WO2009021094A1 - Insert pour récipient destiné à éliminer tout espace vide - Google Patents

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WO2009021094A1
WO2009021094A1 PCT/US2008/072423 US2008072423W WO2009021094A1 WO 2009021094 A1 WO2009021094 A1 WO 2009021094A1 US 2008072423 W US2008072423 W US 2008072423W WO 2009021094 A1 WO2009021094 A1 WO 2009021094A1
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container
liquid composition
valve
insert
zero headspace
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Chanda Janese Davis
Matthew Stephen Bauer
Daniel James Kinne
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The Procter & Gamble Company
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Priority to CN2008801020753A priority Critical patent/CN101772459B/zh
Priority to EP08797344A priority patent/EP2173630A1/fr
Priority to MX2010001149A priority patent/MX2010001149A/es
Priority to JP2010519281A priority patent/JP2010534598A/ja
Publication of WO2009021094A1 publication Critical patent/WO2009021094A1/fr

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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
    • B65D47/00—Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices
    • B65D47/04—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps
    • B65D47/20—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge
    • B65D47/2018—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge comprising a valve or like element which is opened or closed by deformation of the container or closure
    • B65D47/2031—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge comprising a valve or like element which is opened or closed by deformation of the container or closure the element being formed by a slit, narrow opening or constrictable spout, the size of the outlet passage being able to be varied by increasing or decreasing the pressure
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
    • B67C3/00—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus; Filling casks or barrels with liquids or semiliquids
    • B67C3/02—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus
    • B67C3/22—Details
    • B67C3/222—Head-space air removing devices, e.g. by inducing foam

