EP3013703B1 - Recipient à fond petaloïde et rainuré - Google Patents

Recipient à fond petaloïde et rainuré Download PDF

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EP3013703B1
EP3013703B1 EP14727867.5A EP14727867A EP3013703B1 EP 3013703 B1 EP3013703 B1 EP 3013703B1 EP 14727867 A EP14727867 A EP 14727867A EP 3013703 B1 EP3013703 B1 EP 3013703B1
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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
    • 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 generally comprises an open neck, through which the contents (usually a liquid), a body, which gives the container its volume, and a bottom, which closes the body opposite the neck and forms a base for maintain and hold the container when it is resting on a surface.
  • contents usually a liquid
  • body which gives the container its volume
  • bottom which closes the body opposite the neck and forms a base for maintain and hold the container when it is resting on a surface.
  • Containers for carbonated beverages in which the pressure of the gas dissolved in the liquid induces significant mechanical stresses, are mainly provided with high petaloid shaped bottoms: the bottom comprises projecting feet, in the form of petals, separated by convex wall portions, called valleys or valleys, which extend radially from a central zone of the bottom.
  • the feet, high that is to say in a ratio of about 1/2 with the diameter of the container, are intended to ensure the maintenance of the container placed on a surface; the valleys are intended to absorb the efforts (thermal, mechanical) exerted by the contents.
  • An illustrative example of this type of substance can be found in the international application WO 2012/069759 (SIDEL).
  • the petaloid background appears as a relatively successful solution with good resistance to high internal pressures in the container (especially thanks to the hemispherical shape of the valleys).
  • the petaloid background requires a large amount of material (a container of 0.5 l with a classic petaloid base, having a weight greater than or equal to about 18 g), as well as a relatively high blowing pressure (of the order 2.2 to 3.0 MPa (22 to 30 bar)), to ensure a correct impression of the feet and valleys.
  • the document WO 03/091117 A discloses a container according to the preamble of claim 1, comprising a petaloid bottom provided with a simple concave arch with low feet. Although it meets a priori the requirements of material saving and easy blowing, it is however not able to withstand without significant deformation the stresses due to the hydrostatic pressure doubled the pressure of the added neutral gas.
  • the document WO 2014/170115 A discloses another container according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • This bottom which can be described as "mini-petaloid” given the ratio between the height of the feet and the transverse extension of the bottom, comparatively low compared to a classic petaloid bottom, can be blown at lower pressures ( of the order of, or less than, 2.5 MPa (25 bar)), while offering good mechanical performance that make it suitable for the addition of an inert gas under pressure (typically formed by vaporization of a drop of liquid nitrogen).
  • a container 1 - in this case a bottle - obtained by blowing or stretching blow from a preform of thermoplastic material, for example polyethylene terephthalate (PET), previously heated.
  • PET polyethylene terephthalate
  • the container 1 extends along a main axis X and comprises a lateral wall 2 called body, and a bottom 3 which extends and closes the body 2 at a lower end thereof.
  • the bottom 3 is petaloid, and comprises a bottom wall 4 of generally convex shape towards the outside of the container 1 (that is to say down when the container 1 is laid flat), which extends to from a central dome 5 concavity turned towards the outside of the container 1 .
  • the center of the dome 5 extends in axial projection a pellet 6 injection coming, whose material has remained substantially amorphous during formation of the container 1.
  • Dome 5 has the particular function of stretching the material in the center of the bottom, so as to increase the crystallinity and therefore the mechanical strength.
  • the bottom 3 also comprises a series of feet 7 formed by protrusions projecting axially from the bottom wall 4 towards the outside of the container 1 .
  • the feet 7 extend radially from the central dome 5 to a periphery 8 of the bottom 3 where it connects to the body 2 .
  • A the radial extension overall bottom 3 , perpendicular to the X axis at its periphery 8 ( figure 4 ).
  • the radial extension A is its diameter.
  • B the radial extension (in this case the diameter) of the dome 5 .
