WO1997014617A1 - A hot fill container - Google Patents
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- WO1997014617A1 WO1997014617A1 PCT/AU1996/000641 AU9600641W WO9714617A1 WO 1997014617 A1 WO1997014617 A1 WO 1997014617A1 AU 9600641 W AU9600641 W AU 9600641W WO 9714617 A1 WO9714617 A1 WO 9714617A1
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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
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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
- B65D79/00—Kinds or details of packages, not otherwise provided for
- B65D79/005—Packages having deformable parts for indicating or neutralizing internal pressure-variations by other means than venting
- B65D79/008—Packages having deformable parts for indicating or neutralizing internal pressure-variations by other means than venting the deformable part being located in a rigid or semi-rigid container, e.g. in bottles or jars
- B65D79/0084—Packages having deformable parts for indicating or neutralizing internal pressure-variations by other means than venting the deformable part being located in a rigid or semi-rigid container, e.g. in bottles or jars in the sidewall or shoulder part thereof
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- the present invention relates to plastic containers which are suitable for receiving a hot fill product.
- container is understood herein to mean any type of container, including, but not limited to, bottles and jars.
- the present invention relates particularly, although by no means exclusively, to hot fill bottles formed from blow-moulded polyester resin.
- Hot fill bottles are well known in the liquid packaging industry. In general terms, hot fill bottles are bottles that are filled with a liquid product that is hot, typically at least 80°C, and thereafter are sealed while the liquid is hot in order to provide adequate sterilisation.
- hot fill bottles are blow moulded from polyester resin and other suitable polymeric materials and comprise a base, a generally cylindrical body, a shoulder, and a neck.
- Hot fill bottles manufactured from blow moulded polyester resin do not expand significantly on contact with hot liquid. However, as hot liquid cools, usually it contracts and thereby creates a partial vacuum in the sealed bottles. The partial vacuum generates inward forces on the walls of the bottles, unless the inward forces are resisted by the structure of the bottles or the shape of the bottles change in a controlled manner in response to the inward forces, there is uncontrolled distortion of the walls of the bottles.
- a known type of hot fill bottle comprises an even number of circumferentially spaced concave panels arranged in diametrically opposed pairs in the cylindrical body of the bottle.
- the concave panels do not resist the internal pressure changes as hot liquid cools in the bottle but respond to the changes by flexing or deforming inwardly as hot liquid in the sealed bottles contracts as it cools in the bottles.
- a known modified hot fill bottle comprises concave panels having central raised label support sections which define contact areas for labels.
- the use of the label support sections addresses the need to provide sufficient contact area for labels.
- a disadvantage is that the label support sections are relatively rigid and reduce the volume that can be accommodated by the panels - with the effect on volume reduction being directly related to the relative surface areas of the label support sections and the concave sections of the panels.
- An object of the present invention is to provide a hot fill bottle which avoids the problem of uncontrolled distortion of the walls of the bottle.
- a hot fill container formed from a polymeric material, which container comprises, a base, a body, and a neck, wherein the body comprises an odd number of spaced- apart panels that are responsive to internal pressure changes in the container.
- the panels be responsive to* internal pressure changes within the container that occur when, in use, the container is filled with a hot liquid at a temperature of at least 80°C, more preferably at least 85°C, sealed, and the liquid cools to ambient temperatures thus reducing the volume defined by the container.
- the present invention is based on the unexpected finding of the applicant that hot fill bottles of a given capacity having an uneven number of deformable panels of a given wall thickness can accommodate significantly higher volume reductions before collapsing and distorting in an uncontrolled manner than known hot fill bottles of the same capacity having an even number of panels of the same wall thickness.
- the panels be adapted to accommodate volume reductions of at least 25 mL as the hot-filled container cools to ambient temperatures.
- the panels be adapted to accommodate volume reductions of at least 36 mL as the hot-filled container cools to ambient temperatures.
- the panels be adapted to accommodate volume reductions of at least 45ml as the hot- filled container cools to ambient temperatures.
- the container be blow moulded.
- the body be generally cylindrical.
- the panels be spaced apart around the circumference of the body .
- the body comprises 5 panels.
- the body comprises 5 panels when the capacity of the container is less than 1 litre.
- the body comprises 7 panels.
- the body comprises 7 panels when the capacity of the container is equal to or greater than 1 litre.
- the panels may be of any suitable configuration which is adapted to be responsive to changes in internal pressure in the container.
- the panels comprise panel walls that are adapted to flex or deform inwardly.
