Neck Patents (Class 215/40)
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Publication number: 20100126954Abstract: A device designed to be mounted in a complete container, the device comprising a container neck (3), in which a valve membrane (2) is mounted and fixed, the membrane having an opening (8) in its centre, which interacts with a central pin (9), which is a part of the neck (3), and the membrane and its opening sealing the container, since the membrane with a certain surface pressure till be pressed against the central pin (9), and that the membrane, directly subsequent to an emptying or a partial emptying continuously closes the container anew, this being done without any air flowing backwards and into the partially emptied container.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2007Publication date: May 27, 2010Applicant: PETRO-PACK ABInventor: Hugo Nilsson
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Patent number: 7708159Abstract: A plastic container having a lower supporting base portion, a sidewall portion extending upwardly from the base portion, a neck portion extending upwardly from the sidewall portion and an opening at the top of the neck portion. The container is characterized by a lowered center of gravity which provides increased stability.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2006Date of Patent: May 4, 2010Assignee: Plastipak Packaging, Inc.Inventors: Richard C. Darr, Edward V. Morgan
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Publication number: 20100089859Abstract: A narrow neck glass container includes a container body and a container neck finish. The container neck finish has an external closure attachment diameter of not more than 36 mm, and the container body has at least one internal embossment of predetermined geometry. The at least one internal embossment preferably comprises a plurality of internal embossments in a geometric pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2009Publication date: April 15, 2010Inventor: Stefan Monden
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Publication number: 20100084360Abstract: A plastic bottle (1) and similar containers for receiving fluid substances have an elongated body (2), wherein the one longitudinal end is closed by a bottom (3) and the opposite end transitions into a neck section (4) having a pouring spout (5). A shoulder section (6) extends from the neck section (4) to a region (7) of the body (2), wherein the region has a larger diameter. The shoulder section (6) is equipped with structured regions (10) at least in a portion of the axial and circumferential extensions thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2007Publication date: April 8, 2010Applicant: ALPLA Werke Alwin Lehner GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Christian Dornbach
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Publication number: 20100084361Abstract: The present invention provides methods and systems for constructing a container for storage and transport and may be entirely biodegradable and/or recyclable. The body of the container and/or bottle may be manufactured from paper pulp and assembled from a plurality of dissimilar parts made of a biodegradable plastic resin and assembled to form a container and/or bottle. The paper pulp may be treated inside and outside to make it water and air tight but when exposed to extreme biodegrading influences it may breakdown into compostable material.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2009Publication date: April 8, 2010Inventors: Douglas C. Dayton, Sung K. Park
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Patent number: 7681749Abstract: A plastic container for beverages to replace a container having a round flange with a round flange diameter and which is adapted to be conveyed by air along a track with inwardly extending track rails spaced from one another a set distance. The plastic container replacing the replaced container without significant modifications to the conveying system including the inwardly extending track rails of the track. The container including a central axis, an upper mouth portion, a neck portion coaxial to the axis with a diameter, a cylindrical sidewall, a lower base and an anti-rotation flange below the upper mouth portion having a polygonal peripheral edge with a shape including a plurality of flats and a plurality of apexes each located between adjacent flats. Each apex being diametrically opposite one of the flats. The peripheral edge having a diametrical distance between each of the apexes and the flat opposite the apex.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2006Date of Patent: March 23, 2010Assignee: FCI, Inc.Inventor: Michael H. Peronek
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Publication number: 20100050575Abstract: This device comprises an elastomer stopper (501) and a cap (502) suitable for covering both the neck (12) of a container and the stopper in position in this neck. The cap comprises a ring (503) provided with means (503G) for locking it to the neck and an operating member (504). The operating member (504) is fitted with at least one deformable part (506C) for transmitting a thrust load (f2) parallel to a central axis (X503) of the ring (503), between two portions (505, 506) of this member (504) or between an external material (301) and this member (504). The load transmitting part (506C) is deformable between a first configuration in which its length (L506) parallel to the central axis (X503) is a first value and a second configuration in which this parallel length is a second value that is less than the first value.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2008Publication date: March 4, 2010Applicant: BIOCORP RECHERCHE ET DEVELOPPEMENTInventor: Antoine Aneas
