US20060032872A1 - Package for pouring a granular product - Google Patents

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US20060032872A1
US20060032872A1 US11/196,969 US19696905A US2006032872A1 US 20060032872 A1 US20060032872 A1 US 20060032872A1 US 19696905 A US19696905 A US 19696905A US 2006032872 A1 US2006032872 A1 US 2006032872A1
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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
    • B65D41/00—Caps, e.g. crown caps or crown seals, i.e. members having parts arranged for engagement with the external periphery of a neck or wall defining a pouring opening or discharge aperture; Protective cap-like covers for closure members, e.g. decorative covers of metal foil or paper
    • B65D41/02—Caps or cap-like covers without lines of weakness, tearing strips, tags, or like opening or removal devices
    • B65D41/26—Caps or cap-like covers serving as, or incorporating, drinking or measuring vessels
    • 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
    • B65D83/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
    • B65D83/06—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing powdered or granular material

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  • the present invention relates to packages for granular products. Specifically, the present invention relates to packages for granular products which are used to pour the granular products.
  • Packages for storing and dispensing granular products such as foods, detergents, powders, and especially free-flowing granular products such as salt, flour, laundry detergents, automatic dishwash detergents, spices, etc.
  • Such packages often may be used for pouring out the granular product therein and typically consist of a standard hollow bottle with a round mouth or other-shaped opening.
  • the hollow bottle is tilted to dispense the product out of the mouth.
  • the granular product will dispense either slowly or quickly—the greater the angle, the more quickly the granular product is dispensed.
  • the present invention relates to a package for dispensing a granular product having a first hollow body member, a second hollow body member, and a pouring spout.
  • the first hollow body member has a first exterior surface and opposite therefrom a first interior surface which defines a first internal volume.
  • the second hollow body member has a second exterior surface, a second interior surface, a flow-regulating passage, and a dispensing passage separate from the flow-regulating passage.
  • the second exterior surface defines a second external volume smaller than the first internal volume. Opposite the second exterior surface, the second hollow interior surface defines a second internal volume.
  • the pouring spout is operatively connected to the dispensing passage.
  • the package When the first internal volume is at least about 50% full of a granular product, the package may be tilted for dispensing at a dispensing angle which causes the granular product to flow from the first internal volume through the flow-regulating passage into the second internal volume and from the second internal volume through the dispensing passage out of the package.
  • the flow rate is measured and calculated at dispensing angles of 120°, 150° and 180°, the standard deviation is less than about 30% of the average flow rate for each dispensing angle.
  • the package of the present invention can dispense a granular product at substantially the same average rate, over a large range of dispensing angles. This in turn makes the package easier and more convenient to accurately dispense the correct amount of the granular product, especially for the young and the elderly.
  • the flow-regulating passage may keep the granular particles accurately flowing to the targeted location more accurately, by preventing sudden “avalanches” within the first internal volume from disrupting the orderly and accurate flow of the granular particles out of the dispensing passage.
  • the package herein accurately pours to a specific location.
  • FIG. 1 is a cut-away side view of an embodiment of the package of the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is a cut-away side view of an embodiment of the package of the present invention during dispensing
  • FIG. 3 is a partial cut-away side view of a comparative package
  • FIG. 4 is a close-up side view of an embodiment of a second hollow body member.
  • the present invention comprises a package for dispensing a granular product such as for example, a granular food, a granular detergent, chemicals, etc.
  • a granular product such as for example, a granular food, a granular detergent, chemicals, etc.
  • the granular product is selected from the group consisting of salt, flour, baking soda, baking powder, sugar, and a mixture thereof.
  • the granular detergent is selected from the group consisting of a laundry detergent composition, an autodishwash composition, a disinfecting composition, a cleaning composition, a personal cleansing composition, and a mixture thereof.
  • the granular product should be a free-flowing granular product.
  • the granular product has an approximately regular shape, preferably a regular shape, such as a sphere, a crystal, a cube, etc. Without intending to be limited by theory, it is believed that typically, the more regular the shape of the particles in the granular product, the better the free-flowing properties of the granular product.
  • the granular product has an average particle diameter, which is the number average particle diameter which can be calculated by methods known in the art, and where the particle diameter is defined as the straight distance between the two farthest points on an individual particle.
  • the granular product has an average particle size and a standard deviation of less than about 30% of the average flow rate, or from about 0% to about 30% of the average flow rate.
  • FIG. 1 shows a cut-away side view of a package, 100 , having a first hollow body member, 110 , having a first exterior surface, 112 , and a first interior surface, 114 , opposite the first exterior surface, 112 .
  • the first interior surface, 114 defines a first internal volume, 116 , which is further bounded by the mouth, 118 , which is formed where the first exterior surface, 112 , meets the first interior surface, 114 .
  • the first internal volume, 116 ends at the plane formed by the mouth, 118 .
  • the mouth, 118 is a package bottom, 120 , which in FIG. 1 is flat so as to allow the package, 100 , to stably rest.
