CA1206896A - Container with a catenary-formed contour - Google Patents

Container with a catenary-formed contour

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CA1206896A
CA1206896A CA000435952A CA435952A CA1206896A CA 1206896 A CA1206896 A CA 1206896A CA 000435952 A CA000435952 A CA 000435952A CA 435952 A CA435952 A CA 435952A CA 1206896 A CA1206896 A CA 1206896A
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Steen Vesborg
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Colgate Palmolive Co
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D23/00Details of bottles or jars not otherwise provided for
    • B65D23/10Handles
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D1/00Containers having bodies formed in one piece, e.g. by casting metallic material, by moulding plastics, by blowing vitreous material, by throwing ceramic material, by moulding pulped fibrous material, by deep-drawing operations performed on sheet material
    • B65D1/02Bottles or similar containers with necks or like restricted apertures, designed for pouring contents
    • B65D1/0223Bottles or similar containers with necks or like restricted apertures, designed for pouring contents characterised by shape
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2501/00Containers having bodies formed in one piece
    • B65D2501/0009Bottles or similar containers with necks or like restricted apertures designed for pouring contents
    • B65D2501/0081Bottles of non-circular cross-section

Abstract

ABSTRACT

The container (10) is especially suited for detergents and is characterized by enduring piling in connection with storage and transportation, because the contour of the con-tainer is constructed as an approximation to an inverted catenary, especially at the shoulders (32, 34) of the con-tainer. A handle (28) is located in such a manner that the contour of the catenary is unbroken as far as possible.

Description

~Z~6896 A Container with a Catenary-formed Contour.
OWE--____ The invention relates to a container, especially a bottle of plastic or glass, eye for liquid or powdered possibly paste like cleaning means or detergents, said container having a closable opening in its top, and where a horizontal section through the wall of the container substantially describes an ellipse, preferably an ellipse of higher order, or a circle, and where the container narrows towards the top.

Containers of this kind are commonly used. When such containers are piled, transported and stored, en. on a pallet car, the individual container, especially in the bottom layer of a pile, is subjected to a great pressure from the top. Consequently, it happens much too often that a container breaks under the pressure and bends at the neck of the container, possibly with a regular breach as the result. this can of course be avoided by making the container wall thicker. To reduce the cots of transportation and packing it is, however, desirable to make the container wall as thin as possible. Hereby partly a saving in materials for producing the container is obtained and partly a saving in transportation costs, as the weight of each bottle can be reduced.

It is the object of the present invention to provide a container, which is especially resistant to pressure from above, Pug. be-cause of piling, and which can be produced more cheaply than known containers This object is obtained by producing a container which is characterized in that a vertical section through the container in its symmetry plane, and possibly in any vertical plane through a central axis of the container, substantially describes one or morph parts of an inverted catenary, i.e. a curve which in a co-ordinate system can be described by the following formula:

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y - a/2~eX/a~e-x/a) or an approximation to a catenary, such as a parabola (y = x2).

The catenary is the curve describing the shape which a segmented chain will assume when suspended in its two ends. The curve describes the ideal course of the forces between the segments of the chain. It has turned out that if the container is constructed in such a manner that its vertical cross section coincides with an inverted catenary, a considerable strengthening of the container is obtained over the known con-trainers. Thereby undesired breaches are avoided, especially around the shoulder part of the container, i.e. at the passage to the closure.

The invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 is a side view of an embodiment of a container in accord dance with the invention, Fig. 2 illustrates the same, viewed from the other side, Fig. 3 is a front view of the same embodiment, Fig. 4 is a back view of the same embodiment, .

Fig. 5 is another embodiment of the container.

Fig. 1 illustrates an embodiment of the container 10 in accordance with the invention. The contour of the container 10 has partly the shape of an inverted catenary. At the top the container is closed by a closable opening. The opening is formed as a pipe stub projecting from the catenary-formed container.

Fig 2 shows the container viewed from the other side with the pipe stub open. The bottom par 22 of the pipe stub is slightly conical and tapers towards the top, and the upper part ~Z~:)6~3~6 - 3 - _, 24 of the pipe stub is provided with an outer thread cores-pounding to an inner thread of the closure 12. The closure may be of the kind which can also be used as a measuring cup.

The horizontal cross section of the container has almost the shape of an ellipse, however, preferably an ellipse of higher order, i.e. an ellipse approaching a rectangle, so that the container has two broad sides 14, 16 shown in Fig. 1 and Fig.
I respectively, and a narrow front 18 and a narrow back 20.

One side 14 of the container only partly fulfill the "catenary criterion" by which the container according to the invention us characterized, i.e. that a vertical section through the container wall and through the central axis of the container describes an inverted catenary. The upper part of the side, i.e. the neck or shoulder of the container, immediately below the closure does, however, substantially fulfill the catenary criterion. The greater part of the side is, however, construe-ted in such a way that the catenary in this part is approached by a straight line. Thereby a curve side is produced which may be unfolded to a plane surface, i.e. a side suitable for labeling.
The second side 16 is also made more plane than originally intended in accordance with the catenary criterion The section is preferably made with a view to being embossed with a text The preferred embodiment of the container in accordance with the invention is provided with a handle 28. The handle is formed in such a way that the sides 14,l16 are bonding and converging to form an oblong opening 26 adjacent the back 20 of the container and in such a Jay that the longitudinal direction of the opening is substantially parallel to the part of the back which is at the same level as the opening.
The opening 26 for the handle is preferably located almost in the middle of the container or just above the middle as shown infix. 1-4. The handle itself thus consists of a part of the back 20 of the container and a part of the two converging sides-14, 16.

