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Local dignitaries, librarians, Friends of the Library and patrons gathered Wednesday to commemorate the Park Rapids Area Library's century of enhancing literacy.
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Tomorrow is January 14th….it also happens to be the one year anniversary of the day my entire world came crashing down around me. One year ago on January 14th, in the blink of an eye, I lost my mother.
In May/June of 2011 my mom was forced by my father and i to go to the emergency room. We thought she was dehydrated and maybe had pneumonia. We were not prepared for what the doctors told us. Tumor. Cancer. More specifically lung cancer. I cannot tell you how many times we heard that lung cancer was a death sentence. After a hospital stay, multiple doctor appointments, they told her she had maybe 6 months to live, possibly more with treatments.
This whole time my mom refused to give up. We were all trying to prepare ourselves for her to pass on. She stayed so positive and would tell us constantly that she would NOT die no matter what the doctors were telling her.
In August of 2011 she started chemotherapy and radiation until October. The good news, the very large tumor shrunk enough and moved far enough away from her esophagus to operate and remove her entire left lung.
With set backs, scares, near-death experiences, and news that she was cancer free we started to relax some. Every few months we would get a harsh reminder that although she beat the odds, she was still not doing well and could be taken at any moment.
At the end of 2013 she was hospitalized. She ended up in ICU on life support with a ventilator breathing for her. I tried to mentally prepare myself for the possibility that her body finally gave up the fight. Suddenly she was doing much better. She was still telling us she refused to die.
She seemed okay. Not great, but not horrible either. Her oncologists informed us she was still cancer free although she did have a liver and pancreas bile duct issue probably from the cancer treatments.
Less than a month later she was feeling under the weather. We missed a family event…then another…
The afternoon of January 14, 2014 i brought my then 6 month old daughter into her room. She immediately cheered up and started playing with her. Giggling, making my daughter smile and laugh. My dad asked me to check my mom's blood pressure. I did so and it was very low. Being an EMT i immediately called for an ambulance.
The ambulance arrived soon after, being located only a few blocks away. The last thing i remember is her being rolled down the hall of the apartment building yelling "i need my e-cigarette!"
That was at 1:52pm. At 2:15pm i called the hospital to check on her and tell the nurse a few things. They informed me she had just arrived (the hospital was 23 min away in a non-emergency). At 2:45pm i received a call from the ER doctor telling me that my mom had gone into cardiac arrest 20 minutes prior and that they were still working on her. He advised we come to the hospital right away as well as notify other family.
I phoned my older sister and older brother to let them know. My dad and i then packed up the baby, anything we might need for the day (snacks, meds, phone charger, etc). Then we headed to the hospital. The roads were bad. Snow, windy, and cold. We knew it would take awhile. I called the hospital to request a priest be called to come pray and read my mom her last rites, just in case. The nurse put me on hold for what seemed like forever.
When she came back on the line she said "hang on. The doctor wishes to speak to you."…my heart sank. I knew what he was going to say. I felt as though the wind had been knocked out of me and the world stopped moving. "I went back to your mom's room after we spoke and she was already gone. I am so sorry, we did everything we could"….the rest of our conversation was blurred from the sounds of sobbing and gasping for air.
I informed my sister who was clearly in shock. Our mother was gone. Our beautiful, amazing, selfless, supportive, loving mother would never hug us, yell at us, annoy us, or tell us she loved us again.
It has been almost a year and the pain is still fresh. I miss her every day. I grieve her death every day. Some days it still doesn't seem real. I don't know how i got through the past year, and looking forward i still feel lost on how to continue on without her.
But when i look at my daughter, who is now almost 19 months old, i see my mothers joy, her heart of gold, her non-judgmental soul, her smile, and her beauty. I thank God every day for my mother, and for giving my daughter so many of her qualities.
RIP Mama! I love and miss you so much. HAPPY ANGELVERSARY!!!


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There is disclosed an apparatus and method for the production of particles wherein liquid droplets, to be formed into particles, are produced by the ejection of liquid out of the orifices of a spinnerette which is vibrated.
1. Apparatus for the formation of liquid droplets comprising:
ejection means for ejecting downwardly a plurality of continuously moving jets of liquid, said ejection means comprising a lightweight dropping head in the form of a spinnerette having a plurality of orifices of highly uniform and accurate orifice size and position,
and break-up means for breaking up the continuously moving jets leaving the orifices, into short lengths which then form into droplets subsequent to their formation into short lengths, said break-up means comprising a means for vibrating the spinnerette as the said continuously moving liquid jets are issuing therefrom.
2. Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the orifices are located in an essentially horizontal plane, and wherein said means for vibrating comprises means for vibrating the spinnerette linearly transversely or axially with respect to the plane of the orifices while maintaining said plane essentially horizontal.
3. Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the means for vibrating the spinnerette is an electromagnetic vibrator mechanically connected to the spinnerette.
4. Apparatus for the production of particles of uniform size by gelling of droplets of liquid, comprising:
ejection means for ejecting downwardly a plurality of continuously moving jets of liquid, said ejection means comprising a lightweight dropping head in the form of a spinnerette having a plurality of orifices of highly uniform and accurate orifice size and position, and including break-up means for breaking up the continuously moving jets leaving the orifices, into short lengths, said break-up means comprising a means for vibrating the spinnerette as the said continuously moving liquid jets issue therefrom,
and including means for supplying a liquid to be gelled to the spinnerette and, in association with the spinnerette, a column for containing a reagent capable of causing the liquid to be gelled to gel, the column being spaced downwardly from the spinnerette a sufficient distance to permit the said short lengths to form into droplets before passing into the column.
5. Apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the column is arranged to contain a gaseous reagent and a liquid reagent.
6. Apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the means for vibrating the spinnerette is an electromagnetic vibrator mechanically connected to the spinnerette.
7. Apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said column comprises means for inhibiting the release of reagent gas from the top of the column.
8. A method for forming liquid droplets comprising:
ejecting downwardly a plurality of jets of liquid by passing the liquid continuously through a plurality of orifices of a light-weight dropping head in the form of a spinnerette,
and breaking up the continuously moving liquid jets into short lengths by vibrating the spinnerette to vibrate the jets passing therethrough, and subsequently forming the short lengths into droplets by falling downwardly after said breaking up step.
9. A method according to claim 8, wherein the liquid is a liquid to be gelled, and including the step of supplying said liquid to the spinnerette for said ejection into liquid jets, and including contacting the droplets thus formed with a reagent capable of gelling the liquid to thus cause the droplets to gel.
10. A method according to claim 9, wherein the droplets are partially gelled by contacting a gaseous reagent and are then contacted with a liquid reagent wherein the gelling of the droplets is completed.
11. A method according to claim 10, wherein ammonia gas is the gaseous reagent and ammonium hydroxide is the liquid reagent.
12. A method according to claim 9, wherein the liquid droplets to be gelled contain a nuclear fuel material.
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 246,662 filed Apr. 24, 1972, now abandoned.
This invention relates to apparatus for the formation of liquid droplets.
It is known that in certain areas of manufacture, for example in the production of spheres by sol/gel processes and in spray drying operations, there is a requirement for the rapid production of liquid droplets which may be subsequently treated to produce the desired product, for example by reaction with reagents or by other operations such as heating.
The principle of rapid droplet formation which comprises the ejection of a liquid through an orifice as a jet which is simultaneously vibrated is well known, but methods based on this principle suffer from the disadvantage that with small droplets and small orifices the overall yield is low in a given period of time.
An object of the present invention is the provision of apparatus which enables a much larger yield to be obtained.
According to the present invention there is provided apparatus for the formation of liquid droplets by the ejection of liquid out of an orifice, comprising a spinnerette having a plurality of orifices and means for vibrating the spinnerette. The spinnerette may have, for example, in a diameter of 1 cm, six orifices; and the vibration may be linear, i.e. either transverse or axial with respect to the jets.
If a plurality of conventional separate jets, for example hypodermic syringe needles, are arranged together to provide a plurality of orifices and it is contrived to vibrate these jets to form droplets, practical problems arise from the difficulties of vibrating the considerable mass which the jets constitute at suitable frequencies for the satisfactory formation of droplets. In addition, great accuracy and uniformity is required in orifice size and relative positioning of the orifices to ensure uniformity of droplet size and to reduce the risk of interaction between adjacent liquid streams ejected therefrom. The use of a spinnerette substantially overcomes these difficulties by providing a plurality of uniform and accurately positioned orifices on a comparatively small, light-weight dropping head.
In order that the invention may be clearly understood, one embodiment thereof will now be described, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic representation of an apparatus for which one application is the production of nuclear fuel particles, and
FIG. 2 is a diagrammatic, enlarged view of the understood of the conventional spinnerette as used in the apparatus of FIG. 1.
Referring now to the drawings, the apparatus comprises a spinnerette 1, provided with a plurality of orifices 1a (see FIG. 2), similar to that used in the rayon spinning industry, mounted on a light-weight frame 2 which is connected via link 3 with an electromagnetic vibrator 4. The link 3 is a linkage, e.g. a rod or bar, connected to the frame 2 and the vibrator 4 so as to transmit mechanically the vibrations produced by the vibrator 4 to the frame 2 and hence the spinnerette 1. The spinnerette 1, thus mounted, as is evident in FIG. 1, with the bottom thereof oriented essentially horizontally is positioned over a circular aperture 5 which provides access to a cylindrical column 6 having a conical lower section 7. In operation, liquid to be formed into droplets and then reacted with reagents to produce particles is fed to the vibrating spinnerette 1 through tube 8, and is ejected through the orifices 1a (See FIG. 2). The droplets so formed fall into the column 6 through aperture 5. The spinnerette 1 is positioned sufficiently far away from the aperture 5 to ensure that the drops have time to assume a spherical shape before entering the reaction zone. The column has an upper region 9 which is filled with a reagent gas by means of inlet 10. Droplets of solution react with the gas on contact and form partially gelled spheres which are sufficiently robust to withstand falling, without disruption, into liquid reagent 11 in which the gelation reaction proceeds.
To prevent the release of large amounts of reagent gas from the top of the column 6, and thus prevent premature gelling of partially formed drops or the blocking of the orifices of spinneret 1 by the gelling of liquid before it leaves the orifices, there is provided an annular withdrawal system 12 which is evacuated by means of a plurality of pipes, one of which is shown at 13. The annular withdrawal system 14 is in the form of an annular chamber having an inner wall defining the aperture 5. In operation, the chamber is evacuated by means of the pipes 13 and gas tending to pass upwards from the column 6 through the aperture 5 is drawn into the annular chamber and thereby removed through the pipes 13. The release of large amounts of reagent gas from the top of the column 6 is thereby substantially avoided. The gas flow system can be an up-flow one, as illustrated here, or a down-flow one. The gelled spheres may be withdrawn from a lower region of the column by suitable valve and pipe arrangement represented at 14.
In one example of the use of the present invention a uraniferous feed solution was pumped at rates varying between 37 and 74 ml/min through a 19-hole spinnerette. The spinnerette was vibrated axially at frequencies between 4000 and 8000 Hz, the frequency being proportional to the flow rate. Drops of 260 μm diameter were produced from all the holes, and were formed by the regular break-up into short length of a continuously moving liquid jet issuing from each hole. The holes were 0.0127 cm in diameter and the maximum fluid velocity through the holes was therefore, in the 74 m./min case, 518 cm/sec. The apparatus is known to operate satisfactorily at higher fluid velocities if required. It will be deduced that one drop was formed from each jet for every imposed vibration cycle. Although it is possible to produce drops by other modes of jet break-up (e.g. 1/2, 2, 3, 4, etc. imposed vibration cycles per drop produced), it is preferred to operate at 1 drop per cycle.
