Plastic water bottle and apparatus and method to convey the bottle and prevent bottle rotation
US7028857B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 28, 2003 |
| Grant date | Apr 18, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 12, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65G2201/0247
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A plastic container for beverages to replace a container having a round flange with a round flange diameter and which is adapted to be conveyed by air along a track with inwardly extending track rails spaced from one another a set distance. The plastic container replacing the replaced container without significant modifications to the conveying system including the inwardly extending track rails of the track. The container including a central axis, an upper mouth portion, a neck portion coaxial to the axis with a diameter, a cylindrical sidewall, a lower base and an anti-rotation flange below the upper mouth portion having a polygonal peripheral edge with a shape including a plurality of flats and a plurality of apexes each located between adjacent flats. Each apex being diametrically opposite one of the flats. The peripheral edge having a diametrical distance between each of the apexes and the flat opposite the apex. The diametrical distance being at most only slightly less than the round flange diameter of the replaced container.
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