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  • the present invention relates generally to a container having zero headspace. More specifically, the present invention relates to an insert which achieves zero headspace within the container.
  • a known method for eliminating headspace is to vent liquid-filled containers.
  • One technique involves a pressure system comprising pieces of rubber, metal springs, and/or soft films (typically vinyl chloride) being used to lift and open vent orifices in a closure when internal pressure reaches a given threshold value.
  • the venting method is heavily dependent on the type of liquid composition being vented in order to be operable. It also limits design options and prevents optimal dispensing of the liquid composition.
  • Another technique is to provide elaborate passages in a closure whereby gases may leave the system but liquid losses are minimized.
  • a third system which may be called the pinorifice system, employs one or more tiny orifices in rubber, metal or plastic diaphragms which render the material permeable to gases.
  • Yet another system commonly called a positive displacement pump, or piston system, employs a mechanism which pushes a composition to the top of a container via a rising piston or pump.
  • none of the aforementioned methods effectively eliminates headspace from a container.
  • the aforementioned methods require manual expulsion of gases after filling, by way of a pump or compression of the container, which forces gases through a venting material. These methods are vulnerable to incomplete expulsion of gases and often result in backflow of gases into the container. Particularly, where gases are expelled by compression of a flexible container, when the container is allowed to return to its uncompressed position, some gas is likely to migrate back into the container.
  • the present invention meets the aforementioned needs by providing a container suitable for containing a liquid composition and comprising an insert located in the neck of said container, and wherein when said container is filled with a liquid composition, zero headspace exists below said insert.
  • Fig. 1 is a side, elevational view of a container comprising a liquid composition and a insert described herein;
  • Fig. 2 is an enlarged, perspective view of a valve employed as an insert in the container herein;
  • Fig. 3 is top plan view of the valve shown in Fig. 2;
  • Fig. 4 is a side elevational view of the valve shown in Fig. 2;
  • Fig. 5 is an enlarged side view of a container comprising a liquid composition according to a dispensing assembly described herein;
  • Fig. 6 is an enlarged side view of the upper portion of a container comprising a liquid composition and the insertion of a valve according to an embodiment of the invention;
  • Fig. 7 is an enlarged side view of the upper portion of a container comprising a liquid composition which illustrates migration of a liquid composition through the valve upon insertion into the neck of a container.
  • Fig. 8 is an enlarged side view of the upper portion of a container comprising a liquid composition, which illustrates substantial equilibrium on either side of a valve face, after insertion.
  • insert refers to a mechanism which a liquid composition may pass through under conditions of a sufficient pressure differential and which may be fixed within a container suitable for liquid compositions.
  • a valve is one type of insert.
  • valve means a device for halting or controlling the flow of a liquid, gas, or other material through a passage, pipe, inlet, outlet, etc., which is activated when a sufficient pressure differential is exerted upon it.
  • substantially equilibrium means that the force exerted on either side of a surface is nearly equal, or equal. Under conditions of substantial equilibrium, the valve herein remains sealed. The absence of a pressure differential results in substantial equilibrium.
  • pressure differential means the pressure exerted on one side of the insert herein, such that the insert is activated, and is thereby permeable.
  • zero headspace refers to the space between the bottom surface of the insert and the top surface of the liquid composition which is located below the insert, within the container. Upon achieving zero headspace, there is no space between the bottom surface of (below) the insert and the liquid composition.
  • the insert employed to achieve zero headspace is a valve 1 , which is designed to be effectively inserted into the neck 2 of a container 3.
  • the valve 1 is typically bonded or sealed to the inner wall 16 of the neck 2 by a retaining ring 5.
  • the valve 1 generally comprises a flexible, resilient material, which can open to dispense fluid under the exertion of a pressure differential, and which is substantially impermeable to liquids and gases in the relative absence of a pressure differential.
  • the valve 1 may be fabricated from thermoplastic elastomers based upon materials such as thermoplastic propylene, ethylene, urethane, styrene, and their halogenated counterparts. Similar valves are described in U.S. Patent No. 5,439,143 and U.S.
  • valves are commercially available from suppliers such as Liquid Molding Systems, Inc. of Crystal lake, Illinois.
  • One type of valve 1 as illustrated in Figs. 2 - 4, includes a flexible central face 6 which has a concave configuration (when viewed from the exterior) and which defines two, mutually perpendicular, intersecting, dispensing slits 7 of about equal length.
  • the intersecting slits 7 define four, generally sector- shaped, flaps 8 in the concave, central face 6.
  • the flaps 8 open outwardly from the intersection point of the slits 7, in response to increasing container pressure of sufficient magnitude (pressure differential), which can be achieved by compressing a flexible container 3, or upon insertion of the valve 1 into the neck 2 of the container 3 (described in detail hereinafter).
  • the valve 1 includes a skirt 10 (Fig. 4) which extends outwardly from the valve 1 central face 6. At the outer (upper) end of the skirt 10, there is a thin, annular flange 11 which extends peripherally from the skirt 10 in an angled orientation. The thin flange 11 terminates in an enlarged, much thicker, peripheral flange 12 which has a generally dovetail shaped transverse cross section.
  • the lower surface of the peripheral flange 12 is bonded to a retaining ring 5, which extends upwardly to form a cylinder 13, which has a length which is typically slightly longer than the neck 2 of the container 3.
  • the cylinder 13 comprises an inner wall 14 and an outer wall 15.
  • the outer wall 15 of the cylinder 13 may comprise a matching means to seal the outer wall 15 of the cylinder 13 to a matching surface of the inner wall 16 of the neck 2 of the container 3.
  • the matching means may comprise threads, a clamping mechanism, a clipping mechanism, a bonding adhesive, or other means known in the art for creating a seal.
  • the pocket of gas at the top of the package often disrupts composition, either chemically, aesthetically, or both.
  • other gases may be present in the liquid composition as suspensions or gas capsules, the pocket of gas at the top of the package can migrate throughout the liquid composition during shipping, which causes the aforementioned disruptions. This problem is solved by a zero headspace insert.
  • zero headspace is achieved by filling the container 3 with a liquid composition 17 to a level 18 at or above the shoulders 19 of the container 3 as depicted in Fig. 5.
  • the container typically has a volume of gas 9 (air) which remains at the upper portion of the container 3, typically above the shoulders 19 and in the neck 2.
  • the valve 1 is inserted into the neck 2 to displace the liquid composition 17.
  • the valve 1 descends into the neck 2, the liquid composition 17 is displaced in the container 3, until the valve 1 is forced to roll upwardly on itself and open, as depicted in Figs. 6 and 7.
  • the liquid composition 17 flows through the valve opening 4, and accumulates above the valve 1, generally in the neck 2 of the container 3.
  • the valve 1 then returns to its sealed position as depicted in Fig.
  • a cap (not depicted) may then be applied to the container 3 as a closure by various means which are known in the art.
  • the zero headspace insert prevents gases, now above the valve 1 , from entering and disrupting the liquid composition 17 in the container 3. This is particularly useful to prevent damage to liquid compositions which comprise patterns or designs, due to rotation of the container 3, and migration of bubbles throughout the liquid composition 17. Of course, preservation of such patterns and designs are particularly relevant to liquid compositions which are packaged in transparent containers. Therefore, in one embodiment, the container 3 is a transparent or semi-transparent container.
  • the valve 1 In use, in order to expel the liquid composition 17 from the container 3, the valve 1 must be removable, or the container 3 may be flexible. Accordingly, in one embodiment, the valve 1 is removable via a removable matching means, such as threads, as discussed hereinbefore. In the case of personal care compositions, or other less viscous liquid compositions, a compressible container may significantly improve ease of expulsion of a liquid composition. Therefore, in another embodiment, the container 3 is primarily made from a flexible plastic material such as polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), or poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET). Such materials may be fabricated as transparent, opaque, or semi-transparent containers. As discussed hereinbefore, compression of a flexible container 3 creates a pressure differential which is sufficient to expel the liquid composition 17 through the valve 1 without its removal.
  • PE polyethylene
  • PP polypropylene
  • PET poly(ethylene terephthalate)

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Abstract

Récipient (3) adapté pour contenir une composition liquide et comprenant un insert (1) placé dans le col (2) dudit récipient (3). Lorsque ledit récipient (3) est rempli d'une composition liquide, il n'existe aucun espace vide sous ledit insert (1).
PCT/US2008/072423 2007-08-07 2008-08-07 Insert pour récipient destiné à éliminer tout espace vide WO2009021094A1 (fr)

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CN2008801020753A CN101772459B (zh) 2007-08-07 2008-08-07 零顶部空间的容器插件
EP08797344A EP2173630A1 (fr) 2007-08-07 2008-08-07 Insert pour récipient destiné à éliminer tout espace vide
MX2010001149A MX2010001149A (es) 2007-08-07 2008-08-07 Accesorio para recipiente sin espacio vacio.
JP2010519281A JP2010534598A (ja) 2007-08-07 2008-08-07 ゼロヘッドスペースのための容器挿入物

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