EP3816062A1 - Behälter mit ausgiesser - Google Patents

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EP3816062A1
EP3816062A1 EP20202754.6A EP20202754A EP3816062A1 EP 3816062 A1 EP3816062 A1 EP 3816062A1 EP 20202754 A EP20202754 A EP 20202754A EP 3816062 A1 EP3816062 A1 EP 3816062A1
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Nicola Louis Dethmers
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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
    • B65D23/00—Details of bottles or jars not otherwise provided for
    • B65D23/12—Means for the attachment of smaller articles
    • 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
    • B65D25/00—Details of other kinds or types of rigid or semi-rigid containers
    • B65D25/38—Devices for discharging contents
    • B65D25/40—Nozzles or spouts
    • B65D25/48—Separable nozzles or spouts
    • 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
    • B65D55/00—Accessories for container closures not otherwise provided for
    • B65D55/16—Devices preventing loss of removable closure members

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  • the invention relates to a container for storing fluid products, which is provided with a pouring spout detachably attached to the container in a storage position for mounting in an operative position to a pouring opening of the container with a pouring channel of the pouring spout in operative communication with an interior space of the container via a pouring passage of the container.
  • Such containers are known from practice, for instance as packaging of windscreen washer liquid or Adblue® (an aqueous urea solution consumable in selective catalytic reduction (SCR) converters of diesel engines) and as petrol containers.
  • Adblue® an aqueous urea solution consumable in selective catalytic reduction (SCR) converters of diesel engines
  • petrol containers for instance as packaging of windscreen washer liquid or Adblue® (an aqueous urea solution consumable in selective catalytic reduction (SCR) converters of diesel engines) and as petrol containers.
  • the pouring spout is stored in an opening bounded by a handle portion of the container.
  • the spout is arranged in a recess in a side wall of the container.
  • the spout occupies relatively much space, so that the total rectangular box volume in which a container with a given capacity fits is increased compared with the total rectangular box volume in which a container of the same capacity but without a pouring spout fits.
  • detaching of the spout from the storage position and re-attachment of the spout in the storage position is rather cumbersome.
  • an adhesive covering label is used for reliably holding the container in place. This needs to be peeled off for detaching the pouring spout and re-attachment can be impaired if the label is damaged or liquid or dirt has reduced the adhesiveness of the label to the container.
  • a recess is formed in the shoulder portion and, adjacent the shoulder portion, in the wall portion, the recess being open in horizontal outward direction, and because the pouring spout in a storage position is arranged partially in the recess with the pouring tube at least partially recessed in the wall portion and the connecting portion located at least partially above the shoulder portion, the pouring spout can be detached quickly by an upward and/or outward movement, the connecting portion is at least partially above the shoulder in an empty space to the side of and generally below the neck so it occupies very little or no additional space and does not add significantly to the footprint of the container and the recess is located in an area where wall material is deformed to a relatively small extent during blow molding and therefore has some spare deformability to deform to a shape bounding the recess. Accordingly, strength and material use are not or only minimally affected by providing the recess.
  • the pouring tube extends from the connecting portion in a direction at an angle diverging relative to the central axis of the connecting portion, wherein the pouring tube diverges from the central axis of the connecting portion in an outward direction when the pouring spout is in the storage position.
  • the container 1 has a body 2 of polymer material for storing fluid products and a pouring spout 3 with a connecting portion 4 and a pouring tube 5 projecting from the connecting portion 4.
  • a pouring channel 6 extends through the connecting portion 4 and the pouring tube 5.
  • the pouring spout 3 can for instance be of a design as described and shown in applicant's Dutch patent application 2 023 437 .
  • the container body 2 has a neck 7 bounding a passage 8 into an internal space 9 of the container body 2 and a fluid storage portion 10, which is located below the neck 7 when the container 1 is in an upright position.
  • the neck 7 has a protrusion 11 for engagement to a closure (not shown) and, when the closure has been removed, to the connecting portion 4 of the pouring spout 3 with the pouring channel 6 in fluid communication with the passage 8 of the neck 7.
  • the protrusion 11 of the neck forms an external thread for engagement with an internal thread 16 of the connecting portion 4 of the spout 3.
  • one or more recesses may be provided on the outer circumference of the neck.
  • the fluid storage portion 10 has a wall portion 12 located laterally outwardly relative to the neck 7 and a shoulder portion 13 extending from the neck 7 to the wall portion 12.
  • the container body 2 is of a shape which is basically symmetrical about mutually perpendicular vertical planes through a center line of the neck 7. Such a generally bottle like shape is advantageous for storage, boxing, handling and presentation in a shop.
  • a recess 14 is formed in the shoulder portion 13 and, adjacent the shoulder portion 13, in the wall portion 12.
  • the recess 14 is open in a horizontal outward direction 15.
  • the pouring spout 3 When the pouring spout 3 is in a storage position as shown in the drawings, it is arranged partially in the recess 14 with the pouring tube 5 recessed in the wall portion 12 and the connecting portion 4 located partially above the shoulder portion 13.
