Bottles and jars – Ejecting – Siphon type
Patent
1991-04-23
1992-10-06
Weaver, Sue A.
Bottles and jars
Ejecting
Siphon type
215 31, 220609, B65D 102, B65D 8314
Patent
active
051524112
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a plastics aerosol container.
Aerosol containers are mostly made of metal, e.g. aluminium or steel (tin plate). The invention relates especially to aerosol containers made of plastics, particularly thermoplastic materials, particularly of a polyacetal (acetal resin), such as acetal homopolymer or acetal copolymer e.g. polyoxymethylene with melt flow index range 9.0 to 27.00 g/10 minutes), of a thermoplastic polyester, such as polyethylene terephthalate or polybutylene terephthalate, or a thermoplastic polyolefin, such as polypropylene.
Succesful experiments have been made by the applicants with containers made of an acetal copolymer, namely that sold under the trade name Kematal, particularly Kematal M270 and Kematal M90, and Hostaform, particularly Hostaform 13031.
The invention arose in an attempt to devise a top of a plastics aerosol container that has all the necessary properties expected from such a top, in particular good lateral impact strength, which is dependent not only on the material used and its thickness (which need not be uniform) but quite significantly on its shape. Important is also creep resistance which is dependent upon the polymer type, time, temperature, internal pressure, the geometric shape and wall thickness.
Persons skilled in the art know that a number of characteristics of plastics materials, such as chemical resistance, permeation, creep and impact strength, are fundamentally different from those of metals and, in fact, differ widely even between metals, such as aluminium and steel. Experience acquired from the testing and use of metal containers is therefore practically of no help with plastics, the characteristics of which differ from each other even more widely than is the case with metals. The basic requirements as regards non-refillable plastics aerosol containers are set out in British Standard BS 5597 published in 1978, a new edition of which relating specifically to plastics aerosols, is in preparation, which may be circular or non-circular in cross-section.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
According to the present invention, there is provided a top portion of a plastics container, including a neck for receiving an aerosol valve, and a shoulder portion, which shoulder portion includes a circumferential elbow of reduced thickness relative to the parts of the shoulder adjacent the elbow.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING
The invention will now be described, by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying diagrammatic drawing which shows an axial section through one embodiment of the top portion of an aerosol container according to the invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
Because the whole illustrated top except the "neck" (and also the associated container) is of oval cross-section the drawing shows on the left a section along the major axis and on the right a section along the minor axis.
The illustrated top comprises an open neck 1, a shoulder 2 and a rim 7.
The neck 1 is substantially tubular, has an outer flange and is adapted to accommodate an aerosol valve known per se.
The shoulder 2 has an upper portion 3 merging into the neck 1, and a lateral portion 4 merging into the upper portion 3 via a curved portion or elbow 5.
The rim 7 has an upper portion 8 merging into the lateral portion 4 of the shoulder 2, and a lateral portion 9 merging into the upper portion 8 via a curved portion 10.
As is apparent from the illustration of the shoulder 2, the thickness of the upper portion 3 and also the thickness of the lateral portion 4 decrease in the direction towards the curved portion 5.
The lateral portion 9 of the rim 7 has an annular outer portion 11. When the top is to be connected to the body 12 of the container, the outer portion 11 is inserted into the open top portion of the body 12 and the rim 7 is fixed to the body 12. In the illustrated example this has been achieved by ultrasonic welding. For that reason there is no clear borderline between the portion 11 and the body 12.
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Pope John
Steptoe Barry J.
Hoechst Celanese Plastics Limited
Weaver Sue A.
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