Integrally blow-moulded bag-in-container having interface vents opening to the atmosphere at location adjacent to bag's mouth, preform for making it; and processes for producing the preform and bag-in-container

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9895834-B2
Application number	US-201414552426-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 24, 2014
Priority date	Apr 19, 2007
Publication date	Feb 20, 2018
Grant date	Feb 20, 2018

Abstract

The invention is an integrally blow-moulded bag-in-container and preform for making it. The bag-in-container has an inner layer forming the bag and an outer layer forming the container, and a mouth fluidly connecting the volume defined by the bag to the atmosphere. The container further has at least one interface vent fluidly connecting the interface between inner and outer layers to the atmosphere, wherein the at least one vent runs parallel to the interface between inner and outer layers and opens to the atmosphere at a location adjacent to, and oriented coaxially with the bag-in-container's mouth. Processes for manufacturing a preform and a bag-in-container as defined above are defined too.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for manufacturing a preform, having an integral preform obtained by injection moulding one layer on top of the other comprising the following steps: injection moulding a preform's inner layer onto a core; injection moulding a preform's outer layer onto the inner layer; and extracting the thus formed preform from the core; wherein said core is provided at a base thereof with at least one pin suitable for forming an interface vent running parallel to the interface between said first and second layers and opening to the atmosphere at a location adjacent to, and oriented approximately coaxially with a preform's mouth.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one pin is in the shape of a wedge with the broad side at the level of where it is connected to the core's base.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein more than one pin is distributed around the core.

Assignees

• Anheuser Busch Inbev Sa

Inventors

• Van Hove Sarah
• Peirsman Daniel
• Verpoorten Rudi

Classifications

• B29C49/071

  Preforms or parisons characterised by their configuration, e.g. geometry, dimensions or physical properties · CPC title

• B29C2949/0715

  the preform having one end closed · CPC title

• B29B2911/14066

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B29B2911/14113

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B29K2101/12

  Thermoplastic materials · CPC title