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It is preferable that the through-going opening 26 for the handle 28 is constructed as a narrow oblong opening with a longitudinal axis substantially parallel to the back of the part in question. Thereby the catenaries are only intersected in a relatively narrow area.

From Figs. 3 and 4 it appears that the contour of the container corresponds to an inverted catenary in two parts at the shoulders 32, 34 of the container, whereas the catenary lower down on the container is replaced by straight line segments 36t 38. As the ideal catenary in the narrow version, which is present when the container is viewed from the front or from the back, is almost rectilinear in the parts in question, this approxi-motion is reasonable, and the container is not thereby weakened considerably. Simultaneously a possibility is obtained of pro-voiding a side suitable for label no. Viewed from the relative-lye narrow back and front the contour of the container sub Stan-tidally follows an inverted catenary from top to bottom.

From Figs. 1 and 2 it appears that the contour of the container viewed from the side also corresponds to an inverted catenary in two parts at the shoulders 33,35 of the container. The con-tour of the bottom part of the container adjacent bra relatively broad bottom portion 40 is, however r symmetrical to a part of the contour of the top half and thus corresponds per so to a part of a non-inverted catenary. the two curves are inter-connected by a rectilinear portion 30 forming an almost even connection between the curves. The rectilinear portions form part of abutting surfaces 30', by which the containers lean against each other when a number of containers are placed front or back against front or back. The abutting surfaces 30' are shown in Figs. 3 and 4. Similarly parts of the catenaxy can be replaced by other curves which approached piecemeal may correspond to part of a catenary. A parabola can be mentioned as an example of such a curve. Circular arcs may also be used as approximation as shown on Fig. 5 of the construction drawing which shows how the container in practice can be produced by means of circular arcs forming suitable bindings.

Sue ` -The c~ntairler may be manufactured by blow-moulding and is especially suited for stretch-blow-moulding.
The container can be produced of glass or plastic e.g. plastic of the following types: polyethylene (PI), polypropylene (PUP), polyethyleneterephthalate (PET), polyethylenet~rephthalate glycol (PET), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), acrylonitrile (AN) and copolymers thereof The said materials may be supplemented with calcium carbonate and talc or reinforced with lass fires asbestos or carbon fires.

It is obvious that the invention can be varied in different ways with respect to the embodiment shown, the opening for the handle can e.g. be placed in a different way. The handle can possibly also be constructed without a through-going opening, so that the sides are only pressed more or less towards each other to form a recess in at least one side. According to the invention it is essential that a great part ox the contour of the container follows an inverted catenary. The handle should consequently be placed so that these contour curves are unbroken to the greatest possible extent.

Claims (8)

THE EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION IN WHICH AN EXCLUSIVE
PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. A container, especially a bottle of plastic or glass, e.g. for liquid, powdered or pastelike detergents, said con-tainer having a closeable opening in its top, and where a horizontal section through the wall of the container substanti-ally describes an ellipse of first or higher order or a circle, and where the container narrows towards the top, characterized in that at least one vertical section through the upright con-tainer in a plane through the central axis of the container describes substantially one or more parts of an inverted catenary or an approximation thereto, such as parts of a parabola.
2. A container in accordance with claim 1, characterized in that each vertical section through the container in a plane con-taining the vertical central axis of the container describes substantially two parts or an inverted catenary or an approxi-mation thereto.
3. A container in accordance with claim 1 or 2 having an essentially elliptic cross-section of high order and having a relatively narrow front and back and two broad sides, characterized in that the major part of the sides is constructed with a rectilinear contour for labelling.
4. A container in accordance with claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the handle is located so that the catenary-formed contour of the container is unbroken when the container is viewed from the broad side of the container.
5. A container in accordance with claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the contour of the container substantially follows two symmetrical parts of an inverted catenary from top to bottom when the container is viewed from the narrow side of the container.
6. A container in accordance with claim 1 or 2, characterized in that an upper part of the contour of the con-tainer, viewed from the broad side of the container, substantially follows a part of an inverted catenary, whereas a lower part of the contour substantially follows a part of a catenary sym-metrical thereto, and that the two catenary parts are inter-connected by means of a rectilinear line segment forming part of a plane, vertical abutting surface of the front and back of the container.
7. A container in accordance with claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the container is moulded, blow-moulded or stretch-blow-moulded.
8. A container in accordance with claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the container is made of glass or plastic, e.g. plastic of the following types polyethylene (PE), poly-propylene (PP), polyethyleneterephthalate (PET), polyethylene-terephthalate glycol (PETG), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), acryloni-trile (AN) and copolymers thereof.
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