Abstract:
A preform is biaxially stretch blow molded into a container by using a liquid as a pressurizing medium. The preform is formed in a bottomed tubular shape including a mouth, a trunk, and a bottom by extrusion blow molding. The preform includes bottom parting lines, which are formed in the bottom due to the extrusion blow molding, and the bottom parting lines are configured to extend to the outer side from the axis of the bottom to divide the bottom into at least three parts in the circumferential direction. Further, a container is formed by biaxially stretch blow molding the preform by using the liquid as the pressurizing medium.
Abstract:
A plastic preform is provided that includes a closed bottom portion; a lower portion extending upwardly from the bottom portion; and a neck portion extending upwardly from the lower portion. The neck portion includes a support flange having an upper and lower surface, threads, a tamper-evident formation, and a dispensing opening at the top of the neck portion. In an embodiment, the weight of the neck portion is 3.0 grams or less; and the vertical distance from the top of the dispensing opening to the lower surface of the support flange, including the threads and the tamper-evident formation, is 0.580 inches or less. A container and method for making a container are also disclosed.
Abstract:
A preform has a flange that protrudes outward at a neck, and is supplied in an inverted state. A preform handling device includes a star wheel that is configured so that the preform is supplied to each of a plurality of depressions that are formed in an outer circumferential part of a wheel, and pushes the preform to rotationally transfer the preform from an upstream region to a downstream region, an end face guide member that is provided in the upstream region so as to be situated under the preform and that support and guide an open end face of the preform, and a pair of flange guide members that are provided in the downstream region and that support and guide a lower side of the flange of the preform.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a preform (300) suitable for subsequent blow-molding into a final-shaped container. The preform comprises a neck portion (302); a gate portion (306); and a body portion (304) extending between said neck portion and said gate portion; the gate portion including an upwardly-bound region (324) defined between the inner and outer walls thereof, substantially whole of the upwardly-bound region extending in a direction towards the neck portion (302).
Abstract:
A foamed plastic container in which the cell diameters vary along a gradient so as not to decrease the content protection performance, in a manner quite different from the foamed cells distributed in the conventional foamed containers. The foamed plastic container has a container wall formed by using a plastic material and in which foamed cells are distributed, the lengths of the foamed cells in the surface direction of the container wall decreasing from the outer surface of the container toward the inner surface thereof.
Abstract:
The container has a bottle-like shape and is made of thermoplastic material. The container is provided with a mouth section which has a fixing ring (3) on the outside. The pre-form is provided for the production of such a container. Both the pre-form and the container produced therefrom are designed without any supporting ring. In order to enable handling, an associated holding device (12) acts on a fixing ring (3) of the pre-form or the container.
Abstract:
A removable cap assembly has a cap with a curved side wall having an inner surface and an outer surface, a top portion extending from the curved side wall, a boss extending perpendicularly from the top portion, with the boss having a bottom and a top. A first circumferential rib extends perpendicularly from the top of the boss, with the boss and rib defining an opening in the cap. A stopper is dimensioned to seal the opening having a shape complementary to the boss and a hole therein configured to allow a fluid to flow therethrough. The stopper is maintained in the cap by the shape of the boss and includes a disc shaped base, a cylindrical wall portion extending from the base, a first groove in the base surrounding the wall portion, the first groove dimensioned to receive the bottom of the boss.
Abstract:
A preform for making a plastic container includes a main body portion and a threaded finish portion that has an outer surface and an inner surface. The threaded finish portion has a proximal and that is unitary with the main body portion of the preform and a distal end that is opposite from the proximal end. At least one external thread is defined on the outer surface of the finish portion. A gripping indentation is advantageously defined in the outer surface and is longitudinally positioned between the external thread and the distal end of the finish portion. A container having such a finish portion and a method of making a container is also disclosed.
Abstract:
A neck finish of a preform or container having a crystallized top sealing surface (TSS) for withstanding deformation from multiple use cycles. In a returnable and fillable container, the improved TSS has enhanced caustic stress crack resistance resulting in a more secure finish-closure seal and an extended container life (number of refill cycles).
Abstract:
[Problem] The invention is aimed at preventing bottom crack from occurring in a peelably laminated plastic container and maintaining the container stably in good in-use condition. This can be achieved by increasing the anti-peeling strength of a pair of rib strips, with which the bottom rib is formed, in the bottom seal that has been obtained by pinching off the parison at the bottom and molding the parison into a blow molded, peelably laminated plastic container.[Solution] The bottom seal 13 of a blow molded, peelably laminated container 1 is reinforced by a pair of rib strips 14 which are pressed to each other to form the bottom rib 15. A multiple number of cavities 16 are formed in the bottom rib 15 in such a way that the rib strip 14 on one side is pushed toward, and caved into, the rib strip on the other side at several points, and vice verse. An expanded portion 18 is formed in the ceiling of each cavity 16. As a result, an undercut engagement portion 19 is formed along the contact faces of both rib strips 14 so that anti-cracking bottom strength of the bottom seal is enhanced.