EP2084071B1 - Vessel, mainly a bottle, of a thermoplastic material - Google Patents

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EP2084071B1
EP2084071B1 EP07866495A EP07866495A EP2084071B1 EP 2084071 B1 EP2084071 B1 EP 2084071B1 EP 07866495 A EP07866495 A EP 07866495A EP 07866495 A EP07866495 A EP 07866495A EP 2084071 B1 EP2084071 B1 EP 2084071B1
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Damien Bourne
Christophe Bunel
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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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • B65D2501/0027—Hollow longitudinal 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
    • B65D2501/0018—Ribs
    • B65D2501/0036—Hollow circonferential ribs

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  • the subject of the invention is a container, in particular of the bottle type, made of thermoplastic material, obtained by blowing a plastic blank, either by thermal conditioning, then blowing or stretching and blowing preforms previously injected, or by extrusion and then blowing. a parison.
  • thermoplastic containers such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polypropylene (PP) or HDPE (polyethylene). high density).
  • PET polyethylene terephthalate
  • PP polypropylene
  • HDPE polyethylene
  • One solution for reducing the production costs of the containers is to reduce as much as possible the amount of thermoplastic material used for their production.
  • the current trend is to reduce the weight of the containers, and consequently to reduce the amount of thermoplastic material necessary for the production of a container, that is to say, we start with blanks (preforms or gobs) more and more light.
  • the document WO 03/033361 has a thin-walled liquid product container deformable of thermoplastic material.
  • the body of this container does not include gripping means and this known container is essentially intended to be used lying down as a fountain.
  • Another bottle is also known from EP 1 431 192 .
  • the thin-walled containers according to the prior art are not arranged in such a way that they can be correctly grasped without causing crushing of the container body which leads to a spill of the liquid product contained in the container, once the container has been opened.
  • the containers according to the prior art are sensitive to shocks or crashes which result in lines whitish folds, scratches or traces that may appear on the walls in case of shocks. These defects are not visually acceptable, because the container could not be put on sale, customers preferentially buying containers without visual defects that containers with a defect. It would therefore be particularly interesting to make a thin-walled container and can suffer shocks on its walls without causing the appearance of marks, scratches or white lines.
  • the present invention aims to overcome the disadvantages of containers according to the prior art by providing a container for liquid product which, for the same interior volume, requires less thermoplastic material than a conventional container while being able to be entered manually at the of his body without cause crushing of the body that may result in spillage of the liquid product contained in it after unclogging the container and that may also be subject to impacts at its lower and upper parts.
  • the present invention relates to a container as defined in claim 1.
  • the axially central portion comprises reinforcement means in the form of at least one annular groove.
  • the thickness of the lower and upper parts is substantially less than 0.12 mm, the thermoplastic material being PET.
  • the thickness of the axially central portion is substantially less than 0.15 mm, the thermoplastic material being PET.
  • the axially central portion is able to withstand radially a force substantially less than 1.5 daN with a deflection substantially less than 3 mm.
  • the axially central portion has a substantially smaller transverse dimension than the transverse dimension of the axially upper and lower portions. It should be noted, however, that the axially central part, by its position, is naturally considered as user input area.
  • the figure 1 represents a perspective view of a first embodiment of a container 1 according to the invention.
  • the container 1 in particular of the bottle type, is made of thermoplastic material manufactured by blow molding or stretch-blow molding of a heated preform, this container 1 having a rigid bottom 2 and a rigid neck 3 connected to a body 4.
  • the body 4 comprises an axially central part 5 surrounded by an axially lower part 6 and an axially upper part 7 forming connection zones respectively with the bottom 2 and the neck 3.
  • the axially central portion 5 is rigid and the parts 6, 7 axially upper and lower are substantially flexible.
  • soft zone is meant a zone that deforms more, for the same given pressure, than a “rigid” zone.
  • the axially central portion 5 comprises reinforcing means 8 in the form of at least one annular groove 9.
  • the lower and upper parts 6, 7 have zones 10 stiffened by alternating relief with zones 11 not stiffened by relief.
  • zones 10 stiffened by relief Due to the alternation of zones 10 stiffened by relief with zones 11 not rigidified by relief, it is obtained a stiffening of all the parts 6, 7 lower and upper, resulting in a deformation shape memory of these two parts 6, 7, more particularly in the presence of a liquid content in the container 1.
