EP1354802A3 - Foldable plastic bottle - Google Patents

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EP1354802A3
EP1354802A3 EP02016180A EP02016180A EP1354802A3 EP 1354802 A3 EP1354802 A3 EP 1354802A3 EP 02016180 A EP02016180 A EP 02016180A EP 02016180 A EP02016180 A EP 02016180A EP 1354802 A3 EP1354802 A3 EP 1354802A3
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container
plastic bottle
bellows
top surface
longitudinal length
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EP1354802A2 (en
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Mitsuo Higuchi
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Gohsho Co Ltd
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Gohsho Co Ltd
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Priority claimed from JP2002117736A external-priority patent/JP4106229B2/en
Priority claimed from JP2002126479A external-priority patent/JP4151826B2/en
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Publication of EP1354802A2 publication Critical patent/EP1354802A2/en
Publication of EP1354802A3 publication Critical patent/EP1354802A3/en
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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
    • B65D1/02—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
    • B65D1/0292—Foldable bottles

Abstract

To provide a container that can be manually and easily compressed when emptied to attain a significantly reduced compressed height, which container can maintain the compressed state without the need to place a cap thereon.
A container main body (1) has a bellows-shaped portion (2) formed over the entire longitudinal length thereof, or over a part of the longitudinal length except for a tap portion (3). Each of the folds (6,7,8) constituting the bellows-shaped portion has an arc top surface (9) and a predominantly straight bottom surface (11) connecting to the top surface.
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EP02016180A 2002-04-19 2002-07-20 Foldable plastic bottle Withdrawn EP1354802A3 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
JP2002117736A JP4106229B2 (en) 2002-04-19 2002-04-19 A container that can maintain a reduced length.
JP2002117736 2002-04-19
JP2002126479 2002-04-26
JP2002126479A JP4151826B2 (en) 2002-04-26 2002-04-26 A container that can maintain a reduced length.

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EP1354802A2 EP1354802A2 (en) 2003-10-22
EP1354802A3 true EP1354802A3 (en) 2004-08-11

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DE10324893A1 (en) * 2003-05-30 2004-12-16 Kempa, Josef Plastic bottle has peripheral ribs with concave upper surfaces which fit against convex lower surfaces on ribs above when bottle is compressed, barb on rod attached to base interlocking with hooked section in neck
US20050139573A1 (en) * 2003-12-30 2005-06-30 Mitsuo Higuchi Longitudinally expandable plastic bottle, and method and apparatus for manufacturing the same
JP4471268B2 (en) * 2004-03-12 2010-06-02 株式会社江商 Plastic bottles with different heights when the contents are filled and when they are empty, and the manufacturing method
KR20050094167A (en) * 2004-03-22 2005-09-27 가부시키가이샤 고쇼 Method of manufacturing foldable pet bottles
JP2005298025A (en) * 2004-04-14 2005-10-27 Gohsho Co Ltd Vertically extendable or retractable pet bottle, its manufacturing method and its manufacturing apparatus
DE102013109377A1 (en) * 2013-08-29 2015-03-05 Krones Ag Method and device for filling large containers
SE544222C2 (en) * 2019-06-25 2022-03-08 Christensen Carl Johannes Kloth Collapsible water bottle

Citations (7)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0287170A2 (en) * 1987-04-15 1988-10-19 The Procter & Gamble Company Bistable expandable bottle
US5209372A (en) * 1992-04-08 1993-05-11 Norwood Peter M Collapsible spiral container
WO1996011145A1 (en) * 1994-10-11 1996-04-18 Masayosi Mazda Bellows-shape container
EP0850842A1 (en) * 1996-12-27 1998-07-01 Masayosi Mazda Contractible bellows container
JPH10278932A (en) * 1997-03-31 1998-10-20 Fujimori Sangyo Kk Liquid sealing container
JPH11278489A (en) * 1998-03-31 1999-10-12 Inaba Denki Sangyo Co Ltd Container
US20020023930A1 (en) * 2000-08-28 2002-02-28 Gohsho Co. Ltd. Synthetic resin liquid container

Patent Citations (7)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0287170A2 (en) * 1987-04-15 1988-10-19 The Procter & Gamble Company Bistable expandable bottle
US5209372A (en) * 1992-04-08 1993-05-11 Norwood Peter M Collapsible spiral container
WO1996011145A1 (en) * 1994-10-11 1996-04-18 Masayosi Mazda Bellows-shape container
EP0850842A1 (en) * 1996-12-27 1998-07-01 Masayosi Mazda Contractible bellows container
JPH10278932A (en) * 1997-03-31 1998-10-20 Fujimori Sangyo Kk Liquid sealing container
JPH11278489A (en) * 1998-03-31 1999-10-12 Inaba Denki Sangyo Co Ltd Container
US20020023930A1 (en) * 2000-08-28 2002-02-28 Gohsho Co. Ltd. Synthetic resin liquid container

Non-Patent Citations (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Title
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 1999, no. 01 29 January 1999 (1999-01-29) *
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 2000, no. 01 31 January 2000 (2000-01-31) *

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