawing operations performed on sheet material
    • B65D1/02—Bottles or similar containers with necks or like restricted apertures, designed for pouring contents
    • B65D1/0223—Bottles or similar containers with necks or like restricted apertures, designed for pouring contents characterised by shape
    • 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
    • B65D2501/00—Containers having bodies formed in one piece
    • B65D2501/0009—Bottles or similar containers with necks or like restricted apertures designed for pouring contents
    • B65D2501/0018—Ribs
    • B65D2501/0036—Hollow circonferential ribs
    • 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
    • B65D2501/00—Containers having bodies formed in one piece
    • B65D2501/0009—Bottles or similar containers with necks or like restricted apertures designed for pouring contents
    • B65D2501/0081—Bottles of non-circular cross-section

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  • the subject of the invention is improvements to containers made of plastic material whose body, not cylindrical of revolution, is reinforced by means of reinforcement, constituted by grooves peripheral devices. It can be applied to any type of container whose body has at least part of the wall with a substantially planar relief, this which is the case with vials. It still applies, and in particular, bottles whose body has a generally shaped section quadrilateral, with rounded angles and intended to receive a so-called flat content, that is to say without internal pressure.
  • the invention aims to remedy these drawbacks.
  • a plastic container having a body oriented along a longitudinal axis, with a non-cylindrical wall of revolution surrounding this axis, the wall being reinforced with grooves peripherals oriented along planes substantially perpendicular to the said longitudinal axis, at least part of said wall having a substantially planar relief and being crossed by several grooves, is characterized in that the width of each groove passing through the part of wall having a substantially planar relief is variable, the variation of width of each of said grooves being such that it is less wide at its outlet in the said part of the wall only in the middle of its crossing.
  • the projection on its plane orientation substantially perpendicular to said longitudinal axis, from the bottom of a groove passing through a wall part having a relief substantially planar, at least along the crossing, a profile curved, with a concavity turned towards the outside of the wall.
  • This particular shape gives greater rigidity to the bottoms grooves, which limits the deformations they undergo during resumption of efforts.
  • the walls of the grooves have a curved profile.
  • the bottle of longitudinal axis X, shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, includes a neck 1, a body 2, a bottom 3, and an intermediate part, also called shoulder 4, between the body and the neck.
  • the neck ends in a thread 5, allowing the screwing of a threaded plug.
  • the body 2 of the bottle has a section of general quadrilateral shape, square in this example, with rounded corners, so that the body wall is made up of substantially flat panel-shaped parts, two of which 21,22, are visible in Figure 3, connected to each other by parts of angles rounded, three of which 23, 24, 25 are visible on the same figure 3.
  • the wall is reinforced with peripheral grooves 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, all substantially oriented along planes perpendicular to the axis longitudinal.
  • Each throat therefore surrounds the body by crossing the different substantially planar panels 21, 22 and parts of angles 23, 24, 25 rounded.
  • the wall in a vertical direction, is consisting of alternating wall sections 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36 having the above-mentioned section of general quadrilateral shape, with rounded corners, and peripheral grooves.
  • the peripheral grooves have a width variation at least in their crossing of a wall part having a substantially planar relief. In the case of the illustrated bottle in the figures, it is therefore at least in their crossing of each of the panels 21, 22, as the width varies, and the variation in width of each of the gorges is such that it is narrower at its outlets in a sign that in the middle of its crossing.
  • each groove has at least four variations of width.
  • FIG. 1 is a view in elevation of the bottle, on the side of a substantially flat panel, notes, for example, that the groove 26 has a width L1, in the middle from its crossing of the panel, greater than its width L2, to each of its outlets in the said panel.
  • Each of the other gorges has the same characteristics, from so that the flat portions of sections 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36 limited by the grooves have a smaller width where that of the grooves is superior, and vice versa.
  • two successive gorges crossing said part of substantially flat wall, a panel in the case of the illustrated bottle in the figures, are separated by a section of panel whose width evolves unlike that of the gorges, that is to say that this section is narrower in the middle than on its sides, at the mouth of the gorges.
  • two neighboring gorges are closer to each other at in the middle of their crossing of a panel than at their outlet in it.
  • the successive grooves all have the same width variations, on the one hand, and similar or identical dimensions, on the other hand.
  • identity is not necessary, the main thing being that in the middle of their crossing a flat part, the width of each groove is greater, and that of each flat portion of a section is the lowest.
  • each groove is consisting of alternating curves or sinuosities. So we avoid to create sharp angles which are as many zones of incipient fractures.
  • Figure 4 which is a sectional view AA of Figure 1, we note that the bottom of the gorges, in the middle of the panels 21, 37, is sufficiently distant from the planes P1, P2, materialized by lines discontinuous, of the panels, so that if forces tend to push back the bottom of the grooves towards the outside, when these take up the forces, it is unlikely that the deformation will become such that the bottoms emerge from the limits of the planes P1, P2.
  • Figure 5 which is a sectional view BB of Figure 2, shows that at right rounded corners, the width of the grooves is less. However, at the constraints are generally less than in the middle of so the risks of section increase at this level are almost nonexistent.
  • Figure 6 which is a sectional view CC of Figure 1, that is to say a central section of the bottom of a groove 29, illustrates an embodiment preferred profile of the bottom of the grooves which gives them a more high rigidity and to limit the deformations which they undergo during the resumption of efforts.
  • the projection, on their orientation plane substantially perpendicular to the X axis longitudinal, from the bottom of the gorges present, at least along the crossing parts in the form of substantially flat panels, a curved profile, with a concavity turned towards the outside of the wall.
  • Figure 7 shows, in section DD of Figure 1, a section central section of a wall section 33 having the aforementioned cross section general quadrilateral, with rounded angles and flat parts.
  • the bottle according to the invention can be obtained by the so-called processes injection blow molding, i.e. those in which a preform in plastic material, previously obtained by injection, is packaged thermally, then blown, alternately stretched then blown, in a finishing mold.
  • injection blow molding i.e. those in which a preform in plastic material, previously obtained by injection, is packaged thermally, then blown, alternately stretched then blown, in a finishing mold.

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EP01903984A 2000-02-10 2001-01-26 Recipient en matiere plastique, a corps non cylindrique renforce par des gorges peripheriques Expired - Lifetime EP1257474B1 (fr)

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PCT/FR2001/000264 WO2001058766A1 (fr) 2000-02-10 2001-01-26 Recipient en matiere plastique, a corps non cylindrique renforce par des gorges peripheriques

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