WO1996033063A1 - Container with integral handle, preform and method of manufacture - Google Patents
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- This invention relates to a preform from which a container such as a PET container can be blown and more particularly to a preform and a container formed therefrom that has an integral handle.
- Injection-stretch-blow moulding is a process in which the parison is stretched both axially and radially, resulting in biaxial orientation.
- Biaxial orientation provides increased tensile strength (top load) , less permeation due to tighter alignment of the molecules, and improved drop impact, clarity, and lightweighting of the container.
- thermoplastics can be oriented.
- the major thermoplastics used are polyethylene terephthalate (PET) , polyacrylonitrile (PAN) , polyvinyl chloride (PVC) , and polypropylene (PP) .
- PET is by far the largest volume material, followed by PVC, PP, and PAN.
- amorphous materials e.g. , PET
- thermoplasticity are easier to stretch-blow than the partially crystalline types such as PP. Approximate melt and stretch temperatures to yield maximum container properties are:
- Single-stage equipment is capable of processing PVC, PET, and PP.
- the parison Once the parison is formed (either extruded or injection moulded) , it passes through conditioning stations which bring it to the proper orientation temperature.
- the single-stage system allows the process to proceed from raw material to finished product in one machine, but since tooling cannot be easily changed, the process is best suited for dedicated applications and low volumes.
- Oriented PVC containers most commonly are made on single-stage, extrusion-type machines.
- the parison is extruded on either single- or double-head units. Temperature conditioning, stretching, and thread forming are done in a variety of ways depending on the design of the machine. Many of the processes presently in use are proprietary.
- Preforms are first injection moulded, then transferred to a temperature conditioning station, then to the blow moulding operation where the preforms are stretch- blown into bottles, and finally to an eject station.
- a processor does not have to make compromises for preform design and weight, production rates, and bottle quality as he does on single-stage equipment. He can either make or buy preforms. And if he chooses to make them, he can do so in one or more locations suitable to his market. Both high-output machines and low output machines are available.
- Two stage extrusion-type machines generally are used to make oriented PP bottles. In a typical process, preforms are re-extruded, cooled, cut to length, reheated, stretched while the neck finish is being trimmed, and ejected. The two-stage process is the lowest-cost method to produce oriented PET containers.
- a preform for a container comprised of orientable thermoplastic material and arranged so that the resultant blown container will include a handle or like support structure; said preform comprising a moulded structure having a neck portion and an expandable portion below the neck, said neck including a locating ring above the expandable portion and a solid stem of orientable thermoplastics material projecting from the locating ring and moulded integrally therewith which when the container is formed constitutes the handle.
- said stem projects from said locating ring and from a temperature transition zone located immediately below said ring.
- a method of forming a container having an integral handle comprising:
- said stem projects from said locating ring and from a temperature transition zone located immediately below said ring.
- the neck portion and integral handle are subjected to a crystallisation step.
- the blow moulding operation includes supporting the stem whilst the preform is blown in a manner whereby at least a portion of the external side of the tube expands to encircle at least a lower portion of the stem so as to form an enclosed grip portion between the external side and the solid stem.
- the enclosed grip portion allows at least two fingers of the adult human hand to pass therethrough.
- the stem is formed so as to have an I-shaped cross-section at least throughout that portion of the stem where it projects from the external side of said tube.
- the handle may be curved to provide additional strength.
- parison for an injection stretch blow moulding process, said parison formed by an injection process including two separate points of injection.
- a first point of injection permits injection of non-recycled PET or like thermoplastics material.
- a second point of injection permits injection of PET or like thermoplastics material incorporating at least a portion of recycled material.
- said first point of injection is for the formation of that part of the parison which will be stretched during a stretch blow moulding operation on the parison.
- said second point of injection is for the formation of those parts of said parison which will remain unexpanded or substantially unexpanded in a stretch blow moulding operation on said parison.
- a container manufactured from a two stage injection stretch blow moulding process, said container including a graspable handle affixed at at least a first point and a second point to said container so as to form an enclosed area between the handle and the bottle and through which the fingers of a human hand may be passed.
- said first point of connection comprises an integral connection between the handle and the container and is formed in said first step of said two step operation.
- said second point of connection is formed during said second step of said two step operation.