- the panel walls be concave.
- the panels comprise label support sections that are relatively rigid and hinge assemblies that interconnect the label support sections and adjacent sections of the body and allow the label support sections to move inwardly.
- the panels be axially elongated .
- the body further comprises a plurality of vertical lands that separate the panels.
- the body further comprises horizontal lands above and/or below the panels.
- the body further comprises circumferential and/or axial reinforcing ribs.
- the container further comprises a neck-to-body transition.
- neck-to-body transition be a shoulder.
- the shoulder be frusto-conical.
- the frusto-conical shoulder comprises a plurality of spaced apart panels.
- the neck be threaded to receive a cap.
- the polymeric material may be any suitable material such as polyester and polypropylene.
- Figure 1 is a side elevation of one preferred embodiment of a bottle in accordance with the present invention
- Figure 2 is an enlarged cross-section along the line A-A of Figure 1;
- Figure 3 is a graph which illustrates the predicted performance the bottle shown in Figure 1 and a known 6-panel bottles;
- Figure 4 is a perspective view of another preferred embodiment of a bottle in accordance with the present invention.
- Figure 5 is a section along the line 5-5 of Figure 4.
- the bottle shown in Figures 1 and 2 is adapted to be hot-filled with liquid and comprises:
- a neck-to-body transition 3 in the form of a generally frusto-conical shaped shoulder
- the body 2 comprises five panels, generally identified by the numeral 5, which are responsive to changes in internal pressure in the bottle that occur when a liquid is hot filled into the bottle at a temperature of at least 80°C and, after the bottle is sealed, cools to ambient temperature to prevent uncontrolled distortion of the bottle.
- the body 2 comprises vertical lands 6 that separate the panels 5 and horizontal lands 7 that are above and below the panels 5. It is noted that in the present instance the term “lands” is used in a general sense and covers structures that are also referred to as "posts”.
- the panels 5 are generally elongate and are spaced uniformly around the circumference of the body 2.
- Each panel 5 comprises:
- each panel 5 acts as a hinge and enables the central section 11 to move inwardly as hot filled liquid in the bottle contracts as it cools to ambient temperatures.
- the bottle may be formed by blow moulding a polyester resin, such as polyethylene terephthalate.
- plots identified by the numerals i, ii and iii in the legend of Figure 3 illustrate the predicted performance of three known 6-panel hot fill bottles and the plot identified by the numeral iv in the legend of Figure 3 illustrates the predicted performance of the preferred embodiment of the present invention.
- the graph shows that the three known 6-panel bottles collapsed at volume reductions of the order of 22 to 26ml. This volume reduction is close to the typical volume reduction of a 750ml volume of a wide range of liquids that are routinely hot filled into bottles at a temperature of 80°C.
- the graph also shows that the preferred embodiment of the bottle of the present invention shown in Figures 1 and 2 collapsed at a significantly higher volume reduction of the order of 36mls.
- This bottle could accommodate the typical reduction in volume of the wide range of liquids that are routinely hot filled into bottles at a temperature of 80°C.
- the bottle has a different overall shape to that of the bottle shown in Figures 1 and 2.
- the bottle has a different form of hinge that interconnects each panel 5 to the vertical and horizontal lands 6, 7 of the body 2 to that shown in Figures 1 and 2.
- the hinge is in the form of a double-S.
- the label support sections 11 of the bottles shown in Figures 1/2 and 4/5 represent a relatively large proportion of the surface area of the panels 5, it can readily be appreciated that the present invention is not limited to such an arrangement and the area of the label support sections may be selected as required.
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Priority Applications (6)
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EP96932393A EP0859718A4 (en) | 1995-10-19 | 1996-10-11 | A hot fill container |
US09/051,673 US6044996A (en) | 1995-10-19 | 1996-10-11 | Hot fill container |
AU71220/96A AU720439B2 (en) | 1995-10-19 | 1996-10-11 | A hot fill container |
JP9515346A JPH11513639A (en) | 1995-10-19 | 1996-10-11 | High temperature container |
BR9610866-5A BR9610866A (en) | 1995-10-19 | 1996-10-11 | Hot cargo container |
NZ319076A NZ319076A (en) | 1995-10-19 | 1996-10-11 | A hot fill container |
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AUPN6055A AUPN605595A0 (en) | 1995-10-19 | 1995-10-19 | A hot fill container |
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AU (2) | AUPN605595A0 (en) |
BR (1) | BR9610866A (en) |
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