US20100078405A1 - Plastics bottle construction - Google Patents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
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Abstract
A plastics bottle comprising two parts each being stackable in its own right and each part in practice being sealable to the other to provide a unitary bottle for the containment of a liquid or flowable product.
Description
- The present invention relates to the construction of plastics bottles and in particular, although not exclusively, has reference to the construction of such bottles that are used for beverages and the like, and other liquids or flowable products, and that are sold in bulk numbers.
- Plastics bottles have been used in many diverse fields, perhaps the most notable of which is that of the soft drinks industry where millions of bottle units are sold annually in an ever-increasing international market. Typically, bottles of this kind are of unitary construction and accordingly have to be arrayed for delivery to the user industry as a complete item in batches, thereby incurring not inconsiderable haulage costs by virtue of the volume of their bulk. In practice, the liquid is injected into the whole bottle and then a removable, but sealable, top is affixed in an appropriate manner to what is usually a narrow neck of the bottle provided with a screw thread for complementary fixing with the removable top.
- The bulk volume of conventional bottles to be delivered to the liquid or flowable product manufacturers for filling represents a serious disadvantage practically and economically.
- Accordingly, there is a need for an improved plastics bottle which obviates the aforementioned disadvantage.
- It is therefore a general object of the present invention to provide an improved plastics bottle.
- A more specific object of the present invention is to provide a plastics bottle that is easier to store and transport in view of its stackable character.
- A further object of the present invention is to provide a plastics bottle, which may be filled from the top or in an alternative configuration filled from the bottom.
- Accordingly there is provided a plastics bottle for the containment of a liquid or other flowable product, the bottle comprising a relatively top part and a separate relatively bottom part adapted in use for sealing engagement one with the other to provide a unitary bottle following or prior filling with the contents, and an entry into one of the parts of the bottle for the filling thereof, each part being so formed as to be stackable within or on one another of the same part prior to filling.
- In a first embodiment of the present invention, the bottom part is conveniently of tapered hollow cylindrical construction with an open mouth of a preselected diametral extent and the top part is of a generally hollow funnel shape defining a neck portion and a flared portion, the neck portion preferably being provided with an opening for selectively emptying the bottle of its content. The neck portion is preferably provided with an external thread defining the opening and being for the reception of a cap, and the flared portion presenting a sealing rim for engagement with the mouth of the bottom part. In essence, the bottom part is relatively larger than the top part.
- Conveniently, other the sealing common interface between the top and bottom parts could be a snap-type interface or a screw-type interface.
- In a second embodiment of the present invention, the bottom part is formed like a disc and the top part comprises an open ended tapered hollow cylindrical section leading to a flared portion with a neck portion preferably being provided with an opening for selectively emptying the bottle of its content. The neck portion is preferably provided with an external thread defining the opening and being for the reception of a cap, the open end of the cylindrical section presenting a sealing rim for engagement with the disc of the bottom part. In essence the top part is relatively larger than the bottom part.
- The sealing of the top and bottom parts may be effected thermally or in the alternative may be of a mechanical kind with one of the parts being rolled over and pressed or pinched one on the other.
- Alternatively, the top and bottom parts are locally secured to one another and form a single molded piece.
- Other objects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from a careful reading of the detailed description provided herein, with appropriate reference to the accompanying drawings.
- Further aspects and advantages of the present invention will become better understood with reference to the description in association with the following Figures, in which similar references used in different Figures denote similar components, wherein:
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FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a complete bottle in accordance with a first embodiment of the invention; -
FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the bottle shown inFIG. 1 ; -
FIG. 3 is a front elevation of the bottle ofFIG. 2 illustrating the taper form of the bottom part thereof; -
FIG. 4 is a front elevation of a number of stacked parts relating to the first embodiment shown inFIGS. 1 to 3 ; -
FIG. 5 is a scrap sectional view taken along line 5-5 ofFIG. 1 ; -
FIGS. 5 a to 5 c are views similar toFIG. 5 , showing different types of sealing common interface between the two top and bottom parts; -
FIG. 6 is a front perspective exploded view of a bottle in accordance with a second embodiment of the invention; -
FIG. 7 is a front perspective view of a number of stacked parts relating to the second embodiment ofFIG. 6 , -
FIG. 8 is a front perspective view of a number of stacked parts relating to another embodiment of the present invention in which the two parts are locally secured to one another during handling thereof. - With reference to the annexed drawings the preferred embodiment of the present invention will be herein described for indicative purpose and by no means as of limitation.