  • the zones 11 not rigidified by relief constitute hinge areas relative zones 10 stiffened by relief.
  • the axially lower and upper portions 6, 7 are elastically deformable with shape memory, so that they resume their initial shape under the hydrostatic pressure of the liquid content or, in other words, in the presence of a content occupying substantially all the internal volume of the container, the hydrostatic pressure equalizes the external pressure.
  • the wall constitutive parts 6, 7 axially lower and upper can not undergo irreversible deformations and there are no cracks, scratches, traces of whitish folds or recesses in the wall.
  • the axially central portion 5 is able to withstand radially a force substantially less than 1.5 daN with a deflection substantially less than 3 mm. More generally, the axially central portion 5 is set so that it is possible to grip the container 1 by this part 5 without causing crushing of the container 1.
  • the axially central portion 5 thus has sufficient rigidity to allow the user to grasp the container 1 and use it without risking spilling the liquid product out of the internal volume of the container 1.
  • the central portion 5 must have sufficient rigidity to allow the apposition of a label by a labeller before, to do this, press this central part 5.
  • the central portion has a transverse dimension substantially less than the transverse dimension of the lower and upper portions 6, 7.
  • the thickness of the axially central portion 5 is greater than the thickness of the portions 6, 7 axially lower and upper.
  • the thickness of the lower and upper parts 6, 7 is substantially less than 0.12 mm, and the thickness of the axially central portion 5 is substantially less than 0.15 mm.
  • the lower and upper parts 6, 7 are of cylindrical revolution, the lower and upper parts 6, 7 having their maximum diameter greater than or equal to the diameter of the axially central portion.
  • the height of the lower portion 6 is substantially equal to the height of the upper portion 7. Nevertheless, it is also possible to provide that the height of the lower part 6 is smaller than the height of the upper part 7 (see figure 4 ) or that the height of the lower part 6 is greater than the height of the upper part 7 (see figure 6 ).
  • the zones 10 stiffened by relief are in the form of grooves.
  • each area 10 stiffened by relief is in the form of a star 12 with a central point 13 which radiates a plurality of branches 14.
  • the zones 11 not rigidified by relief are, in turn, in the form of a smooth wall.
  • the zones 10 stiffened by relief are in the form of a plurality of grains, articulated together by zones 11 not rigidified by relief.
  • the constituent wall of the lower and upper walls 6, 7 has the general shape of a granular textured wall.
  • the zones 10 stiffened by relief are in the form of vertical grooves connected together by grooves 16 inclined, so as to forming zones 11 not rigidified by relief of substantially trapezoidal shape.
  • each area 10 stiffened by relief is in the form of an elliptical footprint 17.
  • the elliptical impressions 17 have large axes and small axes of different dimensions, so as to cover substantially the entire area of the parts 6, 7 and lower upper.
  • the zones 10 stiffened by relief are circular impressions of diameters and different depths.
  • the zones 10 stiffened by relief are in the form of imprints 18 regularly distributed over the lower and upper parts 6, 7, defining a plurality of rows and columns of footprints 18 regularly spaced and aligned.
  • two columns of immediately adjacent fingerprints 18 are offset vertically from one another, so that the respective fingerprints 18 of the two columns are not facing each other on the same line substantially horizontal.
  • Each area 10 stiffened by relief may be in the form of a pyramidal pattern. Nevertheless, it is possible to provide any type and shape of footprint 18 in the lower and upper parts 6, 7.
  • each zone 10 stiffened by relief is presented in the form of a plurality of concentric circular projections 19.
  • each of the lower and upper portions 6, 7 has relief-stiffened zones 10 in the form of at least one cylindrical groove 20 of substantially sinusoidal shape and at least one substantially vertical groove 21, 22, pointing towards, or a vertex, being a bottom, of said at least one cylindrical groove of substantially sinusoidal shape.
  • the relief-stiffened zones 10 may comprise branched grooves, corrugated grooves with a substantially axial orientation, intersecting grooves or at least two parallel grooves traversed by inclined grooves, so that the non-relief-stiffened zones define triangular areas.
  • the container 1 according to the invention is closed by a snap-on cap 23 commonly called "snap on”.

Abstract

The container (1) has a rigid bottom (2) and a rigid neck (3) connected to a body (4), where the container is made by blowing or stretching-blowing a heated perform. The body has an axial central part (5) surrounded by axial lower and upper parts (6, 7) forming connection zones respectively with the bottom and the neck. The central part is rigid, and the upper and lower parts are elastically deformable and have shape-memory characteristics so that the lower and upper parts recover their initial shape under a hydrostatic pressure of a liquid content.

