IP Library Granted Patent US 8,043,552
Granted Patent B2
US 8,043,552 · App. 12/681,931 · Granted Oct 25, 2011

Method for producing a thin-walled container and container pressurisation method

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Patent No.
US 8,043,552
App. No.
12/681,931
Granted
Oct 25, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A process for pressurization of a thin-walled plastic container having a container weight to wall surface ratio on the order of 150 g/m 2 to 250 g/m 2 , designed to contain a flat liquid, comprising the following stages: providing a container; filling the container that has residual stresses under cold conditions with said flat liquid; sealing the container after filling; and, heating the container, without raising the temperature of the liquid, to reach the temperature of the container's glass transition point so as to generate a pressurization of the interior of said container.

Claims (8)

1. A process for pressurization of a thin-walled plastic container having a container weight to wall surface ratio on the order of 150 g/m 2 to 250 g/m 2 , designed to contain a flat liquid, comprising the following stages:

providing a container,

filling the container that has residual stresses under cold conditions with said flat liquid,

sealing the container after filling, and

heating the container, without raising the temperature of the liquid, to reach the temperature of the container's glass transition point so as to generate a pressurization of the interior of said container.

2. A process for pressurization of a thin-walled plastic container according to claim 1 , wherein the container has an internal pressure of 1 bar or less after the heating stage.

3. A process for pressurization of a thin-walled plastic container according to claim 1 , wherein the container comprises polyethylene terephthalate (PET).

4. A process for pressurization of a thin-walled plastic container according to claim 1 , wherein the container is bi-oriented.

Assignments (3)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 12, 2017
From: PLASTIPAK PACKAGING, INC.
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 044204/0547 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 6, 2012
From: TECSOR HR
To: PLASTIPAK PACKAGING, INC.
Reel/Frame 027494/0352 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 12, 2010
From: OUTREMAN, JEAN-TRISTAN
To: TECSOR HR
Reel/Frame 024665/0629 →