Glass container with an improved bottom geometry

US11014701B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Schott AG · DE

Inventors

• Andreas Langsdorf · Ingelheim am Rhein, DE
• Peter Thomas · Singapore, SG
• Florian Maurer · Zürich, CH
• Hanspeter Kummer · Müllheim, DE
• Fatih Mutlu · Neuenbürg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 25, 2019
• Grant date: May 25, 2021
• Expiry date: Jul 22, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D2501/0009
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A glass container for packaging a pharmaceutical composition including a glass tube with a first end and a second end, the glass tube having a wall thickness dw, a glass bottom having an outer area, and the glass bottom closes the glass tube at the first end. The glass container further including a curved glass heel extending from the outer area of the glass bottom to the first end of the glass tube. The curved glass heel is defined by an outer radius ro, an inner radius ri and a thickness of the glass dh in the curved glass heel, further wherein dh3/(ro×dw)>0.8 mm.