Sidewall Structure Patents (Class 215/379)
  • Patent number: 11845581
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for a container comprising a base, a bell, a sidewall between the base and the bell, a neck and a finish which define an opening to an interior of the container, and a shoulder between the sidewall and the bell. Strap ribs extend from a central portion of the base and terminate at the sidewall. The strap ribs cooperate with vertically aligned recessed columns of the sidewall to resist bending, leaning, crumbling, or stretching along the sidewall and the base. An inwardly offset portion of the sidewall is disposed between each pair of adjacent recessed columns. The inwardly offset portions of the sidewall are configured to resist outward bowing of the sidewall due to internal pressure of contents within the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Niagara Bottling, LLC
    Inventors: Jay Clarke Hanan, Naser Hossain, Ahmed Tasnub Takaddus, Mohammad Adom Safiullah
  • Patent number: 11738382
    Abstract: The principles of the present invention further provide both a shaped metal container and its preforms that exhibit a rounded grain structure characteristic created by an annealing process and a method for making a shaped metal container. The process of making said metal container results in a quicker process time and uses less metals (at least 10% metal weight savings), thus allowing for a decrease in the costs of making such shaped metal containers. A shaped metal container may include work hardened rolled sheet-metal defining a sidewall, an opening, and a base, where at least one section along the sidewall has grains with an average aspect ratio less than about 4 to 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignees: The Coca-Cola Company, Ardagh MP Group Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Philippe Niec, Marc Lemiale, John Adams, Yuping Lin
  • Patent number: 11220368
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for a container comprising a base, a bell, a sidewall between the base and the bell, a neck and a finish which define an opening to an interior of the container, and a shoulder between the sidewall and the bell. Strap ribs extend from a central portion of the base and terminate at the sidewall. The strap ribs cooperate with vertically aligned recessed columns of the sidewall to resist bending, leaning, crumbling, or stretching along the sidewall and the base. An inwardly offset portion of the sidewall is disposed between each pair of adjacent recessed columns. The inwardly offset portions of the sidewall are configured to resist outward bowing of the sidewall due to internal pressure of contents within the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Niagara Bottling, LLC
    Inventors: Jay Clarke Hanan, Jochen Forsthovel, Alexander Schau
  • Patent number: 10710925
    Abstract: A borosilicate glass for a pharmaceutical container includes SiO2, Al2O3, B2O3, and R2O (R is one or more kinds selected from Li, Na, and K) as essential components, in which a content of CaO is equal to or greater than 0 and smaller than 0.5 mol %, a value of (Na2O+K2O+Li2O—Al2O3)/B2O3 is 0.315 to 0.350 in terms of a molar ratio, and BaO is not substantially included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Miki Kimura, Shinsaku Nishida, Ken Choju
  • Patent number: 10669196
    Abstract: Methods for increasing the hydrolytic resistance of a glass article are disclosed. According to one embodiment, the method includes providing a glass article with a pre-treatment hydrolytic titration value. Thereafter, the glass article is thermally treated at a treatment temperature greater than a temperature 200 C less than a strain temperature of the glass article for a treatment time greater than or equal to about 0.25 hours such that, after thermally treating the glass article, the glass article has a post-treatment hydrolytic titration value that is less than the pre-treatment hydrolytic titration value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Keith Raymond Gaylo, Lewis Kirk Klingensmith, Robert Anthony Schaut, Steven Alvin Tietje
  • Patent number: 10669186
    Abstract: A borosilicate glass for a pharmaceutical container includes SiO2, Al2O3, B2O3, and R2O (R is one or more kinds selected from Li, Na, and K) as essential components, in which a content of CaO is equal to or greater than 0 and smaller than 0.5 mol %, a value of (Na2O+K2O+Li2O—Al2O3)/B2O3 is 0.315 to 0.350 in terms of a molar ratio, and BaO is not substantially included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Miki Kimura, Shinsaku Nishida, Ken Choju
  • Patent number: 10625897
    Abstract: A synthetic resin container having a bottle shape including a tube-shaped mouth, a tube-shaped trunk having one end closed by a bottom, and a shoulder through which another end of the trunk is connected to the mouth. The shoulder is inclined at an angle greater than 120° with respect to an axis of the mouth, and the shoulder has a crystal orientation in a machine direction of less than 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichi Okuyama, Kazuhiko Shimizu
  • Patent number: 10427356