  • FIG. 1 also shows a second hollow body member, 122 , which in this embodiment is distinct from the first hollow body member, 110 .
  • the second hollow body member, 122 has a second exterior surface, 124 , which defines a second external volume, 126 , which is smaller than the first internal volume, 116 . In an embodiment herein, the second external volume is less than about 50% of the first internal volume.
  • the second hollow body member, 122 also has a second interior surface, 128 , opposite the second exterior surface, 124 .
  • the second interior surface defines a second internal volume, 130 . In an embodiment herein, the second internal volume is from about 1% to about 25% of the first internal volume.
  • the second internal volume is from about 2% to about 15% of the first internal volume.
  • the second hollow body member, 122 contains a flow-regulating passage, 132 , which leads from the second exterior surface, 124 to the second interior surface, 128 .
  • Distal and separate from the flow-regulating passage, 132 is a dispensing passage, 134 , that leads from the second interior surface, 128 , to the second exterior surface, 124 .
  • the package and/or any portion thereof may be formed of a variety materials such as a plastic or polymers, rubber, glass, metal, wood, or a combination thereof.
  • An embodiment of the package and/or container includes rubber, plastic, polyester, and a combination thereof, and another embodiment includes polyethylene, polypropylene, polyethylene terephthalate, polypropylene terephthalate, polycarbonate, polystyrene, ethyl vinyl alcohol, thermoplastic elastomer, or a combination thereof.
  • Flexible package and/or container parts preferably contain at least a portion of thermoplastic elastomer. Textured surfaces may also be employed so as to enhance gripping and/or friction, if desired.
  • Preferred production processes are blow molding, injection molding, vacuum forming, thermoforming, casting, stereo lithography, selective laser scintering, any rapid prototyping technology, and a combination thereof.
  • the various individual package and/or portions thereof may be formed with different materials, and/or by different processes, as desired.
  • Optional, but preferred characteristics of the package material include color, tinting, UV blocking agents, translucency, transparency, or opaqueness.
  • Examples of the UV blocking agent useful herein include titanium dioxide, benzophenone, hydroxy-benzophenone, benzotriazole, and a mixture thereof.
  • UV blocking agents are commonly available from, for example, Sumitomo Chemical, Tokyo Japan; Kyodo Chemical, Tokyo Japan; Asahi Denka, Tokyo Japan; Ciba Giegy, Tokyo Japan; and others.
  • An embodiment of the package is transparent or translucent and optionally contains a UV blocking agent to absorb, reflect, or otherwise reduce the amount of UV light penetrating the container to reach the granular product so as to thereby reduce possible UV damage thereto, fading of the product color, especially if colored speckles are present, and/or yellowing of the granular product caused by exposure to UV radiation.
  • Other optional characteristics of the package material include easy formation to the desired shape(s), resistance to the product and the applicable pH ranges, temperature, durability, coloration, coatings and/or resiliency.
  • the package material should be resistant to damage and deformation at temperatures from about ⁇ 10° C. to about 90° C.
  • the package may be sized to hold whatever volume is desirable.
  • the first internal volume is from about 0.5 mL to about 10 L, or from about 1 mL to about 5 L.
  • the first internal volume is from about 150 mL to about 3 L or from about 200 mL to about 1 L.
  • the second exterior surface, 124 is affixed to the mouth, 118 , via an adhesive, 136 .
  • the second exterior surface may also be affixed to the mouth by, for example, a pressure seal, an adhesive seal, a locking closure, a screw-type closure, a snap-fit closure, a heat seal, an ultrasonic seal, and/or a plug-seal and may optionally be air-tight and/or water-tight as desired for example, to prevent oxidation of the granular product, absorption of moisture from the air, and/or water damage to the granular product.
  • the second exterior surface is removably affixed to the mouth. Also in FIG.
  • the dispensing passage, 132 is bounded by an edge, 138 , at the second exterior surface, 124 .
  • the edge, 138 is affixed to the mouth, 118 , so that a majority of the second hollow body member, 122 , is contained within the first internal volume, 116 , but this not need be the case.
  • the second hollow body member need only be at least partially within the first internal volume.
  • a pouring spout, 140 which helps direct the granular product when the package, 100 , is tilted for dispensing (see FIG. 2 .).
  • the second hollow body member, 122 has a base, 142 , opposite the dispensing passage, 134 .
  • the flow-regulating passage, 132 extends from near the mouth, 118 , to the base, 142 .
  • the base, 142 is slanted towards the flow-regulating passage, 132 , so that when the package, 100 , is placed flat on the package bottom, 120 , granular product which remains in the second internal volume, 130 , will flow back through the flow-regulating passage, 132 , and into the first internal volume, 116 .
  • FIG. 2 shows a cut-away side view of the package, 100 , of the present invention tilted during dispensing.
