EP1692043B1 - Behälter - Google Patents

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EP1692043B1
EP1692043B1 EP04794450A EP04794450A EP1692043B1 EP 1692043 B1 EP1692043 B1 EP 1692043B1 EP 04794450 A EP04794450 A EP 04794450A EP 04794450 A EP04794450 A EP 04794450A EP 1692043 B1 EP1692043 B1 EP 1692043B1
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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
    • 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
    • B65D1/023—Neck construction
    • 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
    • B65D2203/00—Decoration means, markings, information elements, contents indicators
    • B65D2203/02—Labels
    • 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

Claims (12)

  1. Behälter umfassend:
    einen blasgeformten Kunststoffbehälter (10, 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d, 10e, 10f) mit einem kreisförmigen Boden (12), einer zylindrischen Seitenwand (14), welche sich von dem Boden (12) aus nach oben erstreckt, einem Halsende (16), welches sich von der Seitenwand (14) aus nach oben erstreckt und mit einer Öffnung (18) in das Behälterinnere;
    wobei die Seitenwand (14) ein im wesentlichen flaches oberes Etikettenfeld (20) umfasst und ein im wesentlichen flaches unteres Etikettenfeld (22), das von dem oberen Etikettenfeld (20) beabstandet ist, eine Mehrzahl von beabstandeten, kontinuierlichen, umlaufenden Nuten (24), welche zwischen dem oberen und dem unteren Etikettenfeld (20, 22) angeordnet sind, wobei sich jede Nut vollständig um die Seitenwand (14) erstreckt und die Nuten (24) durch erhöhte Bereiche (28) getrennt werden und die erhöhten Bereiche (28) einen im wesentlichen flachen Teil (48) umfassen
    dadurch gekennzeichnet,
    dass der im wesentlichen flache Teil (48) eine Länge in der Richtung der Mittelachse (26) des Behälters (10, 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d, 10e, 10f) von 5,08 mm (0.200 Inch) bis 3.048 mm (0.120 Inch) aufweist, und dass der Behälter zumindest zwei zusätzliche kontinuierliche Nuten (32) umfasst, die sich vollständig um die Seitenwand (14) erstrecken und unterhalb des unteren Etikettenfeld (22) und getrennt durch einen zusätzlichen erhöhten Bereich (46) angeordnet sind, wobei der zusätzliche erhöhte Bereich (46) einen im wesentlichen flachen Teil (50) umfasst, welcher eine Länge aufweist, die kürzer ist als die Länge des im wesentlichen flächen Teils (48) an den erhöhten Bereichen zwischen den umlaufenden Nuten (24).
  2. Behälter nach Anspruch 1, welcher zumindest fünf kontinuierliche Nuten (24) umfasst.
  3. Behälter nach Anspruch 1, wobei die zusätzlichen Nuten (32) durch zusätzliche erhöhte Bereiche (46) getrennt sind, wobei die erhöhten Bereiche (46) einen im wesentlichen flachen Teil (50) umfassen, welche eine Länge in der Richtung der Mittelachse (26) des Behälters (10a, 10b, 10d, 10e, 10f) von 2,032 mm (0.080 Inch) bis 2,286 mm (0.090 Inch) aufweisen.
  4. Behälter nach Anspruch 1, welcher einen kontinuierlichen, stufenweise geneigten Schulterbereich (30) umfasst, der sich zwischen dem oberen Etikettenfeld (20) und dem Halsende (16) erstreckt.
  5. Behälter nach Anspruch 1, wobei der Boden (12) eine Mehrzahl von sich nach aussen erstreckenden Streben (40) und einen mittig eingesenkten Bereich (38) umfasst.
  6. Behälter nach Anspruch 1, wobei ein Abstand (52) zwischen der Mitte einer umlaufenden Nut (24) und einer benachbarten umlaufenden Nut zwischen 8, 636 mm (0.340 Inch) und 10,16 mm (0.400 Inch) beträgt.
  7. Behälter nach Anspruch 3, wobei ein Abstand (54) zwischen der Mitte einer zusätzlichen Nut (32) und einer benachbarten zusätzlichen Nut zwischen 7,62 mm (0.300 Inch) und 8,382 mm (0.330 Inch) beträgt.
  8. Behälter nach Anspruch 1, wobei die Länge der flachen Teile (48) ca. 4,318 mm (0.170 Inch) beträgt.
  9. Behälter nach Anspruch 1, wobei die Etikettenfelder (20, 22) jeweils eine Länge in der Richtung der Mittelachse (26) des Behälters (10, 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d, 10e, 10f) von 3,81 mm (0.150 Inch) bis 5,08 mm (0.200 Inch) aufweisen.
  10. Behälter nach Anspruch 1, wobei die Nuten (24) im Wesentlichen senkrecht zu der Mittelachse (26) des Behälters (10, 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d, 10e, 10f) verlaufen.
  11. Behälter nach Anspruch 5, wobei die Streben (40) einen bogenförmigen Querschnitt aufweisen mit einem im Wesentlichen flachen oberen Bereich (56).
  12. Behälter nach Anspruch 11, wobei der im Wesentlichen flache obere Bereich (56) der Streben (40) eine Länge von 0,254 mm (0.010 Inch) bis 1,016 mm (0.040 Inch) aufweist.
EP04794450A 2003-12-12 2004-10-07 Behälter Not-in-force EP1692043B1 (de)

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US10/734,350 US6971530B2 (en) 2003-12-12 2003-12-12 Plastic container having stepped neck finish
US10/746,706 US6929139B2 (en) 2003-12-12 2003-12-23 Plastic container with sidewall construction
PCT/US2004/033104 WO2005061337A1 (en) 2003-12-12 2004-10-07 Container

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EP1692043A1 EP1692043A1 (de) 2006-08-23
EP1692043A4 EP1692043A4 (de) 2010-07-07
EP1692043B1 true EP1692043B1 (de) 2012-06-20

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