    Abstract: A plastic tank is comprised of two parts, a base and a top, that are permanently joined to each other by welding at a circumferential joint formed by two mating flanges of the parts. The faying surfaces of the flanges of the top and base have portions in the shape of a hollow truncated cone. Fusion weld elements are captured on the faying surfaces of the flanges of the assembled parts, and the elements melted by internal heating of metal portions of the elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: INFILTRATOR WATER TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Paul R Holbrook, Roy E Moore, Jr., Bryan A Coppes, Gregory Trude
  • Patent number: 10392152
    Abstract: A biaxially stretched, blow molded container obtained by molding a laminated test tube shaped preform molded by an injection molding process. The container has a neck, a body, and a bottom, and having an outer shell and an inner bag to be laminated in a peelable manner with an outer layer inner surface. The inner bag can be deflated under a pressure drop therein. The outer layer and an inner layer have a laminar structure in which the lamination extends from a predetermined position of the neck to a lower end face. The layers are peeled from each other, starting from a lamination interface between the layers. This interface is exposed outside at the lower end face of the gate mark and can be used as an air intake vent that enables outside air to be taken into the space between layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Hosokoshiyama
  • Patent number: 9915380
    Abstract: Methods and devices related to multi-layer tubular conduit are disclosed. The method of making the multi-layer tubular conduit includes providing a hermetically sealed metal tube, inserting a thermoplastic conduit within the tube, and surrounding the exterior of the tube with an overjacket. The multi-layer tubular conduit device includes three layers: a layer of thermaplastic conduit, a layer of hermetically sealed metal tube, and a layer of overjacket. The three layers are arranged coaxially such that they share a common central axis. The method of use includes installing a multi-layer tubular conduit device in a public or non-public environment. The multi-layer tubular conduit offers mechanical protection from harsh and/or hostile environments while still offering the flexibility of traditional conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Dura-Line Corporation
    Inventors: Scott Gardner, Timothy A. Grimsley
  • Patent number: 9738871
    Abstract: A method of extracting organelles from cells includes following process. A plurality of cells and a solution are mixed uniformly to obtain a mixture. The mixture is loaded into a container. The container is placed in a milling device comprising a miller and a mechanical power source connected to the miller. The miller is immersed into the mixture within the container. The mixture is milled by the miller to obtain a homogenized mixture, wherein a milling parameter is provided to the milling device, and the mechanical power source drives the miller according to the milling parameter. The homogenized mixture is centrifuged to obtain a supernatant. The supernatant is centrifuged to obtain a precipitate with a plurality of organelles. In the process that the mixture is milled by the miller, at least a part of the miller is kept in the mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: TAIWAN MITOCHONDRION APPLIED TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chia-Wen Lin, Hsin-Ting Tsai, Han-Chung Cheng
  • Patent number: 9550599
    Abstract: The invention relates to a container for receiving contents, in particular liquid foods, having a tubular main body and having at least one molded fiber part connected to the main body, and to a method for producing such a container. For the container to be suitable for being aseptically filled with liquid or paste-like foods, the inner face of the at least one molded fiber part is coated to be gas and liquid tight. The container is produced as follows: pressing at least one molded fiber part from pulp, coating the inner face(s) of the molded fiber part or parts, providing the tubular main body, connecting the main body to the (first) molded fiber part for generating a container that is open on one side, filling the container through the open side, and closing the container by folding or by joining to the (further) molded fiber part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: SIG Technology AG
    Inventors: Roger Alther, Marco Pluess, Holger Poell
  • Patent number: 8978910
    Abstract: A technical problem of this invention especially in the case of large-size bottles is to form a grip, without changing the bottle shape to a large extent, so that the body can be firmly held. The object of this invention is to provide a synthetic resin square bottle that can be used reliably because the bottle can be held firmly with a hand. A major means of solving the problem is a synthetic resin square bottle comprising a body having a rectangular shape in a plane cross-section and a groove-like waist portion disposed at a middle height of the bottle, wherein a pair of recessed portions for use as finger stops are formed in respective long side walls of said rectangular body over a predetermined area ranging from said waist portion downward to ensure that a plural number of fingers can be placed in at least one recessed portion for a finger stop purpose, and wherein a grip for holding the bottle is formed from both the pair of recessed portions and the waist portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki Sasaki, Takayuki Kobayashi, Tomoyuki Ozawa, Takao Iizuka
