EP2981474B1 - Recipient ayant un fond muni d'une voute a decrochement - Google Patents

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EP2981474B1
EP2981474B1 EP14718693.6A EP14718693A EP2981474B1 EP 2981474 B1 EP2981474 B1 EP 2981474B1 EP 14718693 A EP14718693 A EP 14718693A EP 2981474 B1 EP2981474 B1 EP 2981474B1
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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
    • B65D1/0261—Bottom construction
    • B65D1/0284—Bottom construction having a discontinuous contact surface, e.g. discrete feet
    • 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
    • B65D1/0207—Bottles or similar containers with necks or like restricted apertures, designed for pouring contents characterised by material, e.g. composition, physical features
    • 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
    • B65D2501/0036—Hollow circonferential ribs

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  • the invention relates to the field of containers, especially bottles or jars, manufactured by blow molding or stretch blow molding from plastic blanks such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET).
  • PET polyethylene terephthalate
  • a container typically comprises a body defining the general volume of the container, extended, at an upper end of the container, by a neck, through which the container is filled and emptied, and at a lower end, by a bottom which close the container.
  • the bottom must be able to withstand without significant deformation at least the hydrostatic pressure of the column of liquid that overcomes it.
  • the bottoms are generally of petaloid shape, comprising an alternation of valleys, of hemispherical shape, and protruding feet, the ends of which form a seat for the container (see, for example, the French patent application FR 2,959,214 or its American counterpart US 2013/043255 ).
  • the petaloid background appears as a relatively successful solution with good resistance to high internal pressures in the container (thanks to the hemispherical shape of the valleys).
  • the petaloid bottom requires a large amount of material (of the order of 15 to 18 g for a 0.5 l container), as well as a relatively high blowing pressure, to ensure a correct impression taking feet and valleys.
  • the petaloid bottoms can not be suitable for flat-type liquid applications (typically table water), for which the blowing pressure and the quantity of material used (today about 10 g for a container) are minimized. 0.5 l).
  • a bottom provided with a simple concave arch is not able to withstand without significant deformation the only hydrostatic pressure of the liquid which overcomes it. It was therefore proposed to provide the fund with radial ribs, intended to strengthen the bottom to allow it to better resist the deformations induced by the pressure of the contents.
  • the container offers better mechanical performance than conventional grooved funds with equal amount of material, while providing good breathability.
  • a container 1 in this case a bottle, made by stretch blow molding from a thermoplastic preform, for example PET (polyethylene terephthalate).
  • a thermoplastic preform for example PET (polyethylene terephthalate).
  • This container 1 comprises, at an upper end, a neck 2 , provided with a rim 3 .
  • the container 1 comprises, in its upper part a shoulder 4 flaring in the opposite direction to the neck 2 , this shoulder 4 being extended by a side wall or body 5 , of generally cylindrical shape. revolution around a main axis X of the container 1 .
  • the container 1 further comprises a bottom 6 which extends opposite the neck 2 , from a lower end of the body 5 .
  • the bottom 6 of the container comprises a peripheral seat 7 in the form of an annular bead which extends substantially axially in the extension of the body 5 .
  • the seat 7 defines a laying plane 8 perpendicular to the longitudinal axis X of the container 1 , which laying plane 8 forms the lower end of the container 1 and allows it to be placed upright on a flat surface.
  • the seat 7 Towards the interior of the container 1 , the seat 7 comprises a frustoconical annular cheek 9 which extends towards the interior of the container 1 in the extension of the laying plane 8 , the truncated cone formed by the cheek 9 opening downward (in relief) and having an apex angle of at least 70 ° (and less than or equal to 90 °).
  • This cheek 9 may have a height of between 1 mm and 3 mm, for example about 1.5 mm.
  • the bottom 6 of the container further comprises a concave arch 10 , in the form of a substantially spherical cap concavity facing outwardly of the container 1 in the absence of stress, that is to say in the absence of contained in the receptacle 1 .
  • the vault 10 extends from the seat 7 , in the extension of the cheek 9 (which forms junction between the laying plane 8 and a peripheral edge of the vault 10 ), to a central zone 11 of the bottom 6 forming a pin projecting towards the inside of the container 1 , with at its center an amorphous pellet 12 which corresponds the injection zone of the constituent material of the preform used to make the container 1 and can perform a centering function during the blow molding of the container 1 .
  • the bottom 6 of the container comprises a series of main reinforcing grooves 13 formed recess in the arch 10 towards the inside of the container 1 , which extend radially from the central zone 11 , to the seat 7 at least.
  • the main reinforcing grooves 13 extend radially beyond the seat 7 , rising laterally on a lower part of the body 5 .
  • the grooves together form a stellar reinforcement structure of the bottom of the container.
  • the main grooves 13 extend radially over the entire roof 10 , straddling the seat 7 and partially on the body 5 . It is therefore understood that the laying plane 8 is discontinuous, since interrupted to the right of each main groove 13 .
  • the main grooves 13 are for example five in number (as in the example illustrated, which corresponds to a container with a capacity of 0.5 liter), but this number could be higher, especially six in the case of a container with a capacity greater than or equal to 1 liter, or seven in the case of a container with a capacity greater than or equal to 2.5 liters.
