Neck Patents (Class 215/40)
  • Patent number: 8123056
    Abstract: Container, comprising a neck provided with a wall forming an opening and an abutting arrangement arranged to interact with an opening indicating device of a cap associatable with the neck, the abutting arrangement comprising a ring-shaped projection extending circumferentially from the wall, and an abutting element arrangement projecting from the ring-shaped projection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Sacmi Cooperativa Meccanici Imola Societa Cooperativa
    Inventor: Alessandro Falzoni
  • Publication number: 20120043294
    Abstract: A shaped metal container comprising less metal than prior art shaped metal containers while still able to handle sufficient axial load and undergo shaping processes, including necking, without wrinkling, buckling, collapsing or other physical defect is disclosed. Processes for shaping a metal container having a sidewall of variable thickness, wherein a portion of the sidewall having a variable thickness is shaped using a die or dies are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: ALCOA INC.
    Inventors: Robert E. Dick, Anthony J. Fedusa, Gary L. Myers
  • Publication number: 20120031870
    Abstract: A blow-molding method for forming a squeezable or tubular plastic container is provided. The method includes molding a preform having a sidewall, an interior cavity, an open end, a closed end, and a neck adjacent the closed end of the preform. The neck of the preform has an engagement structure. The method includes providing a blow mold system including a blow mold cavity. The method includes placing at least a portion of the preform into the blow mold cavity, and blow molding a one-piece container body from the preform by inflating the preform within the blow mold cavity. The container body has an open end, a closed end and a neck adjacent to the closed end. Wherein the open end of the container body is formed from the open end of the preform, and the closed end of the container body is formed from the closed end of the preform. The method includes creating a dispensing opening through the closed end of the container body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Inventors: Randal D. Porter, Daniel M. Futral, John K. Silva, William J. Peek, Brian J. Benell, Laura A. Flanagan-Kent
  • Publication number: 20120024813
    Abstract: A metal bottle can comprises a mouth part having a curl portion at the end, a neck part having a straight part in parallel to the can axis, a taper-shaped shoulder part, a barrel part, and a bottom part. The metal bottle can is integrally formed from a primitive plate of the thickness (wall thickness T) of 0.48 mm to 0.30 mm by drawing-processed. The metal bottle can has the barrel part with the diameter A of 40 mm to 70 mm, the neck part with the diameter B of 20 mm to 35 mm, the straight portion of the neck part with the length S of 10 mm to 40 mm, the shoulder part with the angle a of 40 degrees to 70 degrees, the mouth part with the wall thickness X of 0.46 mm to 0.33 mm, and straight portion of the neck part with the wall thickness Y of 0.43 mm to 0.30 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Inventors: Masayuki Nakagawa, Osamu Kume, Yoshio Asai
  • Publication number: 20120018399
    Abstract: A bottle (1), comprising a main body (2) and a bottle neck (3) which accommodates a cap (4), where the bottle neck (3) comprises interior walls (5) in contact with the cap (4) and exterior walls (6) not in contact with the cap (4), with the special feature that at least part of such exterior walls (6) are located inside the bottle (1). When the bottle is filled with wine (1) and the bottle (1) is in vertical position, the fill level (7) of wine reaches a point of the exterior walls (6) of the bottle neck (3) that is inside the bottle (1), causing the wine to be in permanent contact with the cap (4). Therefore, the invention allows for the possibility of not having to store the bottle (1) in horizontal position to guarantee the correct conservation of the wine and the cork.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: EL CANTILLO, S.A.
