Bottom of a hollow body obtained by blowing or stretch-blowing a preform of a thermoplastic material, and hollow body comprising such a bottom

• US 9,302,805 B2
• Filed: 07/13/2007
• Issued: 04/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sidel Participations (Tetra Laval Holdings BV)
• Original Assignee: Sidel Participations (Tetra Laval Holdings BV)
• Inventors: Derrien, Mikael, Boukobza, Michel
• Primary Examiner(s): Gehman, Bryon
• Assistant Examiner(s): Patel, Brijesh V.
• Application Number:
  US12/376,350
• Publication Number:
  US 20110309090A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,189 Days
• Field of Search: 215370-377, 215/382, 220/606, 220/608, 220/610, 428/36.92, 428/66.3, 428/35.7, D95/16, D95/20
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 1/0261 Bottom construction B65D1/06 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 1/0284 having a discontinuous contact surface, e.g. discrete feet

Abstract

A bottom (2) of a hollow body obtained by blowing or stretch-blowing a preform of a thermoplastic material. The bottom (2) includes a transverse support surface (4) and, on either side of the transverse support surface (4), a transverse outer edge (5) and a concave inner wall with a transverse central portion (10) having a pellet (11) of a low-crystallinity material. The pellet corresponds to the injection point of the perform. The bottom (2) has reinforcing ribs (1) having an outer edge (12) adjacent to the outer edge (5) of the bottom (2) as well as an inner edge (13) adjacent to the transverse central portion (10) but not reaching the transverse central portion (10). The reinforcing ribs (1) flare from their outer edge (12) toward their inner edge (13).

Claims

1. A bottom of a hollow body, the hollow body being obtained by blowing or stretch-blowing a preform of thermoplastic material, said bottom comprising a transverse support surface, and on either side of said transverse support surface:

a transverse outer edge;

a concave inner wall with a transverse central part containing a pellet of material of low crystallinity, said pellet corresponding to an injection point of the preform;

said bottom comprising reinforcing ribs, each reinforcing rib having a respective outer edge in proximity to the transverse outer edge of the bottom, each of the reinforcing ribs having an inner edge in proximity to the transverse central part but without reaching said transverse central part, wherein each of the reinforcing ribs flare outs from the respective outer edge towards the respective inner edge, and wherein the transverse outer edge is placed at a first height with respect to the transverse support surface, the transverse central part being placed at a second height with respect to the transverse support surface, the second height of the transverse central part being greater than the first height of the transverse outer edge, each of the reinforcing ribs having a bottom wall of substantially constant width over the whole length of the reinforcing rib.

2. The bottom of the hollow body as claimed in claim 1, wherein the respective outer edge of each of the reinforcing ribs does not reach the transverse outer edge.

3. The bottom of the hollow body as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of the reinforcing ribs has a plane of vertical symmetry.

4. The bottom of the hollow body as claimed in claim 3, wherein each reinforcing rib has two lateral flanges and wherein the two lateral flanges of each reinforcing rib across a plane of symmetry are substantially facing each other at an extreme distal part of said reinforcing rib adjacent to the respective outer edge.

5. The bottom of the hollow body as claimed in claim 1, wherein the pellet of material of low crystallinity projects from an outer face in the transverse central part.

6. The bottom of the hollow body as claimed in claim 1, wherein, with the exception of the reinforcing ribs, the bottom is in the form of a body of revolution around an axis substantially perpendicular to the transverse support surface.

7. The bottom of the hollow body as claimed in claim 6, wherein, in a vertical radial cross-section, between the transverse outer edge and the transverse support surface, the bottom has the profile that is

in a portion adjacent to the outer edge, substantially tangent to a direction perpendicular to the transverse support surface, and

in a portion adjacent to the transverse support surface, substantially tangent to said transverse support surface.

8. The bottom of the hollow body as claimed in claim 7, comprising, in the vertical radial cross-section between the transverse outer edge and the transverse support surface, a substantially parabolic profile.

9. The bottom of the hollow body as claimed in claim 7, wherein the transverse support surface is annular in shape.

10. The bottom of the hollow body as claimed in claim 9, wherein, starting from said transverse support surface and proceeding toward an axis of revolution of the bottom, the bottom first has an annular step, then a substantially parabolic profile connecting said annular step to the transverse central part.

11. A hollow body of thermoplastic material obtained by blowing or stretch-blowing of a preform, said hollow body comprising a side wall and a bottom joined to said side wall, wherein said bottom is as presented in claim 1.

12. The hollow body according to claim 11, wherein the thermoplastic material is PET.

13. A hollow body obtained by blowing or stretch-blowing a preform of thermoplastic material, the hollow body comprising:

a bottom, the bottom comprising;

a transverse support surface;

a transverse outer edge;

a concave inner wall with a transverse central part containing a pellet of material of low crystallinity, the pellet corresponding to an injection point of the preform;

reinforcing ribs extending radially beyond the support surface and each reinforcing rib having a respective outer edge in proximity to the transverse outer edge of the bottom and an inner edge in proximity to the transverse central part without reaching the transverse central part, each reinforcing rib flares outs from the respective outer edge towards the respective inner edge, and the respective outer edge is at a first height with respect to the transverse support surface, the transverse central part is at a second height with respect to the transverse support surface, and the second height of is greater than the first height, each of the reinforcing ribs having a bottom wall of substantially constant width over the whole length of the reinforcing rib.