EP2135812B1 - Récipient, notamment bouteille, en matière thermoplastique à corps partiellement prismatique triangulaire - Google Patents

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EP2135812B1
EP2135812B1 EP09162180A EP09162180A EP2135812B1 EP 2135812 B1 EP2135812 B1 EP 2135812B1 EP 09162180 A EP09162180 A EP 09162180A EP 09162180 A EP09162180 A EP 09162180A EP 2135812 B1 EP2135812 B1 EP 2135812B1
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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
    • 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 purpose of the invention is therefore to propose an improved arrangement of a container, in particular a bottle, made of thermoplastic material such as PET, which better meets the expectations of the practice by being able, after filling and capping, to withstand without significant deformation a internal pressure below atmospheric pressure, and this by using a simpler form than those already known, and which also has an aesthetic appearance improved at least for some applications, with a concomitant simplification of the shape of the mold footprint and a reduction in their manufacturing costs.
  • a container in particular a bottle, made of thermoplastic material such as PET, which better meets the expectations of the practice by being able, after filling and capping, to withstand without significant deformation a internal pressure below atmospheric pressure, and this by using a simpler form than those already known, and which also has an aesthetic appearance improved at least for some applications, with a concomitant simplification of the shape of the mold footprint and a reduction in their manufacturing costs.
  • a container according to the invention has an intermediate zone that fully meets the expectations set out above.
  • such a container is able to withstand without significant deformation an internal pressure substantially less than the pressure external, especially at atmospheric pressure, a situation that occurs in particular when the container is filled with a hot liquid or can also meet in certain special conditions of storage containers filled.
  • the body of the container has a fluid contour without recess or relief in hollow or projecting, including in its intermediate portion substantially triangular section curvilinear, and a container thus shaped, specifically provided for this particular application, has an analogy of general shape with a standard container, which was not the case for earlier containers of the same destination; this meets the requirements of at least some of the users.
  • said main faces are substantially planar, or are curved outwardly convex.
  • said lower and upper body parts have the same shape and the same transverse dimensions.
  • the lower part and / or the upper part of the body is of circular cross section, but it can It should also be considered that it is of elliptical or oval cross section.
  • edges may have a substantially straight axial extent, or be inclined relative to the axis of the body, or have a curvilinear axial extent.
  • Figures 1A and 1B schematically show a container 1 such as a bottle of thermoplastic material such as PET, adapted, after filling and capping, to support without significant deformation an internal pressure lower than the atmospheric pressure.
  • a container 1 such as a bottle of thermoplastic material such as PET, adapted, after filling and capping, to support without significant deformation an internal pressure lower than the atmospheric pressure.
  • axis X of the container a term by which is meant the axis passing through the center of the neck 10 and the center of the bottom 11 of said container 1, as visible at Figures 1A and 2A .
  • the edges 7a, 7b, 7c are rounded with respective continuous curvatures (the respective radii of curvature of the edges are ra, rb, rc) and are connected tangentially to the main faces 6a, 6b, 6c (whose respective radii of curvature are Ra, Rb, Rc).
  • edges 7a, 7b, 7c have respective radiuses of curvature ra, rb, rc which are between about 5% and 35% of the largest dimension D of the cross-section of the lower part 3 of the body 2.
  • the main faces 6a, 6b, 6c have radii of curvature Ra, Rb, and Rc respectively which are greater than the largest dimension D of the section right of the lower part of the body 2.
  • the dimension D is the diameter of the lower portion 3 of the body 2 which is circular in the example of the figure 3
  • the dimension D is the major axis of the lower part 3 of the body 2 which is of oval contour in the example of the figure 4 .
  • edges 7a, 7b, 7c can indifferently, depending on the needs, be all different as shown in Figures 3 and 4 (The edge 7b has a large radius of curvature rb, the edge 7a has a small radius of curvature ra, the edge 7c has an intermediate radius of curvature rc between the two preceding ones), or else be equal to only two edges as shown in the figure 5 (The two edges 7a, 7c have radiuses of curvature ra, rc which are equal, while the edge 7b has a radius of curvature 7b which is different and smaller), or even be all three equal as visible at Figures 1B and 2B .
  • edges 7a, 7b, 7c have radii of curvature ra, rb, rc ranging from about 3.5 mm to 24.5 mm. ; in practice, the three edges are identical and have substantially the same radius of curvature of about 10 mm.
  • the radii of curvature Ra, Rb, Rc can be arbitrary: the main faces 6a, 6b, 6c can therefore be substantially planar, or curved outwards with convexity as shown in all the accompanying figures, or combine these provisions.
  • the lower and upper parts 4 of the body 2 have the same shape and the same transverse dimensions.
  • the lower part 3 and / or the upper part 4 of the body 2 are of circular cross section as visible in the diagram of the figure 3 .
  • the lower part 3 and / or the upper part 4 of the body 2 are of any other shape, for example of elliptical straight section, or oval as shown in the diagram of FIG. figure 4 .
  • the rounded edges 7a, 7b, 7c may have an axial extent of any conformation appropriate to the requirements. So, at the Figure 1A is shown a conformation that the edges 7a, 7b, 7c have a substantially straight axial extent and substantially parallel to the axis X of the container 1. However, such an arrangement is not exclusive and it is possible to provide that the edges 7a, 7b, 7c are inclined relative to the axis X of the body 2; they may also have a curvilinear axial extent; and obviously these provisions can be combined as illustrated in the Figure 2A which shows an edge 7b inclined relative to the axis X of the body and curvilinear (curved).
  • the main faces 6a, 6b, 6c can accommodate any conformation of the body 2 of the container 1.
  • the main faces 6a, 6b, 6c can be shaped so that the intermediate portion of the body is of substantially cylindrical shape with the wall of this intermediate portion of the body extending substantially parallel to the axis X all around.
  • the main faces 6a, 6b, 6c may also have an axial evolutionary profile with transverse dimensions that vary in the axial direction.
  • the main faces 6a, 6b, 6c may comprise, to facilitate the gripping of the container, a zone 8 of reduced transverse dimensions situated approximately at the height of the center of gravity of the container when the latter is filled, which zone 8 of reduced transverse dimensions is included between two 9 framing zones of increasing transverse dimensions increasing to the dimensions of the lower 3 and upper 4 parts to which they are connected in continuity of shapes.

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