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(12) Patent Application: (11) CA 2297033
(54) English Title: PLASTICS BOTTLE
(54) French Title: BOUTEILLE DE PLASTIQUE
Status: Dead
Bibliographic Data
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):
  • B65D 1/02 (2006.01)
(72) Inventors :
  • WHEELWRIGHT, DAVID (United Kingdom)
(73) Owners :
  • CROWN CORK & SEAL TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (United States of America)
(71) Applicants :
  • CROWN CORK & SEAL TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (United States of America)
(74) Agent: FETHERSTONHAUGH & CO.
(74) Associate agent:
(45) Issued:
(86) PCT Filing Date: 1998-07-31
(87) Open to Public Inspection: 1999-02-18
Availability of licence: N/A
(25) Language of filing: English

Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT): Yes
(86) PCT Filing Number: PCT/GB1998/002296
(87) International Publication Number: WO1999/007607
(85) National Entry: 2000-01-20

(30) Application Priority Data:
Application No. Country/Territory Date
9716422.2 United Kingdom 1997-08-05

Abstracts

English Abstract




A plastics bottle (1) having a base (5) comprising circumferentially spaced
feet (10) separated by valleys (20). The bottle has improved stability which
makes it suitable for standing on a variety of surfaces and also maintains
ease of blow moulding and good stress crack resistance. The base design
combines narrow valleys, which have side walls at an angle of 25~ or less to
each other, with wide feet. The foot width is at least 35 % of the
circumference of the standing surface, significantly larger than the more
typical 20 to 25 % of comparable prior art designs.


French Abstract

L'invention concerne une bouteille de plastique (1) comportant une base (5). Cette bouteille comprend des pieds (10) espacés de manière circonférentielle, et séparés par des évidements (20). Cette bouteille présente une stabilité améliorée, qui permet de la maintenir verticalement sur diverses surfaces. En outre, cette bouteille se prête aisément aux techniques de moulage par soufflage, et présente une excellente résistance à la fissuration. La conception de la base allie des évidements étroits, qui présentent des parois latérales formant un angle inférieur ou égal à 25· les unes par rapport aux autres, à des pieds larges. La largeur du pied représente au moins 35 % de la circonférence de la surface d'appui, ce qui est beaucoup plus important que les conceptions de l'art antérieur dans lesquelles cette largeur représentait 20 à 25 %.

Claims

Note: Claims are shown in the official language in which they were submitted.



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CLAIMS:


1. A plastics bottle (1) for carbonated drinks, the
bottle (1) including an integral base (5), the base (5)
comprising:
a plurality of circumferentially spaced feet (10)
separated by valleys (20) which are substantially
inverted U shaped;
and in which the radially outer edge (14) of each
foot is substantially arcuate, the foot pads together
making up a standing surface for the bottle;
characterised in that:
the feet have side walls (22) which are at an angle
(8) of 25° or less to each other;
each foot has a flat pad (12); and
the total length of the outer edges of the foot pads
(12) is at least 35% of the circumference of the outer
edge of the standing surface.
2. A plastics bottle according to claim 1, in which the
total length of the outer edges of the foot pads (12) is
less than 65% of the circumference of the outer edge of
the standing surface.
3. A plastics bottle according to claim 1 or claim 2,
in which the length of the outer edge (14) of a foot pad
(12) is between 2 and 4.25 times the width of the
narrowest part of a valley (20), at the base of the
inverted U.


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4. A plastics bottle according to any one of claims 1
to 3, in which the valleys (20) are positioned around a
hemispherical dome having a central region which
comprises:
an externally convex region (32) surrounded by an
externally concave first annulus (34) and an externally
convex second annulus (36) which tapers into a foot (10)
on one side and blends into the hemispherical valley (20)
on the opposite side.
5. A plastics bottle according to any one of claims 1
to 4, in which the base includes five feet (10).
6. A plastics bottle according to claim 5, in which the
angular extent of a foot pad (12) is at least 25°.
7. A plastics bottle according to claim 5 or claim 6,
in which the radius between the foot pad (12) and the
valley side wall (22) is at least 3 mm.
8. A plastics bottle according to claim 7, in which the
radius between the foot pad (12) and the valley side wall
(22) is at least 5 mm.
9. A plastics bottle according to any one of claims 1
to 8, in which the standing diameter is at least 70% of
the diameter of the bottle side wall.