An example of the nuclear fuels which may be produced by using the above apparatus is uranium dioxide. In this case a suitable spinnerette may provide two holes and be laterally vibrated at 6000 cycles per second. The solution may be uranyl nitrate plus one or more suitable gelling agents, supplied at a flow rate of 1/3 ml/sec (i.e. 10 ml/min per hole), the gas in region 9 is then desirably ammonia and the liquid 11 is ammonium hydroxide.
Reference should be made to our British Patents Nos. 1,175,834, 1,231,385 and 1,253,807 for information regarding gelling agents, i.e. agents for imparting to a solution the property of gelling in the presence of a suitable reagent, e.g. ammonia.
The method of producing nuclear fuel particles in this example comprises the steps of ejecting the uranyl nitrate-plus-additives solution through the orifices of a spinnerette, simultaneously vibrating the spinnerette, causing the droplets so formed to assume spherical shape and then fall through a region in a column wherein they are contacted and caused to react with ammonia gas, allowing the partially gelled spheres to fall into another region in the column wherein they are contacted with ammonium hydroxide in which the gelation is completed, and removing the gel spheres from a lower region of the column.
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Concerns: "Is it really OK to use while breast feeding?"
The real deal: Unlike estrogen, progestin does not decrease a mother's milk supply. A bit of the hormone does get into the milk, but it has not been shown to have any effect on the baby, Dr. Nucatola says. Because it is such a low-dose pill, you have to take it at the exact same time every day for it to be effective.
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Sean McNamara, founder and chief executive at Culver City, CA-based Reinvigorate, will relocate to Portland, OR, and assume the title, "chief architect of real-time analytics" at Webtrends, according to a Webtrends spokeswoman. Reinvigorate, founded in 2002, launched its first product in 2010, according to its website.
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I have a hand painted plate approx. 7.25 inches. The stamp on the back is from s.& g. gump co. san francisco. They were the importer. I have located other gump marks but none like this. The other mark is Japanese... at least I think it is. Ive done hours of searching to try to decipher the mark but I guess you need to speak japanese... which i dont..lol. Anybody read Japanese or have knowledge on the age of the gump mark? I would appreciate any information!
I could be wrong... I'm not a ceramic buff, but the pattern looks more Chinese or Korean to me. I could translate for you, but not from the picture 'as is'. It's too small and blurry. Looks kind of like "life" "something" "mountain". Possibly "life spirit mountain" (?) or loosely translated as life long or lifetime mountain.
Just guessing though... I really read anything beyond a 50% certainty on the last character.
Are those characters around the edge?
Gump's San Francisco was not just an importer, they were and still are a high-class department store. They might know what it was.
http://www.gumps.com/ and find a contact person
This was exactly the reason ive given this plate a closer look. I read a book published years ago called Gumps Treasure Trade by Carol Wilson. I was just hoping someone on this forum had run across another similar gump stamp. :)
I guess your right... the company would be a good start! Thanks!
Dunno. Still too difficult to read, but looks like "meetinghouse mountain" (mountain is 100%), or could be "complete shelter mountain" (protective mountain).
Good luck with the Company. I'm not much on ceramics, but that's a good looking plate. :-) Rustic... earthy... Nice!
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Great apartment very comfortable and cozy with enclosed garden. WIFI available. Reserved parking space. Heating. Very beautiful and charming when night falls, we can admire unforgettable sunsets.
Space where guests can cook their own meals
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From October to April is the best time to take a holiday in these beautiful lands.
Villetta Pia is located in a hill in Tuscany, in the town of Contignano Radicofani (SI) next to the famous thermal baths of Bagni San Filippo (SI). The accommodation is in the open countryside, great for relaxing and unforgettable sunsets, a strategic point to visit various places of interest and neighboring Tuscany. The house has 2 bedrooms, 1 living room with kitchen, 1 bathroom with shower, bidet and hairdryer. The rustic interior / Tuscan are of very good quality, outside the walled garden with pergola in a panoramic position. Guests linen and towels, fully equipped kitchen, dishwasher, oven, refrigerator, freezer and equipped with microwave, espresso machine and electric kettle, washing machine, mountain biking. Wifi. Available on request extra bed in the master bedroom for a child up to 4 years. The house can accommodate up to 5 people + baby in cot / crib. Private parking is free.
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October and November are the ideal months to attend the nearby thermal baths of Bagno San Filippo with free admission, it is a stream in a forest that form small pools of hot water where you can relax in the middle of the nature.
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Great apartment very comfortable and cozy with enclosed garden. WIFI available. Reserved parking space. Heating. Very beautiful and charming when night falls, we can admire unforgettable sunsets.
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Just 7 km Bagni San Filippo (SI), is a river in a forest that form natural pools spa with free admission throughout the year. Bagno Vignoni 10 km, thermal village. Pienza 15 km. Montepulciano 12 km. Siena 50 km. Florence 100 km. Lake Bolsena 30 km.
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The house looks very cozy and comfortable in an excellent manner furnished to the owner's taste, Make it a good use for respect for others who come after you.
In this apartment is no smoking.
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Great place! Great view! Pool, garden, modern. Good location among all those small Tuscany towns. Really close to Bagni San Filippo hot water springs. Great!
La casa es espectacular, está nueva, nueva. Bien decorada y cómoda. La cocina está lista para usar con aceite, sal, jabón para los platos... Las vistas son inigualables y es un lugar fantástico si quieres visitar la Toscana. Tiene parking y piscina. Ideal para descansar después de un día de visitas. Marco nos ofreció incluso una barbacoa por si nos animábamos. Una buena elección.
