US20190135476A1 - Polymeric spirits container - Google Patents

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US20190135476A1
US20190135476A1 US16/096,015 US201616096015A US2019135476A1 US 20190135476 A1 US20190135476 A1 US 20190135476A1 US 201616096015 A US201616096015 A US 201616096015A US 2019135476 A1 US2019135476 A1 US 2019135476A1
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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
    • B65D1/0207—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
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    • 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
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    • B65D1/0246—Closure retaining means, e.g. beads, screw-threads
    • 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
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    • B65D85/72—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for materials not otherwise provided for for edible or potable liquids, semiliquids, or plastic or pasty materials
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C08—ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON
    • C08L—COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS
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    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • B65B3/00—Packaging plastic material, semiliquids, liquids or mixed solids and liquids, in individual containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, or jars
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    • 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
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    • B65B7/28—Closing semi-rigid or rigid containers or receptacles not deformed by, or not taking-up shape of, contents, e.g. boxes or cartons by applying separate preformed closures, e.g. lids, covers
    • B65B7/2835—Closing semi-rigid or rigid containers or receptacles not deformed by, or not taking-up shape of, contents, e.g. boxes or cartons by applying separate preformed closures, e.g. lids, covers applying and rotating preformed threaded caps

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  • the present disclosure relates to a polymeric container configured to store spirits, drink mixers, or other liquids for use at a bar.
  • glass spirits containers While current glass spirits containers are suitable for their intended use, they are subject to improvement. For example, glass spirits containers are undesirably heavy, subject to shattering, and costly to ship. Furthermore, glass spirits containers of different capacities, such as 750 ml and 1 ml, cannot be filled with the same equipment due to their different exterior dimensions, such as different diameters, and undesirably require different pour spouts having different diameters.
  • the filling line must be shut down and reconfigured to accommodate the 1 L containers, which causes fillers to lose valuable machine operating time, and adds to production costs.
  • the present teachings advantageously provide for polymeric spirits and mixer containers that address the aforementioned needs and shortcomings in the art, as well as numerous others.
  • PET containers are being used more than ever to package numerous commodities previously supplied in glass containers.
  • PET is a crystallizable polymer, meaning that it is available in an amorphous form or a semi-crystalline form.
  • the ability of a PET container to maintain its material integrity relates to the percentage of the PET container in crystalline form, also known as the “crystallinity” of the PET container.
  • the following equation defines the percentage of crystallinity as a volume fraction:
  • ⁇ is the density of the PET material
  • ⁇ a is the density of pure amorphous PET material (1.333 g/cc)
  • ⁇ c is the density of pure crystalline material (1.455 g/cc).
  • Container manufacturers use mechanical processing and thermal processing to increase the PET polymer crystallinity of a container.
  • Mechanical processing involves orienting the amorphous material to achieve strain hardening. This processing commonly involves stretching an injection molded PET preform along a longitudinal axis and expanding the PET preform along a transverse or radial axis to form a PET container. The combination promotes what manufacturers define as biaxial orientation of the molecular structure in the container.
  • Manufacturers of PET containers currently use mechanical processing to produce PET containers having approximately 20% crystallinity in the container's sidewall.
  • Thermal processing involves heating the material (either amorphous or semi-crystalline) to promote crystal growth.
  • thermal processing of PET material results in a spherulitic morphology that interferes with the transmission of light. In other words, the resulting crystalline material is opaque, and thus, generally undesirable.
  • thermal processing results in higher crystallinity and excellent clarity for those portions of the container having a biaxial molecular orientation.
  • the present teachings provide for a container configured to store spirits or mixers for spirits.
  • the container is made of a polymeric material and has a capacity of at least one liter.
  • a finish of the container and a maximum outer diameter of the container are dimensioned to permit the container to be filled with equipment configured to fill 750 ml glass spirits containers.
  • FIG. 1 is a side view of a polymeric container, such as for spirits or drink mixers, according to the present teachings;
  • FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a finish of the container of FIG. 1 ;
  • FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of area 3 of FIG. 1 showing a sidewall of the container of FIG. 1 ;
  • FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the container of FIG. 1 modified to include flutes at a shoulder portion of the container.
  • a polymeric container according to the present teachings is generally illustrated at reference numeral 10 .
  • the container 10 can store any suitable product, such as any suitable liquid product.
  • the container 10 is particularly configured to store spirits or drink mixers, and is particularly suited for bar use.
  • the container 10 is a round container having a capacity of at least 1 L, but can have any other suitable shape, such as any suitable shape to accommodate filling equipment used to fill the container 10 , such as filling equipment used to fill smaller 750 ml capacity glass containers as described herein.
  • the container 10 can be formed to have any suitable capacity, such as a capacity greater than 750 ml.