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10. A plastics bottle according to any one of claims 1
to 9, in which the bottle has a capacity of 1 litre or
less.

Description

Note: Descriptions are shown in the official language in which they were submitted.


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PLASTICS BOTTLE
This invention relates to a plastics bottle for
S carbonated beverages which has a so-called "petaloid" or
"footed" base.
The use of lightweight plastics bottles is well
known for a multitude of products. Since the development
of blow-moulding techniques, clear biaxially-oriented PET
bottles have become widely used for carbonated soft
drinks, particularly of 1 and 2 litre capacity but also
of 500 cl capacity which are sold in direct competition
to canned drinks.
Originally, the base was formed in a domed shape and
a separate base cup was used to provide stability to the
bottle. In order to reduce the cost of using a separate
cup, the base design evolved into a so-called "champagne"
base and the now popular petaloid base which typically
has up to 7 feet separated by ribs.
It is known that such footed bases must meet a
number of criteria which in some situations may be at
odds with each other. For example, it is essential to
minimise stress concentrations so as avoid failure of the
base which arises when stress cracks are initiated,
particularly when the bottle is filled with a carbonated
beverage. On the other hand, the base must also be
readily blow moulded and should be stable when filled,
even when internal pressure changes due to temperature
variations for example.
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US-4785949 (Krishnakumar et al) proposes a design
which is said to limit stress levels by maximising the
cross sectional areas of the ribs and avoiding sharp
transitions between the ribs and feet. This design has a
maximum of five feet separated by wide ribs.
US-5024340 (Alberghini/Sewell) is directed to the
provision of a stable-based bottle having four or five
feet separated from each other by hemispherical ribs.
Inner walls of the bottle feet are made in three parts
with a generally perpendicular central ring segment which
can flatten with internal pressure, such as arises when
the bottle is filled with carbonated beverage.
Another plastics bottle for carbonated drinks is
described in US-5024339 (Riemer~. This design has seven
feet which the patent recommends for small bottle sizes.
Small half litre bottles may comprise plastics material
which has not been fully stretched during blow moulding
and is therefore not completely biaxially oriented. This
patent recommends that the ribs be sufficiently wide to
provide pressure resistance but narrow enough to ensure
optimum stretching and biaxial orientation. A suitable
compromise is said to be provided by a seven-footed base
with the feet being separated by parallel sided ribs.
The present invention seeks to provide a container
having a base which provides improved stability whilst
still ensuring efficient and easy blow moulding of the
container.
According to the present invention, there is
provided a plastics bottle for carbonated drinks, the
bottle including an integral base, the base comprising:
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a plurality of circumferentially spaced feet
separated by valleys which are substantially inverted U
shaped and have side walls which are at an angle of 25°
or less to each other;
and in which each foot has a flat pad, the radially
outer edge of which is substantially arcuate, the foot
pads together making up a standing surface for the
bottle; and
the total length of the outer edges of the foot pads
is at least 35°s of the circumference of the outer edge of
the standing surface.
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The base of the bottle of the r~resenr inven~ion i~hus
has relatively sharp angled valley side walls in
comparison with known bottle base designs and
proportionately wide feet. It should be appreciated that
for assessment of stability the important part of the
feet is the flat pad which will contact clle surface on
which a bottle will be standing. The base of the present
invention h.as peen fo~.lnd to g__ve Px~ell_e:~': stab:~l;.t~~~ taut
