US20090194537A1 - Container for beverages and method for filling of such container - Google Patents

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US20090194537A1
US20090194537A1 US11/658,947 US65894705A US2009194537A1 US 20090194537 A1 US20090194537 A1 US 20090194537A1 US 65894705 A US65894705 A US 65894705A US 2009194537 A1 US2009194537 A1 US 2009194537A1
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Bocus Milziade
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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
    • B65D1/22—Boxes or like containers with side walls of substantial depth for enclosing contents
    • B65D1/26—Thin-walled containers, e.g. formed by deep-drawing operations
    • B65D1/265—Drinking cups
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B55/00—Preserving, protecting or purifying packages or package contents in association with packaging
    • B65B55/02—Sterilising, e.g. of complete packages
    • B65B55/027—Packaging in aseptic chambers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B55/00—Preserving, protecting or purifying packages or package contents in association with packaging
    • B65B55/02—Sterilising, e.g. of complete packages
    • B65B55/04—Sterilising wrappers or receptacles prior to, or during, packaging
    • B65B55/10—Sterilising wrappers or receptacles prior to, or during, packaging by liquids or gases
    • 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
    • B65D25/00—Details of other kinds or types of rigid or semi-rigid containers
    • B65D25/20—External fittings
    • B65D25/24—External fittings for spacing bases of containers from supporting surfaces, e.g. legs
    • 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
    • B29C2791/00—Shaping characteristics in general
    • B29C2791/001—Shaping in several steps
    • 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
    • B29C2949/00—Indexing scheme relating to blow-moulding
    • B29C2949/07—Preforms or parisons characterised by their configuration
    • B29C2949/0715—Preforms or parisons characterised by their configuration the preform having one end closed
    • 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
    • B29C49/00—Blow-moulding, i.e. blowing a preform or parison to a desired shape within a mould; Apparatus therefor
    • B29C49/02—Combined blow-moulding and manufacture of the preform or the parison
    • B29C49/06—Injection blow-moulding
    • 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
    • B29C65/00—Joining or sealing of preformed parts, e.g. welding of plastics materials; Apparatus therefor
    • 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
    • B29L2031/712—Containers; Packaging elements or accessories, Packages
    • B29L2031/7132—Bowls, Cups, Glasses