    Inventor: Gregorio Peñafiel Monteserin
  • Publication number: 20120012552
    Abstract: A refill for a volatile material dispenser comprises a container having a neck portion. A wick is in contact with a volatile material in the container and extends out of the neck portion. A structure is disposed on an outer surface of the neck portion for attachment of a cap thereto. The structure is also adapted to interact with latches disposed in a volatile material dispenser to retain the refill therein and the container is devoid of an additional retaining structure on the neck portion thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2010
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Inventors: Chris A. Kubicek, Thomas P. Gasper
  • Publication number: 20120006780
    Abstract: The invention refers to the bottles intended for beverage. The bottle neck for beverage is closed by the screw cover consisting of two-pieces. At infringement of the uniting sheaf, one of the parts is separated, and the other one remains on the bottle neck. The separated part of the cover has carving and glass form parts. A short tube is attached to the bottle neck. In the place of short tube and bottle neck connection, there is a ring-shaped dredging with through apertures and cone-shaped thickening. Inside of the separated part of the cover, on the border of carving and glass-form parts, there is a large corresponding to the dredging sizes and form, and on the top part of cover there is a dredging clasping hardly the edge of the short tube. The structure becomes simpler—the cost price is decreased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2010
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Inventor: Anoushavan Mirzoyan
  • Publication number: 20120000878
    Abstract: A bottle of one-piece construction includes a body having a shoulder, a neck finish and a neck extending from the shoulder to the neck finish. The shoulder and neck finish each have circular cross sections around respective axes, which preferably are coincident with a central axis of the bottle. A major portion of the neck has an oval cross section around a third axis, which preferably is coincident with the central axis, smoothly blending into the circular cross sections of the shoulder and neck finish. The oval cross section preferably is generally elliptical, having outwardly convex end portions and outwardly convex side portions extending between the end portions. The neck preferably has a substantially uniform wall thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Inventor: Karl A. Reisig
  • Publication number: 20110315650
    Abstract: A container for storing matter provides a container body having a resilient flange protruding outward therefrom to form a seal between the container body and a mating closure. The resilient flange is deflected by the inner surface of the mating closure to form a first releasable seal between the closure and the container body. The resilient flange includes an aspect ratio of length divided by thickness. A second releasable seal is formed in some embodiments between the upper edge of the side wall and the closure when the mating closure is positioned on the container body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: MEAD JOHNSON NUTRITION COMPANY
    Inventors: Tomas C. Horton, Robin Wiggins, Jeffrey Minnette, Randall Julian
  • Publication number: 20110309048
    Abstract: Hollow body extending along a principal axis and having a neck provided with a first relief suitable for allowing a predetermined angular indexing of the hollow body around its principal axis with respect to a device for gripping the hollow body. The neck having a second relief, axially offset with respect to the first relief, suitable for allowing a predetermined angular indexing of the hollow body around its principal axis with respect to a second gripping device superimposed on the first one.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2009
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: SIDEL PARTICIPATIONS
    Inventors: Arnaud Briard, Nicolas Chomel
  • Publication number: 20110303633
    Abstract: A liquid container can be present and used in at least two different positions. The liquid container may be a wine container, which can be a wine bottle in its first position and also be a wine glass in its second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Inventor: David Bernstein
  • Patent number: 8049627
    Abstract: A container may be formed with a pocket to securely receive a tag, such as a radio-frequency identification tag. The tag is secured within the pocket such that it remains within the pocket during ordinary use and handling of the container, but it is substantially completely removable from the pocket without tools or solvents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Walgreen Co.
    Inventor: Steve Addante
  • Publication number: 20110240588
    Abstract: A container comprises a containment body having a main axis and a mouth or neck part, the opening of which defines a mouth plane of the container oriented in a direction transverse with respect to the main axis, where applied on at least part of the container is a tubular sleeve of film material shrunk on the container itself. The tubular sleeve has at least one end edge having, in different points of its angular development, different distances from the mouth plane. Preferentially, the container is likewise provided with at least one sculptured annular edge having a profile homologous to the profile of the aforesaid end edge of the tubular sleeve, and the sleeve is applied on the container with said end edge coinciding with the aforesaid sculptured annular edge having the homologous profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: SOREMARTEC S.A.
