PETpla.net Insider 11 / 2014

PET patents www .verpackungspatente.de 60 PET planet insider Vol. 15 No. 11/14 www.petpla.net Plastic container European Award of Patent No. EP 1886925 B1 Applicant: Suntory Holdings Ltd. und Yoshino Kogyosho Co. Ltd., (both JP) Application Date 2.5.2006 The process for shaping a thin-walled con- tainer in PET is described. The container is suitable for hot fill and incorporates adequate compensation surfaces during cooling. The tank can be constructed to make it visually attractive. Container base International Patent No. WO 2014 / 036516 A1 Applicant: Amcor Ltd., Hawthorn (AU) Application Date 30.8.2013 In order to ensure sufficient stability during changes in pressure, stability when standing upright and resistance to breakage, the base of a thin-walled plastic bottle made from PET must be formed in a particular way and fitted with ribs. Plastic bottle International Patent No. WO 2014 / 032730 A1 Applicant: SA des Eaux Minerales d’Evian Saeme, Evian-les-Bains (FR) Application Date 31.8.2012 Application relating to forming and the process for manufacturing a visually and functionally optimised plastic bottle from FDCA and / or MEG. Plastic container International Patent No.WO 2014 / 038921 A1 Applicant: Hyosung Corp., Seoul (KR) Application Date 10.9.2013 Forming of a “panel-free“ plastic bottle. In order to compensate for the change in pressure / volume during post-hot fill cooling, the shape of the base must meet specific requirements. Bottle without support ring International Patent No. WO 2014 / 053212 A1 Applicant: Alpla Werke Alwin Lehner GmbH, Hard (AT) Application Date 11.9.2013 This international application describes a preform for manufacturing a reduced weight plastic container which gets by without a support ring. The preform and the container manufactured from it meet the requirements as regards sta- bility and can be sealed on traditional filler/bottling lines. Base form European Patent No. EP 2703307 A1 Applicant: Yoshino Kogyosyo Co. Ltd., Tokio (JP) Application Date 26.4.2012 In the interests of guaranteeing optimum compensation for differences in pressure that arise as a result of hot filling and subsequent cooling or due to carbonated contents, the shape of the base of a blow moulded plastic bottle is acquiring increasing impor- tance. A number of variations are described.