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bo'~tlw of the present invention will receive a l~ref~~rin
gate. i'he annuli increase initial stretching of the
prefo:~m away from i is centre, tius keeping the pre form
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st.res:~ ;-oncemtrati~ns in the centre of the final bottle
base.
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for a prior art bottle.
Figure < shoes a bottle 1 comprising a neck 2,
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p~ore~;s. mh-'_~; en.sn.°-es that s!~ress co~lcf~~tra.t~.ons a'. t~ze
da.'n region ~:_-e keyt to a m_inimu~n. ThF~ .~onc ,izt := ~_r; rinn~.lli
34 3F serve to protect the gate r~~ion further,
the bottle shown in figure 1 to 4 has five feet
which is suitable for bottles of half and ogle litre
capacity. However, in order to maintain the vallAy shape
and wide feet which have been found t:o be essential. to
the ; nver~'~ ~.on f-he number of feet mail '~e trar~.e(~.
r~C'(,nr[;' r?C( '~C7 ~)'?e bf)tt l.~? G~.13r1~t:'_''= d.nd,~nr r'3j7''
.~.~.~'~'. 'T'l",,p
v<~r ~_'st: a ha?. f l itre cr'.pac:it:y rot:t~_~ c:o?~ld ~tsnceitra'~l y
iza~~c~;r;' y fUllL' feet, it ma~~ re necessa.r~_y to ~.ncrc:a~-f: the
number cf fetat i:o, say. sever. for lal:ger bcytlE~s , Tt will
be arp:~eciate~? that t=he n~,lrrrlber of .feet i;> t=he.rel:or a no~
esse.-ltinl t'o t!~e present invention. si.nc~~ i+- m~~,' need to
bt, =Ta=.-~.ce? if +~he (~rite.:~.ia wh..ch n~re have found +-c~ bP
c-.r;_t-twafor (-.(~mb.is~_n stah~.:! + ~a+~ - ~-; f
q -y t.. h ea P n hl. cw..~ 3~c: and
m~.ll_.1~.l:m s ress ccmcentrat~.ons a_~-e +~o h(' met
'~v:en trar~'i.na the ntllnher of feet, the ancr~a.l_a~ ~~;~~c:,~t
or. r, f t~a~wl1 :o.;ci- ~-~ad ~: ~_ J_ ~ a'_~c change . Fw~_° a :.'
~r~_. for r e~?
bGa:~_'_(~, l'_tii;," i3T~C~J_t- C!. SllUlliil bL-'' e:t ~E'.u:.t ~.J°
f'vr C;:~t:illluTli
S~c:~l_'_l.~l.y. Url l:.~lf: t;l:.:h~~ hdlld, iUr east' ci ~.Lt:,L;:~ng ~>
1=:_Ve
i=c>c;t:ec' kvotrl. ~ f, i.rw 1=~,ti~us k. s~-ould (~2 ~ _ .l~~r~-' 3 it~~n,
:=E'_.t':: e.~:~.,1 ~;t _',_y~,:~~. :.~ l:llil. '.~I'.f:l t. . ,. ~
C',Ol(~'::(~I :_C:Ev :(~ l:E.
ll~.i~c'_E: ~.'C.-t=4~lE.E:T: ;t:c:~~~..':_aj% ixllC~ t?~a:pt'. C?f li'.U4'
~l,.t~ :_1'.C.~r c.;.!.tr'.OUgh
tightE:r radii would enable al~crle a to be: mcl_eds~u anal
zhert;by t:l~e ioot~ paci w~_dirl, ~:~s the rada ~_ are r_eciuc,ea the
bc~:~: ~ l,c=ccl~.e:.- ~ry(_ra:as.~rgi_r° cilfv:~cu.~t to bi.o~~.
~.ttc-; st;~:i_d__,,.c; (' ~ ~rr:E~tel: L~.: cf vl:a ,.~t =le c i fi~vreC 1
. ,
_..~a..L .'( c~ the W v,,=i:._.~~.c~e v~ta:i_ t.:~~unc:Le;:~ Db.
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l'~ fire footed ?~ott.le similar to tha~~. sa:uown in
figures 1 t~ 4 .and h=.~aing a half lit.rc~ capaci'y:, t~3s blow
-r~~,zldea. 'ih_ ~:rit ~_~~al parameters accor~s_ng fic the present
~_nw~nt i.on w ire as Follows
.coot pad eai:3th .1< 12 mm
Valley angle l~ 20°
'ia~wl~:~ ~.-adia;; '~y, 2.3 c;ur.
' % v -~ 1 a ~~ v ~r i d _ : : ~,a f 4 . 7 rlzn
.. !i~ '~raly~~j~ 3:~i u; Ri ~ _ 8 r m._.
~a~ld~_m~ d-a~a.~~e:_ ~;_ 49 rntn
~~Wt-ye diam~tt;r 68 mrn
:'ool~ pad angle tx 23°
~'oo+:. - ,'oc :. spa;:ing F~ ~ E; . 7 9 mm
From ~:::se v,J.3-.~~eiv can be seed ' _
t_lat. thE~ tota:~ ~.,~ngtl~ of
~:lE? aLt.=,-_ E:.:,'~E:.i ~.7,: ;,}?~~ LOti.~ pud~i ~5 .;'~ i~l:i. 1'Jt~~Cil
~i ~.~~e Of
~_.._ ~.~.r=_:~w~:~. .: ~ v_~:e standir:g surf,3ce (i5=~ m.~n) .
Cornpa._~~::.v; _'x~~.m~"_ '
.-
~c.~~,.t,~.~ '~ ,shoc~n a f fth pac~: wr ~ ~urior art na1f_
:Litre bco:':le bas: ha,V__ng f:~vt~ fc,t:t. Comparal~~-~ p_.~amerers
j~Ji_'_1~ '-.L::,yen ;~~C?'gyp i~~ ~j_r(~~.r~ 4 r'~'.t'E: '-lr~,?rt, ~' ':
VI:T-' ~ ~E?
:'.c" ~, . -.?a; :'"7'j. t' -'vr , ~ ,-y~.a:; ~.',C?,~ iJ~l it d.~'ila. ~.
:_'i:lr~ l' .:_'i-: ''he
:_~~~.CC. ~:
c;.",. . :r . .'.7=v: v:uv ~c:.r '., ~'h'.).s th.e d.,.
~~;:~:- .-E-_ : =~.:~1.~;t:_~ v:~aa 'oo t spac_Ln;~ F, ~ . B and D are thlc~
r~~?.~_a.:. -.~~3-~~~~ of '-hw Flat pads r>o ~liat AB .and DE _~-~:g~l-esent
half '.hn x,=; d'h of +-lue r?ad outer :~d.~es . _ is r'~e ~n;Wr a of
tile
'!'~.e nr;,-,r ar~: hott.le des:~rn t~l~as h~.;; ~-~c~ :~c~".n~ri.~zq
Pl..'_%:~I'.1"+''?~-y F,lh~.(~~" ~°?n l-~? (~Cl".11~%~.T~:~!'7 1'~lt-
y.,, .y_l'l~~,E' '~f a;h,o h(1~'1-.le
~, F ,,:;T-,.r.17.~~. , 1


