PETpla.net Insider 04 / 2018

PET patents www .verpackungspatente.de PET planet Insider Vol. 19 No. 04/18 www.petpla.net 80 Thin-walled container European Patent issue No. EP 2938547 Applicant: Societe Anonyme des Eaux Minérales d’Evian (FR) Application date: 28.12.2012 Thin-walled, large-volume con- tainer to hold drinking water. The container is placed upside down in a water cooler and collapses in accordance with the structure and ridges. Reduced-weight container International Patent No. WO 2017 / 136584 A1 Applicant: Niagara Bottling LLC., Ontario (CA) Application date: 2.2.2017 To further reduce the weight of a plastic bottle, changes to the preform in the area where the bottle opens are required, as a great deal of material accumulates there. The patent describes this possibility. Bottle for chicken egg whites European Patent No. EP 3208204 A1 Applicant: Pumperlgsund GmbH, Munich (DE) Application date: 15.2.2017 Plastic bottle with a concave base to hold liquid chicken egg whites. The bottle must be spe- cially shaped so the product can be distributed in a non-chilled condition. Optimised plastic container European Patent issue No. EP 3068696 B1 Applicant: Sidel Participations, Octeville-sur-Mer (FR) Application date: 23.10.2014 The European patent describes the pro- cedure for manufacturing a reduced-weight plastic bottle with a petaloid base. The injection moulding capabilities of the bottle have been improved. Bottle for water cooler International Patent No. WO 2016 / 050977 A1 Applicant: S.I.P.A., Vittorio Veneto (IT) Application date: 2.10.2015 Described here is the composi- tion and handling of a large volume plastic bottle made from PET for placing upside-down in a water cooler. Container for hot filling International Patent No. WO 2016 / 060680 A1 Applicant: Amcor Ltd., Hawthorne (US) Application date: 17.10.2014 Reduced-weight wide-neck container made from PET with special shaping in the base to enable the optimal equali- sation of the vacuum forces arising through hot filling and subsequent cooling, without deforming the outer wall of the container.