WO2023096733A1 - Emballage d'aliment ou de boisson et fermeture de récipient - Google Patents

Emballage d'aliment ou de boisson et fermeture de récipient Download PDF

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WO2023096733A1
WO2023096733A1 PCT/US2022/048677 US2022048677W WO2023096733A1 WO 2023096733 A1 WO2023096733 A1 WO 2023096733A1 US 2022048677 W US2022048677 W US 2022048677W WO 2023096733 A1 WO2023096733 A1 WO 2023096733A1
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closure
container
base wall
package
neck finish
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David Hoadley
Ross Harmon
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Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
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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
    • B65D51/00—Closures not otherwise provided for
    • B65D51/16—Closures not otherwise provided for with means for venting air or gas
    • 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
    • B65D79/02—Arrangements or devices for indicating incorrect storage or transport
    • 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
    • B65D41/00—Caps, e.g. crown caps or crown seals, i.e. members having parts arranged for engagement with the external periphery of a neck or wall defining a pouring opening or discharge aperture; Protective cap-like covers for closure members, e.g. decorative covers of metal foil or paper
    • B65D41/02—Caps or cap-like covers without lines of weakness, tearing strips, tags, or like opening or removal devices
    • B65D41/04—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers secured by rotation
    • B65D41/0407—Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers secured by rotation with integral sealing means
    • 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
    • B65D43/00—Lids or covers for rigid or semi-rigid containers
    • B65D43/02—Removable lids or covers
    • B65D43/0202—Removable lids or covers without integral tamper element
    • B65D43/0225—Removable lids or covers without integral tamper element secured by rotation
    • B65D43/0231—Removable lids or covers without integral tamper element secured by rotation only on the outside, or a part turned to the outside, of the mouth of the container
    • 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
    • B65D51/00—Closures not otherwise provided for
    • B65D51/16—Closures not otherwise provided for with means for venting air or gas
    • B65D51/1633—Closures not otherwise provided for with means for venting air or gas whereby venting occurs by automatic opening of the closure, container or other element
    • B65D51/1661—Closures not otherwise provided for with means for venting air or gas whereby venting occurs by automatic opening of the closure, container or other element by means of a passage for the escape of gas between the closure and the lip of the container mouth
    • 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
    • B65D2205/00—Venting means

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  • This patent application discloses innovations to packages and container closures and, more particularly, to food or beverage packages and container closures.
  • a typical food or beverage package includes a container that usually includes a base, a body extending axially away from the base, a shoulder extending axially away from the body, and a neck extending axially away from the shoulder and terminating in neck finish.
  • the neck finish includes a sealing lip and typically includes circumferentially extending external threads proximate the lip to cooperate with corresponding features of an internally threaded closure applied to the container to seal the package.
  • FIG. 1 is a fragmentary cross-sectional view of a package in accordance with an illustrative embodiment of the present disclosure, and including a container, and a closure in accordance with an illustrative embodiment of the present disclosure;
  • FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the closure of FIG. 1 shown in an applied and stretched state
  • FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the closure of FIG. 1 shown in an unapplied and contracted state.
  • the present disclosure illustrates and describes a novel package including a container, and a novel closure having a base wall and a pleated skirt extending away from the base wall.
  • the pleated skirt may provide a spring-like feature to impose a desired bias force from the base wall onto a lip of a neck finish of the container.
  • the pleated closure skirt may serve as a lockdown feature to urge the base wall against the container lip for good sealing between the closure and the container to allow the package to hold higher internal pressures exhibited in certain types of packages.
  • the pleated section may serve as a pressure relief feature to allow the base wall to separate from the container lip to allow the package to vent in the presence of excessive internal pressures in the package.
  • FIG. 1 is a fragmentary cross-sectional view of an illustrative embodiment of a package 10 including a container 12 and an illustrative embodiment of a closure 14 applied to the container 12.
  • the package 10 includes a central longitudinal axis A along which the container 12 generally longitudinally extends, also along which the closure 14 may be applied to and removed from the container 12, and about which the closure 14 may be rotated when being applied to and removed from the container 12.