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'r~c +~, pack. w__c~tr:e. 1_f' 7 ,. 32 ml:~
~a.a..iE:~~ anc~l.E: ~J' 50°
~~C:..__..E~y a:c;Q__li5 dsy' <~..L.~: IC!I;1
~ -:;c~ti v~::=-..ley r~aau:> Rf' S. 7!~: mra
't v a r.~~i r.c: d~ a:~;c~ t:ar 50.. a mrn
1:~:.~t:ti.e diar,~:~ter 68 r_un
Fuc t.__f-c,oi~ a~~~c.ir_y F~' 31.55 nun
T~:e i~c ~w:~ ~' E;r.r~-+',. c' the outer ec'ueof f~:e ~.:ot ~a~3s for
the pr ; :~r a.r',v. ~:: ~ '1 ~: is thm:F:four~ :'~;, ~~ r,:r_ ~,,h...cr, =:.
c=~:_y
.2 ~. ~'° ~: ;~ t,~~.~ c:.cu-,.'~E-r-cr.c-P of ;.tee s'~,:;n.c1? I~g
su!.r_f.acE.
Win; . sc;:r~:.. ~c~:_ntly less ttw.an tl-:e 39% of example
1. ~'h~_°~E: ~.~ ~:,:~~ a:. dear differ:once betc~een i:'~e va~'_te~~
anrJ.e ~" c i :~8° ~..~_: th~.t of example i.. where 8 is only
20°.
il.c Vc,ilit~ C~.i'~E:Ii fOr tnf; bEU~tiE' CiT i;.Om~dLatiVE
e~dnt~it; i c~iE~ ~y~,ii_~..'~ Gf YriGi c.it i.ive iOUI..CE.I ba5e~. ~~'he
angle b~ would typically be between 50° and %0° and the
proportion of toot pad width to standing circumference
would generally be between 20 and 25%.
Zhe bottles of the present invention have been found
to prov.~ue e:~~,~.iieWc stabii.ia:.y urv G wide ra::=~Er o:
EI_Uv.rc._:~.ErL~a~ ~i,:.;ui._;_or:s. Futs_im~'LtccosEr, rr~~. ~~~.se~
~:.i_ibiv
f',:'.1__y ~.t:CE:yC.<x~~l:: ,'."i.;ic:;p;p C~aC~: :W:;~i~~t.~:.fis:e ;:.nu
i~ioc~ab~.'_; ty
dS Y'E'Clt::: L' _~(;u ~~y t;t~:ulil c.r.'tllL"E:r;S ~:I:.C.t ~1.Z ~ E?C ~ .

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(87) PCT Publication Date 1999-02-18
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