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FIGS. 1 to 5 , a first embodiment of a plastics bottle is shown at 10 and comprises abottom part 12 of hollow tapered form as can be more clearly seen inFIG. 3 , the tapering 13 being of such degree a as to allow stacking of a multiplicity of parts one in the other as illustrated inFIG. 14 . Thebottom part 12 has anopen mouth 14 and its external surface is contoured as at 15. - The
plastics bottle 10 further comprises atop part 16 of funnel shape with aneck portion 18 provided with anexternal thread 20 defining an opening through the top part and being for engagement by ascrew cap 22, the neck portion being contiguous with a flaredconcave portion 24 having a sealing lip orrim 26. The opening is to allow for the selective emptying the bottle of its content. - As will readily be seen from
FIG. 4 thebottom parts 12 of a plurality ofbottles 10 are stackable or nestable one in the other by virtue of the tapered form illustrated inFIG. 3 . In like manner thetop parts 16 can nest one in the other. Accordingly, a greater number of empty ‘bottles’ per unit area of storage or transport space can be accommodated than with conventional bottles. As can be seen in the illustrated example, four ‘bottles’ can be stored on the same area as one conventional bottle. As will be understood, a greater number of bottles may be nested in this fashion for transport to a bottling plant or stored therein within a much-diminished area than with bottles of the known construction. - In use, when it is desired to fill or charge the bottle of the present invention with a liquid or flowable product, the
bottom part 12 is typically presented to the filling station (not shown) and the product is introduced thereinto via theopen mouth 14 forming a product entry. Once the desired level is reached, thebottom part 12 is moved along from the filling station and thetop part 16 is brought into contact therewith and the two parts are sealed together at thecommon interface 28 defined by theopen mouth 14 of the bottom part and therim 26 of thetop part 16. As will be seen fromFIG. 5 theseal interface 28, the top part is in sealing contact, themouth 14 of thebottom part 12 folding over therim 26 of thetop part 16 to prevent ingress or egress of the contents of the now formed complete bottle, thecap 22 already being tightly in place on thethread 20 of theneck portion 18. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the sealing of the two parts may be thermally effected and that such sealing can be effected automatically within the production line of the bottling plant. - As exemplified in
FIGS. 5 a to 5 c, the sealingcommon interface 28 may take different forms and/or shapes depending on the actual needs and use of thebottle 10.FIG. 5 a has aninterface 28 a with theopen mouth 14 a and therim 26 a being essentially similar and flat to come into sealing contact with each other, using a heat activated type seal interface or the like. InFIG. 5 b, therim 26 b of theinterface 28 b typically forms an inwardly open channel which sealably receives the circumferential edge of theopen mouth 14 b, typically in a snapping manner. In theinterface 28 c ofFIG. 5 c, therim 26 c sealably interfaces with theopen mouth 14 c in a screwing manner with threads or the like, preferably with theupper rim 26 c having the internal thread. - Referring now to
FIGS. 6 and 7 , the second embodiment of bottle according to the present invention is illustrated and it will be noted that the bottle is in an inverted orientation with the bottom shown at the top and the top shown at the bottom. This orientation is intended in use in both the storage/transport and filling modes. Thebottom part 12 is comprised of adisc 12′ and is of relatively small magnitude in comparison with thetop part 16 which is of greater volume. In this embodiment thetop part 16 incorporates a tapered hollowcylindrical section 16′ extending from awide mouth 30 down to aneck portion 31 provided with anexternal screw thread 31′ for the engagement of acap 34. - As will clearly be observed from
FIG. 7 , a number oftop parts 12 may be nested or stacked one in the other, whilst thebottom parts 12 in the form ofdiscs 12′, or eventually a truncated small cone (not shown) or the like, can easily form astack 12″. - As shown in
FIG. 8 , for ease of transportation, handling and assembly of thebottle 10″ prior to filling and closing thereof, eachtop part 16 can be locally secured to thecorresponding bottom part 12, typically via a small plastic cord orband type link 36, allowing the two pieces to remain together and be molded out together into a single piece. Thelink 36 could be either folded or broken when the twoparts - In practice, the