  • the pouring spout 5 When the container 1 is in the upright position, the pouring spout 5 can be detached from the container body 2 quickly by an upward and/or outward movement in which the pouring tube 5 of the pouring spout 3 is moved axially and/or laterally out of the recess 14.
  • the pouring spout 3 can also be gripped easily by an outwardly facing portion of the connecting portion 4, so it can be taken out of the storage position and put back into the storage position particularly easily.
  • the connecting portion 4 is at least partially above the shoulder 13 in an empty space to the side of and generally below the neck 7 so it occupies very little or no additional space.
  • the pouring spout 3 in the storage position and does not add significantly to the footprint of the container 1.
  • the pouring spout 3 in the storage position and does not add significantly to the size of a rectangular box shape 16 in which a container 1 with a given capacity fits.
  • the recess 14 is located in an area where wall material is deformed to a relatively small extent during blow molding and therefore has some spare deformability to deform to a shape bounding the recess 14. Accordingly strength and material use are not or only minimally affected by providing the recess 14.
  • the pouring spout 3 in the storage position is arranged with the connecting portion 4 partially recessed in the shoulder portion 4.
  • the pouring spout 3 in the storage position projects to quite small extent from the container body 2, which is advantageous for avoiding inadvertent dislodgement of the pouring spout 3 during handling or other movements of the container 1, for instance when it is stowed with other items without particular care or when it moves through a luggage or cargo space due to accelerations, decelerations or cornering of a vehicle.
  • a container with a recess 14 in the shoulder 13 and, adjacent to the shoulder, in the wall portion 12 of the fluid storage portion 10 is particularly suitable for blow molding the container body 2 from an injection molded preform of a Polyethylenterephthalat (PET) polymer material.
  • PET Polyethylenterephthalat
  • a PET polymer which may be a PET homolpolymer or a copolymer, such as a copolymer of PET and isophthalic acid or a copolymer of PET, isophthalic acid and a glycol complex (PETG), could at least reduce the occurrence of leakage due to damaged containers, since PET containers that have been stretch blow molded from an injection molded perform are typically stronger than containers blow molded from a tube of other, e.g. polyolefin, material. PET crystallizes at large strains during warm deformation processing. The imparted crystallinity increases its stiffness and strength, improves its dimensional stability, and increases its density.
  • PET material While manufacturing such a container from PET material is advantageous in view of its high strength, crystal clear transparency and suitability for recycling, PET material has a relatively small deformability during blow molding.
  • the preform is heated (for instance by infrared heaters) until its temperature is above its glass transition temperature. Then, high pressure air is blown into the preform, which causes the portion of the preform inside the mold cavity that is spaced from the inner surface of the mold to be expanded until it contacts the inner surface of the mold.
  • the PET material is bi-axially stretched beyond the natural stretch ratio of the polymer (for instance 10 - 12 for a Co-PET, at blowing temperature of 95 °C) and thereby strain hardened, preferably before contacting the inner surface of the mold, due to crystallization and orientation of the polymer material.
  • the preform may initially be stretched with a core rod to achieve initial elongation in axial direction.
  • the wall material of the preform is less restrained by the inner surface of the mold for controlling deformation up to a predetermined shape corresponding to the shape of the mold cavity than at the recess.
  • the wall material has to be able to bulge out to the mold wall on either side of the recess forming portions, within limitations imposed by the strain hardening effect. Since the wall material in the vicinity of the recess is deformed relatively little during blow molding, the portions of the shoulder 13 adjacent the recess 14 can bulge out to the mold wall on either side of the recess forming portions even if the wall material has a relatively small deformability as is typical for PET material.
  • the connecting portion 4 has a cylindrical wall having a central axis 17 and the pouring tube 5 extends from the connecting portion 4 in a direction at an angle a diverging relative to the central axis 17 of the connecting portion 4. This facilitates pouring out of liquid out of the container 1 when the pouring spout 3 has been attached to the neck 7.
  • the pouring tube 5 diverges from the central axis 17 of the connecting portion 4 in an outward direction.
  • the recess 14 allows the recess 14 to have a depth that decreases from the shoulder 13 in a direction away from the neck 7, which in turn is advantageous in that the recess 14 can be obtained with relatively little additional deformation of wall material in the vicinity of the recess 14 as the fluid storage portion 10 of the container body 2 is formed during blow molding.
  • an opening 18 of the recess 14 in the shoulder portion 13 and in the wall portion 12 in outward horizontal direction is at least partially of a width w o smaller than an outer width w t of an adjacent portion of the pouring tube 5 in the storage position.
  • removing the pouring spout 5 in an outward direction requires that a substantial force is exerted for bending opposite walls of the recess 14 away from each other, so that the pouring spout 5 is normally prevented from inadvertently becoming dislodged from the storage position.
  • the pouring spout 5 is also slightly clamped in the recess 14, so that inadvertent dislodgement in an upward direction is also counteracted.

