EP1955954B1 - A collapsible lightweight container - Google Patents
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- EP1955954B1 EP1955954B1 EP07101790A EP07101790A EP1955954B1 EP 1955954 B1 EP1955954 B1 EP 1955954B1 EP 07101790 A EP07101790 A EP 07101790A EP 07101790 A EP07101790 A EP 07101790A EP 1955954 B1 EP1955954 B1 EP 1955954B1
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- container
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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
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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
- B65D83/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
- B65D83/0094—Containers having an external wall formed as, or with, a diaphragm or the like which is deformed to expel the contents
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- the present invention concerns a collapsible lightweight container according to the preamble of claim 1, in particular a container suitable for packing and dispensing non flowable food products.
- non-flowable products it is meant products which do not flow, or hardly flow under their own weight.
- dairy semi-liquid or pasty products for instance yogurts with or without fruit pieces and the like. It should be however understood that the present invention applies to all non flowable food products.
- collapsible containers exist, they are most of the time directed to large volumes, and therefore not applicable in the case of small food portions.
- collapsible containers their internal volume cannot be sufficiently reduced by collapsing the container body, so as to allow forcing the remaining of a small food portion out of the container.
- Document EP 1650133 A1 is a patent application to Nestec S.A. It discloses a squeezable assembly for shelf-stable, chilled or frozen pasty products comprising a body formed by a tube or a container presenting a bottom lateral walls and a rim in the accordion form, a rigid plastic cap attached to the end of the tube or the rim of the container comprising an aperture, a cover seal to close the aperture and a product contained in the assembly.
- This document fails however to teach a construction of a squeezable container which optimizes the emptied volume of the container and the dispensing output of the product as well.
- the present invention concerns a container 1 suitable for packing and dispensing a non flowable viscous dairy product like a yogurt with fruit pieces, which has a viscosity index of about 10000 to 35000 centipoises.
- the container 1 comprises a collapsible container body 2 and a container neck 3 with a dispensing opening 4.
- the whole container is manufactured by blowing in a mould an injected preform that is made out of polyethyleneterephtalate (PET).
- PET polyethyleneterephtalate
- the container 1 can be set in a first configuration wherein the said container body 2 is fully expanded and has an internal volume V2.
- the container body 2 can be collapsed.
- the container body 2 In the fully collapsed configuration shown in figure 4 , the container body 2 has an internal volume V1.
- the container walls have a thickness not higher than 100 ⁇ m, so that the whole container has a particularly low weight.
- the ratio of the internal volumes of the container body between the fully collapsed and fully expanded configuration, V1/V2, is about 0.03.
- the whole container body profile has a generally frusto-conical shape and a series of bellows 5 with concentric cross-sections from the bottom - smallest cross-sections - to the top - largest cross sections -, so that each bellow of said body can fold exactly into the upper bellow.
- the lower half of the container body 2 has symmetrically the same cross section - up to the functional play - than the upper half, so that said lower half can be turned outside in, to exactly fit the upper half of said container body, as illustrated in figure 4 .
- the lower half of the container body comprises one helical ridge 6 extending all around the whole circumference of said container body from the flat bottom part 7 of the container body 2, up to the top part 8 of the lower half of said container body, as shown in figure 3 .
- the said container body comprises two halves, the lower half being so flexible as to be foldable upwards into the upper half, in order to collapse entirely said container body.
- the said container is meant to be formed, then filled in its fully expanded configuration, and then closed, for instance by means of a screw cap that is screwed onto the neck.
- the consumer unscrews the cap to open the container, and then consume the contents by pressure on the container, collapsing the container body by applying a small pressure onto the container top and lower ends, so that the internal volume of the container body that is left is just sufficient to contain the rest of the product. Then the container can be closed again until the next use.
- the consumer can use the collapsing effect to reduce as a minimum the internal volume of the container body and therefore force the viscous product remaining inside the container out. Due to the minimal volume inside the body when the container is fully collapsed, the consumer can be sure that almost the entire amount of product as labelled is dispensed and consumable. Basically, one can consider that the internal volume of the container that cannot be collapsed, corresponds to the volume of the neck. This maximises the appearance of the container and indicates to the amount of product remaining in the container to the consumer.