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L'invention a pour objet un récipient, notamment du type bouteille, en matière thermoplastique, obtenu par soufflage d'une ébauche en matière plastique, soit par conditionnement thermique, puis soufflage ou étirage et soufflage de préformes préalablement injectées, soit par extrusion puis soufflage d'une paraison.The subject of the invention is a container, in particular of the bottle type, made of thermoplastic material, obtained by blowing a plastic blank, either by thermal conditioning, then blowing or stretching and blowing preforms previously injected, or by extrusion and then blowing. a parison.

Dans le cas du stockage et de l'emballage de liquides, tels que de l'eau, il est courant de réaliser des récipients en matière thermoplastique, telle que du polyéthylène téréphtalate (PET), du polypropylène (PP) ou du HDPE (polyéthylène à haute densité). Or, le prix de ces matières thermoplastiques, et notamment du PET, croit constamment de façon importante.In the case of storage and packaging of liquids, such as water, it is common practice to make thermoplastic containers, such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polypropylene (PP) or HDPE (polyethylene). high density). However, the price of these thermoplastics, and in particular PET, is constantly growing significantly.

Une solution pour diminuer les coûts de production des récipients consiste à réduire autant que possible la quantité de matière thermoplastique utilisée pour leur réalisation.One solution for reducing the production costs of the containers is to reduce as much as possible the amount of thermoplastic material used for their production.

Ainsi, la tendance actuelle est de réduire le poids des récipients, et par voie de conséquence de diminuer la quantité de matière thermoplastique nécessaire à la réalisation d'un récipient, c'est-à-dire qu'on part d'ébauches (préformes ou paraisons) de plus en plus légères.Thus, the current trend is to reduce the weight of the containers, and consequently to reduce the amount of thermoplastic material necessary for the production of a container, that is to say, we start with blanks (preforms or gobs) more and more light.

Le document WO 03/033361 présente un récipient pour produit liquide à paroi fine déformable en matière thermoplastique. Toutefois, le corps de ce récipient ne comporte pas de moyens de saisie et ce récipient connu est essentiellement destiné à être utilisé en position couchée en tant que fontaine.The document WO 03/033361 has a thin-walled liquid product container deformable of thermoplastic material. However, the body of this container does not include gripping means and this known container is essentially intended to be used lying down as a fountain.

Il est également connu selon le document EP 1 468 930 de réaliser des récipients à paroi fine en PET semi-cristallin avec une épaisseur inférieure à 0,1 mm comportant une partie centrale de diamètre rétréci. Toutefois, ce récipient ne peut pas, une fois ouvert, être saisi sans entraîner un fort écrasement susceptible de provoquer un déversement du produit liquide contenu dedans.It is also known according to the document EP 1 468 930 to make semi-crystalline PET thin-walled containers with a thickness of less than 0.1 mm having a central portion of narrowed diameter. However, this container can not, once opened, be seized without causing a strong crush may cause spillage of the liquid product contained therein.

Une autre bouteille est également connue de EP 1 431 192 .Another bottle is also known from EP 1 431 192 .

Ainsi, les récipients à paroi fine selon l'art antérieur ne sont pas agencés de manière à pouvoir être saisis correctement sans entraîner un écrasement du corps du récipient qui conduit à un déversement du produit liquide contenu dans le récipient, une fois le récipient débouché.Thus, the thin-walled containers according to the prior art are not arranged in such a way that they can be correctly grasped without causing crushing of the container body which leads to a spill of the liquid product contained in the container, once the container has been opened.

De plus, les récipients selon l'art antérieur sont sensibles aux chocs ou écrasements qui se traduisent par des lignes de pliures blanchâtres, rayures ou traces qui sont susceptibles d'apparaître sur les parois en cas de chocs. Ces défauts ne sont visuellement pas acceptables, du fait que le récipient ne pourrait être mis en vente, les clients achetant préférentiellement des récipients sans défaut visuel que des récipients avec un défaut. Il serait donc particulièrement intéressant de réaliser un récipient à paroi fine et pouvant subir des chocs sur ses parois sans entraîner l'apparition de marques, rayures ou lignes blanches.In addition, the containers according to the prior art are sensitive to shocks or crashes which result in lines whitish folds, scratches or traces that may appear on the walls in case of shocks. These defects are not visually acceptable, because the container could not be put on sale, customers preferentially buying containers without visual defects that containers with a defect. It would therefore be particularly interesting to make a thin-walled container and can suffer shocks on its walls without causing the appearance of marks, scratches or white lines.