Marco was a good host...eventhough he did not speak English nor we Italian, he made a great effort to communicate with us and give us information we would need to move around comfortably. The apartment was excellent, new, clean and very nicely furnished with everything you need. The location was perfect to explore the area and the little terrace outside was the best part to end a day watching the sunset with a glass of wine.
The pool was another plus and another perfect place to watch the sunset.
Thank You Marco for sharing your place with us.
Our stay in Marco's house was very nice. The house was fully equipped, in the kitchen we found everything what we needed. We could also use quite big garden with great terrace and view, where we could make barbecue. Very near our house was swimming pool which we could also use. We really enjoyed our stay and even the fact that Marco doesn't speak english we managed contact with each other and everything went great:)
I really recommend this place to visit.
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Marco é una persona gentilissima e disponibile.
La casa pulitissima e completa di tutte le comodità , delizioso il piccolo giardino privato e la comodità della piscina condominiale.
La casa è in posizione strategica per poter visitare molte delle meraviglie della Toscana.
Marco has a great flat in the small village of Contignano. He gave us local cheese and meat to try and it was fabulous. The pool helped to keep us cool. The views of the hill and sunset were magnificent. This is a great place to stay for families.
I live in Pienza with my wife and my daughter and I am personally of my property Villa Pia. From your arrival to hand over the keys until your departure are at your disposal for any help you need, the important thing is that you pass a beautiful holiday leaving you a nice memory. Hello to you soon.


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Swollen Lymph nodes
Let me preface this by saying that she has an appointment with the Vet. first thing tomorrow morning. I noticed a small swelling in Lily's neck over the weekend. I didn't think much about it since she and Sophie play so hard with each other all the time. This PM I went to give her a bath and found that the lymph nodes on both sides are really swollen. Since she is just 4 1/2 months old, I am assuming that it is just infection.
She is acting normal for a puppy. Plays hard and sleeps hard. Eating, drinking, peeing, and pooping normally. The only health problem that she has had is a moderate reaction to her Rabies Vaccination-golf ball size lump and lethargy.
Since she has never had any lab work, I am going to ask the Vet. to run a profile on her. Does anyone know if I should ask for anything specific or will just a chem. profile and CBC be enough?
Out of all the dogs I have had in my life, I have never had one with swollen lymph nodes. It is always a learning experience.
As long as the vet does a thorough work up, complete physical and blood panel, including palpating the area, your pup should be in good hands. That your pup is romping alot and has a good appetite etc is a good sign. Good luck and pleaase reppost so we can all breathe a sigh of release when you get back from the vet with a good report
I've seen some dogs that get very large lymph nodes at that age due to inflammation from getting adult teeth/losing baby teeth. I'd consider running a tick-borne disease panel as well as the CBC and chem, depending on your area and prevalence of those diseases. We get a lot of those down here in the SE. As mazer mentioned, feeling well and acting normal is a good sign that it is nothing serious. You are very good at spotting things early, before they become major crises. Hoping for the best for you and Lily.
Mazer and Meghane- Thanks for your words of wisdom. I had not thought of the teeth. I am sure that this is all probably nothing to worry about, but you just never know. At least I have one out of the three dogs that is healthy for now, that being Sophie. Poor Gracie is still having a hard time of it too.
I will post when I know more tomorrow.
Just a quick update. We won't know much until probably tomorrow. The Vet. decided to aspirate and send it in to the cytology lab at our local Vet. school. Lily is teething like crazy so we are all hoping that this is the problem, but the nodes are so enlarged that he didn't want to take any chances. Hopefully we will get the cytology report and the lab work back tomorrow. Thankfully no other nodes are involved.
The only unexpected finding was that she had not gained any weight in the last two weeks, but at least she hasn't lost any. She was the runt of the litter and has been slow to gain weight anyway.


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A squeezable container with a paneled side wall which resists permanent deformation or denting when squeezed, and which preferably can be hot-filled. The container can be made substantially thinner than known hot-fill containers and includes a stepped vacuum panel profile for greater flexibility and resilience (bounce back). A circumferential ring is provided in the side wall to prevent ovalizing. The post walls (surrounding the vacuum panels) are stiffened to prevent vacuum collapse, by providing a substantially perpendicular junction between the vacuum panel and post wall, sufficient post wall depth, and/or reinforcing ribs in the post walls.
1. A squeezable, dent resistant plastic container with panels, the container comprising:
a squeezable hollow plastic body having a resilient and substantially cylindrical side wall aligned along a vertical centerline, an open upper end for dispensing a product when the side wall is squeezed, and a closed bottom wall;
the side wall including a plurality of symmetrically arranged post walls disposed at a first distance D1 from the vertical centerline;
the side wall further including a plurality of symmetrically arranged panels disposed between the post walls, each panel having a vertically elongated recess surrounding a central panel wall, the recess having a lowermost flex point disposed a second distance D2 from the vertical centerline which is less than the first distance D1, and the central panel wall being disposed at a distance from the vertical centerline which is greater than the second distance D2 ; and the recess having a first connecting wall with at least one intermediate step between the lowermost flex point and central panel wall to increase the resistance of the squeezable side wall to permanent deformation.
2. The container of claim 1, wherein the container is a hot fill container and the panels are vacuum panels.
3. The container of claim 1, wherein the side wall further includes a radially recessed circumferential ring to increase the side wall resistance to ovalizing.
4. The container of claim 3, wherein the side wall includes a tapered shoulder above the panels, and the circumferential ring is disposed between the panels and shoulder.
5. The container of claim 1, wherein the container is a blow-molded biaxially-oriented thermoplastic container.
6. The container of claim 5, wherein the thermoplastic is polyester.
7. The container of claim 6, wherein the polyester is substantially polyethylene terephthalate (PET).
8. The container of claim 7, wherein the PET includes 0 to about 6% copolymer.
9. The container of claim 2, wherein the hot fill container is made from a plastic selected from the group consisting of polyester, polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride, polyethylene napthalate, polycarbonate, polyacrylonitrile and copolymers and blends thereof.