  • Publication number: 20150034587
    Abstract: A collapsible plastic bottle is provided which is movable from an expanded configuration for storing liquid for consumer use to a collapsed configuration for forming a tile for use in tiled building structures and the like. Related systems, components and methods are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Donald W. Thomson, Lee Loveland
  • Publication number: 20150034588
    Abstract: The invention provides for a container that may include a liquid-holding vessel and a skeleton shell supporting the liquid holding vessel. The liquid-holding vessel may comprise a flexible polymer or plastic material for preventing contact between a liquid stored in or dispensed from the container and the skeleton. The liquid-holding vessel and the closure may be formed from a minimal amount of polymer or plastic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Julie Corbett, Romeo Graham, Robert Watters, Michael Sirois
  • Publication number: 20140327176
    Abstract: A process includes: supplying a main resin from outer and inner flow channel, to a joined flow channel at a predetermined supply velocity for a predetermined time; supplying a second resin from a middle flow channel to the joined flow channel simultaneously with the main resin at a predetermined supply velocity for a certain time within the predetermined time; and sliding a shut-off pin to bring the pin forefront to a predetermined position near an outlet of the inner flow channel, open to the joined flow channel, before the second resin is supplied, or during a time starting after a time from the start of the second resin supply and ending with the termination of the supply, so that the velocity of main resin supply from the inner flow channel to the joined flow channel is reduced to a predetermined level by adjusting the degree of aperture for the outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junichi Chiba, Kazuhiko Shimizu, Hiroshi Hosokoshiyama
  • Patent number: 8870005
    Abstract: The present invention includes a storing section that stores a chemical, an opening provided in an upper surface, a concave portion formed in a first side face, and an inclined face that is formed at a face on an upper surface side of the concave portion and that inclines towards the upper surface side. The center of the concave portion is positioned so as to deviate from the central axis at the first side face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Takaaki Komiya, Hisashi Kuroshima, Eiri Suzuki, Hideto Onishi
  • Patent number: 8851311
    Abstract: Bottles with improved top loading resistance are disclosed herein. The bottles may have generally “square” body profiles and may include structural features such as variable wall thickness, specific shoulder angles, and other structural reinforcement components. The bottle may have one or both of the following characteristics: a weight and barrel thickness specific top loading strength of no less than 2.30 lbf/g×mm and a weight and volume specific top loading strength of no less than 1.00 lbf×L/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Jose de Jesus Castillo Higareda, Peter M Neumann, Holger Hampf, Matthew D. Hern, Gary B. Swetish, Benjamin R. Lloyd
  • Patent number: 8800794
    Abstract: A biaxially drawn, blow-molded bottle and its preform comprise at least a layer of a gas barrier material laminated inside the PET resin layers, a functional portion having a screw thread raised spirally in the upper portion of neck and also having a stop ring disposed under the screw thread, and a neck ring disposed at the lower end of the neck. In these preform and bottle, the leading edge of the gas barrier layer is positioned at a half height of the neck ring where the most advanced front of the leading edge neither reaches a half height of the stop ring nor extends to the functional portion. It is intended here that the neck would not be affected by the shrinking deformation caused by the existence of the gas barrier layer in the functional portion of the neck, which is treated for thermal crystallization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Uesugi, Akio Hashimoto, Masato Suzuki, Hiromi Shimura
  • Patent number: 8794459
    Abstract: A fluid container (10) comprises a body (12), a neck (16), and a mouth (14) The neck is deformable from a first stable condition to a second stable condition, allowing the relative angle of the mouth to be changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Suzanne Mary Dover, Peter Booth, Corinne Elstow, William Maskell, Alan Whiting
  • Patent number: 8739995