  • a line, A-A drawn perpendicular to the package bottom (not shown in FIG. 2 ) and in FIG. 2 , line A-A is also perpendicular to the plane formed by the mouth, 118 , forms a dispensing angle, a, with a vertical line, B-B, drawn perpendicular to the ground.
  • the package, 100 contains the granular product, 144 , and is tilted to a dispensing angle, a, of about 150°, the granular product, 144 , flows from the first internal volume, 116 through the flow-regulating passage, 132 , into the second internal volume, 130 , as indicated by arrow C.
  • the granular product, 144 then flows from the second internal volume, 130 , through the dispensing passage, 134 , and off of the pouring spout, 140 , as indicated by arrow D, and into the cap, 146 .
  • the cap, 146 has a dosing device, 148 , and a measuring indicator, 150 , to advise the user how much of the granular product, 144 , to dose. Since the granular product flows out of the second internal volume and therefore the pouring spout at a substantially constant rate, it is easy to accurately measure and dose the granular product. Furthermore, in the embodiment of FIG.
  • the flow-regulating passage, 132 extends from near the mouth, 118 to the base, 142 , so that at a given dispensing angle of, for example, 150°, substantially all of the granular product, 144 , will flow out of the first internal volume, 116 , through the flow-regulating passage, 132 , into the second internal volume, 130 , and out of the dispensing passage, 134 .
  • the base, 142 is flat and defines the imaginary line E-E.
  • the mouth, 118 also defines the imaginary line F-F.
  • a base angle, y is formed by the intersection of imaginary lines E-E and F-F.
  • FIG. 3 shows a partial cut-away side view of a comparative package, 200 , for dispensing a granular product with a pouring hole, 210 , and an inclined plane, 212 , to the interior of the pouring hole, 210 .
  • the comparative package, 200 is tilted at various degrees from about 100° to about 180°, the granular product therein flows out of the pouring hole, 210 , at dramatically different rates.
  • FIG. 4 shows a close-up side view of a second hollow body member, 122 , and the flow-regulating passage, 132 , therein.
  • the flow-regulating passage, 132 extends from the base, 142 , to almost to the edge, 138 .
  • the flow-regulating passage, 132 has a width, ⁇ , which is defined as the widest part of the flow-regulating passage, and is substantially wider than the average particle diameter of the granular product.
  • the width extends from near the mouth to the base. In an embodiment herein, the width is adjacent to the mouth. In another embodiment herein, the width is near the base.
  • the width is at least about 5 times wider than the average particle diameter, or from about 5 times to about 1,000 times wider than the average particle diameter, or from about 10 times to about 100 times wider than the average particle diameter. Without being limited by theory, it is believed that such a wide flow-regulating passage will enhance the free-flow properties of the granular product.
  • the phrase “average rate” describes the rate at which the granular product flows from the dispensing passage when the dispensing angle is about 150°.
  • the first internal volume is filled with a predetermined volume, typically at least 50%, preferably 90% of the granular product.
  • the package is tilted to a dispensing angle of 150° for a period of 5 seconds, and the volume of beads which flow out of the dispensing passage during this time is collected and measured by weight, and the flow rate per second is calculated by dividing the weight by 5 seconds.
  • the weight is divided by amount of time required for the granular product to stop flowing/completely empty from the package.
  • the flow rate is measured and calculated 5 times. From these 5 calculated flow rates the average flow rate, standard deviation, and standard deviation as a percentage of the flow rate are calculated.
  • the term “substantially constant rate”, indicates that when the dispensing angle is measured at dispensing angles of 120°, 150°, and 180°, the granular product continuously flows out of the package at the average rate where the standard deviation for each dispensing angle is less than about 30% of the average flow rate, or from about 0% to about 30% of the average flow rate. To determine whether or not the flow rate has these characteristics, the above flow rate test method is also conducted at a dispensing angle of 120° and a dispensing angle of 180°, instead of a dispensing angle of 150°.
  • the package of FIGS. 1 and 2 is formed from blow-molded polyethylene terephthalate, containing 0.01% by weight of a UV blocker . . . .
  • the first internal volume is about 550 mL and the distinct and separately-formed second internal volume is about 65 mL.
  • the mouth is round and has a diameter of 4 cm, and the second hollow body member has a snap-fit closure which forms an airtight seal with the mouth.
  • the flow-regulating passage has a width of 14 mm and the base angle is about 15°.
  • the granular product flows out of the dispensing passage and therefore the pouring spout where the standard deviation for each dispensing angle is as follows:
  • the package is packed with a granular laundry detergent having an average particle diameter of about 400 ⁇ . . .
  • the pouring spout indicates the right direction of tipping for better product pouring with reduced spillage.
  • the bottom of the base has a concave outside to guide product in bottle to the flow-restriction passage to further improve product flow.
  • the first hollow body member is formed from extrusion blow molded or injection blow molded polypropylene, while the cap is made from injection molded polypropylene.
  • the second hollow body member is formed form injection molded polyethylene.

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