10. The container of claim 1, wherein the side wall has an average wall thickness of about 0.015 to about 0.020 inches.
11. The container of claim 10, wherein the side wall has an average wall thickness of about 0.015 to about 0.017 inches and a diameter of up to about 4 inches.
12. The container of claim 11, wherein the side wall has a diameter of about 2.5 to about 3.5 inches.
13. The container of claim 1, wherein the panel has an average wall thickness of about 0.015 to about 0.020 inches.
14. The container of claim 13, wherein the panel has an average wall thickness of about 0.015 to about 0.017 inches.
15. The container of claim 1, wherein each post wall further includes a vertically-elongated post rib for stiffening the post wall.
16. The container of claim 1, wherein the recess includes a second connecting wall between the lowermost flex point and post wall, and the second connecting wall has a substantially perpendicular junction with the post wall in order to stiffen the post wall.
17. The container of claim 16, wherein the second connecting wall has a first step portion having a substantially perpendicular junction with the post wall, and a second step portion having a substantially perpendicular junction with the first step portion.
18. The container of claim 16, wherein the second connecting wall has a radial depth of from about 0.08 to about 0.16 inches.
19. The container of claim 1, wherein the first connecting wall includes a plurality of steps to provide additional flex points.
20. The container of claim 1, wherein the recess includes a second connecting wall with at least one step between the lowermost flex point and post wall.
21. The container of claim 1, wherein the lowermost flex point is an outwardly concave radius which enhances the flexibility and resilience of the panel wall.
22. The container of claim 3, wherein the circumferential ring has a radial depth d1 of about 0.10R1 to about 0.24R1 , where R1 is the distance from the vertical centerline to the side wall.
23. The container of claim 22, wherein the circumferential ring has an angular extent of about 45 � to about 90�.
24. The container of claim 23, wherein the circumferential ring has a lowermost recess of radius r1 of about 0.3d1 to about 0.7d1 and a connecting radius r2 with the side wall of at least about 0.3d1.
25. The container of claim 1, wherein each panel has a height H along the vertical centerline and a width W along the circumference of the side wall, and the ratio of H:W is at least about 2:1.
26. The container of claim 1, wherein each panel has an angular extent 2F of about 39� to about 48�.
This application is a continuation in-part of commonly owned and copending U.S. Ser. No. 07/962,243 filed Oct. 16, 1992 entitled "PANEL DESIGN FOR A HOT FILLABLE CONTAINER" by Krishnakumar et al., which is a division of U.S. Ser. No. 07/842,228 filed Feb. 26, 1992, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,178,289 which issued Jan. 12, 1993.
The present invention relates to a squeezable container which exhibits "bounce back" to resist permanent deformation or denting, and in a preferred embodiment to a squeezable, dent resistant container which can withstand hot filling without substantial deformation.
Squeezable beverage containers are popular with bicycle riders and other athletes. These containers are typically made of polyethylene and may be squeezed between the fingers of one hand to dispense a liquid out a nozzle on the open top end of the container. However, the known polyethylene containers do not have the required thermal stability for receiving hot-fill (e.g., juice) products directly, and thus the squeezable container is typically sold separately from the beverage and the user then fills the container. It would be convenient if athletes and others could buy hot filled containers of juice as an "off-the shelf" item, which was both ready to-use and allowed repeated squeezable dispensing without permanent deformation.
Hot-fill containers are adapted for the packaging of liquids (e.g., juice, beer) and other food products (e.g., jam) which must be placed in the container while hot to provide for adequate sterilization. During filling, the container is subjected to elevated temperatures (i.e., the product temperature) and positive internal pressures (i.e., the filling line pressure). For example, a juice container may be exposed to a product temperature on the order of 180�-185� F. (82�-85� C.) and a filling line pressure on the order of 2-5 psi (30-75 atm). These temperatures and pressures may cause the container body to creep and/or shrink. An originally cylindrical container may "ovalize," i.e., increase in diameter in a nonuniform manner, especially in a tapered shoulder section between the neck finish and panel section. Containers with excessive shape distortion or ovalizing cause improper cap and label applications, and uneven or inadequate vacuum panel movement.
A biaxially-oriented polyethylene terephthalate (PET) beverage bottle designed to receive a hot fill product with a minimum of thermal shrinkage and distortion is described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,863,046 entitled "Hot Fill Container," which issued Sep. 5, 1989 to Collette et al., and is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety. The Collette et al. container was designed as a relatively large volume (32 or 64 ounces) beverage container. It has six symmetrically-disposed vacuum panels in the side wall of the container. The vacuum panels (all of them) deform and move radially inwardly in unison as the product cools in order to reduce the magnitude of the vacuum generated in the filled and capped container and to prevent any large uncontrolled shape distortion of the container. A wrap around label covers the vacuum panels and is supported by post walls surrounding the vacuum panels and a central panel wall in each panel. Vertical recessed ribs may be provided in the post walls to increase the longitudinal stiffness of the panel section.
The design of the vacuum panels may vary; two other designs are illustrated in: 1) U.S. Design Pat. No. 315,869 entitled "Container Body For Liquids Or The Like," which issued Apr. 2, 1991 to Collette; and 2) copending and commonly-owned U.S. patent Ser. No. 07/792,449 entitled "Modular Mold," which was filed Nov. 15, 1991 by Collette et al., each of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
However, the previously described hot fill containers were designed for pouring, not squeezing. In fact, these typically large diameter bottles would permanently deform inwardly (buckle) if a user tried to push inwardly on the sidewall of the container to dispense the product by squeezing. Thus, the known PET hot fill containers have not been used as squeezable containers.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a squeezable plastic container with panels that resists permanent deformation or denting. More preferably, it is an object of this invention to provide a squeezable container which is hot fillable.