    Inventor: Giuseppe TERRASI
  • Publication number: 20110226802
    Abstract: In an embodiment, the device comprises a stainless steel container portion, a stainless steel annular portion, and a silicone mouthpiece portion. Fluid or other contents stored in the device only come in contact with the stainless container portion, the stainless steel annular portion, and the silicone mouthpiece portion. The stainless steel container portion, the stainless steel annular portion, and the silicone mouthpiece portion all do not contain plastic, therefore the fluid in contact with these surfaces is not exposed to any toxins or other compounds found in plastic and therefore the leaching of plastic toxins and compounds cannot occur while the fluid is stored in the device. The mouthpiece portion can be any of a number of different varieties, sizes and shapes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Inventors: Roger P. Moore, Jenifer R. Moore
  • Publication number: 20110210092
    Abstract: A device that assists with equalizing air pressure within a bottle with the atmospheric air pressure as liquid is being poured from the bottle and includes one or more relatively short air tubes. The air tubes are situated with an upper inlet rim of the air tubes located flush with or relatively near the bottle rim. Whether an insert or integrated into the manufacture of a container, the one or more air tubes that extend partially into the container allow air to pass into the container as the liquid exits the container. The pressure equalizer not only minimizes or prevents the common glugging effect, but it allows liquid from a bottle to be poured smoothly at any angle and orientation. A cap incorporating a detachable pressure equalizer is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: PAHA DESIGNS, LLC
    Inventor: Benjamin Meager
  • Publication number: 20110186535
    Abstract: A device that assists with equalizing air pressure within a bottle with the atmospheric air pressure as liquid is being poured from the bottle and includes one or more relatively short air tubes. The air tubes are situated with an upper inlet rim of the air tubes located flush with or relatively near the bottle rim. Whether an insert or integrated into the manufacture of a container, the one or more air tubes that extend partially into the container allow air to pass into the container as the liquid exits the container. The pressure equalizer not only minimizes or prevents the common glugging effect, but it allows liquid from a bottle to be poured smoothly at any angle and orientation. A cap incorporating a detachable pressure equalizer is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2011
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Inventor: Benjamin MEAGER
  • Publication number: 20110186534
    Abstract: Device for a package closure comprising a cap (1) which is mounted on a package neck (2) alternative on a separately neck and where the cap in its final mounting position gives a sealing function implying that a sealing lip (10) of the neck will be pressed against an outer wall (32) of the cap, alternative that there is a further sealing lip 51 of the neck which presses against an opposite cylindrical section (33) of the cap (1) and that the complete package in this sealing position has a secured tightness and that the construction is designed in a way that a closure is obtained which gives conditions for a sterile environment in the package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2009
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: Petro-Pack AB
    Inventor: Hugo Nilsson
  • Patent number: 7988002
    Abstract: A plastic container and closure and method of making the same. The container can include a solid bottom end, an outer sidewall extending from the solid bottom end, and a neck portion extending from the outer sidewall to create an open end of the container. The neck portion may have a spout portion having an aperture formed therein. The spout portion can be inverted to form a flange receptacle. The closure can include a sealing portion which includes a first receptacle, a spring portion that includes a second receptacle, and a planar center area configured in the center of the closure and extending inward from the spring portion. The container may be filled with a product and the closure secured to the container, over the open end, to create a primary seal and a secondary seal. When the closure is secured to the container, the spring portion can exert a sealing pressure against the neck portion of the container to create the primary seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Graham Packaging Company, L.P.
    Inventors: John E. Denner, David B. Clements, Robert D. Stoolmaker
  • Publication number: 20110174756
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are flying beverage bottles having aerodynamic fins positioned to provide a stand to the bottle in a stable resting position having contact between the bottle body and the resting surface at the fins. The center of the bottle body bottom may not contact the resting surface. Fins may be positioned on opposing sides, in a circumference, or with rotational symmetry providing balance and permitting transport of the bottle through a track. The fins may be straight or angled with respect to the center of the bottle body. The bottle shape may be stackable, such that the fins of one bottles fits into said recess formed in another bottle. The lower portion of a bottle may be boat-tailed. 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: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2010
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Inventors: Justin C. Yarro, Ralph J. Yarro, Daniel Child, Matt Redding
  • Publication number: 20110174757
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are beverage bottles having a reversible finned section, attachable to a bottle body, positioning a plurality of fins providing aerodynamic guidance of the body as it travels in a direction of a vector originating from the fin-center toward an attached nose; the finned section having two orientations of attachment to the bottle body providing two different profiles. Bottles may also include one or more of: 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 or other location, optionally holding an object, prize or additive, also optionally acting as a stand; and a production sleeve permitting transport through a track or conveyor. 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: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2010
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Inventors: Justin C. Yarro, Ralph J. Yarro, Daniel Child, Matt Redding
  • Publication number: 20110168658
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are beverage bottles having fins incorporated within the wall of a bottle body providing for aerodynamic guidance in a direction defined by a vector passing through the neck, each of the fins defining a plane passing through the substantial center of each fin, the defining vector locatable within each of the planes of each fin such that the intersection of each of the planes and the defining vector is a line. Those bottles may incorporate a base section adapted for transport in a track or conveyor of bottling machinery; aerodynamic noses and nosecones, attachable to the neck or bottom of a bottle or other location, optionally holding an object, prize or additive, and a production sleeve permitting transport through a track or conveyor. 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: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventors: Justin C. Yarro, Ralph J. Yarro, Daniel Child, Matt Redding