La présente invention a pour but de remédier aux désavantages des récipients selon l'art antérieur en fournissant un récipient pour produit liquide qui, pour un même volume intérieur, exige moins de matière thermoplastique qu'un récipient classique tout en pouvant être saisi manuellement au niveau de son corps sans entraîner d'écrasement de son corps susceptible d'entraîner un déversement du produit liquide contenu dedans après débouchage du récipient et pouvant également subir des chocs au niveau de ses parties inférieure et supérieure.The present invention aims to overcome the disadvantages of containers according to the prior art by providing a container for liquid product which, for the same interior volume, requires less thermoplastic material than a conventional container while being able to be entered manually at the of his body without cause crushing of the body that may result in spillage of the liquid product contained in it after unclogging the container and that may also be subject to impacts at its lower and upper parts.

La présente invention porte sur un récipient, tel que defini dans la revendication 1.The present invention relates to a container as defined in claim 1.

Il est ainsi obtenu un récipient présentant des parties inférieure et supérieure souples et donc ne nécessitant pas autant de matière thermoplastique, avec une partie centrale rigide pouvant être saisie manuellement sans risque d'écrasement du récipient susceptible d'entraîner le déversement du produit liquide contenu dans le récipient, une fois le récipient débouché. Il est également obtenu des parties inférieure et supérieure aptes à être déformées au niveau des zones non rigidifiées par relief, constituant dans ce cas des zones d'articulation, alternées avec des zones rigidifiées par relief, qui constituent des zones de renforcement de la paroi constitutive de ces parties inférieure et supérieure.It is thus obtained a container having flexible lower and upper portions and thus not requiring as much thermoplastic material, with a rigid central portion that can be manually gripped without risk of crushing the container may cause the spill of the liquid product contained in the container, once the container has been opened. It is also obtained lower and upper parts capable of being deformed at the non-rigidified zones by relief, constituting in this case hinge areas, alternated with areas stiffened by relief, which constitute reinforcement areas of the constituent wall of these lower and upper parts.

Avantageusement, la partie axialement centrale comprend des moyens de renforcement sous la forme d'au moins une rainure annulaire.Advantageously, the axially central portion comprises reinforcement means in the form of at least one annular groove.

Afin de réduire la quantité de matière thermoplastique nécessaire à la formation du récipient selon l'invention, l'épaisseur des parties inférieure et supérieure est sensiblement inférieure à 0,12 mm, le matériau thermoplastique étant du PET.In order to reduce the amount of thermoplastic material required for the formation of the container according to the invention, the thickness of the lower and upper parts is substantially less than 0.12 mm, the thermoplastic material being PET.

Toujours afin de réduire la quantité de matière thermoplastique à la formation du récipient tout en permettant la rigi.dification de la zone de saisie manuelle du récipient, l'épaisseur de la partie axialement centrale est sensiblement inférieure à 0,15 mm, le matériau thermoplastique étant du PET.Still in order to reduce the amount of thermoplastic material forming the container while allowing rigi.dification of the manual gripping area of the container, the thickness of the axially central portion is substantially less than 0.15 mm, the thermoplastic material being PET.

De manière à permettre un étiquetage automatisé de la partie centrale du récipient pour l'apposition d'une étiquette et également pour permettre une saisie manuelle du récipient, la partie axialement centrale est apte à résister radialement à une force sensiblement inférieure à 1,5 daN avec une déflection sensiblement inférieure à 3 mm.In order to allow automated labeling of the central part of the container for affixing a label and also to allow manual entry of the container, the axially central portion is able to withstand radially a force substantially less than 1.5 daN with a deflection substantially less than 3 mm.

Dans une mise en oeuvre, de manière à définir visuellement la zone de saisie du récipient, la partie axialement centrale possède une dimension transversale sensiblement moindre que la dimension transversale des parties axialement supérieure et inférieure. Il convient toutefois de noter que la partie axialement centrale, de par sa position, est naturellement considérée comme zone de saisie par l'utilisateur.In one embodiment, so as to visually define the container entry zone, the axially central portion has a substantially smaller transverse dimension than the transverse dimension of the axially upper and lower portions. It should be noted, however, that the axially central part, by its position, is naturally considered as user input area.