top parts 12 would be held in an apertured tray or other base (not shown) to ensure stability during storage and transport and any conveying system would necessarily have to be correspondingly apertured to receive theneck portions 31. In a bottling plant, thetop parts 12 would be separated (or side by side as for the embodiment ofFIG. 8 ) and placed securely on a conveyor (not shown) for conveyance to a filling station for the injection of the liquid or flowable product concerned through thewide mouth 30 forming the product entry. At that stage each top part would be filled and subsequently thetop parts 16 would be conveyed to a sealing station whereat thebottom parts 12 would be applied to and sealed to theopen mouths 30 of the top parts. The filled bottle would thus be ready for dispatch to the point of sale of its contents. - Alternatively, the two
parts bottle 10 via the opening of theneck portion - It will be understood that the shape of the bottle parts may be varied provided that they may remain capable of stacking or nesting as described supra, and the
interface 28 being anywhere along the assembled bottle. - The manner of sealing will be governed inter alia by the nature of the fluid or flowable product to be contained within the bottle.
- Although the
neck portion thread cap top part 16, it would be obvious to one skilled in the art that the opening could be made differently and therefore the cap could be made out of other types of closing, such as for example a quarter-turn twist cap or the like, a flip type cover with a hinge or the like, or a simply a seal type closure, and the like. - Although the present invention has been described with a certain degree of particularity, it is to be understood that the disclosure has been made by way of example only and that the present invention is not limited to the features of the embodiments described and illustrated herein, but includes all variations and modifications within the scope and spirit of the invention as hereinafter claimed.
Claims (10)
1. A plastics bottle for the containment of a liquid or other flowable product, the bottle comprising a relatively top part and a separate relatively bottom part adapted in use for sealing engagement one with the other to provide a unitary bottle following or prior filling with the contents, and an entry into one of the parts of the bottle for the filling thereof, each part being so formed as to be stackable within or on one another of the same part prior to filling.
2. A plastics bottle according to claim 1 wherein the bottom part is of tapered hollow cylindrical construction with an open mouth of a preselected diametral extent and the top part is of a generally hollow funnel shape defining a neck portion and a flared portion, the neck portion being provided with an opening for selectively emptying the bottle of its content.
3. A plastics bottle according to claim 2 wherein the neck portion is provided with an external thread defining the opening and being for the reception of a cap, and the flared portion presenting a sealing rim for engagement with the mouth of the bottom part.
4. A plastics bottle according to claim 1 wherein the bottom part is formed like a disc and the top part comprises an open ended tapered hollow cylindrical section leading to a flared portion with a neck portion being provided with an opening for selectively emptying the bottle of its content.
5. A plastics bottle according to claim 4 wherein the neck portion is provided with an external thread defining the opening and being for the reception of a cap, the open end of the cylindrical section presenting a sealing rim for engagement with the disc of the bottom part.
6. A plastics bottle according to claim 1 wherein the sealing of the top and bottom parts is effected thermally.
7. A plastics bottle according to claim 1 wherein the sealing of the top and bottom parts is effected mechanically with one of the parts being pinched one to the other.
8. A plastics bottle according to claim 1 wherein the sealing of the top and bottom parts is effected mechanically with the top and bottom parts being screwably engageable with each other.
9. A plastics bottle according to claim 1 wherein the sealing of the top and bottom parts is effected mechanically with the top and bottom parts being snappingly engageable with each other.
10. A plastics bottle according to claim 1 wherein the top and bottom parts are locally secured to one another and form a single molded piece.
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