PETpla.net Insider 04 / 2012

PET patents www .verpackungspatente.de 44 PET planet insider Vol. 13 No. 04/12 www.petpla.net Outer packaging and labelling Intern. Patent No. WO 2011 / 116851 A1 Applicant: Lemo Maschinenbau GmbH, Niederkassel-Mondorf (D) Date of Application: 1.2.2011 Multi-layer plastic film which is welded in such a way as to produce compartments for holding a container. The outcome fol- lowing set up of the container and shrink- age of the film is the emergence of outer packaging for a number of containers. With this arrangement, on removal of the container part of the film is left behind on the container as a label. Coated PET container Intern. Patent No. WO 2011 / 112775 A2 Applicant: Amcor Ltd., Hawthorn (AU) Date of Application: 10.3.2011 A container made from PET incorpo- rates features that are integrated in the container and serve as carbon dioxide dispensers and as oxygen scavengers. This means that product quality is main- tained over a long period. Should these features be integrated into the wall of the container, this will not lead to any ‘cloud- ing’ of the colour of the container. Individually scented shower gels Intern. Patent No. WO 2011 / 106539 A1 Applicant: Colgate Palmolive Comp., New York (US) Date of Application: 24.2.2011 The dispenser head enables the storage and addition of a substance to a basic personal hygiene product. This enables the user to vary (e.g.) his shower gel to his heart’s content whilst having only one con- tainer in use at a time. PET / PTT container Intern. Patent No. WO 2011 / 110890 A1 Applicant: SA des Eaux Minerales D’Evian Saeme, Evian-les-bains (FR) Date of Application: 11.3.2010 Design and method of manufacturing a preform from a PET / PTT mixture. This mixture makes an efficient, inexpensive manufacturing process possible in spite of a high container with a small diameter opening. Ease of refilling Intern. Patent No. WO 2011 / 108729 A1 Applicant: Kao Corp., Tokyo (JP) Date of Application: 4.3.2011 A container used for refilling a second container is formed so as to display at the top, following removal of one segment or a seal- ing membrane, an inclined spout that can be coupled easily and without mess with the opening of the container to be refilled. Variable base Europ. Patent No. EP 2368804 A1 Applicant: Yoshino Kogyosho Co. Ltd., Tokio (JP) Date of Application: 18.11.2009 A plastic bottle (PET) is fitted with a base which, when the contents are heated and in response to the asso- ciated change in volume, will absorb this deformation energy elastically and on cooling return to its initial position.