  • Patent number: 7976767
    Abstract: A preform for use in blow molding a plastic container is disclosed herein. The preform has an open end and closed end, and a body adapted to form a body of the container when the container is blow molded. The preform further includes a finish having a top surface, an inner wall having circumferentially-spaced thin segments alternating with thick segments, and an outer wall wherein the thin segments exist entirely in the finish and extend towards the open end of the body of the preform. The thick segments do not extend to the top surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Graham Packaging Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Eric B. Ungrady, Sunil S. Shah, Michael P. Wurster
  • Publication number: 20110155686
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for forming a container including introducing an indicia material into an injection stream between an inner layer and an outer layer to form a preform. The method further includes shaping the preform into a container such that the container defines visual patterning along at least a portion thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventors: KIRK E. MAKI, George David Lisch
  • Publication number: 20110147240
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a storing and dispensing cap is provided and includes a housing movably couplable to a container neck having a lip, and a compartment disposed within the housing, wherein the compartment has a dispenser opening. The cap further includes a plug coupled to the housing by a flexible c-shaped bar, wherein the plug is movable between a first position and a second position for engaging or disengaging with the dispenser opening upon actuation of the c-shaped bar with the lip of the container neck. A storing and mixing system including such a cap, and a method of storing and mixing using such a cap are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventor: Ernest J. Kim
  • Patent number: 7959022
    Abstract: A container, such as a flask or a flexible tube, provided with a cap, the container including a side wall and a plastic head with a neck and a shoulder linking the neck to the side wall. The cap is provided with a circular cylindrical skirt on its inner surface with one or more first screwing means. The wall of the neck is substantially shaped like a prism where the cross-section is globally a polygon having a symmetry of order n about an axis A substantially parallel to the generatrix of the prism, n being an integer strictly greater than 1, and the neck is provided on its outer surface with n second screwing means, uniformly distributed about the axis A. The assembly of n second screwing means of the neck co-operates with the first screwing means of the cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Cebal S.A.S.
    Inventors: Eric Kerman, Herve Zakrzewski
  • Publication number: 20110132863
    Abstract: A plastic container configured for case-less shipping includes a base portion, a sidewall portion, and a neck portion. The base portion is configured to support the container on a surface and includes a substantially planar surface contact portion. The sidewall portion extends upwardly from the base portion and includes a shoulder, an integrally molded handle having a handle opening, and a horizontally-extending collapsible formation. The neck portion extends upwardly from the shoulder of the sidewall portion and includes a dispensing opening, a neck finish, and an uppermost vertical portion. In an embodiment, the handle includes a handle portion that extends vertically from the sidewall portion to an extent that is at or about the same vertical height as the uppermost vertical portion of the neck portion, and a portion of the sidewall portion is permitted to deform in response to a top load force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: Plastipak Packaging, Inc.
    Inventor: James Christopher Dorn
  • Publication number: 20110108507
    Abstract: A sectional liquid dispensing (lotions, creams, soaps, cleansers, etc.) container that includes a finger actuated pump assembly which extends a dip tube near the bottom of a container. The container has three individual components to form the complete assembly. The upper section of container has been designed to contain a tamper evident closure member; mold incorporated at its lower most edge. The lower section (base); containing a closure member mold incorporated onto its top edge, is designed to snap fit into upper section of container. The lower section is approximately one third the height of container or less. The lid cover snaps onto the bottom surface of the lower section, using the tamper evident closure member. The usage of these closures provide frangible edges for easy removal of locking tear bands; which allow for separation of components, while also providing evidence of any product tampering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Inventor: John Lewis Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20110100946
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved plastic bottle, in particular a PET bottle comprising: a bottle body, a neck connecting to the bottle body, which neck is provided with at least one engaging element adapted to enable mechanical engaging of the bottle at least during the production process of blow moulding of the bottle, and coupling means connected to the neck for releasable coupling of the bottle to a closing element closing the bottle, wherein the shortest distance between an upper edge of the neck defining an upper outer end of the bottle and at least one engaging element lies between 0 and 7 millimetres. The invention also relates to an assembly of such a bottle and a closing element which is connected releasably to the bottle and closes the bottle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventor: Antonio Giuseppe Perra
  • Publication number: 20110094989
    Abstract: A container includes a storage chamber for the reception of a filler material and a neck which contains a discharge passage for dispensing the filler material. The neck is surrounded by a shock absorbing element that has a first end connected to the neck, a jacket circumferentially spaced about the neck to form an intermediate space and a second end also spaced from the neck. The shock absorbing element ensures that the neck remains intact on an impact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Inventors: Josef Ettlin, Sasan Habibi Naini
  • Publication number: 20110062106
    Abstract: The invention relates to a closure for a bottle. The inventor also relates to an assembly of a closure according to the invention and a bottle. The invention further relates to a method for assembling an assembly of a closure according to the invention and a bottle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: 4SIGHT INNOVATION B.V.