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Publication number: 20100000958Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2008Publication date: January 7, 2010Applicants: BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORPORATION, BAXTER HEALTHCARE S.A.Inventors: Nathan Mitchell, Robert Gliniecki
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Publication number: 20090236301Abstract: A spillage free fluid bottle has a partition plate with a first opening to allow the bottle to be tilted to a horizontal position with the outlet sprout positioned at the lowest position without fluid escaping out of the bottle. A second opening in the partition plate allows fluid to be injected into the lower reservoir section of the bottle during filling process of the bottle. The second opening is sealed by an insert, which is assembled into the fluid bottle after filling process.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2008Publication date: September 24, 2009Inventor: Ue-Ming Yang
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Publication number: 20090152229Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2006Publication date: June 18, 2009Applicant: SACMI COOPERATIVA MECCANICI IMOLA SOCIETA' COOPERA TIVAInventor: Alessandro Falzoni
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Patent number: 7520447Abstract: The current invention relates to a dispenser comprising a container (A) for holding a product to be dispensed and a dispensing mechanism (B), said dispenser comprises i. a container body (Q) having a bottom (E), and a means for interconnecting said bottom with a side opposite thereto; said container body further including at least one outlet opening (F) arranged in or near the side opposite to said bottom, preferably in or near the upper half of the means interconnecting the bottom with the side opposite to said bottom, ii. a conduct (G) connecting said container body, extending from the outlet opening (F), with said dispensing mechanism, iii. a trigger sprayer (H) and, iv. a neck (K) connecting said trigger sprayer (H) with said conduct (G) wherein said neck (K) and said conduct (G) are linked to said container body (Q) so that said neck (K) and said conduct (G) form a swan-neck or a U-shape extending from said outlet opening (F) so as to exchange air pressure and product to be dispensed.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2003Date of Patent: April 21, 2009Assignee: Monsanto Europe S.A.Inventors: Wim Engelen, Hugo Smid
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Publication number: 20090065468Abstract: The object of this invention is to provide a container having a reduced area of vacuum-absorbing panels and thus acquiring improved appearance and having strength against a pressure drop, i.e., the strength enough to retain the shape of the container even when there is a pressure drop inside the container. A shoulder portion or a bottom portion of a resin-made storage container is molded by aligning one or two groups of three corners and one or two groups of three pillars vertically and in parallel to the central axis of the container. Each group of three corners is a part of the corners forming a cross-section of a regular enneagon and being connected to either the shoulder portion or the bottom portion, and the lines connecting these three corners form a regular triangle. Each group of three pillars is a part of the pillars belonging to the body and forming a cross-section of a hexagon, and the lines connecting these three pillars form a regular triangle.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2006Publication date: March 12, 2009Applicant: SUNTORY LIMITEDInventors: Hiroaki Hata, Naokazu Fujita, Toshimasa Tanaka, Masaaki Sasaki, Takao Iizuka
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Publication number: 20080315018Abstract: A trigger spray dispenser (8, 40) that comprises a container (14, 42) for a liquid, the container comprising a reservoir (16, 46) with a base (18), a forward face (30, 48), and a rear face (32, 50), and a neck (15, 52) extending upwardly from the reservoir (16, 46), and a spray discharge head (10, 44) for dispensing the liquid in a generally forward direction (D-D, 58). The neck (15, 52) and head (10, 44) are attached or attachable, the head (10, 44) is in fluid connection with the liquid in the container (14, 42) when attached to the neck (15, 52), at least a portion of the neck (15, 52) is inclined to impart an inclination to the head (10, 44).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2006Publication date: December 25, 2008Applicant: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION PTY LTDInventor: Philip Craig Withers
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Publication number: 20080308518Abstract: A container that has an automatic identification device for identifying the contents therein includes a bottom that has an outer periphery and a neck that defines an opening at a top portion thereof for receiving a product and a shoulder proximate a bottom portion thereof. The neck has a radially inwardly extending flange on an inner surface thereof. The flange is located at a predetermined distance away from the top portion of the neck. The container further includes a sidewall that extend generally upwardly from the periphery of the bottom to the shoulder of the neck. A cap is removably engageable to the neck and an automatic identification device is removably mountable on the flange of the neck.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2008Publication date: December 18, 2008Applicant: Drug Plastics & Glass Company, Inc.Inventor: Gregory Sprishen