The container of this invention is squeezable, without undergoing permanent deformation or denting, and preferably is able to receive a hot fill product without undergoing excessive shape distortion. The container includes flexible vertically elongated panels in the side wall of the container, and stiffer post walls around the panels. The panels include a recess around a raised central panel wall and a connecting wall between the recess and panel wall is stepped to provide resilience. The flexible panels bow inwardly when squeezed and readily return (bounce back) to their original position and shape when released.
Stiffening of the post walls around the panels is preferably achieved by providing substantially perpendicular junctions between the post wall and panel and by providing sufficient post depth (i.e., radial distance between the panel recess and post wall). In a preferred hot-fill embodiment, the stiff post walls prevent vacuum collapse of the container, while the multiple flex points and thin wall of the vacuum panels insure adequate movement under vacuum and enhance the flexibility and resilience (to prevent denting) of the panel section.
It is preferable to provide a recessed circumferential ring in the side wall of the container to further minimize any shape distortion caused by filling with a hot product. This ring prevents a cylindrical container from ovalizing, especially in the tapered shoulder section of the container.
Still further, vertically elongated ribs may be provided in the post wall to further stiffen the side wall against vacuum collapse.
In a specific embodiment, a squeezable hot-fill container comprises a hollow plastic body having a resilient cylindrical side wall with a plurality of symmetrical vacuum panels aligned along a vertical centerline, an open upper end, and a closed bottom wall. The side wall includes symmetrically-arranged post walls disposed a first distance D1 from the vertical centerline. The vacuum panels are disposed between the post walls and each vacuum panel includes a vertically elongated recess surrounding a raised central panel wall. The recess has a lowermost flex point which is disposed a second distance D2 from the vertical centerline which is less than the first distance D1 of the post wall. The central panel is disposed radially outwardly from the lowermost flex point and a first connecting wall between the lowermost flex point and panel wall is stepped to provide flexibility and resilience. Preferably, a second connecting wall between the lowermost flex point and post wall is also stepped. The preferred container is a blow molded biaxially-oriented container made of a thermoplastic resin, and in particular a polyester such as a homopolymer or copolymer of polyethylene terephthalate, and preferably the panel section has an average wall thickness on the order of about 0.015" (0.38 mm) to about 0.020" (0.51 mm). In a preferred small diameter (i.e., no more than about four inch) size container adapted to be squeezed in one hand, the average panel wall thickness is about 0.015 inches (0.38 mm) to about 0.017 inches (0.44 mm).
Further details of the invention are more specifically described by the following drawings and description of certain preferred embodiments.
FIG. 1 is a front elevational view, partially in section, of a preform for use in blow molding a container of this invention.
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a blow molding apparatus in which the preform of FIG. 1 is expanded to form a container of this invention.
FIG. 3 is a front elevational view, partially in section, of a first preferred embodiment of this invention which is a hot fill squeezable container.
FIG. 4 is a partial cross sectional view taken along section lines 4--4 of FIG. 3, showing the outwardly-concave circumferential ring between the shoulder section and panel section which increases the resistance to ovalizing.
FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view through the panel section of the container of FIG. 3 taken along section lines 5--5 of FIG. 3, sowing six equally sized and symmetrically arranged vacuum panels separated by post walls, and the relative angular extents and depths of the various vacuum panel portions.
FIG. 6 is a partial cross sectional view of one vacuum panel of the container of FIG. 3 showing in phantom lines the panel when flexed, and illustrating the action of the multiple flex points which allow ready squeezability and return to the original undeformed position.
FIG. 7 is a partial cross-sectional view of a comparative panel wall without the features of this invention, and which undergoes permanent deformation when squeezed.
FIG. 8 is a partial elevational view of an alternative embodiment of this invention, namely, a vacuum panel container having an additional stiffening rib in the post wall.
FIG. 9 is a partial cross sectional view taken along section lines 9--9 of FIG. 8 showing the additional stiffening rib.
A sectional panel view of a comparative PET hot-fill container is shown in FIG. 7. This comparative panel does not utilize the stepped wall construction of the present invention and undergoes permanent deformation when squeezed.
The comparative container of FIG. 7 has a side wall 201 with a vacuum panel 202 shown between a pair of post walls 208. The vacuum panel in its original (prior to squeezing) form is shown in solid lines as panel 202, and after squeezing in dashed lines as panel 203 which has undergone permanent deformation or denting. The panel includes a recess 204 having an outer connecting wall 205 adjacent the post wall 208 and an inner connecting wall 206 adjacent the raised central panel wall 207. The panel geometry and typical hot-fill wall thickness T' (e.g., 0.022 inches (0.56 mm)) create a stiff panel which "locks up" and remains permanently deformed when it passes over the dashed center line 209. Thus, although this comparative container may have the necessary thermal stability and vacuum resistance for use with hot-fill products, it cannot be used as a squeezable container because it undergoes permanent deformation when squeezed.
In accordance with this invention, a preferred hot-fill squeezable container 10 is provided as shown in FIG. 3. In this specific embodiment, the container is a 20-ounce, substantially transparent biaxially oriented PET beverage container which is about 7.87 inches (200 mm) in height (without the cap) and about 2.83 inches (72 mm) in outer diameter (at the panel section). The panel section 22 has been biaxially oriented and partially crystallized by being axially stretched and radially expanded in a blow mold, and has an average wall thickness of about 0.016 inches (0.41 mm). This is considerably thinner than the prior known hot-fill containers which have had a wall thickness of about 0.022 inches (0.56 mm) to 0.024 inches (0.62 mm).