  • the bottom 6 of the container is further provided with a series of reinforcement interleaved grooves 14 , located between the main grooves 13 , and which extend locally astride the seat 7 they thus contribute to rigidify.
  • the intermediate ribs 14 extend outwardly beyond the seat 7 upwards laterally on a lower part of the body 5 , as the main grooves 13 .
  • the intermediate ribs 14 overlap the cheek 9 but are interrupted at the periphery of the vault 10 .
  • the main grooves 13 serve to increase the resistance of the vault 10 to the collapse (or even to the inversion) under the effect of the forces induced by the pressure exerted by the contents of the container 1 (typically a flat liquid possibly pressurized by the injection of a drop of liquefied gas into the volume defined in the neck 2 between the free surface of the liquid and the rim 3 , immediately before the clogging of the container 1 ).
  • the main grooves 13 divide the vault 10 into a series of sectors 15 substantially angular triangular shape.
  • Each main reinforcing groove 13 has a bottom 16 which extends from the central zone 11 in a radial direction, flanked by two side walls 17 .
  • P the depth of the groove 13, measured between the edge areas 15 adjacent to the angular groove 13 and the bottom 16 thereof.
  • the bottom 16 of the groove 13 has a rounded section in cross-section (which could, however, be flattened), the side walls 17 defining in cross section an open angle, so that the groove 13 has a section V-shaped profile with rounded tip.
  • each main groove 13 is laterally bordered (that is to say on either side along the radial direction of extension of the groove 13 ) by a reinforcing rib 18 which protrudes from the angular sector 15 adjacent to the junction between the groove 13 and the sector 15.
  • Each reinforcing rib 18 has the function of forming a reinforcing beam (or stiffener) acting in the manner of a strut and intended to increase the resistance of the bottom 6 of the container to the deformations due to the pressure exerted by the contents of the container 1 .
  • the reinforcing ribs 18 are intended to minimize the risk of the bottom 6 (and more precisely of the vault 10 ) being overturned under the effect of too much internal pressure on the container 1 .
  • each reinforcing rib 18 makes a continuous junction between the main groove 13 which it borders and the vault 10 . More specifically, and as illustrated on the figure 3 each reinforcing rib 18 has an internal section 19 which extends in the extension of the side wall 17 to a crest line 20 forming an apex of the rib 18 , and an outer section 21 which connects with 15 adjacent angular sector.
  • H the height of the rib 18, measured between the edge 15 and adjacent angular sector line 20 peak. This height H is preferably equal to or greater than half the depth of the main groove 13 : H ⁇ P 2
  • each reinforcing rib 18 extends internally to the central zone 11 , and externally to the laying plane 8 . More specifically, each rib 18 is anchored in the cheek 9 by flush with the laying plane 8 at its junction with it. In this way, the rib 18 does not form any extra thickness relative to the laying plane, to the benefit of the stability of the container 1 .
  • the ribs 18 reinforcing bordering two adjacent main grooves 13, located on either side of a same angular sector 15 of the ceiling 10, preferably extend in continuity with the other, making their junction in the vicinity of the central zone 11 and jointly forming a V-shaped continuous reinforcement structure.
  • each angular sector 15 of the vault 10 is outwardly bordered by the flange 9, and laterally inwardly and by two ribs 18 adjacent and contiguous reinforcement.
  • each main groove 13 extends in projecting relationship with respect to each sector of the vault 10, inwardly of the container 1, while each rib 18 reinforcing protrudes, with respect to 15 angular sector, towards the outside of the container 1 .
  • the bottom of the container thus structured provides better resistance to deformation than ordinary bottom, with equal amount of material.
  • the bottom 6 of the container may also have two concentric regions, namely an annular central region 22 surrounding the central zone 11 of the base 6 , and an annular peripheral region 23 surrounding the central region 22 , separated by a recess 24 which extends axially over a predetermined height.
  • This recess 24 is median with respect to the vault 10 , that is to say that the central region 22 and the peripheral region 23 have substantially the same radial extension.
  • the recess 24 extends continuously, that is to say, it is not interrupted to the right of the main grooves 13 but extends to the bottom 16 thereof, or the right ribs 18 reinforcement, but straddles these.
  • the axial recess 24 extends annularly around the central zone 11 .
  • the recess 24 forms a ring with a circular contour.
  • the central region 22 of the bottom 6 of the container although having a radius of curvature substantially identical to that of the peripheral region 23 , is slightly offset relative thereto inwardly. of the container 1 .
  • the recess 24 has the function of maintaining the stability of the container 1 by inducing a stiffening of the vault 10 in its median region, and limiting the deformation of the vault 10 so as to widen the seat 7 towards the center of the bottom 6 of the container.
  • a container 1 of PET as described above with a capacity of 0.5 liter, with a mass of 10 g, could be blown without difficulty at an air pressure of about 20 bar, the container 1 final filled with still water with good mechanical performance including under a condition of overpressure due to nitrogen at the neck 2 .
  • the container 1 provided with this bottom 6 has a good compromise between the mechanical performance (that is to say the capacity of the container 1 to resist deformations and, when they occur, to undergo them in a controlled manner) and the blowing (that is to say the capacity of the container 1 to be formed by blowing).

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