PETpla.net Insider 05 / 2012

PATENTS PET patents 41 PET planet insider Vol. 13 No. 05/12 www.petpla.net Dispensing device Disclosure No. DE 102010009797 A1 Applicant: Inotech Kunststofftechnik GmbH, Nabburg (D) Date of Application: 1.3.2010 Dispensing device for free-flowing products which can be manufactured easily and from a small number of components. The dispenser has no metal spring and this simplifies the processes of disposal and checking for foreign bodies in the end product. Pouring aid Disclosure No. DE 102010012218 A1 Applicant: Jörg Haberland, Uchte (D) Date of Application: 19.3.2010 Integrated pouring aid for bottles made from all types of plastics. This design prevents any “gurgling“ when the liquid is poured out as well as the associated release of carbon dioxide. Even the product in the bottle releases less carbon dioxide. Flexible base European Award of Patent EP 2173637 B1 Applicant: Sidel Participations, Octeville Sur Mer (FR) Date of Application: 29.7.2008 The base of a PET bottle with reinforcing ribs and a large opening diameter is so formed that it is able to absorb any change in volume that may occur during hot filling and sub- sequent cooling by means of elastic deformation.