Classifications

• • 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
  • B65D23/00—Details of bottles or jars not otherwise provided for
  • B65D23/08—Coverings or external coatings
  • B65D23/0842—Sheets or tubes applied around the bottle with or without subsequent folding operations
  • B65D23/0871—Stretched over the bottle
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
  • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
  • B29C33/00—Moulds or cores; Details thereof or accessories therefor
  • B29C33/44—Moulds or cores; Details thereof or accessories therefor with means for, or specially constructed to facilitate, the removal of articles, e.g. of undercut articles
  • B29C33/442—Moulds or cores; Details thereof or accessories therefor with means for, or specially constructed to facilitate, the removal of articles, e.g. of undercut articles with mechanical ejector or drive means therefor
  • B29C33/444—Moulds or cores; Details thereof or accessories therefor with means for, or specially constructed to facilitate, the removal of articles, e.g. of undercut articles with mechanical ejector or drive means therefor for stripping articles from a mould core, e.g. using stripper plates
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
  • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
  • B29C37/00—Component parts, details, accessories or auxiliary operations, not covered by group B29C33/00 or B29C35/00
  • B29C37/0003—Discharging moulded articles from the mould
  • B29C37/0017—Discharging moulded articles from the mould by stripping articles from mould cores
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
  • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
  • B29C45/00—Injection moulding, i.e. forcing the required volume of moulding material through a nozzle into a closed mould; Apparatus therefor
  • B29C45/17—Component parts, details or accessories; Auxiliary operations
  • B29C45/40—Removing or ejecting moulded articles
  • B29C45/44—Removing or ejecting moulded articles for undercut articles
  • B29C45/4407—Removing or ejecting moulded articles for undercut articles by flexible movement of undercut portions of the articles
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
  • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
  • B29C45/00—Injection moulding, i.e. forcing the required volume of moulding material through a nozzle into a closed mould; Apparatus therefor
  • B29C45/0025—Preventing defects on the moulded article, e.g. weld lines, shrinkage marks
  • B29C2045/0034—Mould parting lines
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
  • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
  • B29C45/00—Injection moulding, i.e. forcing the required volume of moulding material through a nozzle into a closed mould; Apparatus therefor
  • B29C45/17—Component parts, details or accessories; Auxiliary operations
  • B29C45/40—Removing or ejecting moulded articles
  • B29C45/42—Removing or ejecting moulded articles using means movable from outside the mould between mould parts, e.g. robots
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
  • B29L—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULAR ARTICLES
  • B29L2031/00—Other particular articles
  • B29L2031/744—Labels, badges, e.g. marker sleeves

Definitions

• Container dressing device in particular for a bottle containing a liquid to be drunk, and associated manufacturing method.
• the present invention relates to a packaging device of a container and a method of manufacturing thereof.
• a particularly interesting application of the invention relates to the dressing of a bottle containing a liquid to drink.
• the device can also be used for the dressing of containers or flasks intended to contain other types of liquids, for example perfumes.
• Flasks or bottles containing a liquid usually include different mandatory information for sale and decorative elements or advertising information, for example brands, logos, etc.
• decorative elements or advertising information for example brands, logos, etc.
• metal caps, glued labels, or films made of heat-shrinkable and printable plastic covering all or part of the container To carry such indications on containers, it is conventionally provided metal caps, glued labels, or films made of heat-shrinkable and printable plastic covering all or part of the container.
• the present invention aims to provide a device for wrapping a container that is particularly easy to manufacture, mount and economic.
• the present invention also aims to provide a dressing device does not require glue for its maintenance on the associated container.
• the invention relates to a container dressing device, in particular for a bottle containing a liquid to be drunk, comprising at least one sheath intended to cover at least a portion of the container.
• the sheath is made of elastic synthetic material and dimensioned so as to elastically grip said portion of the container after mounting the device on the container.
• the sheath has on its outer surface means of information and / or decoration made in one piece with said sheath. These means may be raised and / or recessed on the outer surface of the sheath. These means can form advertising information, decorations, brands or information relating to the liquid content.
• the inner portion or portions of the sheath are in register with the portion or portions of the container intended to be covered.
• the sheath portion or portions In the free state of the sheath, ie when it is not mounted on the bottle, the sheath portion or portions have, in cross section or in cross section, an internal perimeter smaller than the external perimeter of the portion or portions. corresponding parts of the container. Maintaining the device on the container is obtained by elastic clamping of the sheath.
• the sheath can delay the heating of the liquid content when the bottle has been cooled beforehand.
• the sheath thus forms a thermal protection means for the contained liquid.
• one or more parts of the sheath capable of elastically gripping the portion or portions of the container each have, in the free state, in cross-section, an internal perimeter less than 1% to 15% of the external perimeter of the corresponding portion or portions. of the container, and preferably less than 7%.
• the sheath is made of thermoplastic elastomer (TPE).
• the sheath may comprise, at an upper end, a flange extending outwardly. Alternatively or so, the sheath may comprise, at a lower end, a radial flange extending inwardly.