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Publication number: 20080290105Abstract: A dispensing closure includes a base (36) and a lid (40) of one-piece integrally molded plastic construction. The lid is hinged to the base for movement between an open position spaced from the base and a closed position overlying the base. The base has a deck (50) with an outer surface, a dispensing opening (58), a radially inwardly and axially outwardly facing conical surface (56) extending from the dispensing opening to the outer surface of the deck, and a radially outwardly facing first snap/seal bead (52) surrounding the deck adjacent to the outer surface. The lid has a pintle (68 or 86) for receipt in the dispensing opening, a wall (70) spaced radially outwardly from the pintle and a radially inwardly facing second snap/seal bead (72) on the wall for engagement with the first snap/seal bead on the base.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2007Publication date: November 27, 2008Applicant: REXAM CLOSURE SYSTEMS INC.Inventor: Philip J. Robinson
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Publication number: 20080264892Abstract: A liquid container has a neck in fluid flow relation between a hollow body and a mouth. The neck has a flexible portion (a) that can be tilted relative to the axis, (b) through which the hollow body longitudinal axis extends, and (c) that enables the neck to move longitudinally in the direction of the axis. The neck has a bulbous shaped upper portion having a lower edge. The edge and an upper edge of the flexible portion have an intersection with a perimeter less than the perimeters of the adjoining parts of the bulbous shaped and flexible portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2005Publication date: October 30, 2008Inventor: Sadao Nozawa
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Publication number: 20080245757Abstract: The present invention relates to a container (1) for a liquid or viscous product, comprising a substantially ovoid or spherical container body (2) having a diameter D1, and a neck (3) having a diameter D2, said neck comprising a dispensing opening and means for allowing closing means to be attached thereto, D1 being greater than D2, said container (1) being made out of semi-cristalline PET, the walls of 10 said container body (2) having a thickness inferior or equal to 100 ?m at least in the middle-height region of said container. In a highly preferred embodiment of the invention, the container body comprises at least two opposite flat, substantially vertical, surfaces (8), and a flat, substantially horizontal, surface (9) located opposite the neck and forming a bottom side.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2006Publication date: October 9, 2008Applicant: NESTLE WATERS MANAGEMENT & TECHNOLOGYInventor: Cyrille Durand
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Publication number: 20080179272Abstract: A bottle made of a plastic material, including a body surmounted by a neck including a dispensing opening. The neck and the body are made in two separate parts which are assembled together in order to connect the interior of the body to the dispensing opening, the neck includes an axial sealing skirt which is mounted on an axial bearing surface formed on the upper portion of the body. The bottle further includes a shrunk-on collar, the lower portion of which is arranged to axially cover at least the connection area between the neck and the body. The connection of the neck to the body is produced by combining a tight fitting of the exterior surface of the sealing skirt over the interior surface of the bearing surface, and radial clamping of the lower portion of the shrunk-on ring onto the exterior surface of the bearing surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2008Publication date: July 31, 2008Inventors: Pierre Gardet, Andrew Jonathan Slinn
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Publication number: 20080179271Abstract: A container base that is capable of withstanding an internal pressure and further capable of causing an even deflection, such as that created by introducing liquefied gas during a hot filling process. The base includes a heel with a standing ring disposed at a lower portion thereon. A generally concave push up portion extends radially inward from the standing ring portion. At least two reinforcing rings are disposed on the push up portion, wherein the reinforcing rings diminish uneven deflection to prevent the container from tipping while resting on a flat surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2007Publication date: July 31, 2008Inventor: MONIS BANGI
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Patent number: 7387825Abstract: To solve the limit of wall-thickness adjustment of a preform for a small flat container by a flat core by forming the outer side of a step-up-formed large-wall-thickness shell part with reducing wall thickness. A preform 1 for a small flat container whose inside diameter is completely circular and restricted to a small value is used. A shell part 12 is step-out-formed from the boundary between a neck part 11 and a shell part 12 so that the shell part 12 has a diameter larger than the neck part 11. A difference is provided between wall thickness of forward/backward sides 12a and right/left sides 12b of the shell part 12 by forming the outer side of the shell part into an ellipse form or the like from the underside of step-out at with reducing wall thickness. A stepped out part 14 is left like a disk in the underside of the neck part.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2002Date of Patent: June 17, 2008Assignee: A.K. Technical Laboratory, Inc.Inventor: Hiroshi Takeda
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Patent number: 7364045Abstract: A method of making a wide mouth, blow molded PET plastic container having an externally threaded neck, the diameter and wall thickness of the neck and threads have a critical relationship to the diameter and wall thickness of the preform used to blow the intermediate article of which the container is a part. A PET plastic container having a threaded neck with a wall thickness of within the range of 0.032 to 0.038 inches.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2006Date of Patent: April 29, 2008Assignee: RING Container Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Douglas M. Dygert, David A. Brunson