    Abstract: A technical problem of this invention especially in the case of large-size bottles is to form a grip, without changing the bottle shape to a large extent, so that the body can be firmly held. The object of this invention is to provide a synthetic resin square bottle that can be used reliably because the bottle can be held firmly with a hand. A major means of solving the problem is a synthetic resin square bottle comprising a body having a rectangular shape in a plane cross-section and a groove-like waist portion disposed at a middle height of the bottle, wherein a pair of recessed portions for use as finger stops are formed in respective long side walls of said rectangular body over a predetermined area ranging from said waist portion downward to ensure that a plural number of fingers can be placed in at least one recessed portion for a finger stop purpose, and wherein a grip for holding the bottle is formed from both the pair of recessed portions and the waist portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki Sasaki, Takayuki Kobayashi, Tomoyuki Ozawa, Takao Iizuka
  • Patent number: 8727154
    Abstract: The technical problem to be solved by this invention is to design bottle walls having such a shape as to inhibit cave-in deformation into a dented wall shape caused by recessed areas for fingerhold. The object of this invention is to provide a synthetic resin square bottle which is usable without anxiety, is excellent at firm hold, and has a high vacuum-absorbing function. In a synthetic resin square bottle comprising a body formed by multiple panel walls disposed on the body in a circumferential direction, and a waist portion made of a peripheral groove dented at a roughly middle height position of the body so as to divide each panel wall into an upper panel and a lower panel, recessed areas for fingerhold use are formed in at least a pair of opposing panel walls in a certain area ranging from the waist portion to an upper end portion of the lower panel of each panel wall, and a pair of side ribs is formed on right and left sides of, and in the vicinity of, each recessed area in the lower panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Oguchi, Shigeru Tomiyama, Takao Iizuka
  • Publication number: 20140124473
    Abstract: A synthetic resin bottle has a cylindrical shape with a bottom, and a bottom wall portion that includes a grounding portion located at an outer circumferential edge, a rising circumferential wall portion that is connected from an inner side to the grounding portion and extends upward, an annular movable wall portion protruding from an upper end of the rising circumferential wall portion toward the bottle radial inner side, and a recessed circumferential wall portion between the bottle radial inner side and the movable wall portion. The movable wall portion is free to rotate around a portion connected to the rising circumferential wall portion so as to move the recessed circumferential wall portion in an upward direction. The rising circumferential wall portion extends to be gradually inclined toward the bottle inner side, and an inclined angle thereof is equal to or less than 10° with respect to a bottle axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadayori Nakayama, Goro Kurihara, Hiroaki Imai
  • Patent number: 8714385
    Abstract: Disclosed is a bottle for containing liquid content including a body portion, at least part or the entire portion of an upper portion of which is provided with a plurality of guides which protrudes inward from an inside surface thereof and is in a spiral pattern so that the liquid content can be guided towards an opening of a neck portion of the bottle while spirally revolving inside the bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Inventors: Kyung Il Jung, Youngtack Shim
  • Patent number: 8668100
    Abstract: This disclosure is generally directed toward bottles with improved top loading resistance and does so by, among other things, utilizing walls, shoulder, and/or other structural features of a particular size, taper, angle, and/or material. The bottle includes a mouth, a barrel connected to a base, and a shoulder extending between the mouth and barrel. The shoulder may include upper, intermediate, and lower sections, in which the intermediate section may be relatively thicker than the upper section. The barrel may also include upper, intermediate, and lower sections, in which the intermediate section may be relatively thicker than the lower section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventor: Jose de Jesus Castillo Higareda
  • Patent number: 8662329
    Abstract: Bottles with improved top loading resistance are disclosed herein. The bottles may have generally “square” body profiles and may include structural features such as variable wall thickness, specific shoulder angles, and other structural reinforcement components. The bottles may include laterally extending ribs on the barrel to improve their lateral stacking strength, and may do so without adversely affecting their top loading strength. The bottles may have one or both of the following characteristics: a weight and barrel thickness specific top loading strength of no less than 2.30 lbf/g×mm and a weight and volume specific top loading strength of no less than 1.00 lbf×L/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Jose de Jesus Castillo Higareda, Peter M. Neumann, Holger Hampf, Matthew D. Hern, Gary B. Swetish, Benjamin R. Lloyd
  • Patent number: 8651307