As illustrated in FIGS. 1-2, the container 10 is blow molded from a cylindrical injection-molded preform 2 having an open top end 11 and neck finish 12. The preform has a tapered shoulder-forming portion 5, substantially uniform thickness panel forming portion 3, and a base-forming portion 4 including a substantially hemispherical bottom end. The preform 2 is amorphous and substantially transparent and preferably is made from a PET monomer or copolymer (e.g., up to about 6% copolymer). However, other materials and preform shapes can be used, including preforms with thickened base forming portions to provide a thicker container base having improved creep resistance, or preforms with variable wall thickness portions in the side wall if desired.
As shown in FIG. 2, the preform 2 is placed in a blow molding apparatus 96 having an upper mold section 96A which engages the neck finish 12, a middle mold section 96B having an interior cavity forming the shape of the container side wall, and a lower mold section 96C having an upper surface forming the outwardly concave dome portion of the container base. In accordance with a standard reheat stretch blow mold process, the injection-molded preform 2 is first reheated to a temperature suitable for stretching and orientation, placed in the blow mold, and an axial stretch rod 97 is then inserted into the open upper end 11 and moved downwardly to axially stretch the preform. Subsequently or simultaneously an expansion gas 90 is introduced into the interior of the preform to radially expand the shoulder, sidewall and base forming portions outwardly into contact with the interior surfaces of mold sections 96B and 96C.
As shown in FIGS. 2-3, the blown container has the same neck finish 12 with outer threads 13 and lowermost neck flange 14 as the preform. The remainder of the bottle has undergone expansion, although to varying degrees. An upper tapered shoulder portion 16 gradually increases in diameter and orientation while moving downwardly along the bottle. Next, a radially recessed circumferential ring 18 is provided between the shoulder section 16 and panel section 22 to prevent ovalizing. Below the ring 18 is a radially outwardly projecting upper bumper portion 20, and then a slightly recessed cylindrical panel section 22. Below the panel section is a radially outwardly projecting lower bumper 24, and then a champagne-style base 26. The base includes an outer base wall 28 gradually reducing in diameter moving downwardly from the upper bumper 24 to a lowermost contact radius 30 on which the bottle rests. Radially inwardly of the contact radius is a recessed inner base wall 32 or dome having a central gate region 34. The inner base wall or dome 32 may include a number of symmetrical recessed petaloid portions for increasing the thermal resistance of the base, as is known in the art. In general, the relatively low oriented base has a greater thickness for strength, while the panel section 22 has a relatively high orientation for strength.
The cylindrical panel section 22 includes six equally sized and symmetrically arranged recessed vacuum panels 50 disposed about a vertical centerline 8. Surrounding each vacuum panel are post walls 40, which include upper post wall 41, lower post wall 42, and median post wall 43. A label (not shown) is wrapped around panel section 22 and lies in substantially smooth contact with all portions 41, 42, 43 of the post wall, and may be adhesively attached to upper and lower post walls 41, 42.
As shown in FIG. 3, a removable cap 92 is attached to the open upper end of the container. The cap includes a base portion 95 having internal threads which engage the outer threads 13 on neck finish 12. At the upper end of the cap 92 is a sliding nozzle shown in a lowermost closed position 93 and an uppermost open position 94 (in dashed lines). When the panel section 22 of the container is squeezed between the user's fingers (see opposing force lines 91 in FIG. 3), the panel deflects inwardly (see dashed panel lines 23) and the liquid product in the container is pushed out the open upper nozzle 94 by the internal pressure generated by squeezing.
FIG. 4 shows in cross section the circumferential ring 18 disposed between the shoulder section 16 and upper bumper 20. The container side wall (outermost circumference) is disposed at a radial distance R1 from the vertical centerline 8. The ring 18 is recessed inwardly at a distance d1 from the outermost circumference. The ring 18 has a lowermost recess 19 of radius r1, outwardly expanding sidewall portions 21 which define an angle θ, and radiused junctions with the outermost circumference defined by radius r2. The specific dimensions, including the angular extent θ, depth (d1), and values of radiuses r1 and r2, are determined by the specific geometry and resin properties of the container. Preferably the ring depth is about 0.10R1 to about 0.24R1 (where R1 is the radius of the container) and the angular extent θ is about 45� to about 90�. The lowermost recess preferably has a radius r1 of about 0.3d1 to about 0.7d1 and the connecting radius r2 is at least about 0.3d1.
As shown in FIG. 5, there are six symmetrical vacuum panels 50 disposed about the vertical centerline 8 of the container. FIG. 6 shows one of the vacuum panels 50, having a wall thickness T, and the manner in which it temporarily deforms when squeezed (dashed lines 23) and then returns to its substantially original undeformed position. The vacuum panel 50 lies between a pair of post walls 40 which are disposed at a distance D1 from the vertical centerline 8. The post walls 40 are at the greatest distance from the centerline of any portion of the panel section 22 (however, upper and lower bumpers 20 and 24 extend slightly outwardly from the panel section 22 to protect the label which is wrapped around the panel section).
Each post wall 40 has an angular extent 2B and each vacuum panel 50 has an angular extent 2F, such that the total combined angular extents of all post walls and vacuum panels, i.e., 6(2F+2B)=360� (the total panel circumference). Because there are six equal vacuum panels, the allowable angular extent 2A for each vacuum panel and its associated post wall is 60� (i.e., 360��6=60�). Preferably, each post wall has an angular extent 2B of about 12� to about 21� and each vacuum panel has an angular extent 2F of about 39� to about 48�.
Each vacuum panel 50 includes a vertically elongated recess 52 with a lowermost flex point 53 at a distance D2 from vertical centerline 8, which is less than the distance D1 of post wall 40. The recess 52 surrounds a raised central panel wall 51, which is at a greater distance from the vertical centerline 8 than the distance D2. Preferably, each panel wall 51 has an angular extent 2C of about 12� to about 30�. Preferably, the ratio of the panel height H (FIG. 3) to width (circumference) to insure ease of squeezability is at least about 2:1.