- said handle at said second point of interconnection includes a bulbous portion adapted to be at least partially enfolded by a portion of said container as it is blown during said second step of said two step operation whereby a mechanically interlocked connection is formed at said second point of connection of said handle to said container.
- said bulbous portion comprises one of an upwardly extending hook, a downwardly extending hook, a bulb or a combination of one or more thereof.
- Fig. 1 is a side view of a prior art parison
- Fig. 2 is a side view of a parison incorporating features according to embodiments of the present invention
- Fig. 3 is a partial side elevational view of a blow moulded PET container formed from a preform according to one embodiment of the invention
- Fig. 4 illustrates the steps of formation of a parison according to another embodiment of the invention.
- Fig. 5A is a side view of a preform according to a further embodiment of the invention;
- Fig. 5B is a side view of a container formed from the preform of Fig. 5A.
- Fig. 6 is a side view of a die in open position for manufacture of a preform
- Fig. 7 is the die of Fig. 6 in closed position and Fig. 8 is a side view of the die of Figs. 6 and 7 showing the stem of the preform located therein.
- a container 10 according to an embodiment of the invention is shown in Fig. 3. It includes a neck 11 and an expanded portion 12.
- the neck 11 has a threaded portion 13 and a locating ring 14. Moulded integrally with the ring 14 is a stem 15 having a first portion 15a extending outwardly from the ring 14 and a second portion 15b so inclined to the first portion 15a that it is nearly parallel to a vertical axis of the container 10. In this instance, the first portion 15a subtends an angle of slightly more than 45° to the wall 20 and the second portion subtends an angle of about 20° to the wall 20.
- the particular shape of the stem 15 is selected so that when formed as a handle it may be grasped by fingers of the human hand.
- the stem 15 terminates in a stem end 16 which faces generally downwardly in the general direction of closed end of the container 10.
- the stem 15 is of I-shaped cross- section to combat unwanted effects arising at or near junction 17 of stem 15 with the ring 14 following a blowing operation on the preform 10.
- unwanted effects particularly include stress effects and air inclusions resulting from non-uniform cooling through preform volumes of differing cross-section.
- the preform is made from PET and is prepared utilizing a heated mould.
- the parison or preform 26 (see Fig. 2) according to an embodiment of the invention can be placed in a blow moulding machine (not shown) and blow moulded according to bi-axial orientation blow moulding techniques with the neck 11 being held in a mould in such a way as not to expand.
- the expandable portion of the preform below the neck can be mechanically stretched downwardly to the bottom of the mould and then the bulk of the preform can be blown outwardly by application of compressed air to the extent that a support portion 18 is formed around the stem end 16 such that an enclosed area 19 is formed between wall 20 of the container 10 and the stem 15 in the process of the formation by blow moulding of container 10.
- the enclosed area 19 is of sufficient cross-sectional area to allow at least two fingers of a human hand to be inserted therethrough and to grasp handle 15 so as to support the container 10.
- the blow moulding operation is carried out in such a way so as to provide a bottle or container having optimum strength by achieving biaxial orientation of the molecules of the preferred PET material as well as improved barrier properties to reduce oxidation.
- the neck 11 and handle 15 can be crystallised by over-heating those parts of the preform. The crystallisation of the handle increases its rigidity which assists orientation of the preform and permits the use of less material.
- Crystallisation of the neck and handle can be carried out by running hot oil over the neck and handle, applying an open flame or by blowing hot air.
- the location of the handle 15 on the ring 14 ensures that there is minimum interference to the blow moulding process applied to the remainder of the preform. Either a one stage or two stage process can be used.
- Fig. 1 illustrates the prior art preform or parison 21 of US 4,629,598.
- the concept of this prior art disclosure is to form a handle portion 23 from the locating ring of non-expandable portion 22 of the parison 21.
- this arrangement of Fig. 1 is modified according to the present invention in a number of respects.
- Insets 2A, 2B and 2C show bulbous portions 27 forming part of stem end 16 in the shape, respectively of a downwardly extending hook 24a, a bulb 24b and an upwardly extending hook 24c.
- These portions have in common a shape which is adapted to engage mechanically with a blown portion of the container 10 which is adapted to envelop the bulbous portion 27.