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  • the present invention refers to a container for beverages and a method for filling such container.
  • Containers currently used for the sale of beverages such as water, wine and other alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages are mainly composed of cans, glass bottles and/or plastic bottles.
  • Said forms should also be far more practical to use, and should be lighter in weight when empty, in order to be advantageous for handling and transport costs.
  • Containers used for water and other non-alcoholic beverages are normally made from plastic; the plastic used is generally a type of polymer, known by the term PET (“polyethyleneterephtalate”) whose main characteristic is the fact that it is perfectly transparent and able to resist mechanical stress of liquids containing pressurised gas.
  • PET polyethyleneterephtalate
  • PET belongs to the molecular category of polyesters, in other words, polymers that are initially extruded in the form of a fibre, widely used in the Seventies for manufacturing clothing of all types ranging from shirts to socks and stockings and padded jackets, etc.
  • PET can be used alone or associated and blended in suitable percentages with other similar and compatible polymers such as PEN (“polyethylene-naphthenate”), PETG (“polyethylene terephtalate glycol”) and other similar products.
  • PEN polyethylene-naphthenate
  • PETG polyethylene terephtalate glycol
  • the present invention intends proposing a totally innovative product that can be manufactured with the aforesaid PET and/or PET/PEN and/or blends, similar and or various derivatives.
  • the object of the present invention is to realise a container for beverages having the characteristics of a recipient in the characteristic glass form, hermetically closed at the top and ready for use.
  • Another object of the invention is to realise a container for beverages that avoids the use of both a bottle and a glass and that permit the user to consume only the required amount of beverage at the moment it is needed.
  • Another object of the present invention is to realise a container for beverages that permits the user to drink directly from the container without having to gulp or swallow, but on the contrary, that permits the user to drink the contents in the same manner as when using a traditional glass tumbler.
  • a further object of the present invention is to realise a container for beverages that is extremely light in weight, transparent, airtight, biodegradable, impact-resistant, and whose contents remain absolutely uncontaminated.
  • the invention consists in a container for beverages such as mineral water, naturally fermented wine, fruit juices, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, gaseous or non-gaseous beverages, which is produced by a blow-molding technique, closed with a hermetic cap, produced by thermoplastic injection and applied to the top of the container.
  • beverages such as mineral water, naturally fermented wine, fruit juices, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, gaseous or non-gaseous beverages, which is produced by a blow-molding technique, closed with a hermetic cap, produced by thermoplastic injection and applied to the top of the container.
  • the cap is completely hermetic, and for this reason it is possible to realise containers for sparkling and bubbling wines, the so-called “spumante”, which already at room temperature can reach high internal pressure that varies between 1.5-2 bar to 3-3.5 bar.
  • the container according to the invention preferably foresees two types of preferable contents (in absence of the liquid to be drunk), i.e. 100 cc and 187.5 cc.
  • a container having the aforesaid characteristics is conceived to be realised using blow-molding techniques and can be constructed in a single piece, or in two pieces in the case where the stem is designed for separate production and application.
  • the container is realised in a plastic material, and preferably in PET, because of its specific hard-wearing, light-weight, perfectly transparent, and air-tight characteristics as well as its high level of chemical inertia towards other food products, and the fact that it can be totally recycled; PET can be transformed using a number of different techniques such as blow-molding, injection or extrusion.
  • the wide diameter of the opening larger than that of normal bottles on the market, whether this refers to 1 litre, half-litre or quarter-litre capacity bottles, as well as single portion content, gives the container according to the invention, unique and practical characteristics never proposed before.
  • the container permits the elimination of the glass tumblers, and provides an extra function, as well as a considerable economical saving since it eliminates the purchase, and management (washing, drying and replacement of broken tumblers) of glass tumblers.
  • a container according to the invention results as being very important for other daily uses, both in bars and at home, since it permits the user to drink a portion of water, wine or some other gaseous or natural, alcoholic or non-alcoholic beverage which is perfectly fresh exactly as when it is served from a freshly bottle.
  • FIGS. 1-4 show a series of sequential steps of the production process for containers for beverages according to the present invention
  • FIG. 5 shows a first embodiment of the container for beverages according to the invention
  • FIG. 6 shows an opening mode of the container for beverages shown in FIG. 5 according to the present invention
  • FIG. 7 shows a variant of the embodiment of the container for beverages shown in FIG. 5 according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 8 shows a motorised rotating installation layout for filling the containers for beverages shown in FIGS. 5 and 7 according to the present invention.
  • FIGS. 1-4 show a schematic layout of the production process of a body having a hollow interior (as in the case of the beverage container according to the invention) using the blow-molding technique
  • the initial step of the blow-molding process ( FIG. 1 ) consists in the preliminary manufacturing, by means of thermoplastic injection cycle inside the mold 2 , employing a dryer 10 , a hopper 11 , and an injection screw 12 , of the initial parison 1 referred to in technical language as preformed item.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates the insertion by means of a blow-molding action of the preformed item 1 into the mold 2 , wherein, suitable temperatures and high pressure gas inputs swell the preformed item 1 , pushing it strongly against the walls 13 of the mold 2 , so that it assumes the form of the internal mold shape.
  • FIG. 3 shows the two main parts that make up the preformed item 1 : the neck 3 , rigid and threaded, not destined for blow-molding, and the cylindrical body 4 destined for blow-molding.
  • the neck 3 is the part of the preformed item 1 which is not subject to any transformation during the blow-molding process, and on which is then applied the screw top cap 5 for closure.
  • the cap 5 is produced separately by means of a thermoplastic injection cycle, and is a fundamental part of the container or recipient 6 according to the invention, since it must ensure the perfect sealing of the container over a long period of time, also and above all when said recipient 6 contains a gas (carbon dioxide), as in the case of effervescent mineral waters, sparkling or “bubbly” wines or fizzy drinks.
  • a gas carbon dioxide
  • the cap 5 can be produced in any form and material, and its opening and closing system can also be differed (with pull-off strip, with rotating seal-break action, with screw-opening action, etc.) in such a way to comply with the type of product contained in the container 6 .
  • FIG. 4 shows the last step of the production cycle for blow-molding, wherein the blow mold 2 is opened and the finished container 6 is extracted.
  • FIG. 5 shows in particular, a container for beverages 6 according to the present invention, in a “three-part” configuration, composed of a stem 21 , a blow-molded central body or cup 22 , and a cap 23 .
  • the means 24 for attachment to the stem 21 while at the top, are the base 27 for the rest of the cap 23 , the interference lines 25 , realised to maintain the locking ring 29 of the cap 23 in position during the opening step of the cap 23 , so that the cap can separate through the rupture of the rupture line 28 , and the threading 26 useful for the screwing of cap 23 .
  • FIG. 6 refers to the “three-part” configuration ( FIG. 5 ) of container 6 according to the invention, and shows a preferred opening mode for container 6 .
  • cap 23 includes a locking ring 30 , which remains in position on container 6 during the opening action of cap 23 , and an upper body 31 that can be separated along the dotted rupture line 32 .
  • the opening 36 of the container 6 also presents a fairly large diameter (equal to or over 36 mm) and is realised in a manner so that the distance between the opening and the threading 26 is equal to or larger than 0.5 cm, so that the mouth of the final user is not irritated by the threading 26 while drinking.
  • FIG. 7 shows the beverage container 6 according to the invention in a “two-part” configuration, having a body 33 , realised using the blow-molding technique, representing the cup 22 and a stem 21 , and a cap 23 complete with the locking ring 30 and rupture join 32 .
  • the opening 36 has a fairly wide diameter (equal to or larger than 36 mm) and is realised so that the distance between the opening and the threading 26 is equal to or larger than 0.5 cm, so that the mouth of the final user is not irritated by said threading 26 while drinking.
  • FIG. 8 shows a motorised rotating installation for loading empty containers 6 , which travel according to a circular path inside a chamber 39 , comprising the washing and sterilising section 14 , the filling section 34 , and the sealing section 35 .
  • the chamber 39 is filled with sterile air obtained through the filtration of atmospheric air blown by the fans 15 through diffusion filters 37 , which, being equipped with cells having a diameter of 0.2 microns, are able to block even the smallest bacteria which have a diameter of 0.45 microns.

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ITPN2004A000054 2004-08-02
ITPN20040054 ITPN20040054A1 (it) 2004-08-02 2004-08-02 Bicchiere in plastica soffiata - completo di dispositivo di chiusura ermetica - per vini a fermentazione naturale e/o per vini additivati di anidride carbonica e procedura di riempimento
ITPN2005A000022 2005-04-12
ITPN20050022 ITPN20050022A1 (it) 2005-04-12 2005-04-12 Bicchiere in plastica soffiata - completo di dispositivo di chiusura ermetica - per acque minerali
PCT/IB2005/002276 WO2006016232A2 (en) 2004-08-02 2005-08-02 Container for beverages and method for filling of such container

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