La présente invention est maintenant décrite à l'aide d'exemples uniquement illustratifs et nullement limitatifs de la portée de la présente invention, à partir des illustrations ci-jointes, dans lesquelles :

  • la figure 1 est une vue en perspective d'une première forme de réalisation d'un récipient selon l'invention ;
  • la figure 2 est une vue partielle en perspective de la partie supérieure d'une seconde forme de réalisation d'un récipient selon l'invention ;
  • la figure 3 est une vue partielle en perspective de la partie supérieure d'une troisième forme de réalisation d'un récipient selon l'invention ;
  • la figure 4 est une vue en perspective d'une quatrième forme de réalisation d'un récipient selon l'invention ;
  • la figure 5 est une vue partielle en perspective d'une cinquième forme de réalisation d'un récipient selon l'invention ;
  • la figure 6 est une vue en perspective d'une sixième forme de réalisation d'un récipient selon l'invention.
The present invention is now described by way of purely illustrative and non-limiting examples of the scope of the present invention, from the attached illustrations, in which:
  • the figure 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of a container according to the invention;
  • the figure 2 is a partial perspective view of the upper part of a second embodiment of a container according to the invention;
  • the figure 3 is a partial perspective view of the upper part of a third embodiment of a container according to the invention;
  • the figure 4 is a perspective view of a fourth embodiment of a container according to the invention;
  • the figure 5 is a partial perspective view of a fifth embodiment of a container according to the invention;
  • the figure 6 is a perspective view of a sixth embodiment of a container according to the invention.

La figure 1 représente une vue en perspective d'une première forme de réalisation d'un récipient 1 selon l'invention.The figure 1 represents a perspective view of a first embodiment of a container 1 according to the invention.

Le récipient 1, notamment du type bouteille, est en matériau thermoplastique fabriqué par soufflage ou étirage-soufflage d'une préforme chauffée, ce récipient 1 possédant un fond 2, rigide, et un col 3, rigide, raccordés à un corps 4.The container 1, in particular of the bottle type, is made of thermoplastic material manufactured by blow molding or stretch-blow molding of a heated preform, this container 1 having a rigid bottom 2 and a rigid neck 3 connected to a body 4.

Le corps 4 comprend une partie 5 axialement centrale entourée par une partie 6 axialement inférieure et par une partie 7 axialement supérieure formant zones de liaison respectivement avec le fond 2 et le col 3.The body 4 comprises an axially central part 5 surrounded by an axially lower part 6 and an axially upper part 7 forming connection zones respectively with the bottom 2 and the neck 3.

De manière à permettre une saisie sans écrasement du récipient, la partie 5 axialement centrale est rigide et les parties 6, 7 axialement supérieure et inférieure sont sensiblement souples.In order to allow gripping without crushing the container, the axially central portion 5 is rigid and the parts 6, 7 axially upper and lower are substantially flexible.

Il est entendu par zone « souple » une zone se déformant plus, pour une même pression donnée, qu'une zone « rigide ».By "soft" zone is meant a zone that deforms more, for the same given pressure, than a "rigid" zone.

La partie 5 axialement centrale comprend des moyens 8 de renforcement sous la forme d'au moins une rainure 9 annulaire.The axially central portion 5 comprises reinforcing means 8 in the form of at least one annular groove 9.

Les parties 6, 7 inférieure et supérieure présentent des zones 10 rigidifiées par relief alternant avec des zones 11 non rigidifiées par relief.The lower and upper parts 6, 7 have zones 10 stiffened by alternating relief with zones 11 not stiffened by relief.

Il est entendu par zones rigidifiées par relief des zones présentant aussi bien des renfoncements ou empreintes dans la paroi constitutive du récipient 1 que des zones en saillie ou en protubérance de cette paroi.It is understood by areas stiffened by relief areas with both indentations or indentations in the constituent wall of the container 1 as protruding areas or protrusion of this wall.

Du fait de l'alternance de zones 10 rigidifiées par relief avec des zones 11 non rigidifiées par relief, il est obtenu une rigidification de l'ensemble des parties 6, 7 inférieure et supérieure, résultant en une déformation à mémoire de forme de ces deux parties 6, 7, plus particulièrement en présence d'un contenu liquide dans le récipient 1. Ainsi, en cas de pression sur ces parties 6, 7 inférieure et supérieure, les zones 11 non rigidifiées par relief constituent des zones d'articulation par rapport aux zones 10 rigidifiées par relief.Due to the alternation of zones 10 stiffened by relief with zones 11 not rigidified by relief, it is obtained a stiffening of all the parts 6, 7 lower and upper, resulting in a deformation shape memory of these two parts 6, 7, more particularly in the presence of a liquid content in the container 1. Thus, in the event of pressure on these parts 6, 7 and lower upper, the zones 11 not rigidified by relief constitute hinge areas relative zones 10 stiffened by relief.

