IP Library Granted Patent US 11,840,366
Granted Patent B2
US 11,840,366 · App. 17/274,852 · Granted Dec 12, 2023

Container

Inventors: Alexander Hammer (Gaildorf, DE); Daniel Bojbic (Sulzbach-Laufen, DE); Oliver Kengeter (Bühlerzell-Geifertshofen, DE)
Assignee: KOCHER-PLASTIK MASCHINENBAU GMBH
B65D1/095A61J1/067B29C33/44B29C67/0014B29C2791/006B29K2067/003B29L2031/712
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Patent No.
US 11,840,366
App. No.
17/274,852
Granted
Dec 12, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A container, in particular in ampoule form, and consists entirely or predominantly of plastic materials and has a container body ( 10 ) for receiving a filling product ( 12 ). The filling product can be removed via a releasable container opening ( 22 ) after a closure part ( 18 ) has been removed, which closure part is detachably connected to the neck part ( 14 ) of the container body ( 10 ) along a separation line ( 20 ) in an unopened position. In the unopened position, a conically extending wall ( 36 ) on the neck part ( 14 ) on the container body ( 10 ) and a conically ( 38 ) or cylindrically extending wall ( 38 a ) on the closure part ( 18 ) adjoin the separation line ( 20 ). These walls ( 36, 38, 38 a ) delimit at least part of an annular space ( 40, 40 a ), one end of which opens out into the environment and the other end of which opens out into the separation line ( 20 ).

Claims (40)

1. A container made entirely or predominantly of one or more plastic materials, the container comprising:

a container body capable of receiving a filling product that may be removed via a releasable container opening;

a closure part detachably connected to a neck part of the container body along a separation line in an unopened position of the container; and

in the unopened position, a conically extending first wall on the neck part on the container body and a conically extending second wall on the closure part adjoining the separation line, the first and second walls delimiting at least a part of an annular space, one end of annular space opening out into an environment surrounding the container and another end of the annular space opening out into the separation line, the first wall on the neck part and the second wall on the closure part being formed as truncated cones, being placed one inside the other, and delimiting the annular space;

whereby the container opening is opened after the closure part is separated from the container body along the separation line.

2. The container according to claim 1 wherein

the annular space is oriented toward the container body.

3. The container according to claim 1 wherein

the annular space is oriented toward the closure part.

4. The container according to claim 1 wherein

the first and second walls delimiting the annular space extend at angles relative to a longitudinal axis at angles of 25° to 60°.

5. The container according to claim 1 wherein

the first and second walls delimiting the annular space extend at angles relative to a longitudinal axis at angles of 30° to 50°.

6. The container according to claim 1 wherein

the first and second walls delimiting the annular space extend at angles relative to a longitudinal axis at angles of 40° to 50°.

7. The container according to claim 1 wherein

the neck part encompasses the releasable container opening and together with the closure part forms the separation line.

8. The container according to claim 1 wherein

the separation line comprises a weakened wall subarea between the neck part and the closure part; and

the closure part is removable from the neck part along the separation line by a handle on the closure part.

9. The container according to claim 1 wherein

the container opening is located in an opening plane spaced in a direction of the closure part with respect to a separation plane in which the separation line is located.

10. The container according to claim 1 wherein

a released rim of the neck part is bent inwards into the neck part in the open position.

11. The container according to claim 1 wherein

the plastic materials comprise an amorphous polyolefin.

12. The container according to claim 1 wherein

the plastic materials comprise a cycloolefin polymer and/or a cycloolefin copolymer having a glass transition temperature of less than 150° C., preferably of less than 110° C., and/or blends thereof.

13. The container according to claim 12 wherein

the glass transition temperature of less than 110° C.

14. The container according to claim 1 wherein

the container is a drinking ampoule; and

the plastic materials comprise an aromatic polyester.

15. The container according to claim 14 wherein

the aromatic polyester is polyethylene terephthalate (PET).

16. The container according to claim 14 wherein

the aromatic polyester is polyethylene furanoate (PEF).

17. The container according to claim 1 wherein

the septation line is spaced from an end of the neck part in a direction of the container body; and

a released rim of the neck part is bent inwards into the neck part in the open position forming a smooth curve surface at an exposed end of the neck part.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 10, 2021
From: HAMMER, ALEXANDER; BOJBIC, DANIEL; KENGETER, OLIVER
To: KOCHER-PLASTIK MASCHINENBAU GMBH
Reel/Frame 055546/0459 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2018 007 991.1 · Oct 8, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220041317A1 · Feb 10, 2022