    Abstract: A one-piece plastic hot-fill container may employ a shoulder portion, a base portion and a sidewall portion, which may be integrally formed with and extend from the shoulder portion to the base portion. The container may further employ a plurality of compression ribs molded into the sidewall portion—a first of the plurality of compression ribs intersecting a second of the plurality of compression ribs to form a rib interface, at least the first and the second of the plurality of compression ribs changing from a first shape to a second shape in response to cooling of the liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Amcor Limited
    Inventors: Carlos E. Londoño, Susan Deemer
  • Publication number: 20140042118
    Abstract: A blow moulded container has a body portion defining a chamber for storing liquid and a neck portion extending from the body portion. The body portion defines a central longitudinal axis and the neck portion is coaxial therewith. The body portion defines an upper shoulder region of curved profile and the neck portion defines a circular cylindrical portion having side walls concentric with and parallel to the central longitudinal axis. The lower end of the cylindrical portion defines a closed loop and has a non-planar intersection with the shoulder region of the body portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: Nampak Plastics Europe Limited
    Inventor: Andrew Glover
  • Publication number: 20140021210
    Abstract: A method of, and apparatus for, profiling a tube to form at least one profiled product having a first open end and a second open end. The tube (30) is supported on a support (19) which supports the tube along at least a substantial part of the length of the tube corresponding to the product(s) to be formed. At least a portion of the tube is heated to form at least one heat-softened portion of the tube in the region(s) corresponding to the product(s) to be formed. A fluid pressure change (28) is applied to the region(s) of the tube corresponding to the product(s) to be formed to form at least one profiled product having a first open end, a second open end, and a predetermined shape with one or more three dimensional profile features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventor: Alan Mark Crawley
  • Publication number: 20130327740
    Abstract: Embodiments of glass containers resistant to delamination and methods for forming the same are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a delamination resistant glass container may include a glass article having a body extending between an interior surface and an exterior surface. The body defines an interior volume. The body may include an interior region extending from 10 nm below the interior surface of the body into a thickness of the body. The interior region has a persistent layer homogeneity such that the body is resistant to delamination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Inventors: Kaveh Adib, Paul S. Danielson, James P. Hamilton, Robert M. Morena, John S. Peanasky, Robert A. Schaut, Susan L. Schiefelbein
  • Publication number: 20130306587
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a detachable coupling apparatus for a midsection of a separable bottle. The apparatus is configured such that upper and lower locking portions of a bottle are detachably coupled to each other by rotating upper and lower bodies in opposite directions, the upper and lower locking portions being inclined in a coupling direction. The present invention ensures the easy coupling for the midsection of the bottle in a single operation, and prevents unexpected separation of the bottle particularly when in the coupled state, thus continuously maintaining excellent watertight performance and stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Inventor: Young Keun Park
  • Publication number: 20130306588
    Abstract: Container (1) of plastic material, comprising a body (5) and a bottom (6), the bottom (6) having an annular outer seat (8) defining a principal seating plane (9) for the container (1), and a deformable membrane (10) that extends radially inside the annular outer seat (8) and is arranged to be able to adopt two configurations: a retracted configuration, in which the membrane (10) extends axially above the principal seating plane (9); a deployed configuration, in which the membrane (10) comprises an annular inner seat (14) in the form of an annular bead projecting towards the exterior of the container (1), which extends axially beneath the principal seating plane (9) and defines a secondary seating plane (15), the bottom (6) comprising a series of hollow reserves (20) in the annular inner seat (15) [sic], which form local discontinuities of the secondary seating plane (15).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2011
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: SIDEL PARTICIPATIONS
    Inventor: Michel Boukobza
  • Patent number: 8561822