Les parties 6, 7 axialement inférieure et supérieure sont élastiquement déformables à mémoire de forme, de manière qu'elles reprennent leur forme initiale sous la pression hydrostatique du contenu liquide ou, autrement dit, qu'en présence d'un contenu occupant sensiblement la totalité du volume interne du récipient, la pression hydrostatique égalise la pression extérieure. De cette manière, dans le cas où le récipient 1 est fermé avec un contenu occupant sensiblement la totalité du volume interne du récipient et que l'utilisateur saisit le récipient 1 par l'une des parties 6, 7 axialement inférieure et supérieure, la paroi constitutive des parties 6, 7 axialement inférieure et supérieure ne peuvent subir de déformations irréversibles et il n'apparaît pas de fissures, de rayures, de traces de pliures blanchâtres ou des renfoncements dans la paroi.The axially lower and upper portions 6, 7 are elastically deformable with shape memory, so that they resume their initial shape under the hydrostatic pressure of the liquid content or, in other words, in the presence of a content occupying substantially all the internal volume of the container, the hydrostatic pressure equalizes the external pressure. In this way, in the case where the container 1 is closed with a content occupying substantially the entire internal volume of the container and the user grasps the container 1 by one of the parts 6, 7 axially lower and upper, the wall constitutive parts 6, 7 axially lower and upper can not undergo irreversible deformations and there are no cracks, scratches, traces of whitish folds or recesses in the wall.

La partie 5 axialement centrale est apte à résister radialement à une force sensiblement inférieure à 1,5 daN avec une déflection sensiblement inférieure à 3 mm. De manière plus générale, la partie 5 axialement centrale est paramétrée de manière telle qu'il est possible de saisir le récipient 1 par cette partie 5 sans entraîner d'écrasement du récipient 1. La partie 5 axialement centrale présente donc une rigidité suffisante pour permettre à l'utilisateur de saisir le récipient 1 et de s'en servir sans risquer le déversement du produit liquide hors du volume interne du récipient 1. De plus, la partie 5 centrale doit présenter une rigidité suffisante pour permettre l'apposition d'une étiquette par une étiqueteuse devant, pour ce faire, appuyer sur cette partie 5 centrale.The axially central portion 5 is able to withstand radially a force substantially less than 1.5 daN with a deflection substantially less than 3 mm. More generally, the axially central portion 5 is set so that it is possible to grip the container 1 by this part 5 without causing crushing of the container 1. The axially central portion 5 thus has sufficient rigidity to allow the user to grasp the container 1 and use it without risking spilling the liquid product out of the internal volume of the container 1. In addition, the central portion 5 must have sufficient rigidity to allow the apposition of a label by a labeller before, to do this, press this central part 5.

De manière avantageuse, la partie 5 centrale possède une dimension transversale sensiblement moindre que la dimension transversale des parties 6, 7 inférieure et supérieure.Advantageously, the central portion has a transverse dimension substantially less than the transverse dimension of the lower and upper portions 6, 7.

L'épaisseur de la partie 5 axialement centrale est plus grande que l'épaisseur des parties 6, 7 axialement inférieure et supérieure.The thickness of the axially central portion 5 is greater than the thickness of the portions 6, 7 axially lower and upper.

Dans le cas où le matériau thermoplastique utilisé pour former le récipient est du PET, l'épaisseur des parties 6, 7 inférieure et supérieure est sensiblement inférieure à 0,12 mm, et l'épaisseur de la partie 5 axialement centrale est sensiblement inférieure à 0,15 mm.In the case where the thermoplastic material used to form the container is PET, the thickness of the lower and upper parts 6, 7 is substantially less than 0.12 mm, and the thickness of the axially central portion 5 is substantially less than 0.15 mm.

Selon les différents modes de réalisation illustrés dans les figures 1 à 6, les parties 6, 7 inférieure et supérieure sont de révolution cylindrique, les parties 6, 7 inférieure et supérieure ayant leur diamètre maximal supérieur ou égal au diamètre de la partie 5 axialement centrale.According to the different embodiments illustrated in the Figures 1 to 6 , the lower and upper parts 6, 7 are of cylindrical revolution, the lower and upper parts 6, 7 having their maximum diameter greater than or equal to the diameter of the axially central portion.

Selon le premier mode de réalisation illustré sur la figure 1, la hauteur de la partie 6 inférieure est sensiblement égale à la hauteur de la partie 7 supérieure. Néanmoins, il est également possible de prévoir que la hauteur de la partie 6 inférieure soit plus petite que la hauteur de la partie 7 supérieure (voir figure 4) ou que la hauteur de la partie 6 inférieure soit plus grande que la hauteur de la partie 7 supérieure (voir figure 6).According to the first embodiment illustrated on the figure 1 , the height of the lower portion 6 is substantially equal to the height of the upper portion 7. Nevertheless, it is also possible to provide that the height of the lower part 6 is smaller than the height of the upper part 7 (see figure 4 ) or that the height of the lower part 6 is greater than the height of the upper part 7 (see figure 6 ).