    Inventor: Wessel Anton Caspar Akveld
  • Publication number: 20110056902
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (10) for transporting and/or storing products, particularly of cryostat type, having an external packaging structure (14) comprising walls defining an internal volume (16) within which is a double-walled insulating bulb (12) whose body (32) is formed by an outer wall (34) and an inner wall (36) defining an internal volume (38), bulb (12) comprising an upper neck (40) defining an upper filling opening (42), and the device (10) comprising bulb (12) supporting means (46) that comprise attachment means (48) capable of engaging with the inner wall (36) only of bulb (12) in order to suspend the bulb (12) vertically by its neck (40) in such a way that the bulb (12) hangs freely in the empty space inside the internal volume (16) defined by the packaging structure (14, 18, 22), with no contact between the outer wall (34) of the bulb (12) and the walls (24, 22) of the packaging structure (14), said device being characterized in that the means (46) for the suspended support of the bulb
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Inventor: Eric Cognard
  • Publication number: 20110057054
    Abstract: The rigid plastic container (V) is designed for being assembled with another rigid plastic container (V) and forming a dual-container dispenser. The container (V) comprises a neck finish (2) and a stretched body (3?) closed at its bottom end. The neck finish (2) comprises a tubular part (20), an upper wall (21), a lower wall (22) and a side wall (23). The side wall (23) extends between the upper (21) and lower (22) walls and said side wall (23), upper wall (21) and lower wall (22) form a housing (H) for the tubular part (20). The housing (H) comprises an assembly surface (S) formed by the edges of the side wall (23), upper wall (21 and lower wall (22). The tubular part (20) is opened at both ends and forms a path through the upper wall (21), within the housing (H) and through the lower wall (22), for filling the stretched body (31).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2009
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: LA SEDA DE BARCELONA S.A.
    Inventors: Alain Dessaint, Stefaan De Backer
  • Publication number: 20110056903
    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 said 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 said 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 12, 2009
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Inventor: Andrew Glover
  • Publication number: 20110031206
    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: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2009
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: AHP Manufacturing B.V.
    Inventors: Suzanne Dover, Peter Booth, Corinne Elstow, William Maskell, Alan Whiting
  • Patent number: 7882970
    Abstract: An anesthetic container includes a bottle having a wall defining a receptacle and a neck with a passage in fluid communication with the receptacle, a valve assembly including a flange, and a ferrule disposed over at least a portion of the flange of the valve assembly and about at least a portion of the neck of the bottle to secure the valve assembly to the bottle. One of the wall of the bottle, the flange of the valve assembly or a wall of the ferrule has at least one vent formed, at least in part, therein that permits air trapped between the ferrule and the valve assembly or the bottle to escape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignees: Baxter Healthcare Corporation, Baxter Healthcare S.A.
    Inventors: Nathan Mitchell, Robert Gliniecki
  • Publication number: 20110024380
    Abstract: A container comprising a rigid body (5) having a neck (6) defining an aperture providing access to the container cavity and a bag (9) positioned in the interior of the body (5), the bag being formed of thermoplastic material and having a neck (2) from which there radially extends a flange (3) which rests on a free edge of the neck (6) of the body (5) and defines a hole for providing access to the cavity of the bag (9) and for sealedly housing the body of a hermetic pump (P) operable manually to withdraw the fluid substance (F) from the bag and feed it to the outside through its dispensing stem (S), the bag being formed by hot blow moulding of a preform placed directly within the container, a lubricant fluid being disposed between said container and said bag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: LUMSON S.p.A.
