PETpla.net Insider 06+07 / 2014

PET patents www .verpackungspatente.de 56 PET planet insider Vol. 15 No. 06+07/14 www.petpla.net Optimised hot filling US Patent No.US 2012 / 0076965 A1 Applicant: Graham Packaging LC, York (US) Application Date: 30.9.2011 A PET bottle for hot filling is so designed that its volume does not increase by more than 3% when it is filled with a liquid, during pasteurisation or during the heating process. Plastic bottle European Patent No.EP 2653400 A1 Applicant: Suntory Holdings Ltd., Osaka (JP) Date of Application: 14.12.2001 A plastic bottle for carbonated beverages or products that are hot filled and subse- quently change their volume during cool- ing incorporates grooves in the bottom section that allow for elastic elongation of the bottle. Deformable side panels European Award of Patent No. EP 2512935 B1 Applicant: Sidel Participations, Octeville Sur Mer (FR) Date of Application: 16.12.2010 The side wall of a plastic bottle is divided into several different areas. These improve handling and act as membrane-like compensating areas in response to changes in pressure. Sleeve label with tab European Patent No.EP 2664557 A1 Applicant: CCl Label GmbH, Hohenems (AT) Application Date: 14.5.2012 The shrink label for securing a container closure is fitted with a tab to the side so as to ensure that catching hold of and removing the label is a comfortable and convenient operation. This label incorporates lines of weakness and is combined in the area of the tab with a “non-shrinking“ material. Three stable positions International Patent No.WO 2013 / 186463 A2 Applicant: Sidel Participations, Octeville Sur Mer (FR) Application Date: 6.6.2013 The shoulder area and the top section of a PET bottle are so designed as to enable three predefined, stable shapes to be set up. When stacking on top of one another, no pres- sure is exerted on the shoulder or on the area of the opening because the stacking pressure is absorbed via the side walls. Shape of bottom section of PET bottle European Patent No.EP 2662297 A1 Applicant: Yoshino Kogyosho Co. Ltd., Tokyo (JP) Application Date: 18.11.2009 The bottom of a plastic bottle needs to be specially moulded to enable elastic absorption of the forces that occur during hot filling.