    Abstract: A multi-gallon capacity container comprising which comprises a substantially rectangular bottom portion having a chime and a plurality of base channels; a shoulder portion with a neck section for facilitating filling and discharging of liquid from the container and a plurality vertically extending shoulder channels; a body portion which seamlessly connects the bottom portion with the shoulder portion and having a plurality of spaced apart horizontal ribs and rib channels for increasing a lateral wall strength of the container. The container includes a first and second primary columns for increasing a top load strength of the container. Each primary column commences in the shoulder portion, extends substantially continuously along the shoulder portion, across the plurality of horizontal ribs, and terminates at the bottom portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Devtec Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin Beck, Dennis Connor, Kim Lufkin, James Kowalczyk
  • Publication number: 20130270215
    Abstract: A blow-molded container includes a bottom member, a plurality of sidewalls, a spout for receiving a closure cap, a handle section proximate to the spout, and an upwardly converging neck member. The plurality of sidewalls includes a first pair of opposing parallel sidewalls that are spaced apart by a first dimension, a second pair of opposing parallel sidewalls are spaced apart by the first dimension, and a third pair of sidewalls that are spaced apart by a second dimension that is different than the first dimension. The upwardly converging neck member couples the sidewalls to the spout and has a convex transition section defining a continuous curvature that extends from the sidewalls to the spout.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Inventors: PETER LOBBESTAEL, AL VANOVER, KEVIN D GAYDOSH, GREGORY T HALL
  • Patent number: 8550272
    Abstract: An extrusion blowmolded PET container having superior top load strength characteristics includes a sidewall having an outer surface, and an inner surface that defines an interior space. The sidewall is fabricated from a material that includes extrudable PET. The sidewall is shaped to define a bottom portion, a finish portion and a main body portion. The finish portion has an opening defined therein that is in communication with the interior space. The main body portion has a neck surface, a shoulder surface and a fillet that is defined between the neck surface and the shoulder surface. The neck surface forms a first angle with respect to a longitudinal axis of the container that is substantially within a range of about 2° to about 20°, and the fillet has an average radius of curvature that is substantially within a range of about 15 mm to about 55 mm. The container is preferably fabricated using an extrusion blowmolding process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Graham Packaging Company, LP
    Inventor: Sheldon E. Yourist
  • Patent number: 8540095
    Abstract: The plastic container includes a hollow body of plastic material having a lower supporting base, a sidewall extending upwardly from the lower base and an upper neck portion extending upwardly from the sidewall with an opening therein. The sidewall includes at least one panel having a central region and an outer boundary, with the outer boundary being depressed with respect to the central region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Plastipak Packaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Marc A. Pedmo, James C. Dorn, James J. Miller
  • Patent number: 8540094
    Abstract: A double-skinned inflatable bottle blank is manufactured by: (i) stacking two sheets of liquid impermeable, flexible foil material; (ii) blanking the sheets; (iii) bonding the two blanks along joining seams that follow contoured perimeter edges to define a double skinned blank which can be inflated through an inflation location; (iv) additionally bonding the two blanks at in a predetermined grid of seams to provide an upstanding peripheral wall with intersecting, inflatable stiffener structures; (v) folding the double skinned blank; and (vi) selectively bonding together portions of the joined perimeter edge of the double skinned blank to define a double-skinned, inflatable bottle blank with an internal cavity surrounded by a bottom wall, peripheral wall and top wall with a dispensing orifice, the inflatable stiffener structures between the seams providing an exoskeleton about the internal cavity when inflated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Inventor: John Thomas Riedl
  • Patent number: 8528761
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are beverage bottles that incorporate one or more of: fins that are molded in, attached individually or in a finned section; a base section adapting a finned bottle for transport in a track or conveyor of bottling machinery; aerodynamic noses and nosecones, attachable to the neck or bottom of a bottle, optionally holding an object, prize or additive, also optionally acting as a stand for the bottle; a production sleeve permitting transport through a track or conveyor; noses, fins and finned sections that are reversible; a crush zone for absorbing impact energy; a pump for providing thrust or structural pressure, some incorporated into the bottle product and others provided externally, and for launchable products, nozzles and mechanisms for containing thrust pressure. Detailed information on various example embodiments of the inventions are provided in the Detailed Description below, and the inventions are defined by the appended claims.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: ThinkAtomic, Inc.