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Priority Applications (11)
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PT07101790T PT1955954E (pt) | 2007-02-06 | 2007-02-06 | Recipiente ligeiro dobrável |
AT07101790T ATE462655T1 (de) | 2007-02-06 | 2007-02-06 | Zusammenklappbarer leichtgewichtsbehälter |
DE602007005595T DE602007005595D1 (de) | 2007-02-06 | 2007-02-06 | Zusammenklappbarer Leichtgewichtsbehälter |
ES07101790T ES2341298T3 (es) | 2007-02-06 | 2007-02-06 | Recipiente ligero plegable. |
EP07101790A EP1955954B1 (en) | 2007-02-06 | 2007-02-06 | A collapsible lightweight container |
MX2009008112A MX2009008112A (es) | 2007-02-06 | 2008-01-31 | Contenedor plegable de peso ligero. |
EP08708479A EP2109568A1 (en) | 2007-02-06 | 2008-01-31 | A collapsible lightweight container |
US12/525,924 US20100140294A1 (en) | 2007-02-06 | 2008-01-31 | Collapsible lightweight container |
AU2008213001A AU2008213001B2 (en) | 2007-02-06 | 2008-01-31 | A collapsible lightweight container |
BRPI0807129-2A2A BRPI0807129A2 (pt) | 2007-02-06 | 2008-01-31 | Recipiente leve retrátil |
PCT/EP2008/051165 WO2008095849A1 (en) | 2007-02-06 | 2008-01-31 | A collapsible lightweight container |
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EP07101790A EP1955954B1 (en) | 2007-02-06 | 2007-02-06 | A collapsible lightweight container |
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EP1955954B1 true EP1955954B1 (en) | 2010-03-31 |
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EP08708479A Withdrawn EP2109568A1 (en) | 2007-02-06 | 2008-01-31 | A collapsible lightweight container |
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US (1) | US20100140294A1 (es) |
EP (2) | EP1955954B1 (es) |
AT (1) | ATE462655T1 (es) |
AU (1) | AU2008213001B2 (es) |
BR (1) | BRPI0807129A2 (es) |
DE (1) | DE602007005595D1 (es) |
ES (1) | ES2341298T3 (es) |
MX (1) | MX2009008112A (es) |
PT (1) | PT1955954E (es) |
WO (1) | WO2008095849A1 (es) |
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- 2007-02-06 AT AT07101790T patent/ATE462655T1/de not_active IP Right Cessation
- 2007-02-06 PT PT07101790T patent/PT1955954E/pt unknown
- 2007-02-06 ES ES07101790T patent/ES2341298T3/es active Active
- 2007-02-06 EP EP07101790A patent/EP1955954B1/en not_active Not-in-force
- 2007-02-06 DE DE602007005595T patent/DE602007005595D1/de active Active
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- 2008-01-31 EP EP08708479A patent/EP2109568A1/en not_active Withdrawn
- 2008-01-31 US US12/525,924 patent/US20100140294A1/en not_active Abandoned
- 2008-01-31 WO PCT/EP2008/051165 patent/WO2008095849A1/en active Application Filing
- 2008-01-31 MX MX2009008112A patent/MX2009008112A/es active IP Right Grant
- 2008-01-31 BR BRPI0807129-2A2A patent/BRPI0807129A2/pt not_active Application Discontinuation
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US9296508B2 (en) | 2012-12-13 | 2016-03-29 | Gojo Industries, Inc. | Collapsible containers and refill units |
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WO2008095849A1 (en) | 2008-08-14 |
EP1955954A1 (en) | 2008-08-13 |
ATE462655T1 (de) | 2010-04-15 |
US20100140294A1 (en) | 2010-06-10 |
AU2008213001A1 (en) | 2008-08-14 |
DE602007005595D1 (de) | 2010-05-12 |
BRPI0807129A2 (pt) | 2014-04-15 |
PT1955954E (pt) | 2010-05-31 |
EP2109568A1 (en) | 2009-10-21 |
MX2009008112A (es) | 2009-08-12 |
ES2341298T3 (es) | 2010-06-17 |
AU2008213001B2 (en) | 2013-05-30 |
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