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Patent number: 7350651Abstract: A process of manufacturing a hollow glass product with an offset collar axis, including the steps of inserting molten material into a cavity of a roughing mold, allowing the molten material to penetrate into a bottom portion of the roughing mold, perforating a collar by moving a punch into the bottom portion of the roughing mold along a non-vertical axis, extracting the punch from the bottom portion of the roughing mold, thereby completing processes of shaping the molten material into a blank, transferring the blank into a finishing mold by turning over the blank 180° with respect to a horizontal axis, and blowing the blank through the collar in the finishing mold such that the blank shapes into a hollow glass product. The cavity includes at least one input section which is substantially vertical.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2000Date of Patent: April 1, 2008Assignee: Saint-Gobain EmballageInventors: Remy Badin, Lucien Fosse
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Publication number: 20080072661Abstract: An apparatus for use in the production of a test specimen bottle from a container which is adaptable for containing a liquid and has a sealing surface intended for mating with a sealing closure. The test specimen bottle is utilized in a test for evaluating the integrity of a sealing closure. The apparatus comprises a scoring head which has a body and at least one blade mounted to the body. The body includes mounting structure associated with the body for connecting the body to a force applying mechanism for transmitting force to the body so that when the blade mounted to the body is positioned adjacent to the sealing surface of the container, a force can be applied to the body that causes the blade to score the sealing surface to thereby produce a test specimen bottle from the container.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2006Publication date: March 27, 2008Applicant: Stokely-Van Camp, Inc.Inventors: Donald Prestley, Dennis Broeske
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Patent number: 7303087Abstract: A pressure resistant plastic bottle for containing and dispensing an aerosol composition. The plastic bottle is designed to reduce deformation by a local reinforcement to the neck and shoulder regions. The reinforcement preferably comprises the provision of a wall thickness for a lower portion of the neck as compared to the wall thickness of the upper portion of the neck to be increased by a ratio of from about 1.25:1 to about 2.5:1.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2003Date of Patent: December 4, 2007Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.Inventors: Stanley J. Flashinski, David A. Hoadley, Stephen M. Bednarz, Sumit Mukherjee
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Patent number: 7279207Abstract: The improved plastic container and preform is light weight and includes a base, a cylindrical sidewall projecting upwardly from the base, and a neck finish projecting upwardly from the sidewall and having an opening to the inside of the container. The neck finish includes an inwardly oriented stepped area adjacent the opening.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2005Date of Patent: October 9, 2007Assignee: Plastipak Packaging, Inc.Inventor: Richard C. Darr
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Patent number: 7270787Abstract: A centrifuge sample jar configured to maximize processed sediment accessibility and minimize leakage.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2003Date of Patent: September 18, 2007Assignee: Thermo Fisher Scientific (Asheville) LLCInventors: William Romanauskas, Edward Sheeran
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Patent number: 7143904Abstract: A container and handle assembly includes a container having a body and an integral neck finish with a pocket and a ledge diametrically spaced from the pocket. A handle has a C-shaped yoke with a first arm having an end hook for receipt in the pocket, and a second arm having an end lug for engaging the ledge on the container body.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2004Date of Patent: December 5, 2006Assignee: Graham Packaging Company, L.P.Inventors: Qiuchen Peter Zhang, Christopher L. Gabala
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Patent number: 7036671Abstract: A container having a damage-resistant finish ring and an opening sealable by a closure member that is removable by a hook-type opener is disclosed. The damage-resistant finish ring has a locking ring with a convex outer surface.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2003Date of Patent: May 2, 2006Assignee: Coors Global Properties, Inc.Inventors: Dennis K. Hidalgo, Terry D. Walker, Michael S. Reams, Kevin L. Gobbo
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Patent number: 7028857Abstract: A plastic container for beverages to replace a container having a round flange with a round flange diameter and which is adapted to be conveyed by air along a track with inwardly extending track rails spaced from one another a set distance. The plastic container replacing the replaced container without significant modifications to the conveying system including the inwardly extending track rails of the track. The container including a central axis, an upper mouth portion, a neck portion coaxial to the axis with a diameter, a cylindrical sidewall, a lower base and an anti-rotation flange below the upper mouth portion having a polygonal peripheral edge with a shape including a plurality of flats and a plurality of apexes each located between adjacent flats. Each apex being diametrically opposite one of the flats. The peripheral edge having a diametrical distance between each of the apexes and the flat opposite the apex.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2003Date of Patent: April 18, 2006Assignee: FCI, Inc.Inventor: Michael H. Peronek
