IP Library Granted Patent US 8,672,159
Granted Patent B2
US 8,672,159 · App. 12/681,729 · Granted Mar 18, 2014

Hollow product with localized relief for vacuum sealing

Inventor: Philippe Moreira (Sucy en Brie, FR)
Assignee: Saint-Gobain Emballage
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Patent No.
US 8,672,159
App. No.
12/681,729
Granted
Mar 18, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A hollow vacuum packaging product in which a ring includes threads distributed around its periphery, and between which a sealing cap enters into engagement when the hollow product is opened/closed. In an evacuated closed condition of the hollow product, the sealing cap is configured to enter into engagement only in an interval between two consecutive threads, or in plural such consecutive intervals, but not in all of the intervals. Such a hollow product may be, as an example, a thermoplastic bottle or jar.

Claims (14)

1. A hollow vacuum packaging product, comprising:

a ring having a plurality of threads distributed around a periphery of the ring,

wherein a sealing cap is configured to enter into engagement with the packaging product between one or more of the threads of the ring when the hollow product is opened/closed,

wherein in an evacuated closed condition of the hollow product, the sealing cap is configured to enter into engagement only in an interval between two consecutive threads or in plural such consecutive intervals, the interval defining a gap extending between the two consecutive threads or in plural such consecutive intervals, and

wherein the sealing cap does not enter into engagement in all of the intervals between each of the plurality of threads,

wherein the interval(s) in which the sealing cap is configured to enter into engagement in the evacuated closed condition of the hollow product are located only in one half of a periphery of the ring, on a first side of a joint plane of a mold.

2. The hollow product as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the interval(s) in which the sealing cap is configured to enter into engagement in the evacuated closed condition of the hollow product are defined, in a lower part thereof, by a thread with a double pitch.

3. The hollow product as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the interval(s) in which the sealing cap is configured to enter into engagement in the evacuated closed condition of the hollow product are defined, in a lower part thereof, by a thread with a maximum evolute.

4. The hollow product as claimed in claim 1 , wherein two threads covering a joint plane of a mold have a non-maximum evolute.

5. The hollow product as claimed in claim 1 , wherein two threads covering a joint plane of a mold have a double pitch.

6. The hollow product as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the threads located in their entirety on a second side of a joint plane of a mold have a non-maximum evolute.

7. The hollow product as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the threads located in their entirety on a second side of a joint plane of a mold have a single pitch.

8. The hollow product as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the threads located in their entirety on a second side of a joint plane of a mold have a non-maximum width.

9. A thermoplastic jar, vial, or bottle in accordance with claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 30, 2010
From: MOREIRA, PHILIPPE
To: SAINT-GOBAIN EMBALLAGE
Reel/Frame 024908/0667 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 07 58085 · Oct 5, 2007 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20110024382A1 · Feb 3, 2011