• the sheath has on its outer surface at least one recess, hook or clip for hooking an element outside the device.
• the recess is advantageously non-traversing. It is also possible to provide on the outer surface a surface suitable for sizing.
• the invention also relates to a bottle containing a liquid to be drunk, especially an effervescent liquid, provided with a dressing device as defined above.
• the invention also relates to a method of manufacturing a container dressing device, in particular for a bottle containing a liquid to be drunk, into which the synthetic material (s) is injected inside a mold.
• resilient of a sheath of the device for covering at least a portion of the container the mold comprising a core adapted to at least the profile of the portion of the container to be covered, and then pulling on one end of the molded sheath to obtain the release of the device by reversing the sheath.
• the core comprises at least one etching and / or relief. The demoulding can be carried out manually or automatically.
• the demoulding of the device by inverting the sheath makes it possible to provide on the core of the mold the engravings and / or reliefs making it possible to obtain on the sheath the advertising information, the decorations, the marks, the information relating to the contained liquid, etc., intended to be visible by the consumer when the device is mounted on the associated container.
• the arrangement of the engravings and / or reliefs on the core makes it possible to substantially reduce the manufacturing cost of the manufacturing mold with respect to an arrangement of these engravings and / or reliefs on one or both parts constituting the mold.
• the embodiment of the device by molding plastic material also allows to easily change its color and vary its roughness by polishing, etching, sanding etc. of the core of the mold. It is thus possible to easily obtain sheaths with very different visual renderings and touching. In addition, it is possible to obtain cheaply devices of different shapes and original specially adapted to the containers on which they are intended to be mounted.
• FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a cladding device mounted on a bottle according to a first embodiment of the invention
• FIGS. 2 to 5 schematically illustrate the method of manufacturing the cladding device of FIG. 1, and - Figures 6 to 8 are respectively sectional views of cladding devices mounted on bottles according to second, third and fourth embodiments of the invention.
• Figure 1 there is shown a device 10 for the dressing of a bottle 12.
• the device 10 and the bottle 12 are shown in a supposed vertical position.
• the device 10 can be used for dressing a bottle containing a drinking liquid 13, for example water, wine, fruit juice, an alcoholic beverage, or an effervescent beverage of the soda or Champagne type. .
• a drinking liquid 13 for example water, wine, fruit juice, an alcoholic beverage, or an effervescent beverage of the soda or Champagne type.
• the device 10 can also be used for dressing bottles or containers intended to contain other types of liquids, for example perfumes.
• the bottle 12, of vertical axis 14, is closed at its lower end by a bottom 16 extended axially upwards by a cylindrical side wall 18, itself extended by a frustoconical portion, then by a cylindrical neck 20 of which upper end is closed by the stopper 22.
• the stopper 22 here comprises a sealing portion mounted inside the neck 20 of the bottle extended by a head portion of generally spherical shape.
• a shoulder is formed between these parts and defines an annular support surface adapted to come into contact with the upper end of the housing.
• the device 10 comprises a sheath 24 in the form of a tubular sleeve radially surrounding the major part of the bottle 12 and coming into contact therewith. More specifically, sheath 24 comes bearing against the side wall 18, the frustoconical portion and the neck 20 of the bottle.
• the sheath 24 is obtained by molding a synthetic material so as to be in register with the portions of the bottle 12 to be covered.
• the material of the sheath 24 is a flexible elastic synthetic material. It may for example be made of thermoplastic elastomer (TPE). As an indication, it is possible to use the thermoplastic elastomer sold under the Onflex ® brand Polyone or that sold under the brand Téflaboc ® CTS society. Alternatively, it is also possible to make the sheath with an elastomer, for example rubber, silicone, natural latex or recycled elastomers.
• TPE thermoplastic elastomer
• the sheath 24 has a cylindrical portion 24a of large diameter surrounding the side wall 18 of the bottle which is extended by a frustoconical portion 24b flaring inwardly and bearing against the frustoconical portion of the bottle, itself extended by a cylindrical portion 24c of small diameter partially covering the neck 20.
• the entire sheath 24 abuts against the bottle 12.
• the cylindrical portion 24a of large diameter, respectively small diameter 24c has in the free state a diameter internal lower than the outer diameter of the side wall 18, respectively of the neck 20, the bottle 12.
• the frustoconical portion 24b of the sheath 24 has a variable internal diameter.
• the internal diameter of this frustoconical portion 24b is smaller than the outside diameter of the frustoconical portion of the bottle 12. More specifically, in cross-section, the sheath 24 has an internal diameter over its entire length. less than 1 to 15% of the outer diameter of the corresponding portion covered with the bottle 12, and preferably less than 7%.
• the device 10 When is put on the bottle 12 the device 10, it is elastically deformed, which allows to then obtain its axial retention on the bottle by elastic clamping of the sheath 24. This provides the holding in position of the sheath 24 on the bottle 12 without provision for additional additional means, such as adhesives or glue.
• the bottle 12 has, in cross section, a circular section.