    Inventor: Matteo MORETTI
  • Publication number: 20110006029
    Abstract: Anti-filling device to be attached to the neck of a bottle to be closed by a sealing cap, including attachment means for attachment to the bottleneck, a chamber including a lower lip surrounding a lower orifice and confining a moveable part which forms a valve in conjunction with the lower lip, and an axial distribution duct. The device further includes a moveable axial rod, secured to the anti-filling device, the axial movement of which relative to the device is limited between a low position and a high position, and at least one stopper which is in engagement with the moveable axial rod such that, when the moveable axial rod is located in the low position, the stopper shuts an orifice which is arranged in the chamber. The low position is imposed by a projection attached to the cap, which comes into contact with the moveable axial rod when the cap is attached to the bottleneck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2009
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: AMCOR FLEXIBLES CAPSULES FRANCE
    Inventors: Jacques Granger, Jean-Marie Bourreau
  • Publication number: 20110000869
    Abstract: A container defines a central longitudinal axis and includes an engagement part that secures a lid to the container. A neck portion is disposed adjacent the engagement part and includes a plurality of recessed portions spaced circumferentially around the neck portion, where each recessed portion has a periphery. The neck portion also includes an outwardly protruding rib disposed along at least a portion of the periphery of at least one recessed portion and an outer surface extending between each pair of adjacent recessed portions. The rib projects outwardly from both the outer surface and the at least one recessed portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2009
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: KRAFT FOODS GLOBAL BRANDS LLC
    Inventors: Jason A. Braun, Farhad Alibhai, Derek J. Romeo, Mark Ramundo
  • Publication number: 20100294813
    Abstract: A packaging and applicator device, including a first part; and a second part that is suitable for turning relative to the first about an axis of rotation; one of the parts including a resiliently deformable tab that is made in the thickness of a tubular skirt of the corresponding part, and the other part including a portion in relief, the tab and the portion in relief being arranged to co-operate in such a manner that turning the second part relative to the first causes the tab to pass over the portion in relief by bending, with a component of the bending being parallel to the axis of rotation, such passage over the portion in relief being accompanied by the production of a tactile sensation that is suitable for being felt by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2010
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: L'OREAL
    Inventor: Jean-Francois DELAGE
  • Publication number: 20100264107
    Abstract: A longneck glass or metal bottle of one-piece integrally formed construction has a body with a closed base and a shoulder at an end of the body remote from the base, and a neck extending from the shoulder along an axis and terminating in a neck finish for attachment of a closure. The bottle neck includes at least one internal embossment for affecting flow of liquid from the body through the neck. In exemplary embodiments of the disclosure, the at least one internal embossment includes at least one internal annular rib or at least one internal rib coplanar with the neck axis or at least one internal spiral rib or at least one internal elliptical rib.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Inventors: Michael J. Lonsway, Bruce A. Becker, Vincent J. Bailey
  • Publication number: 20100243597
    Abstract: To provide a preform, a bottle and a preform molding apparatus capable of preventing lowering in the mechanical strength of a preform, reducing the amount of a resin material, as well as improving productivity. A preform mold 1e used in the preform molding apparatus has a mouth neck part mold 2, a body part mold 3e and a core mold 163, and the body part mold 3e has, on the outer edge of the upper surface of a cylindrical protrusion part 31e, an annular protrusion 33 which controls the moving direction of a solidified film 118 and a solidified film 117 which have been peeled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2008
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: TOYO SEIKAN KAISHA, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoru Nemoto, Masayuki Sasaki, Tsuneo Imatani
  • Patent number: 7798357
    Abstract: An effective thread number in the thread section which is disposed on the mouth section of the bottle is formed to be 2.2. That is, the thread section is formed such that the thread section 13 should serve effectively in the mouth section such that an interval between a start position and an end position should be 2.0 to 2.5. In the bottle can member 11 which has such a thread section, an outer diameter of the thread section which is formed on the mouth section is 28 to 38 mm. Also, the thickness of the mouth section is 0.25 to 0.4 mm. The thread section which has the effective thread number 2.0 to 2.5 is formed by eight-thread per inch pitch. By doing this, it is possible to put the cap desirably.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Universal Can Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Hanafusa, Ryoichi Ito, Masahiro Hosoi, Naoki Tasaka
  • Publication number: 20100219150