  • the container 10 can be configured to have a capacity of at least 1 liter, such as 1 liter or about 1 liter, or 1.14 liters or about 1.14 liters, or up to 1.75 liters or about 1.75 liters.
  • the container 10 can be made of any suitable material, such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET), low-density polyethylene (LDPE), high-density polyethylene (HDPE), polypropylene (PP), or polystyrene (PS).
  • PET polyethylene terephthalate
  • LDPE low-density polyethylene
  • HDPE high-density polyethylene
  • PP polypropylene
  • PS polystyrene
  • the container 10 can be formed in any suitable manner, such as with any suitable blow-molding process, for example.
  • the container 10 generally includes a first end 12 and a second end 14 , which is opposite to the first end 12 .
  • a finish 20 At the first end 12 is a finish 20 , which defines an opening 22 of the container 10 through which contents of the container 10 can be loaded into the container 10 , or dispensed from within the container 10 .
  • a longitudinal axis A of the container 10 extends through a radial center of the opening 22 .
  • Extending outward from an outer surface of the finish 20 are threads 24 .
  • the threads 24 are configured in any suitable manner to cooperate with any suitable closure such as a 28 mm closure, which when in cooperation with the threads 24 will extend across the opening 22 to close and seal the opening 22 .
  • a flange 26 extends outward from the container 10 , and can be configured to support a preform of the container 10 in a mold during blow-molding of the container 10 .
  • the finish 20 can be configured in any suitable manner to cooperate with any suitable closure, such as a short closure, a tall closure, a roll-on pilfer proof (ROPP) closure, a swing-top closure, or a bar-top closure, or any other custom closure.
  • any suitable closure such as a short closure, a tall closure, a roll-on pilfer proof (ROPP) closure, a swing-top closure, or a bar-top closure, or any other custom closure.
  • ROPP roll-on pilfer proof
  • the neck 30 extends along the longitudinal axis A of the container 10 , and generally tapers outward from the longitudinal axis A as the neck 30 extends from the finish 20 to a shoulder 40 of the container 10 .
  • the neck 30 is most narrow proximate to the finish 20 , and widest proximate to the shoulder 40 .
  • the shoulder 40 tapers outward from the longitudinal axis A as the shoulder 40 extends from the neck 30 to a body 50 of the container 10 .
  • the shoulder 40 can include a smooth surface 42 as illustrated in FIG. 1 , or a fluted surface 44 as illustrated in FIG. 4 , or any other customized surface or shape.
  • the shoulder 40 is most narrow proximate to the neck 30 , and is widest proximate to the body 50 .
  • the body 50 extends from the shoulder 40 to a base 60 of the container 10 .
  • the body 50 includes an outer wall 52 , which defines a portion of an internal volume 70 of the container 10 .
  • the outer wall 52 is generally circular.
  • the base 60 includes a standing surface 62 at the second end 14 , which is configured to support the container 10 in an upright position when the container 10 is seated on a suitably flat surface.
  • the base 60 can be any suitable type of base.
  • any suitable rigid base can be used, such as any suitable non-vacuum absorbing base.
  • the container 10 is dimensioned such that even though it has a capacity of 1 liter or more, such as 1 liter or 1.14 liters, the container 10 can be filled with equipment configured to fill standard 750 ml glass spirits containers.
  • the container 10 has a maximum outer diameter D M that is the same as, or generally the same as, 750 ml spirits containers.
  • the maximum outer diameter D M is between 2.5 inches, or about 2.5 inches, to 3.5 inches, or about 3.5 inches. In particular, the maximum outer diameter D M is about 3.1 inches, such as 3.115 inches.
  • the container 10 also has a total height H T as measured between the first and second ends 12 and 14 that is less than 13 inches so as to allow the container 10 to be seated on shelves configured to accommodate standard 750 ml spirits containers.
  • Having a total height H T of less than 13 inches also advantageously allows the container 10 to be filled by filling equipment configured to fill 750 ml spirits containers.
  • the container 10 can have any suitable height less than 13 inches or less than 12.8 inches, such as a total height H T of 12.3 inches, or about 12.3 inches.
  • the container 10 has a total height H T that is 4 times greater than, or about 4 times greater than, the maximum outer diameter D M .
  • the container 10 is further dimensioned with a base and body height H B measured from the second end 14 to where the body 50 meets the shoulder 40 .
  • the height H B can be any suitable height, such as 7.7 inches, or about 7.7 inches.
  • the total height H T of the container 10 is about 1.6 times greater than the height H B .
  • the body 50 includes a label portion 54 to which a container label is typically affixed.
  • the label portion 54 has a length L L of between about 5 inches to about 6 inches, or 6.2 inches, or about 6.2 inches, or any other suitable length.
  • the finish 20 has a diameter D F of 0.98 inches, or about 1.0 inches, as measured at the outside edges of the first end 12 .