  • This radial extension B is preferably greater than or equal to one fifth of the radial extension A of the bottom 3 .
  • the diameter B of the dome is of the order of a quarter of the diameter A of the bottom 3 : B ⁇ 0.25 ⁇ AT
  • the more protrusions or peaks 9 of the legs 7 are coplanar and together form a plane 10 of pose by which the container 1 can rest on a flat surface (e.g. a table).
  • a flat surface e.g. a table
  • the plan of laying 10 (shown on the figure 3 by a dashed circle), is located radially set back from the periphery 8 .
  • C the radial extension is noted (that is to say, in the example illustrated, the diameter) of the plane 10 of pose, and D the total height of the base 3 (which corresponds to that of 7 feet), measured axially from the plane of installation 10 to the periphery 8 of the base 3.
  • the feet 7 will tap from the inside to the outside of the container 1 (i.e. down), and widening from the central dome 5 to the periphery 8 .
  • Each foot 7 has an end face 11 which extends in a gentle slope from the dome 5 to the apex 9 and which, as can be seen in FIG. figure 3 has a substantially constant width.
  • E the axial extension of the end face 11 (also referred to as boom or bottom of the guard), measured between the plane 10 and laying the center of the dome 5, in this case the patch 6.
  • the arrow E is less than the height D of the bottom 3, but without being negligible relative thereto. More precisely, the arrow E is greater than or equal to half the height D of the bottom 3 : E ⁇ D 2
  • the arrow E of the bottom is about 60% of the height D of the bottom 3 : E ⁇ 0.6 ⁇ D
  • the feet 7 are separated in pairs by portions 12 of the bottom wall 4 called valleys, which extend radially in a star from the central pellet 6 to the periphery 8 .
  • the valleys 12 extend in hollow between the feet 7 which they separate two by two.
  • the valleys 12 are substantially straight in cross section (that is to say in a plane perpendicular to the radial direction, cf. Figures 6 and 7 ).
  • the valleys 12 have a width (measured transversely) substantially constant from an inner zone adjacent to the dome 5 ( figure 6 ) to an outer zone adjacent to the periphery 8 ( figure 7 ).
  • the valleys 12 does not connect directly to the dome 5 but terminate inwardly of a inner end 13 spaced from the latter, an interspace 14 is defined between the end 13 and an outer edge 15 of the dome 5.
  • the feet 7 are equal in number to the valleys 12 .
  • the bottom 3 comprises six feet 7 and six valleys 12 , regularly alternated and distributed in a star. This number is a good compromise; it could however be less (but greater than or equal to three), or greater (but preferably less than or equal to nine).
  • Each foot 7 has two substantially flat sides 16 each bordering a valley 12 laterally. As is visible on the figure 4 the flanks 16 are not vertical (because the bottom 3 would be difficult or impossible to blow), but inclined opening from the valley 12 to the outside.
  • F the angular aperture between the flanks 16 in the vicinity of the dome 5 ( figure 6 )
  • G the angular opening between the flanks 16 in the vicinity of the periphery 8 ( figure 7 ), without taking into account the connection fillet between the flanks 16 and the valley 12 or the end face 11 of the foot 7 .
  • the angular opening of the flanks 16 is variable. More precisely, the opening angle of the flanks 16 decreases from the inside to the outside of the bottom 3 (that is to say from the axis X to the periphery 8 ), the angular opening F being greater than the angular opening G , which means that the flanks 16 are closing from the dome 5 to the periphery 8 . According to a particular embodiment (illustrated on the Figures 6 and 7 ), the angular aperture F is about twice the angular aperture G.
  • This variation of angular opening widens the feet 7 towards the periphery 8 , to the benefit of the stability of the container 1 , and the resistance of the feet 7 , in particular during the palletizing of the container 1 .
  • the bottom 3 may be called "petaloid" because of its structure made of an alternating projecting feet 7 and recessed valleys 12 .