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a tamper resistant closure system for a container having a body, a mouth or opening and a neck portion. The container is fitted with a cap such as a screw-on or snap-on type to cover and seal the mouth or opening. The cap is configured with a sidewall extending beyond the top sealing portion of the cap thereby defining a peripheral rim for a cavity or an open void created therewith. Fitted over the cap and preferably at least the neck portion of the container is a protective overwrap, such as heat shrinkable thermoplastic band which extends beyond the cap sidewall. The engagement between the band and the cap and container is attained by shrinking the band in tight conformance around the cap and at least the neck portion of the container, with overwrap material extending past the cap sidewall, such extension providing a finger grip tab that may easily be pulled to remove the overwrap when initially opening the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2010
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Juan Carlos Vinseiro, Martin Jay Marotti, Raymond Charles Bell
  • Publication number: 20100200531
    Abstract: A process for producing a heat- and pressure-resistant polyester bottle, comprising a primary blow-molding step of obtaining a primary molded article by biaxially stretch-blow-molding a preform of a polyester resin, a heat-treating step of obtaining a secondary molded article that is heat-shrunk by heat-treating the primary molded article, and a secondary blow-molding step of obtaining a finally molded article by biaxially stretch-blow-molding the secondary molded article, wherein the primary blow-molding step biaxially stretches the neck portion of the primary molded article to a size nearly the same as the neck portion of the finally molded article, and the heat-treating step does not cause the neck portion of the secondary molded article to be heat-shrunk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2007
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: TOYO SEIKAN KAISHA, LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Komiya, Yuki Satoh, Koki Okabe, Takahiro Ookubo
  • Publication number: 20100181278
    Abstract: A glass bottle with improved pouring characteristics. In some embodiments the bottle can hold pressurized liquid. The bottle includes a neck with a non-circular cross section. The cross sectional shape of the neck is adapted and configured to provide less turbulence in the liquid being poured out of the bottle, and further to assist in separating the in flow of single phase liquid from the turbulent mixed flow of two phase, gas-liquid substances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2009
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Inventor: Steven W. Martin
  • Patent number: 7745210
    Abstract: A vessel for culturing of cells is disclosed. The vessel is capable of exhausting substantially all liquid material from the vessel's internal volume through an outlet port. A flange incorporated with the outlet port is utilized as a flow diverter for removing liquid media from internal surfaces of the vessel. The flange also engages the vessel body so that the flow of a liquid medium is directed outward from the internal surfaces of the vessel through the outlet port. The top surface, flange base, and planar surfaces of the flange further assist to redirect surface tension of the fluid toward the port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventor: Gregory Roger Martin
  • Publication number: 20100140206
    Abstract: The invention relates to a container obtained by drawing, the container having a substantially cylindrical body and a neck that is provided, on going from its rim, both with an outside thread and with a ring of outside diameter that is substantially equal to the diameter at the crest of the thread, wherein the ring includes a middle groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventor: Laurent Crasto
  • Publication number: 20100133225
    Abstract: A closure system for a container reduces the needed torque for assembly by minimizing frictional resistance to rotation of the closure into its desired alignment with the container before the closure is driven home onto the container neck. The reduction in the torque resistance during the application of the closure allows the rotary filling machinery to work within its torque limits and minimizes damage to the parts during the filling and sealing operation in a bottle filling line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: GUEST SUPPLY, INC.
    Inventor: William N. Lewis
  • Publication number: 20100133221
    Abstract: The present invention provides modifications to conventional disposable bottles such as disposable, water-filled bottles. One such modification includes a wider opening in the neck of the disposable bottle. Another modification comprises enlarging the size of the threads on the outside of the necks to allow the cover of the bottles to be replaced with other attachments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2009
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Inventor: Tonya Ann Levis
  • Publication number: 20100133224
    Abstract: A housing assembly supports an electronic tag to the extending neck of a bottle. The housing assembly includes a housing for accommodating the electronic tag. The housing has an annular bearing surface for engagement with the extending neck of the bottle. A strap is coupled to the housing about the bottle neck. The strap has a bearing surface for engagement with the extending neck where the bearing surface of the strap is tapered to match the taper of the extending neck of the bottle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: B&G International, Inc.
    Inventors: Chester Kolton, Michael Norman, Alex Tetiyevsky