  • the package 10 may include a beverage package, and may be used to contain pressurized liquid, for example, carbonated beverages, like beer, soda, etc., or an unpressurized or still liquid, like wine, water, coffee, etc. Accordingly, the package 10 may be a closed bottle.
  • the package 10 may include any other suitable type of closed container for any suitable purpose.
  • directional words such as top, bottom, upper, upward, downward, lower, radial, circumferential, lateral, longitudinal, transverse, vertical, horizontal, and the like are employed by way of description and not necessarily limitation.
  • the container 12 may be of one-piece integrally formed construction, preferably of glass, plastic, or metal construction.
  • the container 12 may be fabricated in press-and-blow or blow- and-blow glass container manufacturing operations, in plastic injection and/or blow molding operations, in a metal drawing operation, or in any other suitable manner.
  • the container 12 includes a base (not shown) on which the container 12 may be supported, a body (not shown) extending in a direction axially away from the base, a shoulder (not shown) extending in a direction radially and axially from the body, and a neck 16 extending in a direction axially from the shoulder and terminating in a neck finish 17.
  • the term “axial” includes oriented along the longitudinal axis A of the closure 14, container 12, or package 10 and may include, but is not limited to, a direction that is strictly parallel to the axis A.
  • the neck finish 17 includes a radially inner surface 18, a radially outer surface 20, and an axial outward end surface or a sealing lip 22 extending between the radially inner and outer surfaces 18, 20.
  • the container 12 may be provided in any suitable sizes, and may include a wide mouth bottle.
  • an overall inner diameter (or “mouth”) of the radially inner surface 18 may be between 30 mm and 100 mm including all ranges, sub-ranges, endpoints, and values in that range, or more narrowly between 40 mm and 70 mm.
  • the radially outer surface 20 includes a straight cylindrical upper portion 24 and a threaded cylindrical lower portion 26 including one or more external threads 28.
  • thread includes one or more whole, partial, and/or interrupted helical threads, thread segments, bayonet lugs, or any other suitable rotatable closure retention features.
  • the straight cylindrical upper portion 24 has an outer surface that may be smooth, with no threads, no grooves, no ribs, and the like, so as to provide good “lip feel” to a consumer who consumes food or beverage with their mouth directly from the container 12.
  • the closure 14 may be provided to close the container 12 and thereby retain contents of the container 12 in the container 12.
  • the closure 14 may include a cap or any other suitable type of closure, and may be composed of polymeric, metallic, or any other material suitable for use with the various aspects of the present disclosure.
  • the closure 14 is composed of a metal, for example, aluminum.
  • the closure 14 may be composed of another metal having a higher yield strength than aluminum to impose a desired lockdown force on the lip 22 of the container 12.
  • the closure 14 includes a base wall 30 and an annular outer skirt 32 extending away from the base wall 30.
  • the base wall 30 includes an axially inner surface 34 that may seal to the lip 22 of the container neck finish 17.
  • the closure 14 may also include a separate or integrated seal (not separately shown) disposed between the base wall 30 and the neck finish 17. Such a seal may be carried on, partially in, or otherwise by the base wall 30 of the closure 14.
  • the closure 14 may include multiple closure components, for example, an outer shell and an inner shell that, for instance, may be configured in a child-resistant mode of operation.
  • the terminology “base wall” includes the illustrated bare base wall 30, or a base wall with a seal carried on or partially in its axially inner surface 34.
  • the skirt 32 of the closure 14 is internally threaded, and is also pleated, as described in further detail below. More specifically, in the illustrated embodiment, the skirt 32 may include a first or proximate portion 36 extending directly away from the base wall 30, and a second or intermediate portion 38 extending away from the proximate portion 36 and including a pleated section 40 with multiple pleats 41 (aka bellows, accordionlike folds, or convolutions).
  • the skirt 32 also includes a third or distal portion 42 extending away from the intermediate portion 38 and having a threaded section 43 with one or more internal threads 44 for cooperating with the one or more external threads 28 of the container neck finish 17 (FIG. 1), and terminating in an open end 46.
  • the thread(s) 44 include one or more whole, partial, and/or interrupted helical threads, thread segments, bayonet lugs, or any other suitable rotatable container retention features.