Selon les formes de réalisation illustrées dans les figures 1, 2 et 6, les zones 10 rigidifiées par relief se présentent sous la forme de rainures.According to the embodiments illustrated in the figures 1 , 2 and 6 the zones 10 stiffened by relief are in the form of grooves.

Plus précisément, selon la première forme de réalisation de l'invention illustrée à la figure 1, chaque zone 10 rigidifiée par relief se présente sous la forme d'une étoile 12 avec un point 13 central duquel rayonne une pluralité de branches 14.More specifically, according to the first embodiment of the invention illustrated in FIG. figure 1 each area 10 stiffened by relief is in the form of a star 12 with a central point 13 which radiates a plurality of branches 14.

Les zones 11 non rigidifiées par relief se présentent, quant à elles, sous la forme d'une paroi lisse.The zones 11 not rigidified by relief are, in turn, in the form of a smooth wall.

Selon une forme de réalisation, les zones 10 rigidifiées par relief se présentent sous la forme d'une pluralité de grains, articulés entre eux par des zones 11 non rigidifiées par relief. Ainsi, la paroi constitutive des parois 6, 7 inférieure et supérieure présente la forme générale d'une paroi à texture granulée.According to one embodiment, the zones 10 stiffened by relief are in the form of a plurality of grains, articulated together by zones 11 not rigidified by relief. Thus, the constituent wall of the lower and upper walls 6, 7 has the general shape of a granular textured wall.

Selon la seconde forme de réalisation illustrée à la figure 2, les zones 10 rigidifiées par relief se présentent sous la forme de rainures 15 verticales reliées entre elles par des rainures 16 inclinées, de manière à former des zones 11 non rigidifiées par relief de forme sensiblement trapézoïdale.According to the second embodiment illustrated in figure 2 , the zones 10 stiffened by relief are in the form of vertical grooves connected together by grooves 16 inclined, so as to forming zones 11 not rigidified by relief of substantially trapezoidal shape.

Selon la troisième forme de réalisation illustrée à la figure 3, chaque zone 10 rigidifiée par relief se présente sous la forme d'une empreinte 17 elliptique. Les empreintes 17 elliptiques présentent des grands axes et des petits axes de dimensions différentes, de manière à pouvoir recouvrir sensiblement toute la superficie des parties 6, 7 inférieure et supérieure. Alternativement, les zones 10 rigidifiées par relief sont des empreintes circulaires de diamètres et de profondeurs différentes.According to the third embodiment illustrated in figure 3 each area 10 stiffened by relief is in the form of an elliptical footprint 17. The elliptical impressions 17 have large axes and small axes of different dimensions, so as to cover substantially the entire area of the parts 6, 7 and lower upper. Alternatively, the zones 10 stiffened by relief are circular impressions of diameters and different depths.

Selon la quatrième forme de réalisation illustrée à la figure 4, les zones 10 rigidifiées par relief se présentent sous la forme d'empreintes 18 régulièrement réparties sur les parties 6, 7 inférieure et supérieure, définissant une pluralité de lignes et de colonnes d'empreintes 18 régulièrement espacées et alignées.According to the fourth embodiment illustrated in figure 4 , the zones 10 stiffened by relief are in the form of imprints 18 regularly distributed over the lower and upper parts 6, 7, defining a plurality of rows and columns of footprints 18 regularly spaced and aligned.

De manière alternative à la quatrième forme de réalisation illustrée à la figure 4, deux colonnes d'empreintes 18 immédiatement voisines sont décalées verticalement l'une de l'autre, de manière que les empreintes 18 respectives des deux colonnes ne soient pas en vis-à-vis l'une de l'autre sur une même ligne sensiblement horizontale.Alternatively to the fourth embodiment illustrated in FIG. figure 4 two columns of immediately adjacent fingerprints 18 are offset vertically from one another, so that the respective fingerprints 18 of the two columns are not facing each other on the same line substantially horizontal.

Chaque zone 10 rigidifiée par relief peut se présenter sous la forme d'une empreinte 18 pyramidale. Néanmoins, il est possible de prévoir tout type et toute forme d'empreinte 18 dans les parties 6, 7 inférieure et supérieure.Each area 10 stiffened by relief may be in the form of a pyramidal pattern. Nevertheless, it is possible to provide any type and shape of footprint 18 in the lower and upper parts 6, 7.