- the process by which the second stage blow of the expandable portion 12 of parison 26 is effected so as to envelope the bulbous portion 27 of stem end 16 is a stretch blow, biaxial orientation process.
- a particular method of manufacture of the parison 26 includes a two stage process for the formation of the parison by an injection moulding process.
- a first injection mould inlet 28 permits entry of plastics material for the formation of the expanded portion 12 of the parison 26 (expanded in the blow moulding stage of container formation, with reference to Fig. 3) .
- a second injection mould inlet 29 permits entry of plastics material for the formation of the non-expandable portion 25 of parison 26.
- the two stage injection arrangement is such that different plastics materials may be injected through first injection mould inlet 28 and second injection mould inlet 29.
- the plastics material injected in first injection mould inlet 28 is non-recycled or substantially non-recycled plastics material whilst the plastics material injected into second injection mould inlet 29 is recycled or at least partially recycled plastics material.
- the Stage 2 step can include the production of two walls in the non- expandable portion 25 comprising inner wall 51 and outer wall 52.
- Inner wall 51 is made from virgin or non- contaminated PET material and acts as an insulation barrier with respect to wall 52 which can be made from recycled material 52.
- This dual wall arrangement can be produced by use of a sliding core arrangement as a modification in the die arrangement and process described with reference to Figs. 6, 7 and 8 later in this specification.
- FIG. 5A and B respectively. Like parts are numbered as for previous embodiments.
- the parison 21 includes a locating ring 14 immediately below which is a first non-expanding region 30 and a second non-expanding region 31.
- the first non-expanding region 30 may itself be formed so as to be slightly raised or otherwise differentiated from the expandable portion of parison 21.
- Second non-expanding region 31 may not be differentiated from the expandable portion of parison 21 but, in use, the blowing operation will be such as to ensure that the second non-expanding region 31 is not expanded in the blowing process.
- the stem 15 includes a first rib 32 integrally moulded with and extending from locating ring
- the stem 15 also includes second rib 33 integrally moulded with and extending from second non-expanding region 31.
- Stem 15 further includes a rib connector 34 integrally moulded with and extending from first non-expanding region 30 and forming a continuous connection between first rib 32 and second rib 33 throughout the length of stem 15.
- the parison 36 of Fig. 5A is then blown in the manner previously described to form the volume 35 of container 37 illustrated in Fig. 5B.
- the stem end 16 may include the bulbous portions according to the previously described embodiments for connection to container 37 or, either alternatively or in addition can include the application of an adhesive material whereby a chemical bond is formed between stem end 16 and the wall of container 37 by the use of a chemical intermediary.
- first non-expanding region 30 and second non- expanding region 31 can form part of a single non-expanding region.
- second non-expanding region 31 can be located in the temperature transition zone of the container and wherein minor expansion during the blow moulding step may take place.
- first non-expanding region 30 and second non-expanding region 31 may be located in the temperature transition zone immediately below the locating ring 14 and, again, minor expansion of these regions may take place during blowing.
- preforms and containers blown therefrom can be manufactured as follows:
- a preform is formed from orientable thermoplastics material, preferably PET or like material in an injection moulding process.
- Slidable dies are illustrated in Figs. 6, 7 and 8 and include a sliding core 40, sliding blocks 41, body 42, base 43, push block 44 and splits holder 45.
- Fig. 6 illustrates the die in open position
- Fig. 7 illustrates the die in closed position
- Fig. 8 illustrates a side view showing accommodation of the stem 14.
- the completed preforms in a second and preferably separate step are subsequently passed to a stretch blow mould machine where the preforms are first reheated to the appropriate transition temperature (refer introduction) .
- the non-expandable portion of the preform including locating ring 14 and stem 15 are shielded substantially from the reheat process by appropriate guarding. In most instances there is likely to be a temperature transition zone in the region 30, 31 described with reference to Figs. 5A, 5B.
- the reheated preform is then placed in a mould and biaxially stretched and the expandable portion blown to full size utilising processes known in the art. During this process the preform is supported at neck 14 and may also be supported at stem 15. Stem 15 does not take part in the blow process although its stem end 16 may be partially enveloped by an external wall of the blown container.
- Embodiments of the invention are applicable to the manufacture of containers made from orientable thermoplastics material and incorporating a handle or like grasping fixture as an integral component of the container,
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