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Patent number: 6997336Abstract: A plastic carafe includes a body portion having an enclosed base defined by a plurality of upstanding posts and a plurality of panels separating the posts from one another. The carafe further includes a neck portion having a blown finish at the top of the carafe that defines a wide-mouth. A shoulder portion transitions the posts and panels to the neck portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2003Date of Patent: February 14, 2006Assignee: Graham Packaging Company, L.P.Inventors: Sheldon Yourist, John Denner, Angie Noll, Roger Prevot
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Patent number: 6977104Abstract: A preform assembly for blow molding a container includes a molded plastic preform having a body and a neck with an external surface. At least one circumferential channel is molded into the external surface of the preform neck for removing the preform from the forming mold. A plastic finish ring separate from the preform is externally secured to the preform neck over the external surface of the neck.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2003Date of Patent: December 20, 2005Assignee: Graham Packaging PET Technologies Inc.Inventors: Thomas E. Nahill, Brian A. Lynch, Jeffrey D. DiPasquale
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Patent number: 6959830Abstract: A metal container with thread capable of preventing such a defect that the strength of a lower end of a mouth part and an upper end of a shoulder part of a container main body is non-resistant to a pressing force in radial and axial directions, and a part of the container may be collapsed or buckled during a capping operation where content is filled into the container and cap is fitted to the container automatically by a machine, characterized in that at least one or more inwardly curving smooth annular recessed parts(4) and at least one or more outwardly curving smooth annular projected parts(5) are formed in an area ranging from the lower end (2a) of the mouth part(2) of the container main body to around the upper end(3a) of a tapered shoulder part increasing gradually in radial direction.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2000Date of Patent: November 1, 2005Assignee: Takeuchi Press Industries Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshinori Kanou, Masanori Tanaka, Takayoshi Sawada
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Publication number: 20040238475Abstract: A plastic container for beverages to replace a container having a round flange with a round flange diameter and which is adapted to be conveyed by air along a track with inwardly extending track rails spaced from one another a set distance. The plastic container replacing the replaced container without significant modifications to the conveying system including the inwardly extending track rails of the track. The container including a central axis, an upper mouth portion, a neck portion coaxial to the axis with a diameter, a cylindrical sidewall, a lower base and an anti-rotation flange below the upper mouth portion having a polygonal peripheral edge with a shape including a plurality of flats and a plurality of apexes each located between adjacent flats. Each apex being diametrically opposite one of the flats. The peripheral edge having a diametrical distance between each of the apexes and the flat opposite the apex.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2003Publication date: December 2, 2004Applicant: FCI, Inc., an Ohio corporationInventor: Michael H. Peronek
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Publication number: 20040173560Abstract: Aerosol cans, more particularly, aluminum aerosol cans made from disks of aluminum coil feedstock, are provided. A method for necking aerosol cans of a series 3000 aluminum alloy is also provided. The method prevents the cans from sticking in the necking dies and produces a can with a uniquely shaped profile. The aluminum aerosol cans that are produced have the attributes of strength and quality, while being produced at a cost that is competitive with steel aerosol cans.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2004Publication date: September 9, 2004Inventor: Thomas Chupak
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Publication number: 20040140284Abstract: A container having a neck that includes an upper sidewall defining an opening, a lower sidewall and a flange radially extending from the neck between said upper and said lower sidewall. Beads are disposed around an outer circumference of the neck on the flange at the junction of the flange and the upper or lower sidewall. The container can have a sidewall that is substantially rectangular in cross section. Insets can be formed between two adjacent panels in the container sidewall.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2004Publication date: July 22, 2004Applicant: GRAHAM PACKAGING COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Larry Taylor, Sheldon Yourist