  • D / A diameter ratio disqualifies it for carbonated applications (typically for soft drinks). This ratio is indeed less than or equal to 1/5: D AT ⁇ 1 5
  • a classic petaloid background would have such a ratio of about 1/2.
  • the present bottom 3 which may be termed "mini petaloid" because of its low ratio D- height / diameter A , is intended rather flat-type applications associated with the addition, immediately after filling and before capping , a drop of liquid nitrogen whose vaporization puts the contents of the container under overpressure.
  • the valleys 12 are also relatively flat, their radius R of curvature, measured radially ( figure 4 ) being important with regard to the diameter A of the bottom 3 . More precisely, the radius R of curvature of the valleys 12 is preferably greater than or equal to the diameter A of the bottom 3 : R ⁇ AT
  • the radius R of curvature of the valleys is substantially equal to the diameter A of the bottom 3 : R ⁇ AT
  • H the average axial depth of each valley 12 , that is to say the distance, measured parallel to the axis X , between the apex 9 of the feet 7 and the point of the valley 12 located at the diameter C , vertically above the apex 9 (cf. figure 4 ).
  • H is preferably less than or equal to the arrow E : H ⁇ E
  • the depth H is less than or equal to approximately 1/8 of the radial extension A of the bottom 3 : H E ⁇ 1 8
  • This ratio is lower than that of a classic petaloid background, for which it is of the order of 1/5.
  • the bottom 3 comprises a series of grooves 17 of radial extension, which extend to less partially at the bottom of the valleys 12 .
  • the Figures 1 to 4 grayed out the grooves 17 by a dot pattern.
  • each groove 17 has an internal section 17A , which protrudes radially from the valley 12 and overlaps the dome 5 , and an external section 17B which extends radially in the continuity of the internal section 17A , at the bottom of the valley 12 respectively.
  • the grooves 17 are centered with respect to the valleys 12 , i.e. each groove 17 extends along a median radial line of the respective valley 12 .
  • the internal section 17A covers the space 14 separating the inner end 13 of the valley 12 and the dome 5 .
  • Each groove 17 is hollowed towards the inside of the container 1 and has, in cross-section ( Figures 5 and 6 ), a curved profile concavity turned outward. As we see on the figures 2 and 3 , each groove 17 has, when viewed from below (cf. figure 3 ) a profile tapered from the inside to the outside of the bottom 3 , that is to say from the dome 5 to the periphery 8 , the inner section 17A being wider than the outer section 17B .
  • each groove 17 has, when viewed from below, a lance-shaped outline.
  • Each groove 17 ends, towards the periphery 8 , by a pointed outer end 18 , at a distance from the X axis less than or equal to the radius of the laying plane (that is to say C / 2).
  • the outer ends 18 of the grooves 17 are inscribed in a circle (in dotted lines on the figure 3 ) which has a diameter, denoted J , less than or equal to the diameter C of the laying plane: J ⁇ VS
  • the diameter J of the circle in which are inscribed the outer ends 18 of the grooves 17 is of the order of 70% of the diameter A of the bottom of the bottom: J ⁇ 0.7 ⁇ AT
  • the depth of the grooves 17 measured axially, decreasing from the inside to the outside of the bottom 3 , the depth of the inner section 17A being greater than that of the outer section 17B .
  • the grooves 17 serve to stiffen the bottom 3 . Under the effect of the mechanical stresses exerted on the container 1 (in particular under the effect of the pressure in the container 1 filled with a flat liquid surmounted by a neutral gas at a relative pressure typically between 1000 and 2000 hPa ( 1 and 2 bar)), the bottom 3 is deformed slightly, the grooves 17 providing a distribution of forces from the dome 5 to the valleys 12.

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FR1356077A FR3007392B1 (fr) 2013-06-25 2013-06-25 Recipient mini petaloide rainure
PCT/FR2014/050981 WO2014207331A1 (fr) 2013-06-25 2014-04-22 Recipient a fond petaloide et rainure

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