Recess 52 has a lowermost flex point 53 and intermediate stepped connecting walls joining the flex point 53 with central raised wall 51 and post wall 40. As best shown in FIG. 6, in going from lowermost flex point 53 to panel wall 51, there is a first connecting wall 58 having a first step 54, a second step 55, and a third step 56 disposed at radially increasing distances from the vertical centerline 8. In going from lowermost flex point 53 to post wall 40, there is a second connecting wall 60 having a first step 63 and second step 64 at radially increasing distances from the vertical centerline 8. These stepped walls form nine flex points, designated as 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73 and 74, and which, together with the thin panel wall, render the vacuum panels very flexible and resilient. The average panel wall thickness is preferably about 0.015 inches (0.28 mm) to about 0.020 inches (0.51 mm). The "average" thickness includes the central panel 51 and first and second connecting walls 58 and 60. Typically, the entire circumference of the side wall is of fairly uniform thickness, when a uniform thickness preform is used. However, in some cases it may be desirable to provide a thicker post wall 40 (e.g., by providing a variable thickness preform) for greater stiffness. Still further, the connecting walls 58, 60 may be made thinner than the central panel 51 for still greater flexability.
In order to counterbalance the flexibility provided by the thin wall and multiple flex points of the panel, it is necessary to stiffen the post walls 40 to provide the necessary resistance to vacuum deformation, while still providing a squeezable bottle which will not permanently dent when squeezed. To increase the post wall stiffness, there are preferably provided substantially perpendicular junctions between second step 64 and post wall 40, and between second step 64 and first step 63. These junctions preferably range from about 80� to about 100�, and more preferably about 85� to about 95�. Also, in order to insure sufficient stiffness in the post wall, the post depth (i.e., D1 -D2) is preferably about 0.08 inches (2 mm) to about 0.16 inches (4 mm), which corresponds to the radial depth of the second connecting wall.
FIGS. 8-9 show an alternative embodiment, wherein an additional vertically-elongated reinforcing rib 180 is provided to further stiffen the post walls. Alternative container 110 is substantially the same as previously defined container 10, and similar portions have been given similar number designations in the "100" series. Thus, container 110 has an upper bumper 120, lower bumper 124, and a panel section 122. Surrounding each vacuum panel 150 are post walls 140, including upper post wall 141, lower post wall 142, and median post walls 143. Down the center of each median post wall 143 is a vertically elongated and radially inwardly recessed rib 180. Again, each vacuum panel includes a lowermost flex point 153 and stepped connecting walls.
The present invention has applications beyond the illustrated beverage container with nozzle for use by athletes. More generally, the container may be used for any cosmetic, food, beverage, etc., product which requires a squeezable container with panels. The product may be pressurized, e.g., beer, or nonpressurized, e.g., juice. The container may be used with cold-fill products, wherein the stepped panel construction provides ready squeezability with "bounce back" to resist denting.
The container may be made in a variety of sizes (volume) and shapes (height and diameter). For example, one-gallon hot fill squeezable PET beverage container may have a six-inch diameter and an average panel wall thickness of about 0.017 inches (44 mm) to about 0.020 inches (51 mm).
The preferred thermoplastic resins useful for making a hot-fill container of this invention include polyester, polypropylene, polycarbonate, polyacrylonitrile, polyvinyl chloride and polyethylene napthalene.
The preferred polyester resins are usually polyesters wherein more than 80 mol %, and preferably more than 90 mol % of the acid component is terephthalic acid and more than 80 mol %, and preferably more than 90 mol % of the glycol component is isophthalic acid (IPA), diphenylether 4,4'-dicarboxylic acid, naphthalene-1,4 or 2,6-dicarboxylic acid, adipic acid, sebasic acid, decane 1,10-dicarboxylic acid and hexahydroterephthalic acid. Examples of the residual qlycol component are propylene glycol, 1,4-butane diol, neopentyl glycol, diethylene glycol, cyclohexane dimethanol (CHDM), 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)- propane and 2,2-bis(4hydroxyethoxyphenyl)propane. Also available are polyester resins containing p-oxybenzoic acid, etc. as an oxyacid.
The intrinsic viscosity of these thermoplastic polyester resins is approximately 0.55 or more, preferably about 0.65 to about 1.4, and more preferably about 0.8 to about 0.9. When the intrinsic viscosity is less than 0.55, it is difficult to obtain a preform which is transparent and amorphous. In addition, the mechanical strength of the resulting container is not sufficient. Intrinsic viscosity measurements are made according to the procedure of ASTM D-2857, by employing 0.0050�0.0002 g/ml of the polymer in a solvent comprising o-chlorophenol (melting point 0� C.), at 30� C. Intrinsic viscosity (I.V.) is given by the formula:
I.V.=(1n(VSoln. /VSol.))/C
VSoln. is the viscosity of the solution in any units;
VSol. is the viscosity of the solvent in the same units; and
C is the concentration in grams of polymer per 100 mls of solution.
PET copolymer resins useful in this invention are commercially available and include copolymers having 4-6% by total weight of a comonomer such as 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol (CHDM) and/or isophthalic acid (IPA). These materials are commercially available from Eastman Chemical Company in Kingsport, Tennessee, and Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. in Akron, Ohio.
In making the preferred polyester container from an amorphous preform according to the reheat stretch blow process, a suitable stretching temperature range is about 70�-130� C. It is advisable to stretch the preform about 2-4 times in an axial direction and about 3-5 times in a circumferential direction. A more preferable condition is 6-15 times in terms of a stretch ratio for area--and more preferably about 7-11 times in the panel section.
It may also be useful to provide a multi-layer preform, e.g., with one or more barrier layers, for a specific product which is degraded by oxygen, moisture, light, etc.
Although certain preferred embodiments of the invention have been specifically illustrated and described herein, it is to be understood that variations may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. Thus, all variations are to be considered as part of the invention as defined by the following claims.
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