PRESSURE CONTAINER WITH DIFFERENTIAL VACUUM PANELS

• Main Authors: MELROSE, DAVID MURRAY, KELLEY, PAUL, HOWELL, JUSTIN A, BYSICK, SCOTT
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 13.04.2006
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS,e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES,DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; CONVEYING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; PACKAGES; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; STORING; TRANSPORTING

A plastic container (1) has a first set of flex panels (2) and a second set of flex panels (3) one set being adapted to react to pressure changes within the container to a different degree than the other set. This can be achieved by different curvature and/or size and/or different distance from a ce...