    Inventors: Justin C. Yarro, Ralph J. Yarro, Matt Redding, Daniel Child
  • Publication number: 20130228545
    Abstract: A technical problem is to fully make up for a restricted upper limit to the preform body wall thickness. An object is to provide a bottle which is narrow-mouthed and yet has a substantially expanded body. In principle, the bottle may include a mouth opening portion with a bore diameter of 10 mm or less and a maximum diameter of the body is 2.5 times or more than the bore diameter of the mouth opening portion, and wherein a maximum diameter portion of the body has a minimum wall thickness of 0.45 mm or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2013
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke ISHII, Takashi OTSUKA, Katsuyoshi INAGAWA, Takao IIZUKA
  • Patent number: 8474638
    Abstract: The plastic container includes a hollow body of plastic material having a lower supporting base, a sidewall extending upwardly from the lower base and an upper neck portion extending upwardly from the sidewall with an opening therein. The sidewall includes at least one panel having a central region and an outer boundary, with the outer boundary being depressed with respect to the central region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Plastipak Packaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Marc A. Pedmo, James C. Dorn, James J. Miller
  • Publication number: 20130134124
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a plastic preform (200) for a container (300) comprising at least one elongate reinforcing element (210), and obtained by injection-molding. The present invention further relates to a container (300) blow-molded from such a preform (200), and comprising at least one reinforcing element (320), and having a continuous and smooth outer surface (310b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Bazlur Rashid, A.B.M., Patrick Ryan Walker, Robert Lepior, Eric Didier, Eric Lupke, David Hutts
  • Publication number: 20130118537
    Abstract: A disinfecting chemical bottle includes a bottle body including a storing section that stores a chemical used for cleaning/disinfecting an endoscope and a mouth portion including an opening portion from which the chemical freely flows out, a first conductive portion provided so as to be exposed in an inner portion and an outer portion of the bottle body, and a second conductive portion provided at a position different from that of the first conductive portion so as to be exposed in the inner portion and the outer portion of the bottle body, the second conductive portion being electrically connectable to the first conductive portion via the chemical in the bottle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2013
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventor: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
  • Publication number: 20130068717
    Abstract: The scrunchable plastic disposable carbonated beverage bottle is, as titled, a carbonated beverage bottle that can structurally reduce its volume to preserve carbonation content and freshness of product as product is consumed. The scrunchable bottle also has the ability to self-compact for easier storage and will require less space to dispose of This will ultimately save cubic feet of landfill space that is beyond estimation by preventing air bubbles caused by these bottles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Inventor: Curtis Lee Hipkins
  • Publication number: 20130043209
    Abstract: Plastic containers, base configurations for plastic containers, and systems, methods, and base molds thereof. In particular, the disclosed subject matter involves container base configurations having particular up-stand geometries that can assist or facilitate elevated temperature processing and/or cooling processing of plastic containers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2011
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Inventors: Michael P. Wurster, Scott E. Bysick
  • Publication number: 20130020277
    Abstract: A bottle for holding liquids that is biodegradable and that is made from environmentally sustainable materials. The bottle includes a body, a shoulder, a neck portion, and a cap. According to one aspect, the neck portion of the bottle is made of bioplastic, and the shoulder and body of the bottle are made from thermoformed pulp. The bioplastic neck can mate with, and be adhered to, the shoulder, and the shoulder can mate with, and be adhered to, the pulp body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: LGAB LLC