  • the external threads 28 (FIG. 1) and internal threads 44 are helical, but may be of any style and configuration suitable for use with the inventive aspects of the present disclosure.
  • proximate is used in accordance with its ordinary meaning; e.g., something that is closer to one end than it is to an opposite end.
  • distal is used in accordance with its ordinary meaning; e.g., something that is further from one end than it is to an opposite end.
  • the closure 14 is shown in an as-manufactured relaxed state wherein the pleated section 40 has an original outer diameter, an original inner diameter, and/or an original length.
  • the particular geometry of the illustrated pleated section 40 is merely an example of many potential pleated configurations.
  • the pleated section 40 includes a first outward bend 48, a first outwardly extending segment 50, a first inward bend 52, a first inwardly extending segment 54, a second outward bend 56, a second outwardly extending segment 58, a second inward bend 60, a second inwardly extending segment 62, and another outward bend 64.
  • the pleated section 40 includes first and second outer apexes 66, 68 and an outer nadir 67 axially therebetween, and first and second inner nadirs 70, 72 and an inner apex 71 axially therebetween. Accordingly, the pleats are relatively coarse such that surfaces of the pleats are not necessarily folded in direct contact with one another, but could be in other embodiments where pleats are of finer configuration.
  • the closure 14 is positioned over the neck finish 17 of the container 12, axially lowered down onto the neck finish 17, and rotated so as to threadingly engage the internal thread(s) 44 of the closure 14 with the external thread(s) 28 of the container 12.
  • the base wall 30 of the closure 14 contacts the lip 22 of the container neck finish 17.
  • the contact of a base wall with a lip of a container neck finish generally limits further rotation and axial travel of the closure with respect to the neck finish, and the axial spacing between an axially lower end of a container thread and the lip of the neck finish is merely that which is necessary to ensure sealing contact between the lip and the base wall of the closure.
  • an axially lower end of the container thread 28 may be spaced a distance away from the lip 22 of the neck finish 17 that is further than a conventional distance to ensure not only initial sealing contact between the lip 22 and the base wall 30 of the closure 14 but also to ensure that continued rotation of the closure 14 results in unfolding and elongation of the pleated section 40 of the closure 14.
  • the pleated section 40 of the closure 14 provides a spring-like feature that biases the base wall 30 of the closure 14 down on the lip 22 of the neck finish 17 of the container 12.
  • the pleated closure skirt 32 may enable an increase in tension within the closure 14 and an increase in axial force exerted by the closure 14 on the container 12 to thereby create a stronger seal between the closure 14 and the container 12. This configuration results in increased pressure retention characteristics of the package 10, such that the closure 14 is capable of holding higher internal pressures in wide mouth container packages.
  • the pleated section 40 and/or the choice of material for the skirt 32 may be selected to achieve the aforementioned functionality.
  • the radial wall thickness, the number of pleats, the angles of the pleats, and other suitable design parameters of the pleated section 40 may be chosen to achieve a desired lockdown force of the closure 14 on the container 12.
  • the pleated section 40 may serve as a pressure relief feature wherein the closure skirt 32 is intentionally yieldable to allow the skirt 32 to elongate when excessive pressure in the package 10 pushes on the closure base wall 30 such that the seal between the closure base wall 30 and the container lip 22 “breaks” thereby allowing internal pressure in the package 10 to vent.

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Est divulgué un emballage comprenant un récipient et une fermeture. Le récipient comprend une bague de col de récipient pourvue d'une surface radialement intérieure, d'une surface radialement extérieure et d'une surface d'extrémité axiale vers l'extérieur s'étendant entre les surfaces radialement intérieure et extérieure. La surface radialement extérieure comprend une partie supérieure cylindrique droite et une partie inférieure cylindrique filetée. La fermeture comprend une paroi de base venant en prise avec la surface d'extrémité axiale vers l'extérieur de la bague de col de récipient, une jupe externe s'étendant à partir de la paroi de base et comportant une section filetée pourvue de filetages internes venant en prise avec la bague de col de récipient, et une section plissée entre la section filetée et la paroi de base.
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