• a different section for example elliptical or polygonal such as triangular, rectangular, square, hexagonal, octagonal, etc ...
• the inner perimeter of the associated sheath is less than the outer perimeter of the bottle, and advantageously less than 1 to 15% at this external perimeter, and preferably less than 7%.
• the sheath 24 has on its outer surface projections or protuberances 26, 28 which here, without limitation, have a generally annular shape.
• the protuberances 26, 28 are made in one piece with the sheath 24. In fact, they are obtained during the molding of the sheath 24.
• these protuberances 26, 28 may be used to form on the sheath 24 advertising information, decorations, brands to distinguish the product, or information about the liquid content.
• the sheath 24 being obtained by molding, it is conceivable that it is easily possible to provide information, decorations, marks, etc., of complex and specific shapes to the associated bottle 12.
• protuberances 26 and 28 it is of course possible to provide, on the outer surface of the sheath 24, recesses or recesses passing through or not through the thickness of the sheath so as to form part or all of this information, decorations, marks, etc., or to allow the attachment of a part or element outside the sheath 24, for example an advertising medium.
• the thickness of the sheath may be between 0.8 and 3 mm. Of course, it is possible to provide a greater thickness.
• a mold 30 is used comprising parts 32, 34 movable relative to one another and a central core 36 provided between these parts so as to delimit an impression of the sheath 24 to be mounted on the bottle 12 ( Figure 1).
• the core 36 is shaped to the desired profile and dimensions of the sheath 24 so that it is complementary to the bottle.
• the core 36 has on its surface recessed portions or etchings 38, 40 making it possible to obtain the formation of the protuberances 26, 28 during the molding of the sheath 24.
• the plastic is injected in order to obtain the sheath 24 of the device 10.
• the mold is removed. of the sheath 24 disposed on the core 36.
• the large diameter end of the sheath 24 is pulled in order to remove it from the core 36 by bending it towards the opposite end of small diameter of the sheath 24 ( Figure 4). The sheath 24 is pulled until it is completely removed from the core 36.
• the device 10 is demolded by turning up the sheath 24 so that the surface comprising the protuberances 26, 28 which, after molding, is in contact with the core 36 forms, after demolding, the outer surface of the sheath 24 (FIG. 5). .
• the surface sheath 24 initially in contact with the portions 32, 34 of the mold forms, after demolding, the inner surface of the sheath 24 intended to bear against the bottle.
• the traces of the joint plane of the mold 30 and the possible burrs of material at this joint plane are not visible on the sheath 24 for the consumer when the device 10 is mounted on the bottle 12.
• the protuberances 26, 28 present on the outer surface of the sheath 24 and can form advertising information, decorations, marks to distinguish the product, or information relating to the liquid content are visible to the consumer.
• the device 10 can be force-fitted onto the bottle 12.
• lubricants such as silicone, water, soap, etc.
• the protuberances 26, 28 are obtained by molding a single plastic material. It is however possible to provide overmolding of the protuberances 26, 28 on the sheath 24 with a second plastic material having, for example, a different color or hardness. After overmolding, the protuberances 26, 28 are integral with the sheath 24.
• the sheath 24 covers the major part of the outer surface of the bottle 12.
• the axial dimension or height of the sheath 24 can be modified, and for example have a height substantially equal to that of the labels conventionally stuck on the bottles containing a liquid to be drunk, as shown in the embodiment of FIG. 6 in which the identical elements bear the same references.
• the variant embodiment of FIG. 7 differs from the embodiment of FIG. 6 only in that the device 10 comprises a second sheath 42 enclosing another portion of the bottle and being axially offset relative to the first sheath 24.
• the sheath 42 has the protuberances 26.
• the sheath 24 comprises at its upper end a flange 44 of thickness greater than that of the sheath.
• the flange 44 extends radially outwardly and bears against the counter ring of the neck 20 of the bottle. This flange 44 locally increases the resistance to stretching of the sheath 24 so as to avoid any deformation of its upper end when the device 10 is threaded onto the bottle 12, and more precisely when the upper end of the sheath 24 passes at the counter ring of the bottle 12 which has a diameter greater than that of the portion of the neck 20 to be covered by this end.
• the sheath 24 also has, at its lower end, a flange 46 of greater thickness than that of the sheath.
• the flange 46 extends radially inwards and is designed to bear against the bottom 16 of the bottle so as to avoid any displacement of the sheath 24 axially upwards.
• the flange 46 forms a blocking means in position of the sheath 24 on the bottle 12.
• the flanges 44, 46 may have either a profile in rectangular, square, triangular, round, and so on. Thanks to the invention, there is provided a device comprising an economical molded sheath making it easy to clad the container and may have on its outer surface advertising information, decorations, brands or information relating to the liquid content. Obtaining the sheath by molding makes it possible to easily modify the touch, the rendering and the colors of the device. In addition, the device makes it possible to obtain at lower cost a dressing of the bottle, for example with a special shape distinct from the profile of the bottle.

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