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Patent number: 6758357Abstract: A bottle is disclosed which comprises a neck that forms an upwardly extending mouth from and through which a liquid flows, and a first potion for preventing liquid residue from dripping upon the outer surface of the neck. The first portion includes at least one annular groove formed integrally with the outer surface of the neck near the mouth. The groove is defined by a frustoconical portion of the surface, coaxial to a central axis of the neck and having a diameter that decreases in a generally downward direction. It is also defined by an annulus-shaped portion, lying on a plane substantially normal to the axis and relatively smoothly filleted with the frustonconical portion. The maximum diameter of the annulus-shaped portion is substantially equal to the maximum diameter of the frustoconical portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2002Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Inventor: Nicolò Grillo
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Patent number: 6726044Abstract: A container is disclosed having an outwardly protruding bulge in its neck that expands in response to an increase in internal container pressure, thereby partially relieving the internal pressure increase, which benefits the label appearance and adherence characteristics, and enables the base to be reduced in weight.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2002Date of Patent: April 27, 2004Assignee: Crown Cork & Seal Technologies CorporationInventors: Donald Deubel, Aron F. Wark
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Publication number: 20040074860Abstract: The present invention provides a receptacle made by molding in a mold defining a join plane, the receptacle comprising a body comprising an end wall, comprising a periphery and a neck connected to said end wall, wherein the end wall comprises at least one step extending in the join plane over at least a major part of a distance between the neck and the periphery of the end wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2003Publication date: April 22, 2004Applicant: L'OREALInventor: Gilles Baudin
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Publication number: 20040069736Abstract: A molded plastic container for carbonated and non-carbonated beverages. The plastic container includes an upper mouth-forming portion, a cylindrical sidewall portion and a lower base-forming portion. The upper mouth-forming portion includes a non-circular anti-rotation flange adapted to at least partially inhibit full rotation of the container as a cap is inserted on the container. The anti-rotation flange typically has an outer perimeter shape of a heptagon. The lower base-forming portion can include a variety of different configurations.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2003Publication date: April 15, 2004Applicant: FCI, Inc., a corporation of OhioInventors: Michael H. Peronek, Kevin Sweeny
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Patent number: 6666346Abstract: Method and apparatus for blow molding a plastic container with a mouth and neck portion thereof which is inclined or angled with respect to the body portion of the container, plus a plastic container having an inclined or angled mouth and neck portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2003Date of Patent: December 23, 2003Assignee: Plastipak Packaging, Inc.Inventors: Gary Ferguson, Richard C. Darr, Richard R. Dasch
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Patent number: 6659301Abstract: A universal bottle that interfits into a plurality of different housings for liquid vaporization devices. Two of the current commercial devices have specially constructed bottles that are not interchangeable, that is, the bottle intended for use with one of the commercial devices cannot be used with the other device and vice versa. The present bottle is dimensioned so as to interfit into both of the commercial devices and has a neck having an opening and two sets of opposite external surfaces that are dimensioned so that in one orientation, the bottle will fit into one of the commercial devices, and, by rotating the bottle a predetermined amount to another orientation, the bottle can be operatively inserted into the other of the commercial devices. In each instance, a locking system on the bottle cooperates with the housing of the commercial device to retain the bottle in its operative position.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2002Date of Patent: December 9, 2003Assignee: Waldwick Plastics Inc.Inventors: Robert Terrence Fellows, Alfred G. Prior, Manfred Alois Riegg, Jeffrey Lawrence Stern
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Patent number: 6604642Abstract: A bottle having an offset neck includes a symmetrical body having a longitudinal axis and a closed, flat, bottom end and a bottle neck section opposite the bottle bottom end, the neck section having a proximal neck portion connected to the body and aligned along the body's longitudinal axis. A distal neck portion smaller than the body includes an opening into the bottle, with the distal neck portion and bottle opening offset with respect to the body's longitudinal axis.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2002Date of Patent: August 12, 2003Inventor: Jacob Barruw
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Publication number: 20030132187Abstract: Method and apparatus for blow molding a plastic container with a mouth and neck portion thereof which is inclined or angled with respect to the body portion of the container, plus a plastic container having an inclined or angled mouth and neck portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2003Publication date: July 17, 2003Inventors: Gary Ferguson, Richard C. Darr, Richard R. Dasch
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Publication number: 20030132188Abstract: An improved technique of threading for metallic bottles where as the neck of the metallic bottles will receive a protrusion or profile, onto which an independently made threaded collar is shot. And fastened by seaming (this discards the slow process of seaming each unit individually), the seam is then bent/curled inwards forming a neat drinking orifice; the ROPP cap, screw cap, crown cap or pull cap etc. is fitted on and after filling, a profiled, concave dome end shell is added to the bottom of the aluminium or metallic bottle and sealed by seaming.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2002Publication date: July 17, 2003Inventors: Alex van der Beek, Oleg Temple