Selon le cinquième mode de réalisation illustré à la figure 5, chaque zone 10 rigidifiée par relief se présente sous la forme d'une pluralité de saillies 19 circulaires concentriques.According to the fifth embodiment illustrated in figure 5 each zone 10 stiffened by relief is presented in the form of a plurality of concentric circular projections 19.

Selon le sixième mode de réalisation du récipient selon l'invention illustré à la figure 6, chacune des parties 6, 7 inférieure et supérieure présente des zones 10 rigidifiées par relief sous la forme d'au moins une rainure 20 cylindrique de forme sensiblement sinusoïdale et d'au moins une rainure 21, 22 sensiblement verticale, pointant vers, soit un sommet, soit un fond, de ladite au moins une rainure 20 cylindrique de forme sensiblement sinusoïdale.According to the sixth embodiment of the container according to the invention illustrated in FIG. figure 6 each of the lower and upper portions 6, 7 has relief-stiffened zones 10 in the form of at least one cylindrical groove 20 of substantially sinusoidal shape and at least one substantially vertical groove 21, 22, pointing towards, or a vertex, being a bottom, of said at least one cylindrical groove of substantially sinusoidal shape.

Il peut ainsi être prévu des rainures 22 verticales sur la partie 6 inférieure et partant du fond 2 du récipient 1.It can thus be provided vertical grooves 22 on the lower part 6 and starting from the bottom 2 of the container 1.

De manière alternative, les zones 10 rigidifiées par relief peuvent comprendre des rainures ramifiées, des rainures ondulées à orientation sensiblement axiale, des rainures entrecroisées ou au moins deux rainures parallèles traversées par des rainures inclinées, de manière telle que les zones non rigidifiées par relief définissent des zones triangulaires.Alternatively, the relief-stiffened zones 10 may comprise branched grooves, corrugated grooves with a substantially axial orientation, intersecting grooves or at least two parallel grooves traversed by inclined grooves, so that the non-relief-stiffened zones define triangular areas.

Selon le mode de réalisation préférentiel, le récipient 1 selon l'invention est fermé par un bouchon 23 à encliquetage couramment dénommé « snap on ».According to the preferred embodiment, the container 1 according to the invention is closed by a snap-on cap 23 commonly called "snap on".

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  1. Container (1), in particular a bottle, made of a thermoplastic material produced by blow moulding or stretch-blow moulding a heated preform, which container has a base (2) and a neck (3) connected to a body (4), in which the neck (3) and the base (2) are rigid and the body (4) includes an axially central portion (5) flanked by an axially lower portion (6) and by an axially upper portion (7) forming bonding zones respectively with the base (2) and the neck (3), the axially upper and lower portions (6, 7) being cylindrical of revolution; and said lower and upper portions (6, 7) have zones (10) rigidified by relief alternating with zones (11) not rigidified by relief so that the zones (11) not rigidified by relief form zones of pivoting with respect to the zones (10) rigidified by relief;
    characterized in that the axially central portion (5) is rigid and comprises for that purpose a thickness which is greater than the thickness of the axially upper and lower portions (6, 7),
    in that the axially central portion (5) constitutes a gripping zone and extends over a height of the container which is sufficient to allow a manual gripping of said container,
    in that the axially upper and lower portions (6, 7) are deformable with shape memory, so that, when the container is closed with a liquid content occupying substantially the whole of the internal volume of the container, said axially upper and lower portions, being deformable under an internal pressure return to their initial shape under the hydrostatic pressure of the liquid content without undergoing irreversible deformations, and
    in that said relief is regularly distributed over the lower and the upper portions (6,7).
  2. Container according to claim 1, characterized in that said axially central portion (5) includes reinforcement means (8) in the form of at least one annular groove (9).
  3. Container according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the thermoplastic material is PET and in that the thickness of said lower and upper portions (6, 7) is substantially less than 0.12 mm.
  4. Container according to any one of the previous claims, characterized in that the thermoplastic material is PET and in that the thickness of said axially central portion (5) is substantially less than 0.15 mm.
  5. Container according to any one of the previous claims, characterized in that the axially central portion (5) is adapted for radially resisting a force substantially less 1.5 daN with a deflection substantially less 3 mm.
  6. Container according to any one of the previous claims, characterized in that the axially central portion (5) has a transverse dimension substantially lower than the transverse dimension of the axially upper and lower portions (6, 7).
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