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WO2022015381A1 (en) * 2020-07-17 2022-01-20 Steen Products, Inc. Container
US11530073B2 (en) 2020-07-17 2022-12-20 Steen Products, Inc. Container

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FR2715125A1 (fr) * 1994-01-17 1995-07-21 Safet Embamet Bidon en plastique perfectionné.
DE202005006134U1 (de) 2005-04-15 2005-06-23 Dienes Packaging Gmbh Kanister mit Halterung für eine separate Ausgießhilfe
US20060249471A1 (en) * 2003-09-23 2006-11-09 Vaso Leposavic Container with cap retainer
EP1892192A2 (de) * 2002-07-31 2008-02-27 General Electric Company Spender für viskose Flüssigkeit, integriertes Düsenpaket und entsprechendes Verfahren
US20110168580A1 (en) * 2010-01-13 2011-07-14 King Jr L Herbert Product display container

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FR2715125A1 (fr) * 1994-01-17 1995-07-21 Safet Embamet Bidon en plastique perfectionné.
EP1892192A2 (de) * 2002-07-31 2008-02-27 General Electric Company Spender für viskose Flüssigkeit, integriertes Düsenpaket und entsprechendes Verfahren
US20060249471A1 (en) * 2003-09-23 2006-11-09 Vaso Leposavic Container with cap retainer
DE202005006134U1 (de) 2005-04-15 2005-06-23 Dienes Packaging Gmbh Kanister mit Halterung für eine separate Ausgießhilfe
US20110168580A1 (en) * 2010-01-13 2011-07-14 King Jr L Herbert Product display container

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WO2022015381A1 (en) * 2020-07-17 2022-01-20 Steen Products, Inc. Container
US11530073B2 (en) 2020-07-17 2022-12-20 Steen Products, Inc. Container
US11530125B2 (en) 2020-07-17 2022-12-20 Steen Products, Inc. Container

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