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Publication number: 20030132186Abstract: Method and apparatus for blow molding a plastic container with a mouth and neck portion thereof which is inclined or angled with respect to the body portion of the container, plus a plastic container having an inclined or angled mouth and neck portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2002Publication date: July 17, 2003Inventors: Gary Ferguson, Richard C. Darr, Richard R. Dasch
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Patent number: 6588614Abstract: A container made from a vial-like mass produced bottle with a structurally detailed, separately molded plastic neck mounted securely thereon, and a simple method for securely mounting the plastic neck to the bottle is disclosed. The open end of the bottle has a neck with a flange forming an annular shoulder. A plastic neck insert is provided that has a threaded neck opposite a resilient sleeve. The resilient sleeve is adapted to expand to receive the flange in a snap fit type engagement. An aluminum ferrule is press fit over the resilient sleeve of the plastic neck insert to lock the plastic neck insert onto the flange. The ferrule has an upwardly directed edge that engages a downwardly directed edge of the sleeve in interference fit to lock the ferrule onto the sleeve. An elastic seal is provided between the plastic neck insert and the bottle to ensure that the connection of the two components is airtight.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2001Date of Patent: July 8, 2003Assignee: Color Access, Inc.Inventor: Charles P. Neuner
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Plastic container having geometry minimizing spherulitic crystallization below the finish and method
Patent number: 6585124Abstract: A plastic container for retaining a commodity during a high temperature pasteurization or retort process. The container includes a finish defining an aperture for receiving the commodity, a body portion generally extending downward from the finish portion, and a base portion generally extending inward from the body portion and closing off the bottom of the container. The body portion itself includes a sidewall having a crystallinity of greater than 30% and a shoulder portion flaring outward, from a generally transverse plane defined by the mouth of the container, at an angle of about 15° or less.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2002Date of Patent: July 1, 2003Assignee: Schmalbach-Lubeca AGInventors: Timothy J. Boyd, Kerry W. Silvers -
Publication number: 20030116521Abstract: An aluminum container is comprised of a base portion, a substantially vertical wall portion extending upwardly from the base portion, a transition portion extending from the wall portion, and a neck portion extending from the transition portion. The neck portion is tapered and has an upper end having a wall thickness that is preferably less than the thickness of the wall of the remainder of the neck portion. The upper end of the neck portion may also be chamfered. The aluminum container of the present invention may be combined with a threaded sleeve to form a receptacle. The sleeve has an outer surface and an inner surface. The outer surface has threads thereon and the inner surface has a taper complementary to the taper of the neck portion so as to form a friction fit with the neck portion. The sleeve may also have a notch formed in the periphery of its upper outside surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2002Publication date: June 26, 2003Inventor: Thomas Chupak
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Publication number: 20030106873Abstract: A glass bottle comprises a neck (2) forming an upwards mouth (3) through which the liquid flows out and, for preventing liquid residues from dripping on the outer surface of the neck (2), at least one annular groove (4) integrally formed in the outer surface of said neck (2) nearby said mouth (3). Such groove is formed by a frustoconical portion (5), coaxial to the central axis (X) of the neck (2) and having a diameter which decreases downwards, and by an annulus-shaped portion (6), lying on a plane which is substantially normal to the axis (X) of the neck and smoothly filleted with said frustoconical portion (5), the maximum diameter of the annulus-shaped (6) portion being substantially equal to the maximum diameter of the frustoconical portion (5).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2002Publication date: June 12, 2003Inventor: Nicolo Grillo
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Publication number: 20030102278Abstract: An aluminum container is comprised of a base portion, a substantially vertical wall portion extending upwardly from the base portion, a transition portion extending from the wall portion, and a neck portion extending from the transition portion. The neck portion is tapered and has an upper end having a wall thickness that is preferably less than the thickness of the wall of the remainder of the neck portion. The upper end of the neck portion may also be chamfered. The aluminum container of the present invention may be combined with a threaded sleeve to form a receptacle. The sleeve has an outer surface and an inner surface. The outer surface has threads thereon and the inner surface has a taper complementary to the taper of the neck portion so as to form a friction fit with the neck portion. The sleeve may also have a notch formed in the periphery of its upper outside surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2001Publication date: June 5, 2003Inventor: Thomas Chupak