    Inventors: Adam Berk, Lee Green, Fuad Khan
  • Publication number: 20130020276
    Abstract: A segmented collapsible container for containing a liquid and collapsing when no liquid is present. The container is segmented into a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion. The three segmented portions form a uniform annular sidewall, with each separate portion of the sidewall having a different thickness or material than the other portions. The middle second portion includes a relatively thinner break point in the sidewall to facilitate collapsing. It is this variation in rigidity and integrity of the sidewalls that allows the segmented collapsible container to collapse. The segmented collapsible container includes an airtight seal formed in the first portion that restricts fluids, such as but not limited to, air from entering or leaving the segmented collapsible container. The segmented collapsible container may more easily return to its original shape after collapsing. This facilitates cleaning and reusability of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Inventor: Craig Allen Madaus
  • Publication number: 20120328804
    Abstract: Molded articles formed from compositions comprising thermoplastic polymers and oils are disclosed, where the oil is dispersed throughout the thermoplastic polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Inventors: William Maxwell Allen, Eric Bryan Bond, Isao Noda
  • Patent number: 8308006
    Abstract: A hot-fill container may have a shoulder portion, body portion, bottom portion, and numerous strengthening grooves and a thin-walled, flexible, bag-like, collapsible portion in the body portion. The collapsible portion may be located between the strengthening ribs. The container structure may also employ one or more vacuum panels in the body portion that may lie between the collapsible portion and the bottom portion. The vacuum panels and the collapsible body portion may move toward a central vertical axis when the container is subjected to an internal vacuum pressure. Strengthening grooves may border the collapsible body portion, which may be circular in pre-vacuum cross-section but polygonal in post-vacuum cross-section. Part of the collapsible portion may be concave inward toward a central vertical axis of the container while part of the collapsible portion may move away from the central vertical axis. Vertical columns may support the collapsible portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Amcor Limited
    Inventors: John A. Nievierowski, Patricia M. Maslak, Walter J. Strasser, Luke A. Mast, Frederick C. Beuerle
  • Patent number: 8286814
    Abstract: A volumetrically efficient plastic hot fill container at least one vacuum panel defined by a vacuum panel area of a sidewall that is constructed and arranged to flex inwardly in order to accommodate volumetric shrinkage that may occur within the container as a result of the conventionally known hot fill process. Advantageously, at least a portion of the vacuum panel area of the sidewall is formed as a plurality of undulations. The undulations preferably have a vertical component and provide an increased surface area to the vacuum panel area relative to what a flat surface would provide. As a result, the amount of volumetric shrinkage that may be accommodated through inward deflection of said vacuum panel area of said sidewall is increased relative to a flat surface would provide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Graham Packaging Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Raymond A. Pritchett, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8256633
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a multipurpose plastic bottle made in one reusable piece which is provided with the means for conversion to objects which may be kept by the user. It comprises an upper belt and a lower belt formed by pairs of circular rings connected round the whole profile of the bottle with the connection of both pairs of rings defined by a cutting guide for separating the bottle in an upper section, a mid section and a lower section. The multipurpose plastic bottle which is the object of the invention belongs to the technical sector of plastics, specifically to the plastic industry relating to manufacture of bottles designed to hold liquids for mass distribution and consumption. The products to be bottled are soft drinks, sodas, drinking water, cooking oils and domestic cleaning products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Inventors: Alan Michael Rogers Martijena, Alan Charles Rogers