  • the finish 20 has an inner diameter D I of 0.65′′ to 0.85′′.
  • the inner diameter D I proximate to the opening 22 can be 0.775 inches, or about 0.78 inches.
  • the finish 20 has an inner surface 28 that tapers inward towards the longitudinal axis A as the finish 20 extends from the first end 12 towards the neck 30 .
  • the finish 20 is configured to accommodate a pour spout to facilitate pouring contents out from within the container 10 .
  • the pour spout can be any pour spout configured for use with a 750 ml glass spirits container.
  • the finish 20 and particularly the inner surface 28 at the inner diameter D I , is dimensioned, shaped, and generally configured to accommodate a pour spout dimensioned for use with any suitable prior art 750 ml glass spirits container.
  • the neck 30 has a length N L extending parallel to the longitudinal axis A.
  • the length N L extends from where the neck 30 transitions to the shoulder 40 , to where the neck 30 transitions to the finish 20 , just below the flange 26 .
  • the neck length N L can be any suitable length, such as 2.3 inches, or about 2.3 inches.
  • the neck 30 can have a length N L configured to accommodate any suitable spirits or drink mixer label.
  • the neck length N L of the neck 30 as well as the slope of the shoulder 40 , can be varied to provide the container 10 with any desirable shape, such as a shape corresponding to a glass bottle that the particular spirit or drink mixer is typically sold in.
  • the outer wall 52 of the container 10 can have any suitable thickness.
  • the outer wall 52 can have a wall thickness T W of about 0.01 inches to about 0.05 inches.
  • the wall thickness T W is less than a glass container wall thickness, thereby advantageously providing the container 10 with additional volume capacity without having to increase the maximum diameter D M , and only minimally increasing the total height H T .
  • the height H B can be minimally increased as compared to 750 ml glass containers, thereby increasing the internal volume 70 at the body 50 .
  • the container 10 is about 80% lighter than similarly sized glass containers. As a result, the container 10 is advantageously less costly to ship as compared to glass containers, often times resulting in a 20% cost savings per truckload.
  • the container 10 can have any suitable unfilled weight, such as between about 50 grams and about 90 grams. For example, the container 10 can have an unfilled weight of 79 grams, or about 79 grams.
  • the container 10 is advantageously shatter resistant. Thus the container 10 will not shatter or break during filling, which results in less material waste and increased filling efficiencies. In contrast, about 1% to 5% of glass containers break during the filling process, which results in wasted material and lost production time because the production line must be shut down each time a container breaks to clean up the broken glass and spilled contents.
  • polymeric container will not break, there is no need to separate neighboring containers by a divider or a partition when being shipped or stored.
  • multiple polymeric containers 10 can be positioned closer together, and may abut one another, thereby allowing additional containers to be loaded onto each truck, effectively increasing the container capacity of each truck. Eliminating the divider between containers further reduces shipping costs because there is no need to spend money on dividers.
  • the dimensions of the container 10 set forth above advantageously allow the container 10 to be run through a glass bottling line configured to fill 750 ml glass containers so that the container 10 can be filled by existing equipment, and so that a line filling 750 ml glass containers need not be shut down and significantly reconfigured to accommodate larger containers of 1 liter or more, as is currently the case, which undesirably increases manufacturing costs.
  • Example embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough, and will fully convey the scope to those who are skilled in the art. Numerous specific details are set forth such as examples of specific components, devices, and methods, to provide a thorough understanding of embodiments of the present disclosure. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that specific details need not be employed, that example embodiments may be embodied in many different forms and that neither should be construed to limit the scope of the disclosure. In some example embodiments, well-known processes, well-known device structures, and well-known technologies are not described in detail.
  • first, second, third, etc. may be used herein to describe various elements, components, regions, layers and/or sections, these elements, components, regions, layers and/or sections should not be limited by these terms. These terms may be only used to distinguish one element, component, region, layer or section from another region, layer or section. Terms such as “first,” “second,” and other numerical terms when used herein do not imply a sequence or order unless clearly indicated by the context. Thus, a first element, component, region, layer or section discussed below could be termed a second element, component, region, layer or section without departing from the teachings of the example embodiments.
  • Spatially relative terms such as “inner,” “outer,” “beneath,” “below,” “lower,” “above,” “upper,” and the like, may be used herein for ease of description to describe one element or feature's relationship to another element(s) or feature(s) as illustrated in the figures. Spatially relative terms may be intended to encompass different orientations of the device in use or operation in addition to the orientation depicted in the figures. For example, if the device in the figures is turned over, elements described as “below” or “beneath” other elements or features would then be oriented “above” the other elements or features. Thus, the example term “below” can encompass both an orientation of above and below. The device may be otherwise oriented (rotated 90 degrees or at other orientations) and the spatially relative descriptors used herein interpreted accordingly.
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